Recorded at the 1963 Bayreuth Festival sung in German
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Conducted by RUDOLF KEMPE
Produced by Wolfgang Wagner The action takes place in legendary times
Act 1: Inside Hunding's hut
A series of scientific case-histories
8: The Peenemiinde Mystery tby R. V. JONES
Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Aberdeen When the scientist strays from his narrow speciality into problems of more general concern, what distinctive quality of thought-if any —does he bring with him? Professor Jones suggests an answer to this question by discussing a problem of wartime intelligence.
This talk will be printed in The Listener.' The series is to be published early In the New Year as a BBC paperback.
Act 2: A wild rocky place
Alun GWYNNE-JONES introduce* a symposium about the use of violence for political purposes, with special reference to the events in Cyprus
Other contributors include:
PETER CALVOCORESSI
NANCY CRAWSHAW , BRIAN CROZIER
EVAN DAVIES , SIR HUGH FOOT
GENERAL GRIVAS
MORTON HALPERIN
FIELD-MARSHAL LORD HARDING
PRESIDENT MAKARIOS
TOM MBOYA
FIELD-MARSHAL
SIR GERALD TEMPLER
DAVID WALDER , M.P.
Do tactical and strategic considerations of violence conflict? Are there unintended side effects? Is torture ever justified? What are the alternatives to violence when political action is blocked?
Produced by ANTHONY MONCRIEFF
†Second broadcast
Act 3: On the top of a rocky mountain
Recording made available by courtesy of Bayerischer Rundfunk
Sovereignty in the Modern World
An international discussion by RAYMOND ARON in Paris
ROBERT BOWIE in New York
FRITZ ERLER in Bonn and KENNETH YOUNGER in London
The discussion continued