and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
and his Orchestra, with Rosa Levain and Peter Valerio
Programme of gramophone records
at the theatre organ
Interlude : records
All my hope on God is founded (C.H. 448 ; S.P. 442)
Prayer Lesson
It came upon the midnight clear (C.H. 47; S.P. 76)
Address by the Rev. A. C. Craig D.D. ,
Prayer
The Church's one foundation (C.H. 205; A. and M. 215; S.P. 249)
Blessing
sung by Myra Verney (soprano)
Myra Verney , a Londoner who comes of a musical family, was originally intended for a scholastic career and took an .Honours Degree at Oxford, but she decided to devote herself to singing. She studied for a while with the late Sir George Henschel and then went to France for four years to study with the famous singer Ninon Vallin. She returned to England in 1939 and gave her first broadcast in April of that year.
London Palladium Orchestra
(Recording of last night's broadcast)
(Religious Service in Gaelic)
Salm 46, 1-4 (air fonn Stroudwater)
Umuigh Leughadh : Iosua 1, 1-9
Salm 34, 3-8 (air fonn Sheffield)
An Searmon : An t-Urr.
Gilleasbuig MacBheathain
Salm 36, 7-10 (air fonn Coleshill) Am beannachadh
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
Dr. Thalben-Ball-3. Talk illustrated by church organ
Outside broadcasts depicting stages in the training of R.A.F. air crew personnel. From an R.A.F. Station somewhere in Britain
Programme of gramophone records, presented by Helen Henschel
3-What is speech rhythm ? Can a village choir sing it ? Dr. J. W. Welch and Trevor Harvey discuss it and the BBC Singers illustrate
C. H. Middleton
Oratorio by Handel. Part 1
Joan Taylor (soprano); Gladys Ripley (contralto) ; Jan van der Gucht (tenor); Keith Faulkner (bass). Halle Chorus (chorus-master, Albert Hardie ). Halle Orchestra (leader, Laurance Turner ). Conductor, Dr. Malcolm Sargent. From a Northern theatre
Rhaglen o ganu emynau o gapel yn Ne Cymru. (Community hymn-singing in Welsh)
Part 2
'Kings in Judea'. First of a play-sequence, 'The Man Born to be King', specially written for broadcasting by Dorothy Sayers. Produced by Val Gielgud
followed by Interlude : records
Talk on Christmas in Australia by George Ivan Smith
The tunes and voices of the British Isles in a programme of national and seasonal music for Christmas week : workers singing in the Black Country, a Scottish orchestra, a flute band from Northern Ireland, a choir from the Rhondda Valley, Cornish and Somerset carols, and the traditional music of the North of England. Presented by Pennethorne Hughes
Some of the week's broadcasting surveyed
from a church crypt
Sentences
Once in royal David's city (A. and M. 329; S.P. 368 ; C.H. 69)
Confession and Absolution
Lesson : St. Luke 2, vv. 1-16 Magnificat Prayers
Away in a manger (S.P. 353 ; C.H. 657)
Address by the Rev. Eric S. Loveday
Hark the glad sound ! (A: and M. 53 ; S.P. 62 ; C.H. 40)
Blessing
St. Martin's Christmas Fund : appeal by the Reg. Eric Loveday
The seasonal appeal by the Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Field is by way of being a Christmas tradition, and this year the Vicar of the famous church follows in the steps of his predecessors, Dick Sheppard and Pat McCormick. to speak about the fund by which St. Martin's helps people all over the country. With increased taxation, with expenses of evacuation, and other costly wartime commitments, there is greater need than ever before for those who once could just manage, but who are now hard put to it, to make both ends meet.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to [address removed].
followed by a postscript
Shortened version of a sequence for broadcasting adapted by Peter Cres well from Shakespeare's ' Henry IV'. Produced by John Cheatle , with Arthur Young as Falstaff.
' Blessecf is he that cometh Psalm 85 ; Isaiah 61 ; Hark the glad sound ! (S.P. 62); John 10, v. 10
Concert of Russian music in honour of Stalin's birthday. BBC Chorus. BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood
Programme of melody, arranged and presented by Sandy Macpherson at the theatre organ
