A reading by G. WILSON KNIGHT , author of Principles of Shakespearean Production and The Wheel of Fire of a number of longer speeches from:
HAMLET
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
HENRY IV
HENRY v
MACBETH
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
HENRY VIII
THE TEMPEST with some commentary on the construction and development of their verse-movement
JENNIFER VYVYAN (soprano) MARY THOMAS (soprano)
JOHN WHITWORTH (counter-tenor)
ALEXANDER YOUNG (tenor)
MAURICE BEVAN (baritone)
CHRISTOPHER KEYTE (bass)
MARTINDALE SIDWELLCHOIR
PHILOMUSICA OF LONDON Leader, Carl Pini
Conducted by MARTINDALE SIDWELL
Continuo: Roy Jesson
(organ and harpsichord) Joy Hall (cello)
BASIL LAM ENSEMBLE Patrick Halling (violin) Marjorie Lavers (violin) Peter Halling , (cello)
Basil Lam (harpsichord) Purcell
Part 1
Anthem: 0 Lord God of Hosts
Trio-Sonata in G minor
(Chaeonne)
Funeral Sentences
Man that is born of a woman
In the midst of life we are in death
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
Trio-Sonata in E flat major
Studies in the Middle Ages
9: The Great Cities: their Banking and Merchandise by EDWARD MILLER
Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge
Cities like Venice. Bruges. London, Lubeck: Mr. Miller describes the European economic community of the late Middle Ages and the commercial developments which ' were a kind of apex of the economic expansion of medieval Europe.'
Bede, by Professor R. W. N. Southern: January 29
Purcell: Part 2
The Masque in Dioclesian
Given before an invited audience In the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London. Applications for tickets. enclosing a stamped addressed envelope, should be sent to [address removed].
Next concert, January 7: Haydn, Quartets Op. 77 (Amadeus String Quartet); Stravinsky, Cantata
(Josephine Veasey , Peter Pears , conductor David Lloyd-Jones )
by William Morris
3: The Death of Sigurd
Last of three readings with JULIAN GLOVER and ROSALIE CRUTCHLEY Introduced by D. G. BRIDSON
Ballet: Parade
Played by the Monte-Carlo Opera Orchestra Conducted by Louis Fremaux on a gramophone record
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