Listings
: Light Music FRASCATI'S ORCHESTRA
Directed by GEORGES HAECKFrom THE RESTAURANT FRASCATI
: DANCE MUSIC
JACK PAYNE and his B.B.C. DANCE ORCHESTRA: A Light Classical Concert
JOAN COXON (Soprano)THE STATION STRING QUARTET
: THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
' THE ISLE OF M'BosH'-wherein THE WICKED UNCLE concludes his true (?) account of the discovery and conquest of M'BUNG'S twin-island
: The First News '
; WEATHER FORECAST, FIRST GENERAL NEWS BULLETIN: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC
BRAHMS' VIOLIN SONATASPlayed by MARJORIE HAYWARD (Violin) and O'CONNOR MORRIS (Pianoforte)
IN the second Sonata wo have one of Brahms'. interesting experiments in design. It will be remembered that the slow movement and the Scherzo alternate one with the other, to form only one movement. The first is a smoothly-flowing movement in amiable mood, with the pianoforte beginning the theme, and the last is a gracious Allegretto in place of tho more bustling and energetic Finale which Brahms often gives us.
: This Emigration Business-I ANY COMPLAINTS ?
A Dialogue Between Two SETTLERS' (Arranged by MR. KENNETH LINDSAY , of tho
OVERSEAS SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE)
: GRACIE FIELDS
with ARCHIE PITT arid TOMMY FIELDS in excorpts from'THE SHOW'S THE THING' now playing at THE WINTER GARDENS THEATRE
: 'The Wrecker*
A Mystery 01 tho Sea by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON and LLOYD OSBOURNE: Adapted for Broadcasting by MICHAEL TALEOT
Produced by PETER CRESWELL
The Period of the Play is about the year
1880
: ' The Second News '
WEATHER FORECAST, SECOND GENERAL NEWSBULLETIN ; Local News ; (Daventry only) Shipping Forecast and Fat Stock Prices
9.20 Mr. NORMAN ANGELL , M.P.: ' Tho
Five Power Conference—What it is going to do '
: An Orchestral Concert
NORMAN ALLIN (Bass)ALBERT SAMMONS (Violin) THE WIRELESS SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Conducted by PERCY PITT
IN Gounod's Philomon and Baucis the ancient Olympic deities are treated with somewhat scant respect,' and the author of the libretto shows us them as subject to the usual mortal weaknesses and failings. Jupiter has brought Vulcan with him to earth, and the Armourer has left -his underground forges most unwillingly. Ever since he made himself a laughing-stock by his unlucky wooing of Venus, he has been shy of facing the other gods, or even mortals, feeling that they must all know of the goddess' scornful treatment of him. In this song he gives vent to his annoyance at having to visit the upper world, and tells how much happier he is in the dark caverns of his underground forge.
In Gounod's orchestral accompaniment, the ringing of hammer oil on anvil is .rhythmically heard almost throughout the song, and sometimes an actual anvil and hammer are specially added for the purpose to the usual orchestra.
MASSENET'S opera on the Great
Spanish hero Le Cid naturally em. bodies a good deal of Spanish vervo and rhythm in its music, and in the ballet, especially, he is notably successful in the fresh and melodious way in which he gives us something of the Southern atmosphere.
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