A weekly review of the arts
This week's programme comes from Paris
THOMAS QUINN CURTIS gives some personal impressions of Jean Cocteau and Edith Piaf and goes on to talk about the current theatrical scene in Paris
PIERRE SCHNEIDER discusses the travaux d'équipe or group project section at the recent Biennalc de Paris
BARBARA BRAY talks to JEAN-CLARENCE LAMBERT and Brion GYSIN about their concept of Poésie Ouverte and its implications for the future of the art
Introduced by JOSEPH HONE
MAX ROSTAL (violin)
DUMKA TRIO
Suzanne Rozsa (violin) Vivian Joseph (cello) Liza Fuchsova (piano)
JEANNETTE SINCLAIR (soprano)
MARJORIE BIGGAR (mezzo-soprano)
PETER LEEMING (bass-baritone)
A section of PHILOMUSICA OF LONDON Peter Graeme (oboe) Carl Pini (violin)
John Tunnoll (violin)
Margaret Major (viola)
Francis Baines (double-bass)
STANLEY MANT (cello continuo)
ALAN HARVERSON (organ continuo)
Part 1
Studies in the Middle Ages
6: John of Paris
† by WALTER ULLMANN
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
By the fourteenth century the question had reached a crisis of where in society the seat of sovereignty lies. In this talk Dr. Ullmann considers two political thinkers who advanced modern and naturalistic theories of sovereignty, John of Paris and Marsiglio of Padua.
Cardinal Zabarella: Nov. 19
Part 2
Given before an invited audience In the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London. Tickets may be obtained by applying to [address removed]. enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.
A selection of unpublished poems by MARTIN BELL
THOMAS CLARK
LAURENCE LERNER
CHRISTOPHER LEVENSON
EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH
VERNON SCANNELL
KEN SMITH
NATHANIEL TARN Arranged and introduced by GEORGE MACBETH and read by the poets themselvei