† DAVID COUZYN (baritone)
PAUL HAMBURGER (piano) Schubert
Three songs in the Old Italian manner
L'incanto degli occhi Il traditor deluso
Il modo di prender mogile
Schumann
Der Hidalgo
Auf das Trinkglas eines verstorbenen Freundes
Mahler
Der Schildwache Nachtlied
Rheinlegendchen
Last of three talks by PETER CALVOCORESSI about de Gaulle's design for Europe Mr. Calvocoressi believes the problem of Britain's future relations with continental Europe is the key to apparent divergent French and American policies, and he suggests that British policy must be designed to reach a compromise with France. Second broadcast
of British Guiana
Is there any means of bridging the gulf between the primitive and the more highly developed world? This is the question facing the indigenous people of British Guiana
In this programme their problems are presented and illustrated by recordings made amongst them by COLIN HENFREY and DR. AUDREY BUTT
Introduced by COLIN HENFREY Produced by DAVID THOMSON Second broadcast
ANDOR FOLDES (piano)
Members of the ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA William Bennett (flute) Peter Graeme (oboe) Martin Gatt (bassoon)
Emanuel Hurwitz (violin) Ivor McMahon (violin)
Quintin Ballardie (viola) Harold Harriott (viola)
Bernard Richards (cello) Anita Lasker (cello)
Stuart Knussen (double-bass)
Directed by ARNOLD GOLDSBROUGH who also plays the harpsichord
Part 1: Bartok
Piano Sonata
Mikrokosmos, Book VI Recording of the Thursday Invitation Concert given before an invited audience in Studio 1. Maida Vale. London. on January 31
by DAVID BUTLER
Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford
Does the British press report political affairs fully and frankly enough? What constitutional and social barriers frustrate candid analysis of events in Westminster and Whitehall ? Are press failings a fault of lobby correspondents, of newspaper proprietors, or of society in general David Butler tackles these questions in this comparison of political reporting here and in the United States.
Part 2: Bach
The Musical Offering
A selection from his recordings Introduced by LESLIE SHEPARD
John Jacob Niles , now in his seventies, is one of the foremost collectors and performers of American folk song. None of the recordings included in this selection has so far been issued here.
Produced by D. G. BRIDSON