and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

and his Orchestra, with Marguerite Crichton

Gramophone records

Harold Williams (baritone): Onaway, awake, beloved (Cowen)
Florence Austral (soprano): Ben Bolt

Peter Dawson (bass-baritone): Oh, could I but express in song (Malashkin)
Nellie Melba (soprano): Clair de lune (Szulc)
Harold Williams (baritone): The Lute Player (Allitsen)
Florence Austral (soprano): On the banks of Allan Water
Nellie Melba (soprano): Swing low, sweet chariot
Peter Dawson (bass-baritone): The Kerry Dance (Molloy)

at the organ of the Gaumont State, Kilburn

Interlude : records

The God of love my shepherd is
(E.H. 93 ; S.P. 653)
Prayer
Psalm 103
Lesson : St. Luke 15, w. 1-10 Te Deum
Creed and Prayers
Guide me, 0 thou great Redeemer
(A. and M. 196 ; C.H. 564)
Address by Dr. Alan C. Don , Canon of Westminster
When all thy mercies (A. and M.
517 ; C.H. 26)
Blessing

William McNaught
The anniversary of Rimsky-Korsakov's birth is on Wednesday, March 18. His music is the subject of William McNaught 's talk.

Coventry Hippodrome Orchestra, conductor, William Pethers

Recording of last night's broadcast

Conductor, Fred Berry

Pictures from an Exhibition played by Angus Morrison (piano)

, Humoreske
Serenade (piano solo)
Melodie Danses Tzigane
Melodie in E (piano solo) Polichinelle played by Reginald King with his Quartet

Gramophone records presented by Rodney Gallop

at the theatre organ

6—The Hallelujah, or Praise Psalms

C. H. Middleton and Mrs. Wheat-croft

Conductor, Leslie Heward. Louis Kentner (piano)
Completed in 1830, when Chopin was twenty years of age, the F minor Concerto was really his first concerto, is the so-called No. 1 in E minor was written afterwards but was the first to be published. Although structurally it follows the highly conventionalised pattern of Hummel, the scheme of harmony and modulation is bold and original, and the brilliant and individual treatment of the piano must have at first appe'ared startling. From a Midland concert hall

by Eric Linklater. Adapted for broadcasting by Edward Sackville West, and produced by Val Gielgud
Narrators : Robert Speaight and Valentine Dyall

3-Worship in the Early Church talk by the Rev. E. C. Ratcliff
Listeners to this series have already heard two broadcasts by the Archbishop of York. These were in a sense introductory and were concerned with ' The Nature of Worship'. This afternoon the Rev E C Ratcliff will select an appropriate date in the first thousand years of .the Church's history. From this date he will work backwards to indicate the origins and development of Christian worship, and forwards by showing what elements in worship at the time of his selected period contain the germs of subsequent variations.

Rhydd ymddiddan rhwng gweinidog a dau leygwr ar y Wers Ysgol Sul. Y Parchedig R. J. Jones , Dan Thomas a J. Walter Jones fydd yn trafod y wers ac Alun. Oldfield-Davies yn eu cyflwyno.

5.20 ' A Very Ill-Tempered Family.' Play by Geoffrey Dearmer , based on the story by Mrs. Ewing

followed by Interlude : records

Talk by ap officer who has spent some years in China

Second of a series of readings by James Langham

BBC Theatre Orchestra, conductor, Stanford Robinson
Including music from : and the documentaries ' W.R.N.S.' and ' The Green Belt ', both by Richard Addinsell
There will be another programme of film music on April 18, including The Warsaw Concerto ', from ' Dangerous Moonlight ', by Richard Addinsell

This week's broadcasts surveyed

How lovely are thy tents (Scottish
Book of Hymns 270 ; Daily Hymn Book 289)
Prayer : Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator, come
(Scottish Book of Hymns 42 ; Westminster Hymn Book 47)
Address by the Rt.
Rev. Monsignor Patrick McGettigan , V.G.
Benediction :
0 salutaris Bone Pastor Tantum ergo
Trisagion : Most Holy Lord and God (Scottish Book 53)
Divine Praises Adoremus
Mother of God (Scottish Book of Hymns 79)
Organist, John McGrogan

Appeal on behalf of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, by Coxwain Henry BIogg , G.C., B.E.M.
Among the many brave men who are coxswains of Britain's life-boats none has had a more notable record than that of Coxwain Henry Blogg. He joined the crew of the Cromer life-boat 48 years ago and has been its coxwain for the last 32 years. Three times he has won the Gold Medal for gallantry of the Royal National Life-boat Institution: he has won its silver medal four times. In addition he holds the George' Cross and the British Empire Medal.
In the best of times the work of the life-boats is hazardous, in wartime trebly so. Since this war started the life-boat service has rescued 4,627 people, and is saving two lives for every one that it saved in the last war.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to [address removed]

followed by a postscript

by Desmond Hawkins. Story based on de Long's Journal. Produced by John Cheatle. Dramatic account of an American expedition, sponsored by Gordon Bennett , the newspaper proprietor, and led by Lieut. George Washington de Long, which attempted to reach the North Pole

sung by George Parker (baritone)

' Be ve followers of God '-4. Psalm 51, vv. 1-3, 10-17 ; Ecclesiasticus 34, vv. 13-26 ; Oh for a heart to praise my God (S.P. 113); Ephesians 5, v. 1

Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Byron was eagerly read by the young romantics in Germany, as elsewhere, in the first half of last century, and Schumann was among the poet's most enthusiastic admirers. ' Manfred ' appealed to him strongly, and he set some music to it, meant for the most part to accompany the recitation of the poem. Smalt parts of it were laid out for singing, and there are some purely orchestral pieces.
Schumann's idea was to have it performed on the stage, and it has on one or two occasions been given in that way, notably by Liszt at Weimar.

at the theatre organ
Song Memories
Selection: Fantasia