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at the theatre organ
Selection from Service Land
Tom Jenkins , a native of Neath, spent most of his 'teens taking part in piano competitions and Eisteddfodau, and won 185 prizes. When his piano teacher, who was also an organist at a large church at Neath, died, Tom took his place as organist at the age of seventeen. Eighteen months later he became organist and choirmaster, and assisted Dr. Hopkin Evans in forming the Neath Choral Society.
When the Cardiff Plaza opened,
Tom Jenkins was appointed musical director-a position he held from 1926 to 1931, when he became organist and manager of the Swansea Plaza.

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Jenkins
Unknown:
Dr. Hopkin Evans
Unknown:
Tom Jenkins

Orchestra conducted by Gideon Fagan
French military march (Algerian
Suite)
Symphonic poem: Omphale's spinning-wheel
Selection: Samson and Delilah
In 1835, when Saint-Saens was born, Beethoven, whose later works were then considered the last word in modernity, had been dead eight years. When Saint-Saens died, in 1921, Alban Berg had just completed Wozzeck. Thus the French composer lived to see the full cycle of the Romantic movement which connects Berg with Beethoven.
Romain Rolland, the distinguished
French critic and author, Has said that Saint-Saens ' is tormented by no passions and nothing perturbs the lucidity of his mind. At times his music seems to carry us back to Mendelssohn, to Spontini, to the school of Gluck. He brings into the midst of our present restlessness something of the sweetness and clarity of past periods, something that seems like fragments of a vanished world '.

Contributors

Conducted By:
Gideon Fagan
Unknown:
Alban Berg

(A 's broadcast) starring
Bebe Daniels , Vie Oliver , Ben Lyon with Jay Wilbur and his Orchestra, the Greene Sisters, and Sam Browne
Additional dialogue by Dick Pepper Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Douglas Lawrence

Contributors

Unknown:
Bebe Daniels
Unknown:
Vie Oliver
Unknown:
Ben Lyon
Unknown:
Jay Wilbur
Unknown:
Sam Browne
Dialogue By:
Dick Pepper
Produced By:
Harry S. Pepper
Produced By:
Douglas Lawrence

Another satirical revue with Nan Kenway , Douglas Young , Eric Barker , Helen Clare , Clarence Wright , Revue Chorus, and BBC Variety Orchestra, leader Frank Cantell , conducted by Charles Shadwell
Presented by Leslie Bridgmont

Contributors

Unknown:
Nan Kenway
Unknown:
Douglas Young
Unknown:
Eric Barker
Unknown:
Helen Clare
Unknown:
Clarence Wright
Leader:
Frank Cantell
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell
Presented By:
Leslie Bridgmont

(Section A), leader Paul Beard
Conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood
Most countries have their own legends of the Accursed Huntsman who is condemned to ride for ever through the night as a punishment for some awful misdeed on earth. The original Wild Huntsman was Orion, but we meet him everywhere -in the North of Scotland, in Yorkshire, and in many parts of Europe.
Cesar Franck's music is based on the German version of the legend. There are four scenes: the peace of Sunday morning with its joyful chants and bells pealing ; the Hunt ; the Count deserted by his followers, and the dreadful voice which condemns him for his sacrilege ; and the terrible hunting which has no end.

Contributors

Leader:
Paul Beard
Conducted By:
Sir Henry J. Wood
Unknown:
Wild Huntsman

Music from current and forthcoming film issues with Tessa Deane , Ronnie Hill , the Three Radio Graces. Charles Groves and Donald Edge at two pianos. BBC Theatre Orchestra, leader Tate Gilder
Devised and conducted by Reginald Burston
Orchestrations arranged by Donald Edge and Reginald Burston

Contributors

Unknown:
Tessa Deane
Unknown:
Ronnie Hill
Unknown:
Charles Groves
Unknown:
Donald Edge
Leader:
Tate Gilder
Conducted By:
Reginald Burston
Arranged By:
Donald Edge

A harpsichord recital by Richard Newton
Antoni Soler was a distinguished Catalan composer. Son of a military bandmaster, he was born near Tarragona in 1729 and died in 1783. In 1752 he went to the Escorial as organist of the monastery, and shortly afterwards he took his vows. He wrote an important treatise on modulation and a tract on currency exchange between Castile and Catalonia. He even invented an instrument to show the division of the scale into equal temperament and into various small intervals.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Newton

BBC Home Service Basic

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