Passion Sunday
Part 1 (Part 2 at 8.3 am, R1)
plays the music you've requested on the BBC Theatre Organ
Producer PETER PILBEAM
(Requests to Reginald Dixon , BBC, PO Box 27, Manchester)
with Rhiannon Davies (mezzo-soprano)
St Eeiniol Singers
Bethesda Ladies' Choir
Section of the Gwynedd Singers
Llithfaen and District Choral Society
and Cor Bro Gele
Accompanied by Menna Leyshon and William Bacon
Introduced by Ifan Wyn Williams
Arranged and conducted by James Williams
Introduces Melodies for You BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by KENNETH ALWYN Producer ROBERT BOWMAN
from the Chapel of Methodist College, Belfast
Speaker THE REV ROBERT BAGNALL , College Chaplain
Assisted by readers and singers from the pupils, and the school choir conducted by WILLIAM MCCAY Theme Despair and Hope
Introduced by with ROD MCNEIL. ABC Sydney MICHAEL BAGULEY , BBC Belfast bill PAUL, cbc Toronto
JUNE ARMSTRONG-WRIGHT, Radio Hong Kong
Producer PETER CHISWELL
(Sandi taking the mike from Mike: page 11)
(Details on Monday, 8.2 pm)
"My singing is natural - I don't think it's stylistic. It doesn't sound like a trained voice. I never did learn to breathe the way you're supposed to."
The story of a man who became a legend within a lifetime
1: The Old Groaner
Douglas Fairbanks Jr tells the story with Bing and the voices of this week's guests: Richard Arlen, Mary Carlisle, Ken Carpenter, Rosemary Clooney, Gary Crosby, Larry Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Matty Malneck, Jack Mass, Anthony Quinn, Al Rinker, John Scott Trotter, Rudy Vallee and Army Archerd who writes:
"... You couldn't talk about motion pictures, popular music, or any part of entertainment without including Bing Crosby in the top ten of all time..."
Script and research by Charles Thompson
Producer Brian Willey
(' Where there's life there's Bing ': page 8)
conducts THE RADIO ORCHESTRA Producer
CHARLES CLARK-MAXWELL
Producer DENYS JONES
as Radio 1
THE ADAM SINGERS directed by Cliff Adams
Accompanied by JACK EMBLOW Producer JOHN BROWELL
presents and plays
Music for Your Pleasure featuring JACK BYFIELD with CHERYL KENNEDY and the WILLIAM DAVIES QUARTET MICHAEL WAKEHAM and ORCHESTRA led by JAMES ARCHER
Producer BARRY KNIGHT
(Given before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London. Tickets from BBC Ticket Unit)
Recorded in St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Douglas, Isle of Man
The combined choirs of the Island conducted by EMILY CHRISTIAN , MBE
Organist LAURENCE DAVIES
Prayer and Blessing by the Roman Catholic Dean of the Island,
THE VERY REV JOHN P. MAHONY and the RT REV ERIC GORDON ,
Bishop of Sodor and Man
All glory, laud and honour (St Theodulph); There is a green hill far away (Horsley); When I survey the wondrous Cross (Rockingham); 0 sacred head (Passion Chorale); One who is all unfit to count (Fingal); Ride on, ride on in majesty (Winchester New); In the Cross of Christ I glory (Love Divine); The day thou gavest Lord is ended (St Clement); Hear us, 0 Lord, from heaven thy dwelling place (Peel Castle)
Alan Keith with records Producer LILIAN DUFF
1500m and 202m in Scotland Alan Dell presents MARION WILLIAMS
BRIAN LEMON TRIO
TOMMY AND DAVID REILLT with the LONDON STUDIO STRINGS conducted by i.ou WHITESON Producer ROYSTON HERBERT
Introduced by Robin Boyle