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: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS!
Readings and Prayers based on 1 Peter 1, vv. 3-12 (Revised Standard Version): General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: VICTOR SILVESTER
and his Ballroom Orchestra: AUBADE
Four Hands in Harmony(Tony Lowry and Olive Richardson at two pianos)
Eugene Pint (violin)
Andrew Wolkowsky (domra)
Bert Weedon (guitar)
Contributors
Unknown:
Tony
Lowry
Unknown:
Olive
Richardson
Violin:
Eugene
Pint
Violin:
Andrew
Wolkowsky
Guitar:
Bert
Weedon
: JAMES MOODY
at the piano: THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD OF WALES 1949
See displayed panel: The Daily Service
O worship the Lord (S.P. 93) New Every Morning (revised) 1 Psalm 3 Acts 10, vv. l-23; O thou in all thy might so far (S.P. 614): THE FATHER BROWN STORIES
by G. K. ChestertonProduced by Ayton Whitaker
3—' The Eye of Apollo
Adapted for broadcasting by Douglas Cleverdon
Also David Stringer , Brigid Hodgson , Michael Duffield , and Christine Grimez
Contributors
Unknown:
G. K.
Chesterton
Produced By:
Ayton
Whitaker
Broadcasting By:
Douglas
Cleverdon
Unknown:
David
Stringer
Unknown:
Brigid
Hodgson
Unknown:
Michael
Duffield
Unknown:
Christine
Grimez
Father Brown:
Arthur
Ridley
Flambeau:
Valentine
Dyall
Pauline Stacey:
Avice
Landone
Joan Stacey:
Peggy
Cameron
The Commissionaire:
William
Trent
Policeman:
Charles
Mortimer
Kalon The Priest of Apollo:
Raf
de la Torre
: MARY AND GERALDINE PEPPIN
(two pianos): OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
Hughie Green as Master of Opportunities presents five new discoveries assisted by Pat McGrathThe Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Stanley Black
Script by James Coghill
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
Contributors
Unknown:
Hughie
Green
Assisted By:
Pat
McGrath
Conducted By:
Stanley
Black
Script By:
James
Coghill
Produced By:
Dennis
Main Wilson
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: THOSE WERE THE DAYS!
Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with George PizzeyMaster of Ceremonies,
A. J. Latimer
Script by Fieddy Grisewood
Programme introduced by Raymond Glendenning
Contributors
Unknown:
Harry
Davidson
Unknown:
George
Pizzey
Unknown:
A. J.
Latimer
Script By:
Fieddy
Grisewood
Introduced By:
Raymond
Glendenning
: CRICKET
Lunchtime scoreboard: VARIETY IN MELODY
with The Petersen Brothers and Enso Topano (piano accordion)Contributors
Piano:
Enso
Topano
: THE MUSIC ROOM
Lian-Shin Yang (soprano) Michal Hambourg (piano)Frederick Stone (accompanist)
Contributors
Soprano:
Lian-Shin
Yang
Piano:
Michal
Hambourg
Accompanist:
Frederick
Stone
: TWENTY QUESTIONS
Anona Winn , Daphne Padel , Jack Train , and Richard Dimbleby ask all the questions; and Stewart MacPherson knows (almost) all the answersContributors
Unknown:
Anona
Winn
Unknown:
Daphne
Padel
Unknown:
Jack
Train
Unknown:
Richard
Dimbleby
Unknown:
Stewart
MacPherson
: At Work and Play on a BANK HOLIDAY IN LONDON
A visit to three popular places where Londoners are finding entertainment, Interest, and relaxation-the Zoo, the Science Museum, and the Serpentine LidoThe microphone pays two visits to each-the first time to hear how the holidaymakers are enjoying themselves, and the second time to meet some of the people who are kept at work looking after the pleasure and well-being of the holidaymakers
Commentators: Henry Riddell
Audrey Russell , Thomas Woodrooffe
Contributors
Commentators:
Henry
Riddell
Unknown:
Audrey
Russell
Unknown:
Thomas
Woodrooffe
: CHILDREN'S HOUR
This Week's Programmes5.5 A Nursery Programme
' Dorcas the Wooden Doll': a serial story by Mary F. Moore , told byMay E. Jenkin (Elizabeth). 1-' I am Carved '
Dorcas, the wooden doll, was carved over two hundred years ago in the days of Queen Anne. Unlike Queen Anne, she is very much alive today. What's more, in telling her story she recreates the spacious period of her early days. Dorcas is a very human doll. * You are charming,' says the man who made her, and he put her on the side of the boat in which he completed her, to let dry the paint on her face. Like Narcissus she fell in, for vanity is not peculiar only to men, and her adventures began.
' He Sang to a Small Guitar': another nonsense programme by Elton Hayes. 6—' The Quangle Wangle's Hat'
' Me Versus the Night-Watch-man ': third of a new series of stories from ' Biffer, the Autobiography of a Cocker Spaniel ,' by Elf Lewis Clarke , told by Ernest Jay
Contributors
Story By:
Mary F.
Moore
Told By:
May E.
Jenkin
Programme By:
Elton
Hayes.
Unknown:
Cocker
Spaniel
Unknown:
Elf
Lewis Clarke
Told By:
Ernest
Jay
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: First House STARS OF TOMORROW
Jerry Desmonde introducesMilo Lewis
Ridley and Williams
Johnny Stewart
Maureen Riscoe
Owen Walters and his Orchestra
Produced by Eric Spear
Contributors
Introduces:
Jerry
Desmonde
Unknown:
Milo
Lewis
Unknown:
Ridley
Unknown:
Williams
Unknown:
Johnny
Stewart
Unknown:
Maureen
Riscoe
Unknown:
Owen
Walters
Produced By:
Eric
Spear
: LARRY ADLER
with Arthur YoungHughie Diamond and the BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Contributors
Unknown:
Arthur
Young
Unknown:
Hughie
Diamond
Conductor:
Rae
Jenkins
: BESIDE THE SEASIDE
A weekly series of visits to seaside resorts for holiday entertainmentThis week:
Great Yarmouth for extracts from some of the concert-party shows
Catlin's
' Showtime ' at the Wellington Pier and Jack Jay 's
' Yarmouth Follies ' at the Windmill Theatre
Introduced by Philip Garston-Jones
Contributors
Unknown:
Jack
Jay
Introduced By:
Philip
Garston-Jones
: HENRY WOOD PROMENADE CONCERTS
Campoli (violin)BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
Irmelin and Koanga are both early operas by Delius. The former has a fairy-tale as its subject; the latter reflects the composer's experiences of tropical scenery when as a young man he worked as an orange-planter in Florida. Koanga is an African chieftain who is captured by Spanish slave-masters. But he refuses to submit to them. He escapes into the jungle and brings ruin on his captors by invoking the aid of voodoo and black magic. ' La Calinda ' comes from the second act.
So popular is Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, so engagingly melodious and smooth in its workmanship, that it is sometimes overlooked how unconventional it is in its form. The orchestral introduction is of the briefest: after only a bar and a half the soloist is launched on his fascinatingly wistful melody. The cadenza, written by Mendelssohn himself, occurs at an unusual place in the opening movement, shortly before the return or the main theme. There is a link (in the shape of a note held by a solo bassoon) between the first and second movements; and the finale, that miracle of lightness and gaiety, is prefaced by a short Allegretto section.
When he wrote his Second Symphony, Borodin was, also at work on his opera, Prince Igor; and a great deal of it was undoubtedly inspired by visions of the glories of medieval Russia. Borodin told a friend that in the opening Allegro he was thinking of the gatherings of Russian princes and warriors in the eleventh century. The slow movement recalled the songs of the Slav troubadours, and the finale represented a festival of the heroes of Kiev, held amid the rejoicings of the people. Harold Rutland
Contributors
Leader:
Paul
Beard
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm
Sargent
Written By:
Mendelssohn
: Diana Churchill, John Laurie and Margaret Barton in 'IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU MEAN'
An improvisation for the Glockenspiel by James Bridie with Anthony JacobsDerek Birch
Characters in order of speaking:
Adapted for radio and produced by Donald McWhinnie
Contributors
Unknown:
James
Bridie
Unknown:
Anthony
Jacobs
Unknown:
Derek
Birch
Produced By:
Donald
McWhinnie
Angela Prout, B A:
Diana
Churchill
The Rev William Paris C F:
John
Laurie
George Prout R O R:
Anthony
Jacobs
James Mutch, D Litt:
Derek
Birch
Pte Jessie Killigrew, A T S:
Margaret
Barton
Viscountess Dodd, D B E:
Ella
Milne
Joe Byres, m p:
Tom
Fleming
Hector MacAdam, M D , F R C S Ed:
Duncan
McIntyre
Pte Walter Geikie, R A S C:
Malcolm
Hayes
: ATHLETICS
As the Commentator Saw ItHarold Abrahams reviews this afternoon's International Match between Great . Britain and France, and illustrates his talk with recordings made during the meeting
Contributors
Unknown:
Harold
Abrahams
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