AEOLIAN STRING QUARTET
Sydney Humphreys (violin) Raymond Keenlyside (violin) Watson Forbes (viola) Derek Simpson (cello) Second of three programmes Including Mozart's quartets dedicated to the King of Prussia.
reading a selection from his poetry including
Journey to Iceland No Change of Place One Evening
The Shield of Achilles
Reflections in a Forest
Friday's Child Second broadcast
Opera by Verdi
Libretto by ANTONIO SOMMA sung in Italian: on records Riecardo,
CHORUS and ORCHESTRA of the ACCADEMIA DI SANTA CECILIA ROME
Conducted by GEORG SOLTI
Act 1
PAUL MAYERSBERG criticises the accepted view that film is an art and suggests that it can more appropriately be regarded as a craft
He analyses films by Alfred Hitch-cock and Otto Preminger to support this claim.
Act 2
by PETER SHEPHEARD
All over America, although the suburbs grow chaotically and the countryside is being ruined, the centres of cities are being adventurously redesigned, and the schemes for the centre of Philadelphia are perhaps the most adventurous of all. During his most recent stay there Peter Shepheard , architect and connoisseur of landscape, was once again bowled over by the vitality of this thriving city of four million inhabitants.
Act 3
tEdited from the 15th-century
Lincoln Cycle of Mystery Plays arranged for broadcasting in three parts and produced by RAYMOND RAIKES
Music by CHRISTOPHER WHELEN
Part 3: The Burial; The Guarding of the Sepulchre; The Harrowing of Hell; The Resurrection; The Announcement to the three Maries; The Appearance to Mary Magdalen ; The Appearance to Cleophas and Lucas; The Appearance to Thomas; Lament of Thomas
Pavan; Ground;
Alman Coranto
Gaillard: Lord Salisbury The Woods so Wild
Galliard
Fantasia; Galliard
+ played by MICHAEL THOMAS on instruments in his collection (clavichord, harpsichords, virginals, and chamber organ)
