and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Records of Sophie Tucker , the last of the red-hot mommas
Exercises for men
An interlude
A thought for today
The Rev. Leslie D. Weatherhead
'followed by Programme Parade
Details of some of today's broadcasts
It is a year this week since the Kitchen Front talks began. To mark this occasion the Minister of Food, Lord Woolton, will himself speak on Friday at 8.15‾a.m.
For the remainder of the present week the front wijl be held by the same four speakers as last week, starting today with' Mrs. Yeomans who is in charge of one of the Ministry's Advice Centres.
at the theatre organ
Harold Coombs was appointed assistant organist at St. Oswald's Church, Millhouse, Sheffield, at the age of eleven. Three years later he was on the stage as a solo pianist. But at sixteen he went back to his first love, as organist at St. Paul's Church, Norton Lees , Sheffield. At eighteen he was musical director and organist at the Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield, and gave his first broadcast from the old 6FL Station there.
Roy Rich and Franklin Engelmann agree to disagree about their musical opinions, but they share a gramophone
Gladys Thompson
Here is a talk for the practical needlewoman-and others. Gladys Thompson has made a collection of the stitches needed in smocking. In her talk she will be describing some of these stitches, and many of the traditions connected with the ancient art.
with Tiny Powell and Peter Valerio from a restaurant in the South Popular medley
Spring parade selection
When Jack Leonard was fourteen he played the violin to Hubennan, who was so impressed with his capabilities that ,he wrote to Willy Hess at the Berlin Conservatoire asking him to receive Leonard as a pupil. Leonard studied there for two years, and then, after a series of solo engagements, toured the world as solo violinist with Terpischore, the French dancer. He has been broadcasting regularly with his orchestra since 1937.
News commentary and interlude
from p. 61 of ' New Every Morning ' and p. 38 of ' Each Returning Day '
played by The Irish Rhythms Orchestra
Conducted by David Curry
11.0 Singing together by Herbert Wiseman
11.20 Interval music
11.25 English for pleasure
How much are poets ' made '
L. A. G. Strong
11.40 English for under-nines
Designed by Jean Sutcliffe
Dialogue story : ' The wishing well by Mrs. Foster
And a short memory game
Conductor, Guy Warrsick
French wind music
an ENSA concert for war-workers with Renee Barr
Billy Milton
Jack Leon and his Orchestra with Victor Lyndon and Ann Trevor
followed by a recording of last night's postscript
played by Harry Blech (violin)
Born in 1910, Harry Blech studied music in London, Manchester, and Prague, and joined the BBC Symphony Orchestra as first violin when it was founded in 1930. He resigned six years later to devote his time to chamber music. The Blech String Quartet, which he formed in 1938, has given numerous broadcasts.
1.50 Science and gardening
' Bulk storage of food '
A discussion between B. A. Keen and Professor J. W. Munro
2.10 Interval music
2.15 Stories from world history
Nansen of the North by B. 1.
Magraw How Nansen set out for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially built for the expedition. A party on board. A struggle with the ice. The lonely sledge journey of Nansen and Johansen. An adventure with a bear. Extracts from Nansen's diary
2.35 . Interval music'
2.40 English for everyday use by Douglas R. Allan
Dramatic reading from H. Rider Haggard's ' King Solomon's Mines '
played by Peter Rush and his Dance Band
Leader, Laurance Turner
Conducted by Maurice Johnstone
A talk about camping by A. C. D. Small
Many kinds of holiday are ' out' this year, but for many enthusiasts there will still remain the reasonable and pleasant business of camping. A. C. D. Small is a schoolmaster who has spent innumerable leisure hours camping and climbing. He is a great enthusiast about open-air life in general and the Scottish countryside he knows so well in particular. In this talk he will recall some of his camping experiences before the war, and listeners should undoubtedly be able to glean from this speaker many practical hints on camping problems.
played by The Scottish Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Ronnie Munro
Trafodaeth ar rai o broblemau'r dydd rhwng R. Alun Roberts a ,W. K. Williams
(A discussion in Welsh)
Another play by Rhys Dafys -
Williams based on an old Welsh tradition
No. 3—Robin and Ginger Whiskers
followed by National and Regional announcements
From Rolf Boldrewood 's romance of life and adventure in the Australian
Bush and goldfields
A dramatic serial for broadcasting in ten instalments written and produced by Peter Creswell
Part 10— ' The end of the story
played by the BBC Orchestra
(Section C)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
The eighth talk in a series on the twenty Republics that lie between the United States and Cape Horn
' Latin America in world affairs'
Robin A. Humphreys
An impression of Australia's war effort from recordings prepared by the Australian Broadcasting Commission
Conducted by Wing Commander R.P. O'Donnell, M.V.O.
Director of Music, Royal Air Force
by Sir John Vanbrugh
Radio adaptation by Hilton Edwards and Michael MacLiatnmoir
Music arranged by Hilton Edwards from Suite in C and King Arthur by Purcell
Produced by James Mageean
(piano)
Sonata in E minor, Op. 75, for piano
Glazunov
In the 'eighties, as a young man, Glazunov was the rising hope of the nationalists ; in the 'nineties he came under the influence of Brahms and other western composers ; and from that time onwards he has been looked upon as a reactionary. Reactionary or no, he was a com
' poser of considerable invention and great skill, and his Piano Sonata in E minor is a good specimen of his style.
A programme of quiet, sleepy music played by the Chalumeau Ensemble
