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and his Orchestra
Charles Brill , whose orchestra has lately become so popular over the air, is of Hungarian extraction. He studied the violin at Budapest and conducted at Basle under Weingartner. For a while Brill conducted light opera at Basle, and on his return to England he toured as conductor with the Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company. In 1934-5 he went to Russia and conducted a number of radio concerts.

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Brill

11.0 The Music Shop: Singer and Accompanist
Planned by John Horton
This broadcast will illustrate the importance of the pianist's part in the performance of a song

11.20 Intermediate French
by Jean-Jacques Oberlin and Yvonne Oberlin
'L'aeroplane'
Chanson: Le Roi d'Yvetot

11.40 Senior Geography: Australia: Australia's Newcastle
W.S. Kelly

Contributors

Planned by (The Music Shop):
John Horton
Speaker (Intermediate French):
Jean-Jacques Oberlin
Speaker (Intermediate French):
Yvonne Oberlin
Speaker (Senior Geography):
W.S. Kelly

BBC Men's Chorus
Arthur Cranmer (baritone)
At the piano, John Wills
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate
Gaudeamus igitur arr. Woodgate Blow away the morning dew.....No. 8 Come lasses and lads.....................16 Alouette...............................................3 Eileen Aroon. ...................................24 The farmer's daughters.....................25 Ould John Braddlum. ....................65 Dashing away with the smoothing iron......21
The happy farmer.............................35 0 no John.........................................69 I'm seventeen come Sunday.............36 Widdecombe fair...............................97
Numbers refer to the New Fellowship Song Book

Contributors

Baritone:
Arthur Cranmer
Conductor:
Leslie Woodgate
Unknown:
Eileen Aroon.
Unknown:
John Braddlum.

5.20 For the youngest listeners
The story of ' Puirt a Beul or ' Mouth music', told by Meg Buchanan
To keep you busy
' Sang-Scule '
Ian Whyte , Scottish Music Director, will explain this bad spelling and also what takes place in this school
A musical puzzle-guess the tunes
' Bee Hive '
Two teams of drones and workers will swarm in the studio to compete in tongue-twisting and feats of memory
Bee-keeper, Paul Ellingham
5.55 Epilogue for Ascension Day

Contributors

Told By:
Meg Buchanan
Unknown:
Ian Whyte
Unknown:
Paul Ellingham

A radio filmagazine introducing
Studio gossip and news
General releases
Excerpts from current films, including the latest M.O.I, production, and, if possible, personal appearances of Naunton Wayne , Basil Radford , and Greta Gynt in an excerpt from the Anglo-American film Crook's Tour
A special recording from the film version of H. G. Wells 's ' Kipps ' with Diana Wynyard ,
Michael Redgrave , and Phyllis Calvert
Personal appearances of Walter Greenwood and John Baxter , author and director of British National's production Love on the Dole, and Deborah Kerr , Clifford Evans , Geoffrey Hibbert and Joyce Howard who star in the picture, Music from the Movies
Special arrangements, selections and hit numbers from the latest filmusicals, played by Louis Levy and his Orchestra
Presented by Douglas Moodie

Contributors

Unknown:
Naunton Wayne
Unknown:
Basil Radford
Unknown:
Greta Gynt
Unknown:
H. G. Wells
Unknown:
Diana Wynyard
Unknown:
Michael Redgrave
Unknown:
Phyllis Calvert
Unknown:
Walter Greenwood
Unknown:
John Baxter
Unknown:
Deborah Kerr
Unknown:
Clifford Evans
Unknown:
Geoffrey Hibbert
Unknown:
Joyce Howard
Played By:
Louis Levy
Presented By:
Douglas Moodie

A revue written by Phillip Leaver.
Lyrics by James Dyrenforth. Music by Kenneth Leslie-Smith with Adele Dixon Paula Green
Charles Heslop Hugh Morton
John Singer
The Three Chimes
BBC Variety Orchestra
Leader, Frank Cantell conducted by Charles Shadwell
Produced by Reginald Smith

Contributors

Written By:
Phillip Leaver.
Unknown:
James Dyrenforth.
Music By:
Kenneth Leslie-Smith
Unknown:
Adele Dixon
Unknown:
Paula Green
Unknown:
Charles Heslop
Unknown:
Hugh Morton
Singer:
John Singer
Leader:
Frank Cantell
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell
Produced By:
Reginald Smith

A play for broadcasting adapted by Hugh Stewart from the short story by Michael Arlen
Cast :
Time: A late evening in the mid-nineteen-twenties
Produced by John Cheatle

Contributors

Adapted By:
Hugh Stewart
Story By:
Michael Arlen
Produced By:
John Cheatle
Ralph Trevor:
Carl Bernard
George Tarlyon:
Edgar Norfolk
Anthony Poole:
Ivor Barnard
A butler:
Arthur Young

Symphony No. 3 played by BBC Orchestra
(Section A)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Clarence Raybould ,
Bax's Symphony No. 3 was composed in 1930 and dedicated to Sir Henry Wood. who has since-given it many performances, notably at the Proms. The music is singularly free from the rather tragic and contemplative moods so characteristic of much of Bax's large-scale compositions.

Contributors

Leader:
Paul Beard
Conducted By:
Clarence Raybould
Unknown:
Henry Wood.

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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