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: An Organ Recital
by ERNEST W. MAYNARDRelayed from Bath Abbey
Contributors
: A Programme of Gramophone Records
The Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Albert Coates : Parsifal, Act II (Wagner)—Klingsor's Magic Garden and The Flower Maidens' SceneThe Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, conductor, Stokowski, with Chorus from Curtis Institute of Music, Sylvan Lenin (pianoforte) : Prometheus (The Poem of Fire), Op. 60 (Scriabin)
The Berlin State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Richard Strauss : Tone Poem, Don Juan , Op. 20 (Strauss)
Contributors
: The Coventry Hippodrome Orchestra
Conducted by Charles ShadwellRelayed from The Hippodrome Theatre, Coventry
Contributors
: A Symphony Concert
THE B B CMIDLAND ORCHESTRA
Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by H. FOSTER CLARK
HAROLD GRAY (pianoforte)
Contributors
: A Programme of Gramophone Records
The Capet String Quartet (Capet,Hewitt, Benoit, Delobelle) : Scherzo (Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. i) (Schumann)
The Lener String Quartet (Lener,
Smilovits, Roth, Hartman) : Quartet in F, Op. 96 (The Nigger) (Dvorak)-1. Allegro ma non troppo ; 2. Lento ; 3. Molto vivace; 4. Finale: Vivace ma non troppo
: The Children's Hour
' Bigger than the Baker's Boy ' from ' Five Children and It', by E. Nesbit , told by MACRequest Gramophone Records
Contributors
: ' Here and There ', A
Summary of the Week's News, by Commander STEPHEN KING-HALL: THE FIRST NEWS
including Weather Forecast: THE ISLE OF MAY
A Bird's-eye View of an Outpost being the first comprehensive effort to broadcast from a remote island lighthouseA note on this broadcast appears on page 68
(From Scottish)
: A. J. ALAN
' Fifty to One 'A. J. Alan broadcast in the National programme on Wednesday night
Contributors
: Act II of Bizet's Opera 'Carmen'
Scene: The Interior of a TavernCast in order of appearance
Conductor,
Sir THOMAS BEECHAM , Bt. Producer, Dr. OTTO ERHARDT
Chorus Master, ROBERT AINSWORTH
Relayed from
The Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden
The inn is on the outskirt of Seville, a haunt of the smugglers to whose band Carmen belongs. It is evening, and revelry is the mood of all there-soldiers, gypsies, and townsfolk. Soon they are joined by Escamillo, bull-fighter and idol of Seville ; they toast him, and in response he sings his Toreador song. He and Carmen are obviously fascinated by one another.
The inn is closed for the night, but Carmen still expects Jose, the handsome soldier whom she beguiled inro freeing her a month before ; she was under arrest in his charge, for having stabbed a fellow cigarette maker. His voice is heard, and she admits him, dancing for him as she had promised she would do if he came to seek her there.
Trumpet-tones, blending with the music of her dance, sound his recall to barracks, and Carmen taunts him with his devotion to duty rather than to her. His reply is the Flower Song- Taking from his breast the bloom which once she thre\v him, he tells her how he languished in prison for her sake-his punishment for letting her escape-dreaming always of her witchery.
A knocking on the gate breaks in on the end of his song, and his officer enters ; he, too, is enslaved by Carmen's charm. He orders Jose off, and in a moment of mad jealousy the soldier draws his sword ; the clash of weapons brings the smugglers in a rush, to disarm and make captives of them both, officer and trooper.
Contributors
: A Pianoforte Recital
by ARTHUR ALEXANDERA Fairy Tale Recital
Pianist and composer, Arthur Alexander was born at Dunedin, New Zealand, forty-four years ago. He came to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was a pupil of Tobias Matthay 's, and has in turn taught a number of already well-known pianists of the younger generation-for example, Helen Perkin. Mr. Alexander's compositions include a string quartet and numerous songs.
Contributors
: HARRY ROY AND his BAND
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