A thought for today

Morning physical exercises for men

from ' Acis and Galatea ', on gramophone records
Walter Widdop (tenor)
Love in her eyes sits playing
Elsie Suddaby (soprano)
As when the dove
Walter Widdop (tenor)
Love sounds the alarm

and summary of the day's programmes

to start the morning with Leonard Henry, Betty Huntley-Wright, John Rorke
At the piano, Alan Paul
Presented by David Porter
Here are three stars to entertain you this morning. They should make your cup of tea all the nicer, and hope you won't have to hurry it. All three were among the artists who trekked to Bristol when war broke out, to place their talents and personalities at the disposal of the BBC Variety Department - address at that time 'Somewhere in England', or more popularly, Variety Town.
Two of them - Leonard Henry and Betty Huntley-Wright - make a welcome return to Bristol from pantomime. Betty, famous daughter of a famous father and heroine of numberless radio musical comedies, was principal boy in Prince Littler's Aladdin at the Streatham Hill Theatre, while Leonard Henry , one of the earliest and best of broadcasters, was Muddles in Prince's Sleeping Beauty at the Golders Green Hippodrome.
At for John Rorke, he is always, as you know, 'Unusually Yours'

Leader, Laurance Turner
Conducted by Maurice Johnstone
A Sullivan Programme
Overture: lolanthe
Mascarade: The Merchant of Venice Graceful dance (Henry VIII ) Overture: Macbeth

from page 41 of New Every Morning

Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
1 Allegro con brio. 2 Andante cantabile con variazioni. 3 Minuetto. 4 Finale: Prestissimo
Trio movement in B flat (Op. posth.) played by The Gershom Parkington Trio:
Tom Jones (violin)
Gershom Parkington (violoncello)
Wilfrid Parry (pianoforte)

11.0 Music and movement for juniors (Ages 7-9)
Ann Driver
11.20 Current Affairs
' American Neutrality
11.40 For home listening:
(Ages 9-12)
' Mr. Cobbett and the Indians
' How Big Feather got his name !
See Mr. Cobbett' Corner on page 10

with Harry Davis, Beryl Davis, Diane, Billy Nicholls, and the Romaniacs

Myra Hess (pianoforte) and the Menges String Quartet:
Isolde Menges (violin)
Beatrice Carrelle (violin)
John Yewe Dyer (viola)
Ivor James (violoncello) in part of the hundredth lunch-time concert at the National Gallery, London
Soon after the outbreak of war a series of midday concerts was started at the National Gallery by Myra Hess, who realised that there was a real need for music in wartime London and at an hour that did not interfere with the black-out restrictions. Furthermore, with the engagement of professional artists the concerts would prove a source of benefit to many musicians who found their means of existence seriously curtailed as a direct result of the war. The first concert was given on October 10. Since then the National Gallery has been filled to capacity every day from Monday to Friday during the lunch hour, and among many distinguished visitors who have attended the concerts is Her Majesty the Queen. Thus, in the heart of London some of the busiest people have been able to leave their offices to be stimulated and soothed by the finest artists and music London has to offer. Myra Hess herself has taken a prominent part in these concerts and she will be heard on this occasion with the Menges String Quartet in Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor, which is one of the master's finest and most dramatic chamber works.

2.0 Music-Making (Ages 9-15)
How to write ' Longs ' and ' Shorts'
Sir Walford Davies
2.15 Interlude
2.20 Biology (Ages 11-15)
Our Daily Life
'Ductless glands'
R. C. Garry , D.Sc.
2.35 Interlude
2.40 Junior English (Ages 9-12)
Poetry programme
' King John and the Abbot of Canterbury'
Arranged by Rhoda Power with music by Charles Groves

A glimpse of the old music-hall with gramophone records of some of the great stars
Chairman, Joseph Gordon Macleod

Leader, Tate Gilder
Conducted by Harold Lowe Joseph Satariano (baritone)
JOSEPH SATARIANO Songs
JOSEPH SATARIANO
Songs

Children speaking and children singing ; children from the villages of Yorkshire, Durham, and Lincolnshire ; from the streets of Manchester; infants from Nursery Schools ; homeless and evacuated children. The spontaneous voices of these young Northerners recalled from past programmes to make a fresh pattern.
Recorded and presented by Olive
Shapley
Music by Marius Gaillard

(News in Welsh)

(Studio service in Welsh)
Cymerir y Gweddiau o'r Uyfr '
Bob Bore .o Newydd'

5.20 A Serial Play
' Around the World in Eighty Days' by Jules Verne adapted for the Children's Hour by Denis Carey
4-' Typhoon ' other parts played by Cyril Nash , Hugh Morton ,
John Rorke
5.50 David will play you a selection of the new gramophone records

Taylor Frame
Alf Banks
Maurice Arnold

F. H. Grisewood brings to the microphone people in the news, people talking about the news, and interesting visitors to Britain

followed at not later than 7.10 by Scottish and Northern Ireland
Announcement s

A comedy with music in a Hawaiian setting
Dialogue by Joe Hayman. Lyrics and music by Peter Bernard
Cast Peter Bernard (master of ceremonies)
and the Cavendish Three, the Dance Orchestra, conducted by Billy Ternent
Production by Roy Speer

(Season 1939-40)
Eleventh Concert from Colston Hall , Bristol
Part 2
Cyril Smith (pianoforte)
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Malcolm Sargent
God Save the King
Once Upon a Time
The tale begins with a Prologue, which is the equivalent of ' Once upon a time' (Strauss's own explanation). The first theme to be noticed is the one associated generally with Till's adventures, given out on the horns, and a little later Till's own theme, a sprightly two-bar theme introduced on the clarinet. The tale then proceeds; Till is up to his tricks, tearing through the market-place, sending everybody flying out of his path. His next adventure is with a monk. Till is engaging him in moral conversation ; for a moment he has a twinge of conscience, but almost immediately he is back in his old mood of cynical humour. Next he is off making love to the girls, but the one he favours most will have nothing to do with him ; Till, piqued and vengeful, thunders away wrathfully. Then he meets a number of old pedants, whose priggish talk is represented on the bassoons. Till, having confounded them, puts his fingers to his nose and leaves them, whistling a lively, impertinent little tune. He gets up against the law, is seized and brought to justice. Before the judges he is at first brazen and impudent, but when the death sentence is pronounced poor Till is brought to his senses. He has a brief period of repentance before the hangman performs his duty.
There is an Epilogue, which musically recalls the Prologue. It is designed to show that beneath the jesting exterior of Till a warm heart beats. The rogue is very human.

Mrs. Ayrton Gould
(Chairman of the Labour Party)

Variety from the Palace Theatre, Blackpool

by Major T. J. Edwards
A programme with the 1 BBC Military Band
Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell
Narrator, Stuart Hibberd

Cuirm Chiuil
Orain is Fidhleireachd
Ie
Coinneach MacRath
Morag NicDhomhnuill agus
Dinah Crichton
A concert of Gaelic songs and fiddling

with Harry Davis , Beryl Davis , Diane, Billy Nicholls , and the Romaniacs

A recital of his music by the BBC Singers (A)
Margaret Godley , Margaret Rees , Doris Owens , Joyce Sutton , Bradbridge White , Martin Boddey ,
Stanley Riley , Samuel Dyson
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate
This sweet and merry month Let not the sluggish sleep A feigned friend Awake, mine eyes Come, jolly swains What is life ?
Come, let us rejoice
All edited by R. H. Fellowes