Listings
: Gramophone Records Excerpts from THE ' DAMNATION OF FAUST '
BerliozCast
Margarita, Mireille Berthon (soprano)
Faust, Jose de Trevi (tenor)
Mephistopheles, Charles Panzera
(baritone)
Members of the Chorus St. Gervais and of the Orchestra des Concerts
Pasdeloup
Conducted by Piero Coppola
Contributors
: THE COMMODORE GRAND ORCHESTRA
Leader, Charles VorzangerDirected by Harry Davidson from the Commodore Theatre,
Hammersmith
Contributors
: The BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra
Leader, Philip WhitewayConductor, E. Godfrey Brown
Contributors
: THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
5.0 From Northern Ireland :May Day Madness, in which a car crashes and things even more startling happen to two of the passengers
Written by MAISIE HERRING
5.30 From West and Wales :
' The Comradios'
The Welsh Regional Concert Party open their Summer Season
The cast includes : John Rorke ,
Claude Gardner , Lyn Joshua , Sidney Evans , Donald Wells , Mai Jones , and Elsie Eaves
Contributors
: 'SONGS FROM THE SHOWS' No. 45
Film Songs, No. 11Cast.
Garda Hall
Brian Lawrance
Evie Hayes Sam Costa
The Three Ginx
The BBC Variety Orchestra and BBC Chorus
Conducted by Charles Shadwell
At the Pianos,
Harry S. Pepper and Doris Arnold
Music arranged by Doris Arnold and orchestrated by Wally Wallond .
Compered and produced by John Watt
' Songs from the Shows' was broadcast in the National programme last night
Contributors
: THE SECOND NEWS
including Weather Forecast: A RECITAL
Tatiana Makushina (soprano)Gretchaninov (pianoforte)
A programme of songs by Gretchaninov, with the composer at the pianoforte
Trisagion Credo
Like an Angel
The Dreary Steppe
Lo, in the spreading field We parted
The Bells of Novgorod The Cuckoo
Contributors
: ' MUSIC IN THE AIR'
The Life and Work of Edward ElgarA Programme Devised by Robin Whitworth in co-operation with W. H. Reed with Ion Swinley
Stuart Vinden
Cedric Johnson
Alice Buchan and W. H. Reed
The BBC Midland Singers Conductor, Edgar Morgan
The BBC Midland Orchestra
Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
Production by Robin Whitworth
' My idea is that there is music in the air, music all round us ; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require .... ' -Elgar.
(From Midland)
Contributors
: 'MENDIP CAVE CRAWL'
An attempt to descend with microphones into Swildon's Hole' Slide carefully, head first, down this narrow shaft. At the bottom is a waterfall, scramble quickly through the water and squeeze yourself through a small hole in front of you. Then on your left is a narrow ledge along which you must crawl. Keep in touch with the left-hand wall because the dripping water will put out your candle and there is a forty foot drop on your immediate right. Then ...'
These are the instructions for the first part of the crawl, but there is worse to come. Four hundred feet of narrow tunnels and ' squeezes' through which only a small man can pass, with occasional deep streams, waterfalls, and caves, all hundreds of feet below ground.
(From West and Wales)
: BILLIARDS
The United Kingdom Professional' Billiards Championship
A commentary during the last session of the final match by Willie Smith from Thurston's Hall
Contributors
: THE ROYAL ACADEMY BANQUET
The Toast: The Royal Academy of Art proposed by The Right Hon. Lord Macmillan and the Reply by The President,Sir William Llewellyn , G.C.V.O. The speeches will be preceded by a short description of the scene and of some of the pictures from Burlington House
Contributors
: JACK JACKSON AND HIS BAND
with JACK COOPER , HELEN CLARE , and JOE FERRIE from the Dorchester HotelContributors
: LATE NEWS SUMMARY
including Weather ForecastAbout this project
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