and summary of today's Forces programme

Conductor, Harry M. Pell

John Francis (flute)
Joy Boughton (oboe)
Millicent Silver (piano)

at the BBC Theatre Organ 1 Serenade of a clown. 2 Dance of an ostracised imp

and summary of today's Home
Service programmes

on gramophone records
Cecil Dixon (piano)

from Mount Pleasant Baptist Church,
Swansea
Order of Service
Organ voluntary
Hymn: 0 God, who didst thy will unfold (Baptist Church Hymnalunrevised edition, 616)
Reading: St. John i, 1-14
Anthem: I will arise (Cecil) Prayers
Hymn: Lord, thy word abideth (207) Address by the Rev. F. E. Gibson
Pollock: Theme—' We believe in God'
1-' Who speaks to us '
Hymn: Lord, speak to me (395)
Blessing
Organist and choirmaster,
Arthur E. Davies

Directed by Jack Hardy (Little Orchestrations by Jack Hardy )

JOAN LENNARD

on gramophone records
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vaclav Talich Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano)Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by MengelbergGigli (tenor)New Light Symphony Orchestra, conducted by J. Ainslie Murray London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Efrem Kurtz Brian Lawrance with Fred Hartley's Quintet

ORCHESTRA
(Section C)
Led by Marie Wilson
Conducted by Arthur Wood

A talk by Richard Sharp
In these days it is a poor father who cannot turn his hand to 'mothering ' when required.
Richard Sharp has recently become a father and has been lending a hand with no little effect. He is a light-hearted broadcaster, who has at the same time some useful tips to give. He has broadcast before on similar subjects, and listeners may remember his two talks, 'Knitting for Men' and 'Doing without Wives'

Conductor, Sydney V. Wood
Emlyn Jones euphonium, Frank Austin )

at the organ of the Plaza Theatre,
Birkenhead

Part songs sung by The BBC Singers (B)
Sybilla Marshall , Bettine Young , Winifred Downer , Margaret Rolfe , Rene Soames , Emlyn Bebb ,
Victor Utting , Victor Harding
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate
London town
Orpheus with his lute In praise of Neptune The chase
O peaceful night
My bonnie lass she smileth

and ' Crooning the Classics-Again'
Alan Frank will throw some more light on an old controversy with the aid of some gramophone records

Symphony No. 4, in E minor Brahms
In his orchestral works Brahms never makes use of extravagant embroidery or gorgeous colouring. The four symphonies, particularly, depend for their effect almost entirely on their pure musical content. Each symphony is a master-piece in its own right and with its own peculiar inner characteristics.
For wealth of detail, ingenuity of treatment, and the working of a great musical imagination the No. 4, in E minor, may perhaps be given first place.
Like most of Brahms's works, the E minor Symphony has no story nor history other than that it was composed during the years 1884-5, and on October 17 of the latter year, after it had been carefully rehearsed by von Biilow, Brahms himself conducted the first performance.

A programme of gramophone record* presented by Sydney Northcote

ynghyd a sgwrs, ' Yr Eglwys a'r leuanc', gan Lyn Howell

Stories and singing
David will tell another of M. Melville Balfour 's stories, ' Dog Trusty', and there will be some more hymn-singing by the Bristol Co-operative Children's Choir, introduced and compered by Leslie Woodgate

' Labour '
Patrick Gordon Walker , Tutor in Modem History at Christ Church, Oxford, and Labour candidate for
Oxford City, 1935-1939
Herbert Bullock , Member of the Trades Union Congress General Council, and National Industrial Officer of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers assisted by two influential members of the German trades union movement, speaking anonymously

Leader, Tate Gilder
Conductor, Stanford Robinson

A dramatic history by 'Taffrail'
Produced by John Cheatle

from the Lady Chapel, Bristol
Cathedral
Introductory music
8.0 Order of Service
Lesser Litany Lord's Prayer Collects
Psalm ciii, 1-18
Lesson: Hosea vi, 1-6 ; St. Matthew ix, 10-13
Hymn: When all thy mercies, 0 my
God, my rising soul surveys (A. and M. 517 ; S.P. 694 : Rv. C.H. 26)
Intercessions
Hymn: There's a wideness in God's mercy (A. and M. 634 ; S.P. 666 ; Rv. C.H. 395)
Address by the Very Rev. F. Garfield Williams
, Dean of Manchester
Hymn: The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want (Rv. C.H. 735)
Blessing

An appeal on behalf of Catholic Huts for the Forces by His Eminence Cardinal Hinsley,
Archbishop of Westminster
Recreation huts for the Forces are urgently needed both at home and overseas. All Service men-whatever their creed-get a friendly welcome in the Catholic Women's League Huts, which are officially recognised by the War Office. These centres, with their cheery, home-like atmosphere, provide a refuge from the routine of the soldier's life. In them he can get well-cooked meals or a shake-down, and read, write, or play games while on leave or off duty.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to[address removed]

sung by Winifred Radford (soprano)
Dans un bois solitaire (In a lonely wood)
Oiseaux, si tous les ans (Birds of passage)
Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen
Liebhabers verbrannte (Luise, buming the letters of her faithless lover' Die Zufriedenheit (Contentment)
Sehnsucht nach dem Friihling
(Longing for spring)
Un moto di gioia (Joy fills my heart)

Reginald Foort
Reginald Dixon
Reginald New
Reginald Porter-Brown at the BBC Theatre Organ in a programme arranged and presented by Sandy Macpherson
What's in a name? Why are all Clarks nicknamed 'Nobby'? Why are all Millers 'Dusty' and why must every Martin be a 'Pincher'?
Even more odd, there was a time not so long ago when people were asking: 'Why must all broadcasting organists be called "Reginald"? ' No explanation has ever been offered, but here are four who may have helped to sustain the illusion and bring this strange honour to their name.

(Section B)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
Music by British Composers
Overture: Agincourt Walter Leigh Theme and six diversions
Edward German
Walter Leigh studied under Hindemith at the Hochschule fur Musik, Berlin. He is a versatile composer, having written orchestral and chamber music that has been performed at various European festivals. For some time he was associated with the Festival Theatre, Cambridge, for whose productions he wrote a considerable amount of incidental music. Of later years he has written two comic operas, The Pride of the Regiment and folly Roger, some revue numbers, and the music to the G.P.O. film. The Song of Ceylon.

with Tessa Deane Selection: Dances of the South

' Alive for evermore '—3
Bless'd be the everlasting God (The
Scottish Psalter, Paraphrase 61)
St. Luke xxiv, 13-35
Christ the Lord is risen again (A. and M. 136)
Romans vi, 9-11

Leader, Jean Pougnet
Conductor, Leslie Bridgewater