by W. B. Yeats
An old man, an old house, and an old tale of violence with Cyril Cusack as The Old Man
Nigel Anthony as The Boy Produced by R. D. Smith Second broadcast
BARBARA ELSY (soprano)
PAULINE STEVENS (contralto) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor)
MICHAEL RIPPON (bass-baritone)
ALAN HARVERSON (organ) BBC CHORAL SOCIETY
POLYPHONIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, William Armon
Conducted by PETER GELLHORN
Part 1
Overture in G minor (1863)
Four Motets:
Ave Maria (1861)
Christus factus est (1884) Virga Jesse (1885)
Vexilla Regis (1892)
Psalm 112 (1863) first performance in this country
LORD BRIDGES a former Secretary to the Cabinet and Permanent Secretary of the Treasury comments on the three conversations broadcast earlier this year in which Dr. Norman Hunt talked with Mr. Harold Wilson , Mr. Jo Grimond , and Mr. Enoch Powell about various ideas for reform in the Civil Service and in methods of Cabinet Government
Part 2
Missa Solemnis in B flat minor
(1854) first performance In this country From a concert in the Central
Hall, Westminster, on April 25
Symphony No. 8: July 13
by John Clare
June
A reading by HUGH DICKSON and BASIL JONES from Clare's original version of the poem, edited by Eric Robinson and Geoffrey Sum merfield Introduced by ERIC ROBINSON
Toccata (1933) first broadcast performance In this country
10.22' Inventions (1944) William FELLOWES (piano)
Roy WALKER examines current ideas about the costumes and sets appropriate to Shakespeare's plays with particular reference to the modern dress production of Timon of Athens at Chichester Second broadcast