Listings
Records introduced by Paul Adam
Contributors
Presenter:
Paul
Adam
Ray Baines at the BBC theatre organ
Contributors
Unknown:
Ray
Baines
Ralph Elman and the Tzigane Orchestra. with songs by Enrico Nobell
Contributors
Unknown:
Ralph
Elman
Songs By:
Enrico
Nobell
A summer holiday programme
Edited and produced by Lionel Gamlm
'His First Flight'
An extract from ' Spring Sowing ' by Liam O'Flaherty , read by David Davis
Young Film-goer 's Diary
Terry Marston and Donald Wilson. two London schoolboys, discuss new films they think you will enjoy in the holidays
Autograph Album
Each week a visitor signs the Autograph Album and remembers a school holiday of long ago. Today: Flora Robson
Contributors
Produced By:
Lionel
Gamlm
Unknown:
Liam
O'Flaherty
Read By:
David
Davis
Read By:
Young
Film-Goer
Unknown:
Terry
Marston
Unknown:
Donald
Wilson.
Unknown:
Flora
Robson
Conductor, Charles Groves
Contributors
Conductor:
Charles
Groves
Gentlemen v. Players
Commentary by E. W Swanton during the last morning's play
From Lord's
Paul Fenoulhet and his Orchestra play British and American melodies of yesterday and today
Contributors
Unknown:
Paul
Fenoulhet
Introduced by Olive Shapley
Taking Care of the Breeding
Rabbit, by W. King Wilson
'Old Folks' Town in Copenhagen.' by Alan Ivimey
' Birds in the Bush, by Jane Graham Today's contribution from the BBC Mobile Units
Serial I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Abridged by Nan Saunders. Read by Daphne Oxenford
Contributors
Introduced By:
Olive
Shapley
Unknown:
W. King
Wilson
Unknown:
Alan
Ivimey
Unknown:
Jane
Graham
Abridged By:
Nan
Saunders.
Read By:
Daphne
Oxenford
chosen by Mrs. E. M. Mahood of Donaghadee, County Down played by Arthur Salisbury and his Orchestra with Barbara Sumner (soprano)
Contributors
Unknown:
Mrs. E. M.
Mahood
Played By:
Arthur
Salisbury
Soprano:
Barbara
Sumner
Promenade Players
Conductor. Sidney Bowman
Contributors
Conductor:
Sidney
Bowman
Contributors
Script:
Melissa
Wood
The Spa Orchestra directed by Tom Jenkins with Maeve Diane (soprano)
Contributors
Directed By:
Tom
Jenkins
Soprano:
Maeve
Diane
Conductor, Harry Mileman
Contributors
Conductor:
Harry
Mileman
Geraldo and his Concert Orchestra and singers
Gentlemen v. Players
Commentary by E W. Swanton on the closing overs of the match
Walford Hyden and his Cafe Colette Orchestra in music from the Continent and other parts of the world with Maria Perilli and Andreas Sergides
Presented by Jacques Brown
Contributors
Unknown:
Walford
Hyden
Unknown:
Maria
Perilli
Unknown:
Andreas
Sergides
Presented By:
Jacques
Brown
including cricket close of play scores
Stewart MacPherson puts all the questions, and Harold Berens , Gladys Hay , and Michael Moore know none of the answers
The Soup Stains and the Foulharmonie Orchestra
Script by Ronnie Hanbury and George Wadmore
Produced by George Inns
Contributors
Unknown:
Stewart
MacPherson
Unknown:
Harold
Berens
Unknown:
Gladys
Hay
Unknown:
Michael
Moore
Script By:
Ronnie
Hanbury
Script By:
George
Wadmore
Produced By:
George
Inns
Tonight: Scenes from Verdi's
* II Trovatore '
Joan Hammond (soprano)
Janet Howe (mezzo-soprano)
Parry Jones (tenor)
Frederick Sharp (baritone)
BBC Theatre Chorus
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Conductor, Walter Goehr
Story told by Stephen Williams
(Frederick Sharp broadcasts by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)
Everyone will tell you that the plot of // Trovatore is incomprehensible. Don't believe it. The plot is perfectly comprehensible, but, like most things worth understanding, it demands a little effort to understand. Once you have made that effort you will never forget it. The chief splendour of 11 Trovatore, however, is its prodigality of perfectly magnificent tunes. Never was Verdi more bounteous of his apparently inexhaustible wealth of melody. 11 Trovatore is one of the three highest peaks of Verdi's middle period as a composer, the other two being Rigaletto and La Traviata. It is based on Gutierrez's romantic drama of fifteenth-century Spain, El Trcvador , and tells of the love of two brothers, separated since. infancy, for the same woman. It is high tragedy of the most violently contrasted lights and shadows, and Verdi has matched it with fiery, passionate music that strikes out sparks at every bar.-Stephten Williams
Contributors
Soprano:
Joan
Hammond
Mezzo-Soprano:
Janet
Howe
Tenor:
Parry
Jones
Baritone:
Frederick
Sharp
Conductor:
Walter
Goehr
Told By:
Stephen
Williams
Told By:
Frederick
Sharp
Unknown:
El
Trcvador
with Bruce Dargavel Bryn'
Calvin-Thomas Dan Donovan , Frank Davison
Dilys Lloyd , Esme Lewis
Frank James , Donald Wells
Sarah Leigh
The Girls in Harmony
The Lyrian Singers
' The Adventures of Tommy Trouble'
Script by E. Eynon Evans
Welsh Variety Orchestra (Leader. Morgan Lloyd)
Additional scripts bv
Donald Wells and Wallace Towers
Produced by Mai Jones
Contributors
Unknown:
Bruce
Dargavel
Unknown:
Calvin-Thomas Dan
Donovan
Unknown:
Frank
Davison
Unknown:
Dilys
Lloyd
Unknown:
Esme
Lewis
Unknown:
Frank
James
Unknown:
Donald
Wells
Unknown:
Sarah
Leigh
Script By:
E.
Eynon
Unknown:
Donald
Wells
Unknown:
Wallace
Towers
Produced By:
Mai
Jones
Another series in the adventures of Shorty, a London taxi-driver, with Jerry Vemo as the driver
Written by Cyril Campion
Produced by Jacques Brown
Contributors
Unknown:
Jerry
Vemo
Written By:
Cyril
Campion
Produced By:
Jacques
Brown
and his Band with Steve Race
Contributors
Unknown:
Steve
Race
Thomas Dando at the organ of the Trocadero, Elephant and Castle
Contributors
Unknown:
Thomas
Dando