and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Gramophone records of tunes we whistled and sang a year or two ago
Exercises for younger men (7.30) and older women (7.40)
A thought for today
and summary of today's Home Service programmes
Leader, Jean Pougnet
Conductor, Leslie Bridgewater
Popular tunes from the musical screen
Vivian Joseph (cello)
Margaret Chamberlain (piano)
George Palmer (tenor)
from p. 61 of ' New Every Morning' and p. 38 of ' Each Returning Day
played by Kathleen Dunn-Davies
11.0 Music and movement for infants
Ann Driver
11.20 Senior English
' Writing a short story'—
L. A. G. Strong
11.40 Talks for sixth forms
' Wilberforce and Slavery '—Professor Reginald Coupland , Beit Professor of Colonial History in the University of Oxford
Joy McArden (soprano)
Denise Lassimone (piano)
at his theatre organ
2.0 Travel talks
' Peoples of Palestine'—
H. V. Morton
2.15 Interlude
2.20 ' If you were French '
A feature programme by Julia Goodey
2.40 I Ysgolion Cymru
(For Welsh schools)
Storiau a Llenyddiaeth
Damau Ysmala
Darllenir: 1-' Jac Grispin y Crach Foneddwr ', gan N. Bennett ; 2-' Simon Llwyd y Fotty ', gan Taliesin o Eifion ; 3—' Yr Hen Forgan a'i Wraig', gan Ieuan Glan Geirionydd
Trefnwyd y rhaglen gan
Alun Oldfield-Davies
An incidental essay on a seasonal theme by D. G. Bridson , presented by Oliver Garth
It is some time now since one of these poetic programmes by D. G. Bridson has been heard. Once more, however, you will meet his character, Oliver Garth , and this time hear re-created the atmosphere of a North-Country midsummer.
Bridson will contrast the present green and leafy aspect of the North with desecrated Flanders, and in the course of the broadcast readings from North-Country poets on the subject of summer will be heard.
Given before an invited audience
Third concert-Part 2
BBC Orchestra (Section A)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
(First performance in England)
Sir Adrian Boult gave Bax's Symphony No. 7 its world premiere with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra at the World's Fair last year. It was specially written for this occasion and dedicated to ' The People of the United States of America '.
It is safe to say that Bax is the most important of British symphonists, for he has written seven outstanding and in many ways monumental works in this form. The No. 7 in A flat consists of only three instead of the usual four movements.
The first is typical of the composer's symphonic style, with its varied moods, chiefly of a turbulent character. The second is lyrical and romantic and the third is noteworthy for being in variation form.
Ymddiddan gan J. Goronwy Edwards
(A talk in Welsh)
' Cat-astrophe', a dialogue story about a little girl who didn't quite change into *a cat, by Barbara Spooner and 'Midsummer '—a programme arranged by Rex Tucker
A gramophone quiz presented by Charles Maxwell
A fortnightly programme reflecting the life, the song, and the story of the people of France
National and Regional, followed at
7.20 by Scottish and Northern Ireland
A break for Barker
An inexpensive production in the basement of the BBC to exploit the genius of Eric Barker , assisted by Eric Woodburny Wendy Kaye , Eileen Vaughan , the Revue Chorus and the Revue Orchestra, conducted by Hyam Greenbaum. Under the distinguished patronage of Burgomaster Bridgmont
Conducted by Gideon Fagan
Haydn's Symphony No. 101, in D, 'The Clock', was one of the twelve symphonies that he wrote for his London visits towards the end of his life. The whole atmosphere of the music is one of gaiety and charm. Note the accompaniment to the sprightly theme of the slow movement and you' will immediately understand why the symphony is known as * The Clock '. This movement . is followed by a vigorous minuet.
A radio reconstruction of outstanding events of the past fortnight
Written by Robert Kemp , Francis Dillon , A. L. Lloyd , D. G. Bridson , and Stephen Potter. Produced by Laurence Gilliam
Alternately week by week with Go To It '-that feature about Britain at work of which the first broadcast was heard last week—comes
' Marching On'. '. This will do for current history what ' Go To It ' is doing for industry. Fortnight by fortnight you will hear an up-to-the-minute radio documentary of events that will be literally history in the making'.
The series will cover happening military, naval, aerial, and industrial, as well as giving glimpses of what has most recently been going on inside Germany. Politics will have their-place in summaries of Government doings and utterances, while the series will constantly stress with all possible vigour the ideas and the facts behind its title.
from a Midland theatre
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conducted by Harold Lowe
Quintet for strings in C (K.515) played by the Menges String Quintet -Isolde Menges (violin), Beatrice Carrelle (violin), John Yewe Dyer (viola), Alfred de Reyghere (viola),
Ivor James (cello)
