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by GILBERT COPE
Deputy Director of the Institute for the Study of Worship and Religious Architecture at Birmingham University
Dr. Cope believes that, however large or small, a modern church should be. not a romantic gesture, but a building which answers the question: What is a church for? In the light of this conviction he takes a look at Coventry Cathedral.

DARTINGTON STRING QUARTET
Colin Sauer (violin) Peter Carter (violin) Keith Lovell (viola)
Michael Evans (cello) with HEATHER HARPER (soprano)
Third of six programmes
Haydn Op. 20 No. 4: Schoenberg No. 3. Fine Arts Quartet: November 19

Contributors

Violin:
Colin Sauer
Violin:
Peter Carter
Viola:
Keith Lovell
Cello:
Michael Evans
Soprano:
Heather Harper

An illustrated talk by ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Szymanowski is generally regarded as the greatest Polish composer after Chopin. Andrzej Panufnik, who knew the composer during the last years of his life, discusses his stylistic development and offers an assessment of his stature.

Contributors

Talk By:
Andrzej Panufnik

Violin Concerto in D (1931) played by ISAAC STERN (violin) with the COLUMBIA
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by the composer preceded by Bach's Concerto in D minor for two violins played by Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Rudolf Baumgartner with the Lucerne Festival Strings on gramophone records

Contributors

Violin:
Isaac Stern
Played By:
Wolfgang Schneiderhan
Played By:
Rudolf Baumgartner

by Harry Martinson translated from the Swedish by HUGH MACDIARMID and ELSPETH HARLEY SCHUBERT
The first of five serial readings by RICHARD BEBB , OLIVE GREGG and DENYS HAWTHORNE Produced by D. G. BRIDSON
The goldonda Aniara is a space-ship of the future. Eight thousand refugees from a radiation-poisoned planet are aboard her. journeying helplessly into outer space. Their fears and loneliness are the theme of the poem.
See page 18

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Martinson
Unknown:
Hugh MacDiarmid
Unknown:
Elspeth Harley Schubert
Unknown:
Richard Bebb
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Produced By:
D. G. Bridson

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