(cello)
NINA MUSINYAN (piano)
From the Wigmore Hall, London
The Russian cellist Daniel Shafran is tonight making his first appearance in this country. In the Soviet Union his reputation is said to rival that of his contemporary, Rostropovich.
A miscellany of prose and verse compiled and introduced by BERNARD BERGONZI and read by Harvey Hall , Penelope Lee and Jonathan Williams
Mr. Bergonzi traces and evaluates the history of the Imagist movement in the poetry and prose criticism of F. S. Flint , T. E. Hulme , Richard Aldington , H. D., William Carlos Williams,
Ezra Pound , and T. S. Eliot.
Die
Tageszeiten Der Morgen Der Mittag Der Abend Die Nacht
INGRID CZERNY (soprano)
GERTRAUD PRENZLOW (contralto) GERHARD UNGER (tenor) GÜNTHER LtEB (baritone)
BERLIN CHAMBER Orchestra AND CHORUS
Conducted by HELMUT KOCH on a gramophone record
A jazz opera
Music by William Russo
Words by Adrian Mitchell
THE Russo ORCHESTRA Leader, Leon Calvert
Conducted by THE COMPOSER
Assistant conductors, Patrick Gower and Richard Peaslee
Electronic sequences by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
The story concerns a remote island whose inhabitants are evacuated to the mainland on government orders, as the island is required for military purposes. The theme is the conflict between the primitive puritanism of the islanders and the complex, corrupt mainland society.