ERNA SPOORENBERG (soprano)
ELIZABETH SIMON (soprano)
MAUREEN LEHANE (contralto)
ALEXANDER YOUNG (tenor)
RICHARD STANDEN (bass)
ALEXANDRA CHOIR
BBC CHORUS
BBC CHORAL SOCIETY
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by SIR MALCOLM SARGENT PETER GELLHORN
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part 1
Mozart
Vesperae solennes de confessore (K.339) conducted by Peter Gellhorn
A weekly review of the arts
In this edition Ivon Hitchens discusses his paintings with T.G. Rosenthal. Introduced by George Macbeth.
Part 2
Mozart Mass in C minor (K.427) conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
A short story by Juri KASAKOV translated from the Russian by Moira Budberg
† read by BILL HORSLEY
A young student arrives in a remote provincial town at night. He has a job to do, but the job seems rather pointless after the experiences of that night.
Quartet No. 12, in E flat major
Op. 127
Played by the BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET on a gramophone record