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Order of Service
Sentence
Christ, whose glory fills the skies (A. and M. 7; S.P. 26; C.H. 261)
Confession and Absolution
Versicles and Responses
Psalm 95
Lesson: St. Mark 7, vv. 1-13 Benedictus
Creed and Prayers
Let saints on earth in concert sing (A. and M. 221; S.P. 557; C.H. 227)
Address by the Rev. H. W. Baines
Lift up your hearts! (S.P. 560)
Blessing

Contributors

Speaker:
Rev. H. W. Baines
Organist and choirmaster:
Edward Groocock

BBC Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Eda Kersey (violin)
Winifred Copperwheat (viola)
Mozart
ORCHESTRA
Fantasia in F minor: originally for a mechanical clock (orchestrated by Eric Warr)
EDA KERSEY, WINIFRED COPPERWHEAT, AND ORCHESTRA
Sinfonia concertante in E flat (K.364)
ORCHESTRA
Concert suite from Idomeneo (arranged and transcribed by Busoni):
1 Overture; 2 The sacrifice; 3 Festive march

Contributors

Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Violin:
Eda Kersey
Viola:
Winifred Copperwheat
Unknown:
Eric Warr

The fairy scenes from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare
Fairies :
(by permission of H. M. Tennent, Ltd., Clown
Other clowns and other fairies: Ernest Butcher, Clive Baxter , Franklyn Bellamy , Walter Piers , Michael Gainsborough , Pauline de Chalux , David Baxter , Mary Therese and Maureen Glynn
Produced by Barbara Burnham and John Burrell

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Unknown:
Clive Baxter
Unknown:
Franklyn Bellamy
Unknown:
Walter Piers
Unknown:
Michael Gainsborough
Unknown:
Pauline de Chalux
Unknown:
David Baxter
Unknown:
Mary Therese
Unknown:
Maureen Glynn
Produced By:
Barbara Burnham
Produced By:
John Burrell
Oberon:
Peter Glenville
Titania:
Rosamund Greenwood
Puck:
John Carol
Bottom:
Ralph Richardson

5.15 'Hansel and Gretel'
Grimm's original fairy tale, made into a play by Muriel Levy with Robert Holland as Hansel, Cherry Cottrell as Gretel and Eileen Draycott as the Witch

5.45 Children's Hour Epilogue
The talk will be given by the Rev. Dom Bernard Clements, O.S.B.

Contributors

Play By:
Muriel Levy
Unknown:
Robert Holland
Unknown:
Eileen Draycott
Unknown:
Dom Bernard Clements

or 'The First of August'
An eighteenth-century ballad opera by Charles Dibdin, as originally performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, August 8, 1774
Music specially arranged and orchestrated by Frederic Austin
with Dennis Noble as Tom Tug, a Thames waterman
Geoffrey Dunn as Robin, a young fop
A. Bromley Davenport as Bundle, a market gardener
Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Bundle, his wife
Sybil Evers as Wilhelmina, his daughter
BBC Theatre Chorus
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Conducted by Mark H. Lubbock
The action takes place in Bundle's house and garden, overlooking the river at Battersea
Radio adaptation and production by Desmond Davis

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dibdin
Unknown:
Frederic Austin
Unknown:
Dennis Noble
Unknown:
Tom Tug
Unknown:
Geoffrey Dunn
Unknown:
A. Bromley Davenport
Unknown:
Margaret Yarde
Unknown:
Sybil Evers
Conducted By:
Mark H. Lubbock
Production By:
Desmond Davis

Praise to the Holiest (W.H. 186; A. and M. 172; C.H. 32)
Litany of the Holy Name
Salve Regina (Antonio Grimaldi)
Address by Monsignor Ronald Knox To Christ, the Prince of Peace (W.H. 86; A. and M. 180)
Benediction of the most Blessed Sacrament:
O salutaris hostia
Motet: Panis angelicus
Prayers for Peace
Motet: Benedictus (Perosi)
Tantum ergo
Versicle and Response: Spare, O Lord
Divine Praises
Adoremus
Sweet Saviour, bless us ere we go (W.H. 172; A. and M. 28)

Contributors

Unknown:
Antonio Grimaldi
Unknown:
Monsignor Ronald Knox

(Second series)
An album of things worth remembering in these present times, presented by Leslie Baily and Francis Worsley
The July Edition includes the voices, in person or on records, of some well-known broadcasters: Sir Henry Wood, Mabel Constanduros, Cyril Fletcher, Val Gielgud, Carleton Hobbs, Gladys Young, Thea Holme, Christopher Stone, Margaret Eaves
The pages turned by Patric Curwen The Orchestra conducted by Hyam Greenbaum

Contributors

Presented By:
Leslie Baily
Presented By:
Francis Worsley
Unknown:
Sir Henry Wood
Unknown:
Mabel Constanduros
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Val Gielgud
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Gladys Young
Unknown:
Thea Holme
Unknown:
Christopher Stone
Turned By:
Patric Curwen
Conducted By:
Hyam Greenbaum

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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