Deryck Cooke: Thinking About The Ring: Part 2; BBC Radio Talk (1970)

"Thinking About The Ring", presented by Deryck Cooke (Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 21st October, 1970) "In his second talk Deryck Cooke concentrates on a single theme in "The Ring"—the one known as the "Flight Motive"—and examines its development throughout the work. He puts forwards a different interpretation of its function, which, he believes, throws a completely new light on the essential meaning of the tetralogy." =============== This was the second of two talks. The first can be found here:    • Deryck Cooke: Thinking About The Ring: Par...   =============== "Der Ring des Nibelungen" ("The Ring of the Nibelung") is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner, with German libretti by the composer. The four works are, in sequence: "Das Rheingold" ("The Rhinegold"), "Die Walküre" ("The Valkyrie"), "Siegfried", and "Götterdämmerung" ("Twilight of the Gods"). The complete cycle was first performed at the Bayreuth Festival Theatre in 1876.