Listings
: Weather Forecast
for Farmers and Shipping: The BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra
Leader, Philip WhitewayConducted by PETER MONTGOMERY
EVELYN GIBB (soprano)
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: THE FORUM THEATRE ORCHESTRA
Directed by PHILIP MARTELL from the Commodore Theatre,Hammersmith
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: A Programme of Gramophone Records
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leo Blech : German Dances (1-4) (Schubert, arr. Webern)Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, conducted by Piero Coppola : Iberia (Debussy)-Par les rues et par les chemins (Along the Streets and Roads). Les parfums de la nuit (Perfumes of the Night). Le matin d'un jour de fete (The Morning of Fete Day).
The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Stokowski: Passacaglia in C minor (Bach)
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: REGINALD FOORT
at the BBC Theatre OrganA Programme for Children
My Animal Medley
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers Quite a Lot of Dolls
National Tunes for Everybody
: THE CENTRAL BAND OF HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL AIR FORCE
(By permission of the Air Council)Conducted by Squadron Leader
R: P. O'DONNELL , M.V.O.,
Director of Music, Royal Air Force from the RoyalAir Force Headquarters,
Uxbridge
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: THE BOURNEMOUTH MUNICIPAL ORCHESTRA
Leader, Bertram LewisConductor, RICHARD AUSTIN
Solo pianoforte, CLIFFORD CURZON from the Pavilion, Bournemouth Soloist, CLIFFORD CURZON
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: The Children's Hour
All the Christmas Shows, a talk by MATTHEW NORGATEGames to play at Christmas, a sketch by BARBARA SLEIGH
'THE WHITE COONS' with C. DENIER WARREN , PAUL ENGLAND, WYNN AJELLO , JANE CARR ,
JOB MORLEY, and TOMMY HANDLEY
At the pianos,
HARRY S. PEPPER and DORIS ARNOLD
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: UPPER NORWOOD SALVATION ARMY BAND
Conductor, Bandmaster P. J. BARKERCLIFFORD DERI (baritone)
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: THE SECOND NEWS
including Weather Forecast: AL BOLLINGTON
At the BBC Theatre Organ: A CAROL SERVICE
THE BBC CHORUS(Section C) and members of THE BBC MILITARY BAND
Conducted by LESLIE WOODGATE from St. Mary's, Whitechapel
God rest you merry, gentlemen
On Christmas night all Christians sing The first Nowell
The holly and the ivy
Angels from the realms of glory The Coventry Carol
Unto us a boy is born
(All from the Oxford Book of Carols, published by O.U.P.)
Fourteen years ago, in the first year of broadcasting, the Rev. John A. Mayo , Rector of St. Mary's, Whitechapel, gave the first sermon ever heard on the air ; and to celebrate the anniversary of the first Christmas he suggested that some singers should come down from Marconi House to his church on Christmas Eve, and that their singing of carols be broadcast. Again this evening the BBC Chorus, twenty strong, and some members of the Military Band-two clarinets, two cornets, a bassoon, an euphonium, a flute, and a bass-are to go down to Whitechapel.
In an interlude between the carols,
Mr. Mayo, of long custom, will give a ' little chat' about Whitechapel, about his work there, and about the parishioners he has grown to love. And, at the end of the singing, the ' waits' will wend away with Mr. Mayo to the little Christmas feast he has prepared.
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: ' The Kentucky Minstrels' Hold a Party
Host : ROBERT BURNSGuests :
SCOTT and WHALEY
C. DENIER WARREN
IKE HATCH
THE KENTUCKY BANJO TEAM:
Joe Morley ; Dick Pepper ; Edward
Fairs
At the Pianos :
HARRY S. PEPPER and DORIS ARNOLD
THE BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA and THE MALE VOICE CHORUS
Conducted by LESLIE WOODGATE
Chorus Arrangements by DORIS ARNOLD
Orchestral arrangements by WALLY WALLOND
Book written and remembered by C. DENIER WARREN
Devised and Produced by HARRY S. PEPPER
The Kentucky Minstrels broadcast in the National programme on Monday
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