10.15 : THE DAILY SERVICE

From page 18 of ' When Two or Three

10.30 : Weather Forecast for Farmers and Shipping

10.45 : 'The Week in Westminster'

MEGAN LLOYD GEORGE , M.P.

Contributors

12.00 : THE RUTLAND SQUARE and NEW VICTORIA ORCHESTRA

Directed by Norman Austin
Relayed from
The New Victoria Cinema, Edinburgh

Contributors

13.00 : A Programme of New Gramophone Records

By CHRISTOPHER STONE
As an alternative to the Scottish Regional programme for Schools, from 13.45 to
15.00 Scottish National will radiate the Regional programme (details at foot of page) and from 15.00 to 16.05 the London
Regional programme (details on page 711).

Contributors

14.05 : FOR THE SCHOOLS

14.05 (-14.25) Tracing History -
Backwards-6
K. C. BOSWELL : Empires of the Past'
I 14.30 (-14.50) King's English
' Reading and Drill: Ear Training '
A. LLOYD JAMES (Professor of Phonetics,
School of Oriental Studies, London)

Contributors

15.00 : EVENSONG

Relayed from WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Order of Service
Psalm 37 , .
Lessons, Jonah iii and iv, Romans vi
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Bairstom in D)
Anthem, Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace (Wesley)
Hymn, King of Glory, King of Peace
(S.P. 553)

15.50 : FOR THE SCHOOLS

German Dialogue-3
ERNST DEISSMANN, Dr. Jur., and IRMGARD HERRMANN : Beim Photo - graphen'

Contributors

16.05 : THE SCOTTISH STUDIO ORCHESTRA

Directed by Guy Daines Andrew Simpson (tenor)
(Scottish Regional Programme)

Contributors

17.15 : All Nationals except Daventry THE CASANI CLUB ORCHESTRA

Directed by CHARLES KUNZ
Relayed from Casani's Club
5.15 Daventry
The Children's Hour
' Jingling Johnnie'
A Play of the Peninsular War by Major J. T. GORMAN
With incidental music arranged or composed by ERIK HANSEN
Special accompaniment by a military band of the period conducted by CHARLES LEGGETT , including piano-accordion played by J. HANDS , and members of the WIRELESS MALE VOICE
CHORUS
THIS jolly little play deals with soldiers on active service at the time of the Peninsula War, and is based on an incident in the history of the Connaught Rangers. It has romance, action, the evei-humorous talk of Irish soldiers, and rollicking Irish songs.
As for the plot, Jascintha, the daughter of the Mayor, and the brave, handsome, dashing Drum-Major Nicholas Thorp fall in love with each other, and she disguises herself as one of the blackamoor cymbal boys, runs away from home, and follows the regiment. How her father seeks the aid of the Duke of Wellington and the Iron Duke discovers Jascintha's identity is revealed in the play, which you must follow to know why the Drum-Major is not put under close arrest.
The title is taken from the name of a Moorish staff, hung with bells, which the Connaught Rangers captured from the French. It takes an important part. A small band combination will play some Irish marches and songs of the period, specially arranged by Erik Hansen , and Charles Leggett will conduct.
(Continued overleaf)

Contributors

18.00 : 'The First News'

Time Signal, Greemoich
Weather Forecast, First General News Bulletin and Bulletin for Farmers

18.25 : Interlude

18.30 : The Foundations of Music

EUROPEAN FOLK MUSIC
Illustrated by Gramophone Records
Selected by PHILLIPE MAIRET
Folk Music from Roumania

Contributors

18.50 : Spanish Talk

MARIA de LAGUNA, M.A.(Lond.), Examiner to the University of London with DR. HENRY THOMAS (Deputy Keeper of Printed Books in the British Museum, and President of the Anglo-
Spanish Society)

Contributors

19.30 : From Tolpuddle to T.U.C.'

Trade Unionism and Politics, the second of three controversial discussions on Trade Unionism Today

20.00 : An Organ Recital by O. H. PEASGOOD

From the Concert Hall,
Broadcasting House

20.30 : Act I of Puccini's Opera 'La Boheme'

Scene: In the Attic
Cast in order of appearance:
Marcello, a painter
Conductor, Gino MARINUZZI
Producer, DR. OTTO ERHARDT
Chorus Master, ROBERT AINSWORTH
Relayed from the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden
PUCCINI'S Bohemians, taken from Murger's novel of Paris life, were Colline, the great philosopher ; Marcel, the great painter ; Rudolph, the great poet, and Schaunard, the great musician-inseparable comrades. At their favourite haunt, the Cafe Momus, they were known as ' the four Musketeers '.
The scene of Act I is the garret which they share. It is Christmas Eve and bitterly cold ; there is no fue! for their stove. Marcel offers to burn his picture, ' The Crossing of the Red Sea', but Colline and Rudolph object that the smell would be too unpleasant, and Rudolph nobly sacrifices the manuscript of a tragedy, burning it act by act. As its feeble warmth vanishes, errand-boys come in with food, drink and fuel, followed by Schaunard, who is in funds ; he has found a generous patron.
They proceed to toast each other in the unlooked-for wine, when their landlord, Benoit, appears to demand his overdue rent. They make him drink with them and chaff him, turning him out half tipsy, and then Schaunard insists that the occasion demands a festive mea! at the cafe.
Rudolph has an article he must write and stays behind, promising, as the others go out, to follow soon. It is then that Mimi enters, a pale and fragile girl, who introduces herself as a neighbour, asking for a light for her candle. Rudolph and she are at once attracted to one another. ' Your tiny hand is frozen ', he sings, and ' They call me Mimi ', she tells him-two of the best-known pieces of melody in the opera. The voices of the others are heard without, calling Rudolph to join them and, with Mimi's arm in his, they go out together, confessing their love for one another.

Contributors

21.10 : 'The Second News'

Weather Forecast, Second General News Bulletin

21.30 : Talk

21.45 : A Recital

JOAN COXON (soprano)
JAN SMETERLIN (pianoforte)
JAK SMETERLIN was bom in Bielsko, Poland. As is not uncommon with tha, nation of musicians, Smeterlin began his career as a child; at the age of eight he was appearing as solo pianist accompanied by an orchestra. In the eyes of his father, this looked ominous; the boy might conceivably grow up to be a genius, and geniuses, as is well, known, -make no money ; so he was set to study law. Young Jan thought otherwise, and, unknown to his father, competed for a scholarship at the Vienna Meisterschule and, having won it, settled in his own mind what he would be. His first intention was to become a conductor, but so admirable a pianist was he already, that his masters dissuaded him from his first intention and pinned him to a second-that of becoming a pianist. He was about to make his debut when the War intervened, and his public career dates actually from 1919.
Since then he has been acclaimed in every European country and in more than one continent. As a virtuoso his tastes are catholic ; naturally, being a Pole, he inclines to Chopin and his Chopin playing is, as listeners know, extraordinarily beautiful. But his sympathies are not confined to the romantic, or even to the classical schools. He is an ardent modernist and plays the music of his own generation with the understanding appreciation of a contemporary. It is significant that he is fluent in several languages, for his musical tastes are as fluent In as many idioms.

22.30 : A SHORT MID-WEEK SERVICE

Conducted by the Rev. W. H. ELLIOTT
Relayed from
St. Michael's, Chester Square

Contributors

22.45 : DANCE MUSIC

THE B.B.C. DANCE ORCHESTRA
Directed by HENRY HALL
(Shipping Forecast, on Daventry only, at 23.00)

Contributors