Listings
: ARTHUR BENJAMIN
Symphony played by the BBC Northern OrchestraConductor, Charles Groves
Contributors
: THE MISSING SPEECH IN 'HAMLET'
by J. B. Bamborough , Fellow of Wadham College, OxfordHamlet's character presents an enigma, the enigma of ' a man who could not make up his mind.' The speaker argues that the solution lies in a speech missing from the normal text, and reconstructs the lost lines
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: ' THE CANTERBURY TALES'
New production of an extended series of adaptations from Geoffrey Chaucer 's poem in fourteen weekly instalmentsArranged by Nevill Coghill
5-The Shipman's Tale
The Prioress' Tale and Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopaz
The Shipman's Tale
The Prioress' Tale
Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopai
Production by Stephen Potter
(s)
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: Salzburg Festival ORCHESTRAL CONCERT
Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraConductor and soloist,
Edwin Fischer
From the Mozarteum.
There is an interval during the concert
Contributors
: THE ELGIN MARBLES
Bernard Ashmole , Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum, describes how Lord Elgin formed his collection, and the impact upon literary and artistic circles when the Marbles were first introduced to this countryThe Elgin Marbles are shortly to be on view again to the public. During the war they were preserved from bomb damage in an unused section of London's Underground
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: ENGLISH SATIRICAL VERSE
A series of four programmes3-Political Satire
Selected and introduced by John Holloway
Readers:
Ronald Simpson , Howieson Culff
Production by Frank Hauser
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: EDMUND RUBBRA
Medltazione sopra'coeurs désolés ' played by Carl Dolmetsch (recorder)
Joseph Saxby (harpsichord)
(first broadcast performance)
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: THE TECHNIQUE OF COMMITTEES
Anthony Ashton , who has served both on international and national committees, talks about the committee as an instrument of negotiation and how it can most effectively be usedContributors
: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Songs of TravelThe Vagabond: Let beauty awake: The Roadside Fire; Youth and Love; In dreams unhappy: The Infinite Shining Heavens; Whither must [ wander; Bright is the ring of words sung by William Herbert (tenor) with Josephine Lee (piano)
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