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![Diagram of the lower ground floor](https://broadcastinghouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/lg-floor-diagram-scaled.jpg)
89 ❧ The six Friezes on the Western Wall of the Concert Hall, forming horizontal panels under the rectangular lights. The carvings are of classical scenes representing Poetry, Dancing, a Ball Game, a Sacrifice, a Foot Race, and Music. The sculptor, Mr. Gilbert Bayes, is to produce a further six reliefs, with modern subjects, for the opposite wall.
![Frieze: Poetry](https://broadcastinghouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/plate-89a.jpg)
![Frieze: Dance](https://broadcastinghouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/plate-89b.jpg)
![Frieze: Ball](https://broadcastinghouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/plate-89c.jpg)
![Frieze: Sacrifice](https://broadcastinghouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/plate-89d.jpg)
![Frieze: Foot-race](https://broadcastinghouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/plate-89e.jpg)
![Frieze: music](https://broadcastinghouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/plate-89f.jpg)
But Music for a time doth change its nature.' – Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice