Opera in three acts by Wagner sung in German
Citizens and ladies of the guilds, journeymen, apprentices, and others
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera
Chorus Director, Wolfgang Beumgart
Conductor, Joseph Keilberth

Act 1
See page 6

Poems from 'The Winding Stair' read by Micheal Mac Liammoir

followed by an interlude at 6.0*

talking to David Sylvester

While nowadays considered one of the leading British painters of his generation, Medley (born in 1905) was best known before the war as the designer for several of the Group Theatre's productions, including Auden and Isherwood's Ascent of F6 and MacNeice's version of the Agamemnon.

A large-scale retrospective exhibition of Robert Medley is at present showing in London at the Whitechapel Art Gallery.

followed by an interlude at 8.0*

Broadcast by courtesy of Bayerischer Rundfunk

A documentary account of the great French poet's experiences and impressions
Written and compiled by Denis Goacher
with Frank Duncan as Rimbaud
and Cecile Chevreau, Olive Gregg, George Coulouris, William Devlin, Garard Green, Carleton Hobbs, Godfrey Kenton, Gabriel Woolf
Narrator, Denis Goacher

(Second broadcast)