An opera in four acts by Tchaikovsky
Libretto by I. V. SHPAZHINSKY
Cast in order of singing: (tenor) (tenor) (baritone) (soprano) (soprano)(tenor) (bass) (tenor) (baritone) (bass) (baritone)
CHOIR OF All UNION RADIO AND TELEVISION
MOSCOW STATE
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by SAMUEL SAMOSUD
Act 1: A disreputable inn on the banks of the river Oka near Nizhny-Novgorod
Act 2: The garden of Prince Nlkita's house
Recording of a performance broadcast in Russia. made available by courtesy of Moscow Radio
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R. H. S. CROSSMAN, M.P., speaks on the Bevanite crisis in the light of Joan Mitchell's book Crisis in Britain, 1951

Act 3: Kuma's hut
Act 4: A dense forest near the banks of the Oka

A satyr play in two acts by Paul Claudel translated by NORA RATCLIFF Music by ANTONY HOPKINS with Chorus of Satyrs spoken by members of the BBC Drama
Repertory Company sung by the Ambrosian Singers with a Protean Orchestra conducted by the composer Adapted for radio and produced by RAYMOND RAIKES Scene: The island of Naxos, ' somewhere between Crete and Fgypt for the moment.'
† Second broadcast
A la suite de l'Orestie, Eschyle avait place un drame satyrique dont il ne nous reste que Ie titre: Protée. C'est en rêvant sur ces deux syllabes que je me trouve avoir compose la piece suivante.
PAUL CLAUDBL

Divertimenti
No. 49, in G major No. 44, in D major No. 109, in C major played by the SALZBURG BARYTON Trio
Karl Maria Schwamberger (baryton)
Alexander Pitamic (viola)
Monika Schwamberger (cello)

by J. P. STERN
Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge
A theme common to the great German writers of the present century is that the ' salvation ' or ' validation of man can be attained only at the highest conceivable price. Mr. Stern discovers this theme in a poem by Rilke and pursues it in Thomas Mann , Kafka, and Brecht. Second broadcast