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Leader, Harold F. Petts
Conductor, Ernest W. Goss
Audrey Piggott (cello)
Frederic d'Erlanger is a true cosmopolitan ; he was horn in Paris in 1868 of a German father and an American mother, and at about the age of twenty he became a naturalised . British subject. He has written numerous important works, including three operas, a violin concerto that was played by Kreisler at a Philharmonic Concert in 1903, and several orchestral works that have been heard at the Proms and other
Queen's Hall concerts. His opera, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, was first performed at Naples in 1906 and at Covent Garden in 1909.

Contributors

Leader:
Harold F. Petts
Conductor:
Ernest W. Goss
Cello:
Audrey Piggott

Second edition
An album of things worth remembering in these present days,
Presented by Leslie Baily and Francis Worsley
A weekly entertainment of word and song, memories and reflections including ' Things worth remembering ' as suggested by both famous and humble people
The orchestra conducted by Hyam Greenbaum

Contributors

Presented By:
Leslie Baily
Presented By:
Francis Worsley
Conducted By:
Hyam Greenbaum

plays Schubert
Adagio (from five piano pieces) Sonata in A, Op. 120
Schubert wrote over a dozen piano sonatas which in form followed the clasical style of Haydn and Mozart. As Schubert was first and foremost
-a great song-writer, it is not unnatural that his sonatas are to some extent influenced by his song-writing. Where for the most part Weber, says William Clock , 'gave old formulae a new brilliance, Schubert s style is altogether new and unique. It is enriched by the whole range of the accompaniment figures in his songs, but more deeply by that quality in his songs which
Alfred Einstein describes as an equipoise between imagery and emotion.'

Contributors

Unknown:
William Clock
Unknown:
Alfred Einstein

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The story of how Czechoslovakia's airmen are continuing the fight for freedom, by John Midgley and Josef Schrich
Produced by Robert Kemp
Before Germany invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939 there was a strong Czechoslovakian air force, many of its pilots being men who had distinguished themselves in world aeronautics and held records of one kind or another. Although Germany seized Czechoslovakia's aerodromes and the majority of her planes, some of the pilots and crews made their escape.
At the beginning of the war they formed a unit in France and saw much active service following the German break-through. After the French capitulation Czech airmen made their way to this country, where they are now ready to help in its defence.
The story of these Czech airmen is now to be told by Josef Schrich and John Midgley. Midgley is a Manchester journalist, and Schrich a Czechoslovakian refugee journalist now working in Manchester. They have co-operated in several recent radio programmes.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Midgley
Unknown:
Josef Schrich
Produced By:
Robert Kemp
Told By:
Josef Schrich
Told By:
John Midgley.

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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