Listings
: THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK
Readings for Sunday morning: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: MORNING MELODY
The Richard Crean Orchestra with Hugo D'Alton (mandolin)Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Crean
Unknown:
Hugo
D'Alton
: LIFE IN THE CHURCH
Morning Service conducted by the Rev. Eric Fenn , of the British and Foreign Bible SocietyReading the Bible
Introduction Prayer
Come, gracious Spirit (BBC Hymn
Book 150)
First Bible Study: Amos 1, vv. 1-15;
2, vv. 1-10
Judge eternal (BBC Hymn Book 393) Second Bible Study: St. Matthew 15, vv. 21-28
Just as I am (BBC Hymn Book 292) Prayers of Thanksgiving, Intercession, and Dedication
The Lord is King (BBC Hymn Book
26)
Blessing
Hymns sung by the BBC Singers
Organist, Dr. George Tbalben-Ball
This service is an attempt to do a piece of Bible Study rather than to exhort people to read the Bible. It is an experiment requiring co-operation between the broadcaster and the listener. It will help if listeners follow the two main passages in their own Bibles. The passages. will be read by Frederick Allen so. as to draw a clear distinction between them and Mr. Fenn's comments. The whole is designed to lead up to a short act of worship with which the broadcast closes.
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. Eric
Fenn
Organist:
Dr. George
Tbalben-Ball
Read By:
Frederick
Allen
: SUNDAY PROM
Symphony No. 84. in E flat (Haydn):The Collegium Musicum of Vienna, conducted by Anton Heiller
Violin Concerto No. 3, in B minor
(Saint-Sagns): Zino Francescatti (violin), with the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
(Continued in next column)
Hungarian March (The Damnation of Faust) (Berlioz): Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by George Weldon on gramophone records
Contributors
Conducted By:
Anton
Heiller
Violin:
Zino
Francescatti
Conducted By:
Dimitri
Mitropoulos
Conducted By:
George
Weldon
: PORTRAIT SKETCH
The Old-Timer by George GodwinAs a young man the speaker emigrated to Canada and encountered the old-timer at a small settlement on the Lower Fraser River, in British Columbia. The o'd-timer then was over seventy and was what the world would presume a failure. But George Godwin is not sure such a judgment would be quite sound.
Contributors
Unknown:
George
Godwin
Unknown:
George
Godwin
: MUSIC MAGAZINE
A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian HerbageIntroduced this week by Julian Herbage
Record Review
The Schnabel Memorial Edition, by Maurice Jacobson
Vocal Records, by Mark Lubbock
Orchestral and Instrumental Records for March, by Donald Mitchell
Contributors
Edited By:
Anna
Instone
Edited By:
Julian
Herbage
Unknown:
Julian
Herbage
Unknown:
Maurice
Jacobson
Unknown:
Donald
Mitchell
: THE CRITICS
Conducted by Basil WrightArt: Hugh Scrutton
Films: Raul Dehn
Theatre: Philip Hope-Wallace Books: C. V. Wedgwood Radio: Tom Hopkinson
Contributors
Conducted By:
Basil
Wright
Unknown:
Hugh
Scrutton
Unknown:
Raul
Dehn
Unknown:
Tom
Hopkinson
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: COUNTRY MAGAZINE
A Buckinghamshire VillageIntroduced by Ralph Wightman
Music by the Wynford Reynolds Quartet arranged and conducted by Francis Collinson
Singer, Robert Irwin
Produced by John Bridges
Contributors
Introduced By:
Ralph
Wightman
Singer:
Francis
Collinson
Singer:
Robert
Irwin
Produced By:
John
Bridges
: Stephen Williams presents HE WROTE THE STORY
Sir Walter ScottGramophone records of music from operas based on his works
Contributors
Unknown:
Sir Walter
Scott
: HOME GROWN
A gardening weeklyRoy Hay chats with D. 0. Morris about bulbs for spring planting, and with Mabel Lesslie who gives some hints on growing violets
Robert Thompson puts the small gardener's point of view
Fred Streeter outlines the week's work
Contributors
Unknown:
Roy
Hay
Unknown:
Mabel
Lesslie
Unknown:
Robert
Thompson
Unknown:
Fred
Streeter
: ' THE SWORD IN THE STONE'
by T. H. WhiteAdapted for radio by Marianne Helweg
Music specially composed by Benjamin Britten
Conducted by Walter Goehr
Other parts played by Richard George. Noel Johnson and John Sharp
Produced by Francis Dillon
Contributors
Unknown:
T. H.
White
Unknown:
Marianne
Helweg
Composed By:
Benjamin
Britten
Conducted By:
Walter
Goehr
Played By:
Richard
George.
Played By:
Noel
Johnson
Played By:
John
Sharp
Produced By:
Francis
Dillon
Kay:
Warren
Hearnden
Wart:
Jeremy
Spenser
Merlyn:
Peter
Ustinov
Sir Ector:
Norman
Shelley
Sir Grummore:
Howard
Marion-Crawford
King Pellinore:
Geoffrey
Wincott
Mme Mim:
Patience
Collier
Nurse:
Mary
O'Farrell
Cully:
Leslie
Perrins
: Excerpts from 'CARMEN'
by Bizet including the whole of Act 2BBC Opera Chorus
(trained by Alan G. Melville )
BBC Opera Orchestra
(Leader. John Sharpe )
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
Produced by Harold Neden
(Barbara Howitt broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.; Sheila Rex , Jean Mountford , John Faassen , and John Kentish broadcast by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)
Contributors
Unknown:
Alan G.
Melville
Leader:
John
Sharpe
Produced By:
Harold
Neden
Produced By:
Barbara
Howitt
Unknown:
Sheila
Rex
Unknown:
Jean
Mountford
Unknown:
John
Faassen
Unknown:
John
Kentish
Carmen, a Gypsy girl:
Barbara
Howitt
Don Jose a corporal:
Heddle
Nash
Escamillo, a toreador:
George
Hancock
Carmen's Gypsy companions:Frasquita:
Sheila
Rex
MercVdes:
Jean
Mountford
Leaders of a band of Gypsy smuglersII Dancalro:
John
Faassen
II Remendado:
John
Kentish
Zuniga, Captain of the Dragoons:
Eric
Shilling
: TALKING OF BOOKS
Walter AllenThis week he talks about ' The Mill on the Po ' by Riccardo Bacchelli and * The Moon and the Bonfire' by Cesare Pavese
Contributors
Unknown:
Walter
Allen
Unknown:
Riccardo
Bacchelli
Unknown:
Cesare
Pavese
: CHILDREN'S HOUR
' Because I Set no Snare 'Poems and stories about animals and birds collected by Geoffrey Dearmer and read by Mabel Constanduros and Cecil Bellamy with music chosen by David Davis
5.30 ' I Sing of a Maiden'
Music by the Choir of Queen Elizabeth's
Girls' Grammar School, Barnet
Music Director, Joan Manning
For the children-see page 15
Contributors
Unknown:
Geoffrey
Dearmer
Read By:
Mabel
Constanduros
Read By:
Cecil
Bellamy
Unknown:
David
Davis
Unknown:
Joan
Manning
: SAVING AND SPENDING
In Full SwingJ. 0. Francis visits towns or villages in England and Wales and describes some of the high-spots in the Lend Strength to Britain Campaign
1— The Women of Mynyddislwyn, Monmouthshire '
An attack by a savings ' commando '
: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecasts. followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: SUNDAY SYMPHONY CONCERT
See foot of pageAnother performance of Strauss' Tod und Verklärung: Saturday (Third)
: EVENING SERVICE
from the Church of the Ascension, Easington Colliery, conducted by the Rev. R. A. BeddoesA Meditation on the Mind and Character of St. Peter
Introduction
0 for a closer walk with God (A. and M. Rev. 326)
Reading: St, Mark 14, vv. 53 to end Lord Jesu, when we stand afar (A. and M. Rev. 109)
First Meditation
The Confessions
Just as I am, without one plea (A. and M. Rev. 349)
Second Meditation
The Resolutions
0 Love, who formedst me to wear
(A. and M. Rev. 203)
Prayers
Closing Litany Blessing
Organist, Percy Tufnell
Choirmaster, Victor Carter
In this service we arc trying not on)y to look into the mind and heart of St. Peter, but through Peter's experience to look into our own minds and hearts, as though Our Lord should say to each one of us ' Thou art Peter.'
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. R. A.
Beddoes
Organist:
Percy
Tufnell
Choirmaster:
Victor
Carter
: THE WEEK'S GOOD CAUSE
Appeal on behalf of King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers (Sister Agnes') by Commander Thomas Woodrooffe , R.N.Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
The King Edward VII 's Hospital for Officers. founded by Sister Agnes (Miss Agnes Keyser) in 1899 in her own house, was bombed in January 1941, and the present building in Beaumont St., London, was opened in October 1948. All officers serving, retired, or ex-temporary are eligible for admission. Serving officers are entitled to free nursing and maintenance in the ward beds, and the ability of other patients to pay is always considered. The hospital has its own consultant staff, whose fees are in accordance with the patients' means The hospital has not been nationalised and is dependent on voluntary support.
Contributors
Unknown:
Thomas
Woodrooffe
Unknown:
King Edward
Vii
: ' OLIVER TWIST '
by Charles DickensAdapted for radio by Giles Cooper
10—' Murder '
Characters, in order of speaking:
Produced by Charles Lefeaux
At last Oliver meets Mr. Brownlow again, and Rose, thankful to find someone in whom she can confide, tells of Nancy's visit. They decide to meet her on London Bridge the following Sunday at midnight. Noah Claypole and Charlotte, arriving in London, meet Fagin by chance in the ' Three Cripples.' Learning that Noah has stolen money, Fagin uses this knowledge to secure the boy's obedience. Noah's first task is to watch the trial of the Dodger, who has been arrested for picking pockets. When the time comes for the midnight rendezvous on London Bridge Nancy does not appear, for in spite of her desperate pleas Bill will not let her out of their room
Contributors
Unknown:
Charles
Dickens
Unknown:
Giles
Cooper
Produced By:
Charles
Lefeaux
Nancy:
Helen
Shingler
Bill Sikes:
Ralph
Truman
Bullseye:
Bryan
Powley
Narrator:
Gordon
Davies
Fagin:
John
Gabriel
Noah Claypole:
Michael
John
Rose Maylie:
Denise
Bryer
Oliver Twist:
Wilfrid
Downing
Servant:
Bryan
Powley
Mr Brownlow:
John
Turnbull
Mr Grimwig:
Arthur
Ridley
Harry Maylie:
David
Peel
Beggar:
Harry
Hutchinson
: THE MAN BORN TO BE KING
A play cycle on the Life of Our Lord by Dorothy L. Sayers5-The Bread of Heaven
A new production by Peter Watts
Contributors
Unknown:
Dorothy L.
Sayers
Production By:
Peter
Watts
: BEETHOVEN
Septet in E flat, Op. 20 played by Frederick Thurston (clarinet)John Alexandra (bassoon)
Douglas Moore (horn)
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Keith Cummings (viola)
Douglas Cameron (cellc)
Roy Watson (double-bass)
Contributors
Clarinet:
Frederick
Thurston
Bassoon:
John
Alexandra
Horn:
Douglas
Moore
Violin:
Erich
Gruenberg
Viola:
Keith
Cummings
Viola:
Douglas
Cameron
Double-Bass:
Roy
Watson
: THE EPILOGUE
' The Way of the Cross 'Psalm 40
St. Mark 10. vv. 32-45
0 thou who earnest from above (BBC
Hymn Book 362)
1 Corinthians 1. vv. 33-25
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