Listings
: NEWS
and summary of today's programmes for the Forces: Lift Up Your Hearts!
A thought for today: THE KITCHEN FRONT
A talk about what to eat and how to cook it, by Freddie GrisewoodContributors
Unknown:
Freddie
Grisewood
: BBC SALON ORCHESTRA
Leader, Jean PougnetConductor, Leslie Bridgewater
Selection: Gulliver's Travels - Timberg and Sharples
Life is nothing without music - Fred Hartley
Folk-tune medley, No. 15 - Gerrard Williams
Diane - Rappee andPollack
Slavonic dance, No. 8 - Dvorak
The nearness of you - Carmichael
Daddy-long-legs Kenneth - Wright
Aubade Clifton - Parker
Ritual fire dance - Falla
Contributors
Leader:
Jean
Pougnet
Conductor:
Leslie
Bridgewater
: REGINALD NEW
at the theatre organ: CHILDREN WHO NEVER GROW UP
A New Year's gathering of choirs of children whose voices will live for ever on gramophone recordsWritten and presented by Herbert C. Ridout
Contributors
Presented By:
Herbert C.
Ridout
: AT HOME TODAY
A topical magazine programme: THE DAILY SERVICE
from p. 17 of ' New Every Morning ' and p. 12 of ' Each Returning Day': Music While You Work
played by Wynford Reynolds and his OrchestraContributors
Played By:
Wynford
Reynolds
: PIANO MUSIC
played by Irene RustadWhen only eight years old Irene Rustad began winning prizes in music festivals, and at the age of sixteen won the Ada Lewis open scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. There she studied under Victor Booth for five years, winning bronze and silver medals, the Albanesi Prize for Chopin playing, and the Walter Macfarren gold medal. In 1936 she studied in Italy under Schnabel for three months, and gave her first London recital at the Wigmore Hall in the spring of the following year.
Contributors
Played By:
Irene
Rustad
Unknown:
Irene
Rustad
Unknown:
Ada
Lewis
Unknown:
Victor
Booth
: THE PICK OF THE BUNCH
A programme of new gramophone records presented by Elizabeth CowellContributors
Presented By:
Elizabeth
Cowell
: - 'MUSIC, MAESTRO, PLEASE ! '
A parade of song hits arranged by Mai Jones and Glyn Jones with Marion Browne , Haydn Adams , John Morgan , Cliff Earnshaw , and RevueChorus
At the pianos, Mai Jones and Frank Davison
Produced by Glyn Jones
Contributors
Arranged By:
Mai
Jones
Arranged By:
Glyn
Jones
Unknown:
Marion
Browne
Unknown:
Haydn
Adams
Unknown:
John
Morgan
Unknown:
Cliff
Earnshaw
Pianos:
Mai
Jones
Pianos:
Frank
Davison
Produced By:
Glyn
Jones
: FIRST TIME HERE!'
A programme of gramophone records presented by Roger WimbushContributors
Presented By:
Roger
Wimbush
: MELODY AND ROMANCE
Les Allen with the Dance Orchestra directed by Billy TementProduced by Tom Ronald
Contributors
Unknown:
Les
Allen
Directed By:
Billy
Tement
Produced By:
Tom
Ronald
: BBC SCOTTISH ORCHESTRA
Leader, J. Mouland BegbieConductor, Guy Warrack
Overture :
Coriolan Beethoven 's ' Coriolan ' is based not on Shakespeare's play, but on an entirely different play by a German contemporary dramatist named Heinrich Collin. From every point of view it is one of Beethoven's greatest orchestral works, particularly in its compact construction and beauty of orchestral colouring.
The music, however, has no definite programme, but Sir Donald Tovey points out, ' Wagner was right in describing Beethoven's overture as a musical counterpart to the turning-point in Shakespeare's Coriolanus, the scene in the Volscian camp before the gates of Rome '.
Haydn's La Chasse'
Many of Haydn's symphonies have descriptive titles but very few of these were given by the composer himself. The Symphony No. 73 in D is one of the exceptions and takes its name from the last movement, ' La Chasse'.
This finale was originally the prelude to the last act of an opera La Fedelta premiata which Haydn composed for the re-opening of Prince Esterhazy's private theatre, which had been destroyed by fire. In the opera Diana, Goddess of the Chase, brings about a happy ending to the various intrigues, and this inspired Haydn to bring in a hunting theme.
A year later Haydn composed the other movements of the symphony and performed the complete work before the Prince.
Contributors
Leader:
J. Mouland
Begbie
Conductor:
Guy
Warrack
Unknown:
Coriolan
Beethoven
Unknown:
Heinrich
Collin.
Unknown:
Sir Donald
Tovey
: Music While You Work
played by the Bristol Hippodrome Orchestra: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
The Rt. Hon. Ernest Brown ,Secretary of State for Scotland
This afternoon's talk by the Secretary of State for Scotland will not be in the nature of a formal Government statement but simply a talk of greeting and encouragement to Scottish people. He will look over the year that has passed, with its many events, and forward, too, to this new year.
Contributors
Unknown:
Rt. Hon. Ernest
Brown
: 'SLEEVES ROLLED UP'
The workers of Britain face 1941The New Year on the Industrial Front illustrated by outside broadcasts from
A shipyard
A road transport depot
A dock-side and A clothing factory presented by Cecil McGivem and Michael Standing
Contributors
Presented By:
Cecil
McGivem
Presented By:
Michael
Standing
: 'HI, GANG!'
starringBebe Daniels , Vic Oliver , Ben Lyon with Jay Wilbur and his Orchestra, the Greene Sisters, and Sam Browne
Additional dialogue by Dick Pepper
Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Douglas Lawrence
Contributors
Unknown:
Bebe
Daniels
Unknown:
Vic
Oliver
Unknown:
Ben
Lyon
Unknown:
Jay
Wilbur
Unknown:
Sam
Browne
Dialogue By:
Dick
Pepper
Produced By:
Harry S.
Pepper
Produced By:
Douglas
Lawrence
: GWASANAETH COSBER
(Studio service in Welsh)Cymerir y Gweddiau o'r llyfr
Bob Bore o Newydd'
Contributors
Unknown:
Bob
Bore
: CHILDREN'S HOUR
.' Looking backward'A glance over the Children's Hour of 1940, devised by Barbara Sleigh
Contributors
Unknown:
Barbara
Sleigh
: NEWS
followed by National and Regional announcements: 'THE WORLD GOES BY'
F. H. Grisewood brings to the microphone people in the news, people talking about the news, and interesting visitors to BritainContributors
Unknown:
F. H.
Grisewood
: ' SWINGING OUT OF SCHOOL'
with John Singer and Celia Lipton supported by Phil Cardew and his schoolmates in swingScript written by Spike Hughes
Produced by Douglas Moodie
Contributors
Unknown:
Celia
Lipton
Unknown:
Phil
Cardew
Written By:
Spike
Hughes
Produced By:
Douglas
Moodie
: LINE-UP
or where the war hits youA war commentary on the personal front, by ' Blueprint' l--Cross-purposes
: SCHUBERT
Overture : Alfonso and Estrella Symphony No. 9, in C played by BBC Orchestra(Section A)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Contributors
Leader:
Paul
Beard
Conductor:
Sir Adrian
Boult
: 'TWELVE BY THE MAIL
A masque for the New Year, adapted from the story by Hans Christian AndersenMusic specially composed by Reginald Redman and played by BBC Northern Orchestra under the direction of the composer
Written and produced by Francis Dillon
Contributors
Story By:
Hans Christian
Andersen
Composed By:
Reginald
Redman
Produced By:
Francis
Dillon
January:
James
McKechnie
February:
Phyllis
Smale
March:
Antony
Holies
April:
Eileen
Erskine
May:
Curigwen
Lewis-
June:
Kathleen
Kinear
July:
Ivan
Brandt
August:
Dora
Gregory
September:
Bryan
Powley
October:
Fred
Yule
November:
Esme
Percy
December:
Arthur
Young
: REVIEW OF REVUES'
A selection from some Scottish revues broadcast in 1940, including 'May Bee ', ' June Tune ', ' Hey Day ', ' Come off it', 'Going Places', ' Neon Nights', Ladies Only ', and ' Black-outs for the Black-out' with Madeleine Christie , James Crampsey , Frank Foster , Sarah Fox , Edith Stevenson , James Gibson ,James Urquhart , Molly Weir
Ruby Duncan and Douglas Graham at two pianos
Scottish Variety Orchestra, conducted by Ronnie Munro
Produced by Moultrie R. Kelsall
Contributors
Unknown:
Madeleine
Christie
Unknown:
James
Crampsey
Unknown:
Frank
Foster
Unknown:
Sarah
Fox
Unknown:
Edith
Stevenson
Unknown:
James
Gibson
Unknown:
James
Urquhart
Unknown:
Molly
Weir
Unknown:
Ruby
Duncan
Unknown:
Douglas
Graham
Conducted By:
Ronnie
Munro
Produced By:
Moultrie R.
Kelsall
: ' NA GAID EIL AN GUAILLIBH A CHEILE'
Ceilidh aig am bi saighdearan Gaidhealach as an Impireachd air aoigheachd Ie cairdean a Gaidhealtachd na h-Alba(A Gaelic Ceilidh for Highland soldiers from the Empire)
: - ALL THE BIRDS OF THE AIR'
An anthology arranged by Ursula WoodProduced by M. H. Allen
Contributors
Arranged By:
Ursula
Wood
Produced By:
M. H.
Allen
: WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC—II
BBC SingersConducted by Trevor Harvey
At the organ, Dr. Hubert Hunt
Reader, The Rev. J. W. Welch
Contributors
Conducted By:
Trevor
Harvey
Reader:
Dr. Hubert
Hunt
Unknown:
Rev. J. W.
Welch
: BILLY COTTON
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