Listings
: THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK
A reading for Sunday morning from ' The Water of Life by John BunyanRead by Stephen Jack
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Bunyan
Read By:
Stephen
Jack
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: MORNING MELODY
Charles Williams and his Concert Orchestra with Jack Byfield (piano)Contributors
Unknown:
Charles
Williams
Piano:
Jack
Byfield
: MORNING SERVICE
from St. John's Church, Barmouth, conducted by the Rector, the Rev. H. Wallis Thomas. Lessons read by the Rev. Alex T. LewisConfession and Absolution
Vend,t
Psalm 3
Lesson.: Isaiah 51. vv. 1-11 Te Deum
Lesson: Romans 6, vv. 1-11 Jubilate
Creed, Versicles, and Responses Collects
The strife is o'er, the battle done
(A. and M. 135: Tune, Victory)
Sermon
On the Resurrection morning (A. and M. 499: Tune, Mansfield)
Blessing
Organist and Choirmaster,
Lewis Williams
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. H.
Wallis
Unknown:
Rev. Alex T.
Lewis
Choirmaster:
Lewis
Williams
: SUNDAY-MORNING PROM
Overture, Semiramide (Rossini):Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Damie Sonata (Liszt, orch.
Constant Lambert ) : Louis Kentner (piano) and Sadler's Wells Orchestra, conducted by Constant Lambert
Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 (
Samuel Barber ): New Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Samuel Barber on gramophone records
Contributors
Conducted By:
Arturo
Toscanini
Conducted By:
Damie
Sonata
Unknown:
Constant
Lambert
Piano:
Louis
Kentner
Piano:
Sadler'S
Wells
Unknown:
Samuel
Barber
Conducted By:
Samuel
Barber
: MY FIRST NOVEL
A series of six talks in which contemporary writers describe how they wrote their first published novel and what they feel about it nowToday Joyce Cary describes how he wrote his first novel ' Aissa
Saved,' from his experiences when he was a district officer in Africa
Contributors
Unknown:
Joyce
Cary
: MUSIC MAGAZINE
A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian HerbageIntroduced by Julian Herbage
Contents:
'For Viola and Orchestra,' by Edmund Rubbra
' Delibes' Opera Lakmi ' (produced April 14, 1883), by Harold Rosenthal ' More from the bottom drawer,' by Spike Hushes
Contributors
Edited By:
Anna
Instone
Edited By:
Julian
Herbage
Introduced By:
Julian
Herbage
Unknown:
Edmund
Rubbra
Unknown:
Harold
Rosenthal
Unknown:
Spike
Hushes
: THE CRITICS
Five experts on films, theatre, radio, books, and artConducted by Roger Manvell
Films: E. Armot Robertson
Theatre: lain. Hamilton
Radio: Tom Hopkdnson Books: C. V. Wedgwood Ant: Denis Mathews
Contributors
Conducted By:
Roger
Manvell
Unknown:
E. Armot
Robertson
Unknown:
Denis
Mathews
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: COUNTRY MAGAZINE
General NumberIntroduced by Ralph Wightman
Music arranged by Francis Collinson for the Wynford Reynolds Players
Singer, Jan van der Gucht
Produced by Francis Dillon
Contributors
Introduced By:
Ralph
Wightman
Arranged By:
Francis
Collinson
Singer:
Jan
van Der Gucht
Produced By:
Francis
Dillon
: OPERA CALENDAR
Today's anniversaries in the opera world recalled, with gramophone records, by Dennis ArundellContributors
Unknown:
Dennis
Arundell
: HOME GROWN
A gardening weeklyIntroduced by Roy Hay
Robert Adams talks about cover plants
John Sambrook reviews some recently published gardening books
Wyndham Russell puts the amateur point of view
Fred Streeter outlines the week's work
Contributors
Introduced By:
Roy
Hay
Talks:
Robert
Adams
Unknown:
John
Sambrook
Unknown:
Wyndham
Russell
Unknown:
Fred
Streeter
: Nancy Price in ' QUOTH THE RAVEN'
A play for broadcasting by Eden PhillpottsProduced by Wilfrid Grantham
Cast in order of speaking:
Contributors
Broadcasting By:
Eden
Phillpotts
Produced By:
Wilfrid
Grantham
Charity Cryimes:
Nancy
Price
' Gunner ':
Bryan
Powley
Beitsy Owlett:
Elizabeth
Maude
Martha Triscott:
Dorothy
Darke
Jonah Fern:
Arnold
Ridley
Peter Hacker:
Roderick
Lovelj
: THE MAJESTIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Lou Whiteson with Billy Mayerl (piano)Contributors
Conducted By:
Lou
Whiteson
Piano:
Billy
Mayerl
: TALKING OF BOOKS
John RaymondThis week he talks about ' Exploration Fawcett ' by Lt.-Col. P. H. Fawceu.
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Raymond
Unknown:
Lt.-Col. P. H.
Fawceu.
: CHILDREN'S HOUR
First Day of Request Week:The West of England
' Tales of Milly-Molly-Mandy
Written and told by Joyce Lankester Brisley
* Milly-Molly-Mandy goes visiting '
" Cowleaze Farm ' by Ralph Whitlock
' A Sunday in Spring '
Produced by Mollie Austin
Contributors
Told By:
Joyce Lankester
Brisley
Unknown:
Ralph
Whitlock
Produced By:
Mollie
Austin
Pat:
Thea
Hanks
Mary:
Mary
Harley
Farmer Whitlock:
Ralph
Whitlock
Mrs Whitlock:
Phyllis
Smale
Jonas:
Douglas
Horner
: MONEY MATTERS
Cheaper Holidays by Ruth DrewRutih Drew gives the second of four talks addressed to those who want cheap hohdays for themselves and their families.
Contributors
Unknown:
Ruth
Drew
Unknown:
Rutih
Drew
: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecast, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: THE UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY
The BBC's team of correspondents in New York reports on the week's proceedings: SUNDAY SYMPHONY CONCERT
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent
' Brigg Fair ' was given thirty-six times in Germany in 1907, the year of its composition; yet nowadays Delius' music is hardly ever heard on the Continent, and less and less often in this country. In view of its unique personality and fascinating beauty, it seems hard to account for this state of affairs, though perhaps the fundamental reason is Delius' cosmopolitanism, which isolated him from the main stream of the music of any particular country. Yet ' Brigg Fair,' for example, belongs so unmistakably to our own climate that it should remain a favourite with English audiences. By the fusion of a Lincolnshire folk-tune with his individual treatment: of Wagnerian chromatic harmony Delius 'created the perfect musical image of an English summer's day: the freshness of early morning, the heat of noon, the momentary clouding-over, the blaze of sunset, and the slow merging of twilght into the cool shades of evening.
Deryck Cooke
Contributors
Soprano:
Kirsten
Flagstad
Leader:
Paul
Beard
Conductor:
Sir Malcolm
Sargent
Unknown:
Deryck
Cooke
: EVENING SERVICE
from St. Benedict's RomanCatholic Church, Ealing, London. Conducted by Father Matthew Kehoe O.s.B. , Sermon by Father Dominic Young o.s.B. ,
Bring all ye dear bought nations
(W.H. 51)
Scripture reading from Acts of the Apostles 3, vv. 12-19. and exposition
Praise to the Holiest (W.H. 186) Sermon
0 Filii et Filiae (trad., arr. Bowyer) Prayers
Benediction
0 Salutaris (Beethoven) Tantum Ergo (trad.) Blessing
Divine Praises
Christ the Lord is risen today (W.H.
50)
Choirmaster and Organist,
W. H. Bowyer
Contributors
Conducted By:
Father Matthew
Kehoe O.S.B.
Unknown:
Dominic
Young O.S.B.
Organist:
W. H.
Bowyer
: THE WEEK'S GOOD CAUSE
Appeal on behalf of the Florence Nightingale Hospital, by Anna Neagle C.B.E. ,Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
Florence Nightingale was appointed as Lady Superintendent of the Hospital in 1853. This year, therefore, commemorates the centenary of her appointment. Through the Hospital which bears her name, Miss Nightingale first made the world aware of her powers and inspirations. Here she proved herself and her gemus. This success was followed by the invitation to go to the Crimea.
The hospital today is maintained to provide medical and surgical treatment for women of limited means and of the professional classes who caninot afford high fees and prefer private accommodation. The Minister of Health decided not to include this specialised hospital in the National Health Scheme. Only one fifth of the total cost of running the hospital is met by payments from patients, the remainder has to be found from voluntary sources.
Contributors
Unknown:
Anna
Neagle C.B.E.
Unknown:
Miss Anna
Neagle
: ' NICHOLAS NICKLEBY'
by Charles DickensAdapted and produced by Charles Lefeaux in twelve episodes 11
—' Doubts and Dangers '
Cast in order of speaking:
Two days before the enforced marriage of Madeline Bray to Arthur Gride , Nicholas hears of the plot from Newman Noggs. He rushes to Madeline and them to Gride, but as has appeals are unsuccessful he arrives on the wedding morning with Kate to make one lasr attempt to stop the ceremony. A few minutes later Walter Bray dies, and in defiance of their uncle they carry Madeline to safety.
Contributors
Unknown:
Charles
Dickens
Produced By:
Charles
Lefeaux
Unknown:
Madeline
Bray
Unknown:
Arthur
Gride
Unknown:
Newman
Noggs.
Unknown:
Walter
Bray
Narrator:
John
Gabriel
Arthur Gride:
John
Ruddock
Ralph Nickleby:
Andrew
Cruickshank
Man:
Victor
Fairley
First woman:
Evelyn
Moore
Second woman:
Elsa
Palmer
Newman Noggs:
Arthur
Ridley
Mr Wackford Squeers:
Cecil
Trouncer
Peg Sliderskew:
Louise
Hampton
Housekeeper:
Audrey
McNdes
Charles Cheeryble:
Harold
Scott
Maid:
Evelyn
Moore
Waiter:
Victor
Fairley
Third woman:
Audrey
Mendes
Mrs Snawley:
Elsa
Palmer
Tim Linkinwater:
Frank
Tickle
Ned Cheeryble:
Alec
Finter
: THE ARCHAEOLOGIST
A series of quarterly programmes reviewing archaeological developments and discoveries in the British IslesEdited and introduced by Glyn Daniel
Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. and Lecturer in Archaeology in the University
Stanwick and the North of Britain at the Roman Conquest
In this edition Dr. Daniel introduces:
Sir Mortimer Wheeler , C.I.E., M.C., D. Litt. , F.B.A.
Professor of Archaeology in the University of London, and Secretary of the British Academy
Produced by Alan Gibson
Sir Mortimer Wheeler excavated the great earthworks at Stanwick, in the North Riding of Yorkshire in the summers of 1951 and 1952, and was able to show that the Elizabethan antiquary Leland made a good guess when he described it as * campe of men of warre.'
In giving an account of his work, he relates the archaeological results of recent excavation to what is known of north Britain in the first century A.D., and to the Brigantes whom Roman historians described as being subdued only after ' many battles, sometimes bloody battles.*
Contributors
Introduced By:
Glyn
Daniel
Unknown:
Sir Mortimer
Wheeler
Unknown:
D.
Litt.
Produced By:
Alan
Gibson
Unknown:
Sir Mortimer
Wheeler
: TCHAIKOVSKY
Ballet Music : The Swan Lake played by the BBC Concert Orchestra(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Contributors
Leader:
John
Sharpe
Conductor:
Gilbert
Vinter
: REMINISCENCES OF WICKHAM STEED
in conversation with Steven WatsonStudent of Christ Church, Oxford
1-An Englishman in Paris
In tihe first of three programmes Wickham Steed , a famous correspondent of The Times and later its editor (1919-1922), recalls some of the French personalities he has known. Now aged eighty-one, Wickham Steed first went to Paris in September 1893.
Contributors
Unknown:
Steven
Watson
Unknown:
Wickham
Steed
Unknown:
Wickham
Steed
: EPILOGUE
' Christ is risen 'Psalm 16 (Broadcast Psalter) St. Luke 24, vv. 13-35
Now cheer our hearts (BBC Hymn
Book 527)
1 Corinthians 15. vv. 20-22
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