Listings
: Daventry National Programme
(until 11.00): Experimental Televison Transmission by the Baird Process
(356.3 m. Vision; 261.3 m. Sound): Frank Newman
At the Organ of Lozells Picture House, Birmingham(From Midland Regional)
: THE TROCADERO ORCHESTRA
\ Directed by ALFRED VAN DAMFrom THE TROCADERO CINEMA, ELEPHANT AND
CASTLE
Contributors
: The Regal Orchestra
Conducted by Ernest ParsonsFrom The Regal Cinema, Handsworth, Birmingham
(From Midland Regional)
The Music of Franz Lehar
Selections from the following Musical Comedies will be played:
The Merry Widow
Frederica
Gipsy Love
The Count of Luxembourg
The Land of Smiles
Contributors
: ' The First News '
WEATHER FORECAST, FIRST GENERAL NewsBULLETIN; London Stock Exchange Report and Bulletin for Farmers
: A Brass Band Programme
(From Midland Regional)THE STANTON IRONWORKS BAND
Conducted by J. TURNER CHARLES DEAN (Baritone)
JACK VENABLES and JACK WILSON (Syncopated
Pianists)
Contributors
: JACK VENABLES and JACK WILSON
in Syncopated Pianisms: An Orchestral Concert
THE B.B.C. LIGHT ORCHESTRAConducted by JOSEPH LEWIS
THOMAS, although known almost solely now by Mignon, was the composer of at least twenty operas and full-sized ballets which enjoyed great popularity in the second half of last century. In his own day, indeed, he was easily the most popular of composers for the Paris stage. The latter part of his life was spent, however, in teaching, as head of the famous Paris Conservatoire, a post which he held for twenty five years. It was the success of his opera Hamlet, following on Mignon, which won him that distinction, and to Mignon he owed also the award of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour which was given to him on the occasion of its thousandth performance.
The opera Raymond, of which only the Overture is now played, although that is well known and popular, appeared in 1851. MEROK is a tiny village in Norway, situated at the head of the Geirangerfjord. Gaunt hills of grey and black granite, from four to five thousand feet in height, rise almost straight up from the water's edge and cast their reflection in the glassy stillness of the fjord.
This work, which is written for a small orchestra, incorporates a Norwegian folk-song, heard at the outset as an oboe solo.
Contributors
: ' Pantomimicry'
Written and Produced by GORDON MCCONNELLike influenza, a Panto comes and goes
Et plus ca change, plus-plus c'est la memo chose!
What a Cast !
Villagers, Sailors, Savages, Pirates, and Several
More Quick Changes
Music by many Composers, including ROBERT CHIGNELL , ROGER ECKERSLEY , STANFORD ROBINSON, PHILIP BRAHAM , EDWARD GERMAN,
C. V STANFORD, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
TRADITION, ANON., IBID, etc.
THE CHORUS and THE B.B.C. THEATRE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON
Scenes :
1. The Village Green
2. Mother Hubbard 's Cottage 3. The Quay
4. Aboard the Dulcibella 5. On the Raft
6. Through the Jungle
7. Robinson Crusoe 's Hut 8. The Robbers' Cave
Contributors
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