Reflections on the Second Vatican Council, which concluded its first working session on December 8, 1962. The Council is due to resume in the autumn of this year
Speakers in this discussion:
FR. W. PURDY of the Beda College in Rome
The REV. D. W. D. SHAW of the Church of Scotland, official observer at the Council on behalf of the World Presbyterian Alliance
MICHAEL WALL, correspondent of The Guardian Second broadcast
DONALD BELL (baritone)
THE GERAINT JONES Ensemble Winifred Roberts (violin) Perry Hart (violin)
Ambrose Gauntlett (cello)
Geraint Jones (harpsichord)
Dalla guerra amorosa: cantata for bass and continuo. Handel
An attempt to assess the character and achievement of a remarkable personality and polymath who was also the deviser of Basic English.
Compiled and introduced by A. Alvarez.
Speakers include: David Abercrombie, Mary Adams, A. J. Ayer, R. B. Braithwaite,
Ian Catford, Jonathan Cohen, William Empson, W.H.N. Hotopf, David Lloyd-James,
Kinglsley Martin, I.A. Richards, Bertrand Russell, Sir Solly Zuckerman
A revised version of the programme broadcast in December
GEORGES ALEXANDROVITCH (piano)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by Dean Dixon
Part 1
by MARGERY PERHAM
Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford
Back from her latest visit to Africa, Miss Perham talks about the great difficulties overhanging Kenya's immediate future-the lack of unity, the problem of dividing the country regionally, and the position of the European settlers.
Part 2
Given before an Invited audience In BBC Studio 1. Maida Vale. London. Requests for tickets should be sent to [address removed]. enclosing a stamped addressed envelope
A monthly programme in which different interpretations on gramophone records are compared
† ERIC SAMS talks about some of Wolf's Songs
Anakreons Grab
Auf etner Wanderung
Wie glanzt der helle Mond Die Sprbde
Including records made by Kathleen Ferrier Elena Gerhardt
Elisabeth Schumann
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Mosco Corner on Schumann's Fourth Symphony: April 26