and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

The Royal Opera Orchestra,
Covent Garden
Conducted by John Barbirolli Walter Glynne (tenor)
Light Opera Company
Lily of Killarney vocal gems Benedict

Conducted by Eric Warr

and summary of today's Home Service programmes

A medley of well-known waltzes
Two sides of a twelve-inch record made by the London Palladium Orchestra, conducted by Richard Crean

A religious service with an address by the Rev. Leslie D. Weatherhead

by Olive Bloom

at the theatre organ
Selection: Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) Mascagni, arr. Godfrey

A new quick-thought parlour game with David Miller as Master of Ceremonies
The programme presented by Neil Munro

' Conducted by Ian Whyte
Overture in B flat......Arne, arr. Herbage Slavonic rhapsody No. 3, in A flat
Dvorak
Dance: La Calinda (Koanga).....Delius

Conductor, Tom Morgan

' The story of vegetables'
C. H. Middleton

Philip Slessor will tell you some more ' stories behind the records '—and illustrate them with recordings

Conductor, Leslie Bridgewater introducing
Jean Pougnet (violin), Arthur Gleg horn (flute), Frederick Riddle (viola), Leon Goossens (oboe), Anthony Pini (cello), Reginald Kell (clarinet), Victor Watson (bass), Dennis Gomm (piano), John Cockerill (harp), Phil Green (accordion), Jack Collinga
(percussion)

A short story written for broadcasting by S. L. Bensusan , and read by the author

at the theatre organ

ynghyd a sgwrs, ' Rhwng Dau Feddwl-3' gan y Prifathro D. Emrys Evans
(News and a topical talk in Welsh)

'The Music-Makers', by L. du
Garde Peach
' Chopin '
A play about the Polish genius of the piano, Frederic Chopin , and his music with Harold Reese , Philip Wade , Norman Shelley , Paddy Meehan , Myles Rudge , Ewart Scott ,
Phoebe Hodgson
Children's Hour Epilogue

' Drawing conclusions '
Hellmuth von Rauschenplat and a former judge from Germany stand up to questions from a British working man, G. D. Sercombe

Solo violin, Ida Haendel
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult Solo violin, Ida Haendel

A religious service with an address by the Archbishop of York

An appeal on behalf of Church of Scotland Huts for His Majesty's Forces, by the Very Rev. Charles L. Warr , C.V.O., D.D., LL.D., Dean of the Thistle and Chapel Royal in Scotland The Church of Scotland is responsible for hut and canteen centres in every large city in Scotland, and in camps and lonely outposts wherever there is need. It also runs a number of mobile canteens and a travelling cinema unit.
In France it has accepted responsibility for an extensive range of hut and canteen centres, in each of which there is a reading and writing room, as well as a chapel where the troops may meditate and pray. Before long the call will come to extend these activities.
Contributions will he gratefully acknowledged, and should, be addressed to [address removed].

The French soldier's songs from the fifteenth to the twentieth century introduced and sung by Gustave Ferrari

' Becky climbs higher '
An. adaptation for broadcasting by Audrey Lucas of the novel by W. M. Thackeray with Pamela Stanley as Becky Sharp , and D. A. Clarke-Smith as Rawdon Crawley
Produced by Moray McLaren

' Then and now '
Musical shows of this war and the last
Arranged by Mark H. Lubbock and Eve Moir with Jean Colin
Sylvia Welling
Patrick Waddington
Bobbie Comber
The BBC Theatre Chorus
(Trained by Charles Groves) The BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conducted by Mark H. Lubbock
Comperes, Jasmine Bligh and Compton Mackenzie
What diverted us when we were at war a quarter of a century ago ? What diverts us today? If there is perhaps less romance in the theatre, at least music, colour, pretty girls, -comedians to make us laugh-these are all still in demand. Listeners will be able to compare tunes from shows of yesteryear, such as Chu Chin Chotc and Maid of the Mountains, with tunes from shows of today, such as Cochran's revue at the Savoy, Lights Up, and the show that has gone from the air to the London Palladium, Garrison Theatre.

'A very present help in trouble'
1 - 'The Eternal God'
Psalm xciii
Isaiah xxvi, 1-13
To thee our God we fly (A. and M. 142)
Deuteronomy xxxiii, 27

Sandy Macpherson at the theatre organ with Patricia Rossborough
Jack Train and Jack Plant

Isolde Menges (violin)
Howard Ferguson (piano)
Denis Matthews 's five sketches for violin and piano had their first public performance at a National Gallery concert some weeks ago, when the same artists who are playing tonight made a success of the work. In a short note on the work, Howard Ferguson said that ' these Sketches should be thought of not as five separate pieces but as a complete work. The contrast between one piece and the next is always sufficient .to provide variety, yet never abrupt enough to disturb the sense of unity of the work as a whole. This unity is further enhanced by the recurrence in the final Rhapsody of material that has already appeared in the Prelude. As the writing throughout establishes the two instruments on an equal footing, the Sketches are duets in the fullest sense of the word '.