29 MAY 1947, page 13

Music

On May 21st the Bach Choir and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Reginald Jacques, celebrated the ,fiftieth anniversary of the death of Brahms by giving a......

Contemporary Arts

- THE THEATRE "Tess of the D'Urbervilles." Adapted by Ronald Gow. (Piccadilly.) LITERARY men are apt to wince when they see some immortal novel reissued in a gaudy dust-wrapper......

The Cinema

Two weeks ago I had hard things to say about films which can find no better story subject than death or murder. I still insist there are better subjects, but Take My Life, in......