Variations in F minor (Haydn) Fantasia in C major (Haydn)
Sonata in A major, Op. 101
(Beethoven)
WILHELM BACKHAUS (piano) on gramophone records
by DESMOND KING-HELE
Research focused on one target often quite unexpectedly throws light on another. This is well illustrated by the greatly increased knowledge of the shape of our planet that has derived from space research. How this came about is explained by Mr. King-Hele in this short version of the Duke of Edinburgh Lecture he gave to the Institute of Navigation Second broadcast
by A. Alvarez
3: The Problems of the Artist
In the last of his three programmes on the intellectuals in America today, Mr. Alvarez examines the material and spiritual framework within which they operate. Those interviewed include James Baldwin , Ralph Ellison , Murray Kempton , Herbert Gold , W. H. Auden , and Irvine Howe.
Produced by CHRISTOPHER HOLME Second broadcast
The American Intellectual, by John Silber : June 27
Born June 11, 1864
ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF (soprano)
PIERRE FOURNIER (cello)
CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA OF AMSTERDAM
Conducted by GEORGE SZELL
A recording of a Holland Festival Concert given yesterday at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Part 1
Serenade in E Bat major, for thirteen wind instruments
8.41* The Four Last Songs:
Beim Schlafengehen Fruhling
Im Abendrot September
F. H. Hinsley gives another commentary on current affairs in this fortnightly series
John Roberts , Merton College. Oxford: July 4
Part 2
Symphonic Poem: Don Quixote
Fantastic Variations on a theme of knightly character, for cello and orchestra
Viola, Klaus Boon
Broadcast by courtesy of the Netherlands Radio Union
EDWARD LOCKSPEISER discusses Romain Rolland as a historian of music and examines his recently published correspondence
He talks in particular about Rolland's relations with Richard Strauss Second broadcast followed by an interlude at 10.55