Discussion between Herbert Hart , Fellow of New College, Oxford, and Gilbert Ryle , Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy in the University of Oxford
Mr. Hart raises difficulties he has found in the book by Professor Ryle , who then answers them
The Bodley Singers
Conductor, Bernard Rose
Susi Jeans (organ)
Chorus:
Chantez Dieu; Exauc', O mon Dieu
Organ: Toccata Chorus:
Je t’aymeray en tout obeissance
Or peut bien dir Israel maintenant
Second of three programmes of music by Sweelinck
Passages from the Journal and letters of Katherine Mansfield chosen and Introduced by Mqrchard Bishop. Header, Joan Hart
Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 played by James Whitehead (cello)
Gerald Moore (piano)
Fourth of a series of programmes of music by Rachmaninov
by Alfred Cobban , Ph.D.,
Reader in Modern French History at University College, London
Dr. Cobban has been making a detailed study of the documents relating to the Vichy Government. In this talk he describes the conflict of personalities and motives that led to the French withdrawal from the war in 1940.
or The Scheming Lieutenant'
A farce by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe
(Continued in next column) with Alastair Duncan , Stanley Groome
Hugh Manning. Hamilton Dyce Roger Delgado , Frank Atkinson Produced by Wilfrid Grantham
Scene: A small town in England. 1775
‛ Iphiénie en Tauride ’
Act 1
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master Leslie Woodgate )
Phllharmonia Orchestra
(Leader, Manoug Parikian)
Conducted by Roger Desormier *
See also 9.55
Birrell represents a type of statesman now rare in political life who was as noted for his literary interests and his wit as for his political qualities. His political career ended when he resigned the post of Secretary of State for Ireland after the tragic events at Easter 1916.
' Armide '
Act 2
BBC Chorus
Phitharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Roger Desormier *
Programme arranged by Robert Collet
Alexander Pope by Geoffrey Tillotson , Professor of English Literature at Birkbeek College, London University
The speaker presents Pope as a poet of plenitude, and tries to discern the meant by which he saved himself from being overwhelmed by the phenomena of the world and of man. Professor Tillotson it particularly concerned with the Essay on Man.
Professor D. G. James on Words-worth and Coleridge: August 18
(piano)