by Ted Hughes
with music composed by Nicholas Maw
with Flute Quartet, James Blades (percussion), Charles Spinks (organ)
Directed by Peter Gellhorn Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
on Record
ALFRED CORTOT (piano) with the LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by SIR LANDON RONALD playing
.Franck
Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra Recorded in 1934
by JEROME RAVETZ of the Department of Philosophy, University of Leeds
Dr. Ravetz takes a close look at Galileo's explanation of the physical basis of musical harmony, and finds there a conceptual ' leap in the dark.J Nowadays we should not accept Galileo's work as ' scientific ': speculation has been replaced by technique.
Mass in four parts
CHOIR OF
HAMPSTEAD PARISH CHURCH
Conductor. MARTINDALE SIDWELL
From the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Paddington, London Second broadcast
Mass in five parts sung by the Schola Polyphonica , director Henry Washington : February 6
First of two programmes recorded in France by D. G. BRIDSON
The subjects covered by tonight's conversation include Lawrence Durrell 's poetry, his books on Corfu, Rhodes, Cyprus, and Alexandria, and his preference for life near the Mediterranean.
Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115
The Melos Ensemble
(Part of the Thursday Invitation Concert of April 27 1961)