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: THE DAILY SERVICE
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@ for Farmers and Shipping: A Programme of GRAMOPHONE RECORDS
Kathleen Long (pianoforte) :Sonata in A minor (Mozart)-l
Allegro maestoso. 2 Andante cantabile. 3 Presto
Thibaud (violin), Casals (violoncello), Cortot (pianoforte): Trio in G—1 Andante. 2 Poco adagio cantabile. 3 Rondo all' ungherese
Waydn)
: THE BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA
Leader, Frank ThomasConductor, Idris Lewis
Hannah Morgan (contralto)
It is impossible to say which of Weber's three great overtures is the finest as a whole : Freischiitz, Euryanthe, or Oberon. But certainly the opening of that to Oberon is the most purely magical passage Weber ever conceived. Even the enormous advances in orchestral virtuosity rnade by Berlioz, Wagner, and Rimsky-Korsakov have not dimmed its lovely colouring. When it was first heard, in 1826, it brought an entirely new note into music.
Like most operatic overtures, that to Oberon is based on material used later in the work. The opening horn theme is that of Oberon's magic horn which plays an important part in the action; the beginning of the allegro is taken from the quartet,
'Over the dark blue waters ; the famous clarinet solo comes from
Oberon's aria, 'From boyhood trained in battlefield and the violin figure that breaks in upon it from Rezia's
'Ocean! thou mighty monster'.
Contributors
Leader:
Frank
Thomas
Conductor:
Idris
Lewis
Contralto:
Hannah
Morgan
: SONG AND DANCE
Popular dance music and songs on gramophone records: The New Coventry Hippodrome Orchestra
Conductor, William Pethersfrom the New Hippodrome Theatre, Coventry
Contributors
Conductor:
William
Pethers
: A Programme of GRAMOPHONE RECORDS
' Turandot ' (Puccini)Chorus and Orchestra of the Scala,
Milan, conducted by Molajoli: Invocazione alia luna
Lotte Schone (soprano): Signore, ascolta (Act 1), Tu chi de gel sei cinta (Act 3)
' Khovanshchina ' (Mussorgsky)
The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted By Albert Coates : Dance of the Persian Slaves (Act 4)
' Prince Igor ' (Borodin)
George Baklanoff (baritone):
Prince Igor's Aria (Act 2)
The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Albert Coates : Polovtsian March
Contributors
Soprano:
Lotte
Schone
Conducted By:
Albert
Coates
Baritone:
George
Baklanoff
Conducted By:
Albert
Coates
: IRELAND v. ENGLAND
A running commentary by T. L. M. Fuge on the International Rugby Football Match from Lansdowne Road,Dublin
Contributors
Commentary By:
T. L. M.
Fuge
: A Programme of GRAMOPHONE RECORDS
Richard Tauber (tenor): Der guteKamcrad ; Burschenlust (Der Mai ist gekommen) ; Der Jager Abschied (German folk songs)
Horowitz (pianoforte): Sonata in B minor (Andante mosso) (Scarlatti). Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 (Rachmaninoff)
Contributors
Tenor:
Richard
Tauber
Unknown:
Jager
Abschied
: Serial Reading ' A TALE OF TWO CITIES'
by Charles Dickens read by V. C. Clinton-BaddeleyContributors
Unknown:
Charles
Dickens
Read By:
V. C.
Clinton-Baddeley
: AN HOUR TO PLAY
Carroll Gibbons and the SavoyHotel Orpheans
(By permission 0/ the Sdvoy Hotel, Lid.) with ANNE LENNER
GEORGE MELACHRINO in An Hour of Popular Melodies.
Old and New
Contributors
Unknown:
Carroll
Gibbons
Unknown:
Anne
Lenner
Unknown:
George
Melachrino
: THE FIRST NEWS
including Weather Forecast: THE BBC ORCHESTRA
(Section E)Led by Laurance Turner
Conducted by Julian Clifford
Tchaikovsky's ' Casse-noisette ' (Nutcracker) Suite contains some of the daintiest ballet music ever written. The whole work is, of course, much longer than the Suite, which contains only some of the best numbers, and lasts for a considerable time when presented on the stage. The story of the ballet is taken from E. T. A. Hoffmann's fantastic fairy-tale 'Nutcracker and Mouse-King ' — this Hoffmann being the Hoffmann of Offenbach's opera-and is of a type that seems very much to appeal to Russian artists and audiences.
Contributors
Unknown:
Laurance
Turner
Conducted By:
Julian
Clifford
: IN TOWN TONIGHT
5th Season146th Edition
Produced by C. F. Meehan
Contributors
Produced By:
C. F.
Meehan
: MUSIC-HALL PAT AND VERA LENNOX
Strictly ModernWEE GEORGIE WOOD the Peter Pan of Vaudeville
(By permission of George Black) assisted by Dolly Harmer
THE RUSSIAN CHOIR under the direction of Theodore Potoyinsky
SYD WALKER AND RICHARD MURDOCH in ' Phone No. 999'
HETTY KING the Famous Male Impersonator
THE BBC VARIETY
ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES SHADWELL
Presented by JOHN SHARMAN
Contributors
Unknown:
Georgie
Wood
Assisted By:
Dolly
Harmer
Unknown:
Theodore
Potoyinsky
Unknown:
Syd
Walker
Unknown:
Richard
Murdoch
Conducted By:
Charles
Shadwell
Presented By:
John
Sharman
: THE THIRD NEWS
including Weather Forecast and Forecast for Shipping: ' DON GIOVANNI'
Act 2 of Mozart's operaScene 1 Outside Donna Elvira 's
House
Scene 2 A Street
Scene 3 Courtyard before
Donna Anna 's house
Scene 4 A Cemetery
Scene 5 A Room in Donna Anna 's house
Scene 6 The supper room in Don Giovanni 's house
Cast
Conductor, Lawrance Collingwood
Producer, Clive Carey
Chorus Master, Geoffrey Corbett from Sadler's Wells Theatre
Act 2 opens before the house of Dnnnn Elvira , n forsaken victim of Giovanni, who is now in pursuit of Zerlina, a peasant girl in Elvira's service. He exchanges cloaks with his servant Leporello and sends him to call upon Elvira while Giovanni gives his attention t) Zerlina. They are disturbed by Masetto, Zerlina's betrothed, but Giovanni beats him and gets away. In Elvira's house 3 the pretended Giovanni is soon dis- covered by Elvira, Anna, and Ottavio f to be only Leporello, and their suspicion of Giovanni's villainy is still. further confirmed.
The fourth scene is a graveyard.
To Giovanni comes Leporello to , warn his master of his danger, but the libertine is in too high spirits to consider the warning. A hollow voice, however, now comes from a statue close by. It is that of the dead Commander, exhorting Giovanni to repent. Giovanni insolently invites the statue to sup with him. In the last scene, Giovanni is seated at table attended by Leporello. Giovanni opens the door to the ghostly statue of the Commander, who, after further exhortations, seizes Don Giovanni , and, the ground opening, draws him down into the flaming abyss.
Contributors
Unknown:
Donna
Elvira
Unknown:
Donna
Anna
Unknown:
Donna
Anna
Unknown:
Don
Giovanni
Conductor:
Lawrance
Collingwood
Producer:
Clive
Carey
Chorus Master:
Geoffrey
Corbett
Unknown:
Dnnnn
Elvira
Unknown:
Don
Giovanni
Don Giovanni:
Arnold
Matters
Leporello:
Ronald
Stear
Donna Elvira:
Winifred
Kennard
Masetto:
Harry
Brindle
Zerlina:
Ruth
Naylor
Don Ottavio:
Eric
Starling
Donna Anna:
Joan
Cross
The Commander:
Roderick
Lloyd
: JACK HARRIS AND HIS BAND
with ELSIE CARLISLE DINAH MILLERJOANNE ANDREWS
FRED LATHAM from Ciro's
Time Signal, Greentvich, at 11.30
Contributors
Unknown:
Elsie
Carlisle
Unknown:
Dinah
Miller
Unknown:
Joanne
Andrews
Unknown:
Fred
Latham
: MELODIES OF THE MOMENT
played by Lloyd Thomas at the BBC Theatre OrganContributors
Played By:
Lloyd
Thomas
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