Listings
: Dona Rosita La Soltera
A Poem of Granada By Federico Garcia LorcaA version by Selma Vaz Dias from the translation by C.A. Rossner
Music for the piano played by Elena Kudian
Contributors
: The Widow's Stratagem
('La Vedova Scaltra')A lyric comedy in three acts Libretto by Mario Ghisalberti adapted from the comedy of the same name by Carlo Goldoni
English version by Geoffrey Dunn
Music by Wolf-Ferrari
BBC Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Steven Staryk )
CONDUCTED BY STANFORD ROBINSON
Producer, Geoffrey Dunn
(first performance in this country)
The action takes place in Venice in 1742
Act 1
Scene 1: The terrace outside' Bonvecchiati I
Scene 2: A room in Rosaura's house
Scene 3: A walk by a canal
Scene 4: Rosaura's garden on the lagoon
(Geraint Evans broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)
Ernest Bradbury writes on page 4
Contributors
: Science and Civilisation in China
Talk by Dorothy Emmet, Professor of Philosophy in the University of ManchesterThe second volume of Dr. Joseph Needham's work has now been published: it is concerned with the history of scientific thought. In this talk Professor Emmet discusses some of the analogies drawn by Dr. Needham between the ancient Chinese conception of the order of Nature and certain Western organic philosophies, particularly that of Whitehead.
Contributors
: The Widow's Stratagem
Act 2Scene 1: The terrace outside Bonvecchiati
Scene 2: Another room in Rosaura's house
Scene 3: A square
: Copyright Since 1956
Talk by a barrister.The Copyright Act of 1956 not only reformed the law but covered a large area which has come into existence since the Act of 1911.
: The Widow's Stratagem
Act 3Scene 1: Another room in Rosaura's house
Scene 2: A small square
Scene 3: The salon in Rosaura's house
(Another performance: Tuesday at 7.35)
: The Tinderbox
A dramatic poem based on Hans Andersen's story by Aaron KramerContributors
: Chamber Music
Musica da Camera: Harold Clarke (flute), Roger Lord (oboe), Sidney Fell (clarinet),Archie Camden (bassoon), Charles Gregory (horn), Hubert Dawkes (piano, harpsichord)
Contributors
: Education
A monthly series of talks on current problems and thought.Secondary Modern by Edward Blishen
"I sometimes wonder if the size and quality of the task the secondary modern school has set itself is generally understood." Mr. Blishen speaks as one who has been teaching in secondary modern schools for the past seven years.
Contributors
: Reger: Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme, Op. 73
Played by Ralph Downes (organ)From the Royal Festival Hall, London
Last of a series of four recitals of organ works by Reger
Contributors
: Yeats and Byzantium
Talk by Giorgio Melchiori(The recorded broadcast of October 19)
Contributors
: Chamber Music
London String Quartet: Granville Jones (violin), Carl Pini (violin), Keith Cummings (viola), Douglas Cameron (cello)Contributors
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