by August Strindberg
Chamber play, Opus 4 translated by PAUL BRITTEN AUSTIN with Mary Ellis
Adapted for broadcasting and produced by WILLIAM GLEN-DOEPEL Second broadcast
In Strindberg's 'chamber play, opus 4,' written in 1907, we are presented with his authentic, obsessed world of claustrophobic family relationships which explode violently when the characters discover the truth about one another.
ANN DOWDALL (soprano) EDGAR FLEET (tenor)
MAURICE BEVAN (baritone) THE ARNOLD GOLDSBROUGH ENSEMBLE
Emanuel Hurwitz (violin) Nona Liddell (violin) Terence Weil (cello) Arnold Goldsbrough (harpsichord)
Trio-Sonata No. 7, in E minor
(set of 12) When the cock begins to crow Dulcibella, when'er I sue for a kiss
What can we poor females do? Lost is my quiet
Alas, how barbarous are we
Trio-Sonata No. 8, in G major
(set of 12) Saul and the Witch at Endor Second of thirteen programmes including all Purcell's trio-sonatas
Next programme October 19
2: The Poetic Principle and the Poem-Novel, by Stephen Spender
Mr Spender speaks on the application of the imagist poetic method to all imaginative writing, to the novel as well as poetry
The Novel as View of Modem Life as a Whole: October 13
PAUL TORTELIER (cello) with WILFRID PARRY (piano)
Sonata in F major, Op. 5 No. Sonata in A major, Op. 69