« DIE ZAUBERFLOTE '
('The Magic Flute')
An opera in two acts
Libretto by Emanuel Schickaneder
Music by Mozart
(sung in the original German)
(Continued in next column)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Peter Gellhorn )
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Steven Staryk )
CONDUCTED BY PAUL SACHER
Producer, Carl Ebert
Head of Music Staff, Jani Strasser
The action takes place in the neighbourhood of a temple of Isis in Egypt
Act 1
A rocky pass — Pamina's chamber-The courtyard of the temple
12-Conservation as a World Problem by W. H. Pearsall F.R.S. ,
Professor of Botany at
University College, London
So far, speakers in this series have looked at specific problems, many of which were of special relevance to particular regions. In this final talk Professor Pearsall gives an integrated picture of conservation seen as a world problem.
Concerto in G for two mandolins and strings played by Giuseppe Amedda (mandolin) Flavio Cornacchia (mandolin)
Virtuosi di Roma
Conductor. Renato Fasano on a gramophone record
First of two programmes from
David Hume 's ' Dialogues
Concerning Natural Religion '
Arranged by Richard Peters
Produced by Rayner Heppenstall
ACT 2
In the temple-The courtyard of the temple—A garden-A vault in the temple -In the temple-A garden-A portal-A garden-Before the temple-In the temple
String Quartet, Op. 28 (1938)
Variations for orchestra. Op. 30 (1940) Humphrey Searle discusses these works, which have not .previously been broadcast in this country
During the programme both will be heard complete (the Variations twice) in performances, on American records, by ensembles directed by Robert Craft.
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin)
Carl Seemann (piano)