and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Conducted by Captain G. H. Willcocks. (Gramophone records)
Exercises for men : Coleman Smith
7.40 Exercises for women : May Brown I
At the pianos, Andrew Bryson and Barbara Laing
Mazurkas of Chopin
Readings selected by Flight-Lieut. Neil Hutchison, R.A.F.
' Feeding the Expectant Mother ' :
.second talk by 'The Radio Doctor'
Gramophone records
and his Orchestra
Peggy Cochrane
Topical magazine programme
News commentary
from page 9 of 'New Every Morning ' and page 54 of ' Each Returning Day
I hind unto myself today ; P&alm 93 ; I.ord of all hopefulness
Robin Richmond and his Sextet
11.0 MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR JUNIORS. Ann Driver. ' More Corn-Lined Rhythms '
11.20 CURRENT AFFAIRS. Experts, introduced by Evelyn Gibbs , discuss important happenings in the world today
11.40 Interval music
11.45 GAMES WITH WORDS
for workers. Muriel Gale (contralto) ; Robert Easton , (baritone) ; Josephine Lee (piano)
119th in the Northern series of concerts by war-workers during their lunch-hour break. Arranged and presented by Victor Smythe
and his Septet
1.50 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (England). Exploring our village. ' Stop Thief ', by Edith Macqueen ': the work of the police today ; comparison with conditions before the creation of County Police
2.10 Interval music
2.15 GENERAL SCIENCE. Reproduction and growth : ' The Importance of Eggshells ', by Richard Palmer
2.35 Interval music
2.40 JUNIOR ENGLISH. Mencius was a Bad Boy ' radio version of a Chinese play by S. I. Hsiung
BBC Variety Orchestra : conductor, Charles Shadwell
Talk by J. D. Mackie , M.C.
at the theatre organ
Band of H.M. Irish Guards, conducted by Captain G. H. Willcocks , Director of Music, Irish Guards
Olive Briggs (contralto) ; James Breakey (baritone) ; R. L. O'Melay (Uillean pipes) ; David Curry 's Players
Y dryddedd o gyfres o sgyrsiau yn ail-gloriannu rhai o feirdd Cymru. 3—' Ceiriog ', gan D. GwenaUt Jones. (Talk in Welsh)
5.20 Children in Northern Ireland join in a programme to mark the day of Ireland's patron saint, St. Patrick
5.55 Children's Hour prayers
followed by National and Regional announcements
Opera in two acts and four scenes by Ludwig van Beethoven. English words by Edward J. Dent. Produced by Stanford Robinson . Narration written and spoken by Dennis Arundell /
Chorus of soldiers, prisoners, and people. BBC Chorus. BBC Orchestra : conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
The action takes place in Spain
An album of things worth remembering contributed by British people the world over. Presented by Leslie Baily and Francis Worsley. Music directed by Mansel Thomas. Pages turned by Patric Curwen
A radio review in which an Irish-American, Richard Agnew , hears how Northern Ireland celebrates St. Patrick's Day in wartime. Devised and produced by James Magecan
(Religious Service in Gaelic)
Sann 40. 1-4, air fonn Ballerma Urnuigh
LeuRhadh : Eòin 16, 24-33 Salm 80, 5-7, air fonn Stroudwater
An searmon: An t-Urr. lain
A. MacDhomhnuill , Eaglais Cuimhneachan nan Gaidheal , an Glaschu Salm 116, 1-6. air fonn Dunfermline Am bcannachadh
Readings from contemporary poets : Alex Comfort, David Gascoyne , Laurence Whistler. Presented by Edward Sackville-West
played by Maurice Cole
Maurice Cole began his musical education at the age of seven. Two years later he went to the Guildhall School of Music and studied there till he was fourteen. He also studied with Arthur de Greef in London and Brussels. He has been broadcasting ever since the pioneer days at Marconi House. Shortly before the war he was appointed professor at the Guildhall School of Music.
and his Orchestra, with Edna Kaye. From the Savoy Hotel, London
