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Regional Variations (3)

THE MIDLAND STUDIO ORCHESTRA

Regional Programme Midland

A Recital of Gramophone Records: Caruso

Regional Programme Western

assisted by HILDA PITCAIRN (Pianoforte)
ALEXIS CHESS (Guitar)
GUELDA WALLER and VERA MACONOCHIE
Mendelssohn Duets: Greeting
The Maybells and Flowers Autumn Song
The Harvesters
The Passage-Birds' Farewell
These two popular artists, who have made a speciality of ' Old Song Pictures,' have appeared in America and Belgium and all over England, and are very old favourites on the air. They were among the first to appear in television wearing costumes appropriate to the particular song. This evening Guelda Waller will sing some of the old folk songs in which she specialises, and Vera Maconochie songs from Shakespeare to a guitar accompaniment, that instrument being the nearest approach to the lute, to which these songs were originally sung They will also sing some Mendelssohn duets. They last broadcast in the evening programmes in August, and in the Children's Hour in October.

Contributors

Assisted By:
Hilda Pitcairn
Guitar:
Alexis Chess
Unknown:
Guelda Waller
Unknown:
Vera MacOnochie
Unknown:
Guelda Waller
Unknown:
Vera MacOnochie

Regional Variations (3)

London Regional Programme

Regional Programme Midland

London Regional Programme

Regional Programme Western

A Culinary Comedy for Every Wife
Specially written for the microphone by L. DU GARDE PEACH
Produced by PETER CRESWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
L. du Garde Peach
Produced By:
Peter Creswell
Mrs Beeton:
Joyce Carey
Mr Beeton:
George Sanders
Mrs Jennings:
Barbara Couper
Mr Jennings:
Norman Shelley
Mrs Rombas:
Vlola Lyel
Mr Rombas:
Richard Goolden
Phoebe (Mrs Jennings' maid):
Laurie Devine
Susan (Mrs Beeton's maid):
Joan Hare
Cook:
Ethel Lodge

Regional Variations (3)

From the Operas

Regional Programme Midland

The City of Bristol Police Band

Regional Programme Western

A Chamber Concert of her Works to be given before an audience in the Concert Hall,
Broadcasting House
THE KUTCHER STRING QUARTET:
Samuel Kutcher (Violin) ; Frederick Grinke (Violin) ; Raymond Jeremy (Viola);
Douglas Cameron (Violoncello)
ROBERT MURCHIE (Flute)
TERENCE MACDONAGH (Oboe)
KATHLEEN LONG (Pianoforte)
SAMUEL KUTCHER and KATHLEEN LONG
Sonata in A minor, Op. 7
1. Allegro moderato ; 2. Scherzo; 3. Romanze: Andante grazioso ; 4. Finale: Allegro vivaco
Chamber music does not appear to be a favourite means of expression with Dame Ethel Smyth. Apart from the two pianoforte and wind trios, out of her considerable range of compositions, there are only four chamber works, and these arc all early works.
Brahms, whom Dame Ethel knew intimately, was her model in chamber music. His influence is to be seen in the first movement of the Violin Sonata in A minor (1887), with its conflicting rhythms of two against three, the doubling of the melody at the octave, and several other little stylistic mannerisms. However, this sonata is rich in ideas and possesses much individuality and charm.
The first two movements of the Quartet in E minor were written in 1902, but were put aside until nine years later, when Dame Ethel was commissioned to write a chamber work for the first concert of the new Society of Women Musicians. Another two movements were added and the complete Quartet was given its first performance by the London String Quartet. The last movement, an excellent fugue on a very terse and rhythmic subject, is particularly attractive.
QUARTET
Quartet in E minor
1. Allegretto lirico ; 2. Allegro molto leggiero ; 3. Andante; 4. Allegro energico
ROBERTMURCHIE, TEREKCE MACDONAGH and KATHLEEN LONG
Variations on Bonny Sweet Robin
Two Interlinked French Folk Melodies

Contributors

Violin:
Samuel Kutcher
Violin:
Frederick Grinke
Violin:
Raymond Jeremy
Viola:
Douglas Cameron
Oboe:
Terence MacDonagh
Pianoforte:
Samuel Kutcher
Unknown:
Dame Ethel Smyth.
Unknown:
Terekce MacDonagh

Regional Programme London

About Regional Programme

Regional Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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