and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Records of Dorothy Carless , popular dance band vocalist
Exercises for men: Coleman Smith
7.40 Exercises for women: May Brown
An anthology of favourites
Short morning prayers
Programme Parade
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
Records of the American scene from the Rockies to the Rainbow Room
Conductor, A. E. Badrick
played by Reginald Kell with his Sextet
Topical magazine programme
News commentary and interlude
from p. 117 of New Every Morning' and p. 92 of ' Each Returning Day'
Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
' Be wise, immunise ' : by the Chairman of the Emergency Committee of the Central Council for Health Education
Conducted by Boyd Neel
Fifty-eighth lunch-time concert, presented to their fellow workers by members of the staff of an armament works somewhere in the North. Arranged and presented by Victor Smythe
Gramophone records, presented by Thurston Holland
John Hunt (piano) and Patricia Davies (soprano)
at the theatre organ
Conductor, Leslie Bridgewater
BBC Orchestra (leader, Paul Beard ), conducted by Clarence Raybould. Max Rostal (violin)
ORCHESTRA
Overture : The School for Scandal....Barter
(First performance in England)
Samuel Barber was bom at West Chester
Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on March 9, 1910. He began the study of music at six years of age, and at seven was already composing. When he was thirteen he entered the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied composition with Rosario Scalero. In 1935 he was awarded the Prix de Rome and the Pulitzer Prize Among his works that have been performed in this country are the Symphony in one movement, the ' Essay for Orchestra ', and ' Dover Beach '.
The Overture to ' The School for
Scandal ' was composed in 1932 and first performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1933. It is described as light music which is worthy of its inspiration, and the craftsmanship and wit of Sheridan are in the young American's score.
(First performance in England. See 'Radio
Music on page 5)
From a concert hall in East Anglia
Conductor, Fred Mortimer , with Violet Carson
Novelty numbers and solo pieces bv the BBC Variety Orchestra, conductor, Charles Shadwell , with Bettie Bucknelle.
Sgwrs gan Elizabeth Jones (Talk in Welsh)
5.20 ' Visible Means ' : story by Ken Francis
5.30 ' Many hands, many voices', or ' Music while you work at sea ' : talk by W. Ivor Williams
5.55 Children's Hour prayers
National and Regional announcements
F. H. Grisewood brings to the microphone people in the news, people talking about the news, and interesting visitors to Britain.
Concocted by Georgie Wood. Additional dialogue by Bert Lee. Produced by Harry S. Pepper Neighbours Factory-workers
BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell (Special
by Verdi. Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni ; new English translation by H. Proctor-Gregg
Acts 1 and 2 Priests, priestesses, Egyptian people, slaves, and Ethiopian prisoners
Scene : Memphis and Thebes, in the time of the Pharaohs
BBC Theatre Chorus. BBC Theatre Orchestra. Conductor,
Stanford Robinson. Produced by the conductor, in collaboration with Mark H. Lubbock
Act 3
Programme improvised by Kay Cavendish
British and American religious leaders compare notes. Series ofsixtalks broadcast simultaneously in America and Great Britain, in collaboration with the Columbia Broadcasting System. 2—What are the underlying spiritual issues of the present crisis, and what is the attitude of the Churches in the United States to them ? ' : by an American speaker
Act 4
de orain is ceol Gaidhealach air claraithrisear (Gaelic concert on records)
and his Dance Orchestra, with Alan Kane and Edna Kaye
