and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Conducted by F. Mortimer. (Gramophone records)
five years ago
Popular records of September 1937
Short morning prayers
Dorothy Taylor : ' Beans from the Garden '
from a selection of records
Directed by David McCallum , with Frank Titterton
at the organ of the Regal, Beckenham
News commentary and interlude
from p. 77 of ' New Every Morning ' and p. 34 of ' Each Returning Day '
Band ' A' of the R.A.F. Technical Training Command : conductor, Mr W. G. Newman
on gramophone records
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Antal Dorati : School of Dancing (Boccherini—Françaix)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Koussevitsky : Mephisto Waltz, No. 1 (Liszt)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Antal Dorati : Pas .de deux (Baiser de la fee : Stravinsky)
at the theatre organ
with Rita Williams , Peter Evans , Jack Wilson , and the BBC Midland Light Orchestra, conducted by Rae Jenkins. Presented by Martyn C. Webster
Lunch-time entertainment for factory-workers, from a factory somewhere in Britain
and his Band
on the 94th Psalm, played by 0. H. Peasgood (organ). From St. Mark's, North Audley Street
Reubke was a pupil of Liszt, who regarded him as a composer of unusual promise. The Sonata on Psalm 94, however, is a work of more than mere promise. It shows a ripeness and imaginative power truly remarkable in a youth barely out of his teens. It is also the forerunner of many important organ works based on a ' programme '.
The sections of the Psalm dealt with are vv. 1, 2. 3. 6, 7, 17, 19, 22, 23 of the English Prayer Book version, and the following appears to be the scheme : First section : vv. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7. Adagio : vv. 17, 19. Fugue : vv. 22, 23.
Those on the bill include Vic Oliver, Abbott and Costello, Maxine Sullivan, Babs and her Brothers, Mary Loo Williams, Rise Stevens, and Nelson Eddy. Presented by Frederick Piffard
Billy Ternent and the Dance Orchestra
Conductor, Guy Warrack
at the theatre organ
Recorded talk by a meteorologist
Selection of light music by British composers, played by the Isidore Schwiller String Septet
(Studio Service in Welsh). Cymerir y Gweddiau o'r lIyfr Bob Bore o Newydd '
' The Prisoner of Zenda ' by Anthony Hope , adapted as a play by Barbara Sleigh. Part 1—' God Save the King '
Others in the cast include Ernest Jay , Phyllis Smale , Rosamond Barnes , Terence Duggan , and Lockwood West
' Fuel Flash' for housewives, and National and Regional announcements
4-' Belgrade '. Written by Rebecca West. Produced by Walter Rilla
BBC Chorus. BBC Orchestra : conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
KingDavidwas originally a ' dramatic Psalm ' written by Rene Morax. a Swiss poet, for presentation at the Jorat Art Theatre. The French conductor Ansermet suggested to Morax that he should commission Arthur Honegger to write the incidental music. This, was accordingly accomplished in a little over two months, and the first performance of King David was given on June 13. 1921. It was so successful that Honegger decided to re-score it as an oratorio or ' symphonic psalm ' for narrator, soloists, chorus, and a large orchestra. The first English performance of the new version was given by the BBC at the Albert Hall on March 17, 1927. The text is based on the Books of Samuel and Chronicles.
in ' Anything for a Change ! '. Third of six diversions, with Winifred Oughton , Ewart Scott , Hugh Morton , Bill Stephens , and Joan Young. Singers, Bettie Bucknelle and Tom Lynch. BBC Revue Orchestra : conductor, Mansel Thomas. Produced by Gordon Crier
Famous short story by W. W. Jacobs , dramatised by Louis N. Parker and revived by Lance Sieveking
Mr. Sampson.................Julian Somers
by H. C. Ferraby
War dramas of the week ; reconstructions of the news from the battle-fronts of the world. General editor, Robert Barr. Music under the direction of George Walter. Narrator, James McKechnie. Produced by John Glyn-Jones
Address by the Rev. C. F. D. Moule
Poem by S. T. Coleridge , read by Cecil Day Lewis
and his Band
Programme of gramophone records devised by Anna Instone and Frederick Allen. Presented by Frederick Allen
