7: Dilemma and Ambiguity tby the Rev. H. E. ROOT
Dean of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
In the last of a group of broadcasts on the content of the Christian ' good news ' Mr. Root examines, in the light of the preceding talks, the task of restating a gospel grounded in specific historical events and ' once for all delivered to the saints.'

Der Rosenkavalier
Abridged version of the comedy for music
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Music by Richard Strauss sung in German Princess von Werdenberg, wife of Field-Marshal Prince von Lotte LEHMANN (soprano) Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau RICHARD MAYR (bass)
Octavian (called Quinquin), a young gentleman of noble MARIA OLSZEWSKA (contralto) ELISABETH SCHUMANN (soprano)
Von Faninal, her father, a rich and newly ennobled merchant VICTOR MADIN (baritone) Marianne Leitmetzerin ANNA MICHALSKY (soprano) Valzacchi, an intriguer
HERMANN GALLOS (tenor)
Annina his partner BELLA PAALEN (contralto) A police official KARL ETTL (bass) WILLIAM WERGNICK (tenor)
Members of the Chorus of the VIENNA STATE OPERA
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by ROBERT HEGER
Recorded In 1933

reading a selection from his poetry
Recorded in December 1956
Introduced by D. G. BRIDSON Third broadcast

Suite in E minor played by VIRGINIA PLEASANTS (harpsichord)