Capsules, potions and drugs for emotions

Press, 29 March 1982, Page 15

Capsules, potions and drugs for emotions

Listening

A series of programmes from Radio New Zealand’s Continuing Education unit on drugs, starts on the National Programme today at 10.30 a.m. in Sharon Crosbie’s “As It Happens.” The series, “Capsules, Potions and Drugs for Emotions,” aims to reassure parents that, while most young people are responsible about drugs, there are some that need help. This first programme looks at the way in which people might use drugs — those who experiment, those who are regular users and the youngsters who have a habit. William Walton Today is Sir William Walton’s 80th birthday, and at 7 p.m. the Concert Programme celebrates it with a performance of his Song Cycle, A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table. At 9.00 p.m. the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, conducted by Vernon Handley, plays Walton’s Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor. Cathedral choirs The history and musicmaking of the ancient Eng-

lish cathedrals of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford is presented in three programmes by Hugh Ottaway, and in the first concert, 8.05 p.m., he introduces the Worcester Cathedral Choir and Scholars of Kings School with Paul Trepte and Andrew Millington (organ) and Donald Hunt (director and organist). Japan The third of Dr Ann Trotter’s four talks: "Japan, A.S.E.A.N. and a Pacific Community” is on Concert at 9.00 tonight. Dr Trotter discusses the “Fukuda doctrine,” which makes clear that Japan will not become a military power, that she respects South East Asian countries’ independence and that she is willing to consult them on an equal footing. Jazz Ray Harris introduces 'music from the Swing Era — a phenomenon of American Popular Music — on National at 9.15 p.m. The recordings date from 1939 and feature the "king of the clarinet,” Artie Shaw. He

leads the band, with the drummer, Buddy Rich. These Artie Shaw performances were originally heard as radio broadcasts from the. Pennsylvania Hotel, New York. Frank Sargeson Frank Sargeson, one of New Zealand’s most distinguished writers, died recently; and as a tribute to Sargeson’s memory the Concert Programme at 9.17 tonight is broadcasting as the Monday night play a newly recorded dramatisation of his “That Summer.” When young Bill Brown decides to move from the country to the town he chooses the worst possible time, for New Zealand is in the clammy grip of depression. He soon discovers that mere survival takes all his time and ingenuity and that the harsh economic climate of the day brings out the best in some people and the worst in others. In this R.N.Z. production by Dai Evans, Bill is played by Richard Moss.