This edition is devoted to
Poetry Written by Children and includes
A conversation between MICHAEL BALDWIN ROBERT GITTINGS and DAVID HOLBROOK
Introduced by GEORGE MACBETH
HEINZ REHFUSS (baritone)
VIRTUOSO ENSEMBLE
Conducted by Jacques-Louis MONOD
Elegy: a song-cycle to poems by Lenau and Eichendorff, for voice and ensemble
Othmar Schoeck first performance in this country
Part 1: Wehmut; Liebesfriihling; Stille Sicherheit : Frage nicht: Warnung und Wunsch; Zweifelnder Wunsch ; Waldlied; Waldgang; An den Wind; Kommen und Scheiden; Vesper; Herbstklage
by the REV. A. C. BRIDGE
Vicar of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate
Mr. Bridge, who has made a special study of the life and death of symbols, takes up some of the controversial points made by the Rev. Gilbert Cope in his talk ' A Cool Look at Coventry' broadcast on November 5, and he offers a different view of Coventry Cathedral as answering the question: What is a church for?
Part 2: Herbstgefiihl ; Nach klang ; Herbstgefiihl; Das Mondlicht ; Vergangenheit; Waldlied; Herbstentschluss; Verlornes Gliick ; Angedenken; Welke Rose ; Dichterlos; Der Einsame
Given before an invited audience in BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale. London. Tickets may be obtained by applying to [address removed], enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.
Next concert. December 13, from the Goldsmiths' Hall. London: Schoenberg Fantasy. Bartok Solo Violin Sonata tTibor Varga. Ernest Lush); Hindemitb Viola d'amore Sonata (Milton Thomas. Georgia Akst): choral music by Lassus. Gesualdo. and Messiaen (John Alldis Choir)
by ROBERT BALDICK Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford
After 300 years of speculation the truth about the Portuguese Letters has been established. Dr. Baldick tells the story of how this detective work was done and how it has been conclusively proved that it was not a nun who wrote the famous letters but a French writer-Vicomte de Guilleragues.
Two excerpts from the letters read by JILL BALCON Second broadcast
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in G major
Concerto Grosso No. 14 in E minor played by the BAMBERG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by FRITZ LEHMANN on a gramophone record
