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from the Selly Oak Colleges
Sentences
From all that dwell below the skies (C.H.
228 ; S.P. 408)
Invocation and the Lord's Prayer Reading: Colossians 1, w. 13-23 Intercessions
Ye servants of God (C.H. 168 ; A. and M.
704)
Address by the Rev. John Foster , Professor of Church History
Rejoice, the Lord is King (C.H. 135 ; A. and M. 202)
Blessing
This service comes from Wooley Hill Presbyterian Church, Selly Oak

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. John Foster

(leader, Henry Hoist ). Nina Milkina (solo piano). Conducted by Richard Austin (
From Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Mozart's A major Piano Concerto is one of the finest of all the composer's concerted works. It dates from March, 1786-in other words, it belongs to the Figaro period. It is one of the three concertos composed for Mozart's subscription concerts in the Lent of that year, the other two being the E flat (K.482) and the C minor (K.491).

Contributors

Leader:
Henry Hoist
Leader:
Nina Milkina

by Leo Tolstoy (translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude ). Adapted for broadcasting in eight parts, by Walter Peacock. Music selected, arranged, and recorded by Ernest Irving - (by courtesy of the Ealing Film Studios), with the BBC Northern Orchestra. Produced by Barbara Burnham
Chief characters in order of speaking : (by permission of Robert Atkins)
Peasants, doctors, officers, soldiers, and servants

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Tolstoy
Unknown:
Aylmer Maude
Unknown:
Walter Peacock.
Unknown:
Ernest Irving
Produced By:
Barbara Burnham
Woman Speaker:
Lydia Lopokova
Nicholas:
Hugh Burden
Michael, servant to the Rostovs:
Edgar Norfolk
Count Rostov:
Frederick Lloyd
Natasha:
Celia Johnson
Petia:
Peter Miller Street
Denisov:
James McKechnie
Vera:
Rita Vale
Man Speaker:
Leon Quartermaine
Pierre:
Leslie Banks
Helen:
Lydia Sherwood
Prince Bolkonsky:
Robert Farquharson
Maria:
Catherine Lacey
Marfa, a midwife:
Gladys Young
Maria's old nurse:
Susan Richmond
Tikhon:
Bryan Powley
Andrew:
Francis Lister
Sonia:
Peggy Bryan
Countess Rostov:
Doris Lytton
Captain Tushin:
Jack Livesey
Boris:
Preston Lockwood
Napoleon:
Malcolm Keen
Alexander I, of Russia:
Peter Copley

Symphony No. 1 in C minor played by the BBC Orchestra : conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Brahms's First Symphony, begun in 1854, was not completed until 1876. Walter Niemann calls the symphony 'Pathetic ', for there is a close affinity on both musical and spiritual grounds with the C minor Symphony of Beethoven.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Walter Niemann

from New Church, Ayr
Announcement and Voluntary
Psalm 103, vv. 1-5 ; 0 thou my soul, bless God the Lord (Tune, Coleshill)
Prayer and the Lord's Prayer . Lord, while for all mankind we pray (C.H.
633 ; S.P. 320)
Lesson : St. Matthew 25, w. 14-30 Prayer
Jesus calls us I O'er the tumult (C.H.
500 ; A. and M. 403)
Address by the Rev. John M. Hamilton of Alloway
Paraphrase 30 : Come, let us to the Lord our God (C.H. 400)
Blessing
Voluntary
Organist, Herbert Pennington

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. John M. Hamilton
Organist:
Herbert Pennington

Appeal on behalf of war distress among the professional classes and gentlefolk, by L. A. G. Strong. This appeal is shared by the Professional Classes Aid Council, the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association, and the Gentlefolk's Help Department of the Friends of the Poor
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed].

Contributors

Unknown:
L. A. G. Strong.

BBC Home Service Basic

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