Cheerful gramophone records

and his Sextet

for the Middle East Forces. Messages recorded by members of the Services. Arranged by Peter Haddon

Scottish Variety Orchestra (conductor, Ronnie Munro ), with Janette Sclanders , Ann Rich , Jack Checkman

Sunday Service from St. Peter's, Harrow, conducted by the Vicar, the Rev. Gilbert Russell
Jesus shall reign (A.P.B. 59 ; A. and M.
220)
Prayer
Lesson : St. John 6, vv. 1-14 Intercessions
Now thank we all our God (A.P.B. 78 ;
A. and M. 379)
Blessing
Organist, Harold E. West

Presented by Balraj Sahni. ' 'India Calling ' : personal messages from India to the members of H.M. Forces in Great Britain

(Chatham Division)
Conducted by Lieutenant Thomas Francis , Director of Music, Royal Marines

BBC recording of the programme broadcast direct to North America during the midnight break yesterday.

and his Orchestra, with Beryl Davis , Len Camber , Georgina, Derek Roy , Doreen Villiers , Johnny Green , the Singing Sweethearts, and Three Boys and a Girl

Twenty-fourth of these recorded programmes, featuring Frances Lang ford, Wendell Miles , Jerry Colonna , Skinnay Ennis with his Orchestra, and Bob Hope

Lunch-time medley of star artists chosen and presented by Bryan Michie : seventh of a series of record programmes arranged by Pat Osborne

Gramophone records
Prelude to Act I (La Traviata : Verdi) :
N.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tescanini
Drinking Song (La Traviata : Verdi) :
Georges Thill (tenor), with chorus
Dance of the Sylphs (The Damnation of Faust : Berlioz) : London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
Seguedille : Près des Ramparts cte Seville
(Carmen : Bizet) : Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano), with chorus
Bohemian Song (Carmen : Bizet) : Conchita Supervia, with chorus
Monologue of Boris : I have attained the highest power (Boris Godunov : Mussorgsky) : Chaliapin (bass)
Berceuse (Sadko : Rimsky-Korsakov) :
Nina Kochetz (soprano)
Arioso of Yaroslavna (Prince Igor : Borodin) : Nina Kochetz
Lend me your aid (The Queen of Sheba :
Gounod) : Caruso (tenor)

Variety show presented by members of the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Sgt. Stan Shedden and the Canucks Orchestra ; Pte. Bill Smith ; L.A.C. Ted Hockridge ; Pte. Norm Harper ; Ptes. Wally Brennan and Ronnie White. Master of Ceremonies, Gerry Wilmot. Presented by the London office of the C.B.C., and produced by John Kannawin

Talk by the Rev. A. V. Kingston , S.C.F.

Billy Tement and the Dance Orchestra"

Novelty numbers and solo pieces played by the BBC Variety Orchestra (conductor, Charles Shadwell ), with Joe Linnane

with spontaneous answers to 'Any' Questions ? ' Recording of last Tuesday's broadcast, with Dr. C. E. M. Joad , Lieut-Commander R. T. Gould , 'The Doctor', Jan Masaryk , Lord Kennet. Question-Master, Donald McCullough. Producer, Howard Thomas. ' Radio Encyclopaedia ', with questions asked by Margaret Lockwood

Gramophone programme for easy listening, arranged and presented by A. Hamburger

Play - by - play description of a National Hockey League game played in Canada. Relayed by beam telephone, and presented in collaboration with the London office of the C.B.C.

(by permission of the Air Council), conducted by Wing Commanaer R. P. O'Donnell M.V.O. , ., Organising Director of Music, R.A.F.

with Pat Lennox and Sylvia, Dennis Noble and Walter Widdop , Harry Lester and his Hayseeds, Collinson and Breen, and Harry Korris as ' Mr. Lovejoy ', assisted by Cecil Frederick (' Ramsbottom ') and Robbie Vincent (' Enoch '). Happidrome Orchestra and Chorus. Show devised, produced, and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe

Sung by the audience of H.M. Forces, with the BBC Scottish Orchestra : conductor, Ian Whyte

Albert Sandier and the Palm Court Orchestra, with ' Sylvia Welling (soprano), in a programme of the sort of music you heard in the Palm Court of your favourite hotel in the days before the war

followed by a postscript

Conducted by Leopold Stokowski. (Gramophone records)
Overture : Rienzi (Wagner) Swan of Tuonela (Sibelius)
Danse Macabre (Sainl-Saens)

Review of the week's news

by C. A. Lejeune

Percival Mackey and his Orchestra