"Program 2: Dancing for Diaghilev. The English dancer, Hilda Munnings, changed her name to Lydia Sokolova, and eventually became the principal character dancer for the ballet entrepreneur Diahilev. She looks back to her days with the Diaghilev company in this feature, written by Rosemary Duffy."
"Program 1: The Besieged Island. Our feature deals with the years Britain had to face thr Nazi onslaught and how the musical life of the island still carried on. We'll hear how Myra Hess organised lunchtime concerts in the National Gallery (stripped of pictures), how the London Philharmonic played in theatres and music halls, throughout the land. There are the voices of Winston Churchill, and Laurence Olivier ( in "Heny V"), both trying to bolster up morale, and finally Vaughan Williams "Thanksgiving for Victor" on VE Day."
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