Listings
: Reveille!
Cheerful gramophone records: National Barn Dance
Half-an-hour of Hill-Billy music and song: MORNING MISCELLANY
on gramophone records: JAMES BELL
at the organ of the Odeon, Leicester Square: SCOTTISH VARIETY ORCHESTRA
Conductor, Ronnie Munro , with Nancy Jenkins and Alex CarmichaelContributors
: NOVELTY BOX'—9
Roland Powell and his Sextet and Gerry Fitzgerald. Produced by Richard North 6Contributors
: 'SUT HWYL?'
Rhaglen o ddiddordeb i fechgyn a merched y Lluoedd Arfog. Y cyfarwyddo gan Myfanwy Howell. (Welsh light programme)/
Contributors
: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
Band of the Royal Dragoons : conductor, Mr. A. A. SingerContributors
: Three-Band Session
Count Basie and his Orchestra, Kinney's Hawaiian Ambassadors, and Joe Venuti and his Blue Four, on records: Workers' Playtime
Lunch-time entertainment for factory workers, from a factory somewhere in Britain.: 'TOP-O'-THE-BILL'
Today's Variety, on records: PIBROCH RECITAL
by Angus MacphersonPibrochs-the word is familiar enough, but how many listeners south of the Border Jcnow exactly what they are ? They are the highest form of bagpipe music and they are usually martial in character. They consist of variations on a theme, and demand unusual efficiency in the players. Frequently they are named after historical, characters and events, and some of them date hack hundreds of years. William Ross , who was piper to Queen Victoria, issued a collection of pibrochs in 1869, which still forms the basis of many a piper's repertoire.
Contributors
: 'INTERMISSION'
Novelty numbers and solo pieces played by' the BBC Variety Orchestra (conductor, Charles Shadwell ), with Gene CrowleyContributors
: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
Primo Scala 's Accordion Band, directed by Harry BidgoodContributors
: ' THE DANSANT
From the Victoria Rooms, Bristol, with Ihga Andersen , McGregor and West, and Reginald Williams and his Band. Produced by Leslie BridgmontContributors
: IVY BENSON
and her Girls Band: OPERA IN THE OPEN AIR
Kingsley Lark describes, with gramophone records, summer performances in the parks i: 'FORCES PROBLEMS ANSWERED'
This is the day and time when the late John Hilton talked about those problems of men and women in the Forces and of their wives and relatives, which are discussed in this programmeContributors
: NEWS
followed by National and Regional announcements -: U.S. ARMY NEGRO CHORUS
and Roland Hayes (tenor). Londoti ymphony ' Orchestra : conductor,Technical Sergeant Hugo Weisgall
Negro Spirituals , for tenor and chorus
1 From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Contributors
: SANDY MACPHERSON
at the theatre organ: HENRY HALL'S RHYTHM ENTERTAINMENT
Music for the million, featuring the stars who make the music. Script by Spike Hughes. Produced by Tawny Neilson . From the Hippodrome, WolverhamptonContributors
: ' MUSIC FOR EVERYBODY '
BBC Midland Light Orchestra: conductor, Rae JenkinsContributors
: 'INTO BATTLE'
' Wooden Shoes' : a day in Warsaw, four years after the occupation of Poland. Written by Halina Tomaszewska and Rose Marie HodgsonContributors
: 'MUSIC SOCIETY OF LOWER BASIN STREET'
Twenty-eighth of a series which is the British cousin of a popular weekly feature in America. Artists include Elinore Farrell (of Forsythe, Seamon, and Farrell), Benny Lee ,'Phil Green and his Basin Street Band, and his Rhythm on Reeds Orchestra. Produced and introduced by Jimmy Dyrenforth
Contributors
: 'TUESDAY RADIOGRAM'
The Gramophone Department entertains with ' Near Misses '; good tunes that never became popular, chosen by Roy Plomley. ' Great Composers and their Melodies', introduced by Joseph Lewis , and ' Black Magic ', in which Buddy Bradley tells about favourite coloured artists and their records. Script by Harry Alan Towers. Programme introduced by Patric Curwen , and edited by Frederick PiffardContributors
: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
BBC Midland Light Orchestra, conductor, Rae Jenkins.Contributors
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