tnd summary of today's programmes for the Forces
(baritone), on gramophone records
Exercises for men: J. D. Elder
7.40 Exercises for women : May Brown
At the pianos, Andrew Bryson and Barbara Laing.
Operatic preludes
Special Holy Week readings from the Gospels, by Felix Aylmer
Programme Parade
Talk by Helen Burke
on gramophone records
Talk by Frances Bellerby on some of the creatures that share their lives with men
and his Orchestra
'The Glorious Cross '
for Tuesday in Holy Week
0 for a heart to praise my God ; Psalm 6 ;
Give light, O Lord
Vladirnir Horowitz (piano), on gramophone records.
' The Housewife in Wartime', by Ruth Drew
' Window-Box Salads ', by C. H. Middleton
and the Continental Players
or 'Alone She Does it': one-woman revuette, featuring Doris Hare. Presented by Leslie Bridg mont
and his Band
Lunch-time entertainment for war-workers of the G.P.O., from a canteen somewhere in Britain
Alexander Werth , Moscow correspondent of ' The Sunday Times '
Trio in G minor, Op. 66 played by the Chamber Music Players. (Gramophone records)
Conducted by Mr. F. L. Statham
BBC Chorus : conductor, Leslie Woodgate
Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
from Chichester Cathedral
Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle (E.H.
326 ; C.H. 108)
The Passion according to St. John (
William Byrd )
The three voices: Narrator, Synagoga,
Christus
The voices of the crowd
Behold the Cross displayed The Reproaches (Palestrina) We venerate the Cross
Choirmaster, H. A. Hawkins
Symphony No. 4, in C minor (The
Tragic) played by the BBC Scottish Orchestra : conductor, Ian Whyte
Music of all nations, arranged and presented by Geoffrey Child
(Welsh Children's Hour). ' Cenhinen Pedr ' : drama i blant, gan Margaret Williams
' Said the Cat to the Dog', by Martin Armstrong : ' Easter Eggs '
American piano music, played by Lieutenant Charles Vogan
National and Regional announcements
Wartime fairy story with lots of morals, written by Henrik Ege ; music by Henry Reed. Episode1 — 'Static Warden '. Frederick Burt well as Mr. Cropper, Billie Sinclair as Mrs. Cropper, Wynne Ajello as Conscience, Eliot Makeham as ' The Man Next Door', the Bachelor Girls as the ' Still Small Voices'. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Henry Reed
in ' Old Chelsea'
Excerpt, from the new musical romance by Walter Ellis , with music by Richard Tauber and Bernard Grun ; lyrics by Fred S. Tysh and Walter Ellis
Presented by Bernard Delfont (by arrangement with Firth Shephard ). Cast also includes Carole Lynne , Charles Hawtrey , Nancy Brown , Betty Percheron , Maire O'Neill , and Francis Roberts. Orchestra under the direction of Serge Krish. From Princes "Theatre, London
7.15 Songs of Scotland : gramophone records of famous artists of other lands, arranged and presented by Howard M. Lockhart
7.30 Stories from Dundee : another batch of stories with an East-Coast tang. Story-tellers include ex-Bailie Robert Blackwood , John Allan , and the Lord Provost of Dundee, with George Blake in the chair. (BBC recording)
The story of a journey by air from England to America, in six chapters. Written by Phillip Leaver and Vernon Harris , with the technical co-operation of British Overseas Airways Corporation. Special music composed by Henry Reed. Produced by Vernon Harris. Chapter 6-' Signing Off'
Commentator, Norman Wooland , Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas
with spontaneous answers to ' Any Questions ? ' In residence : Dr. C. E. M. Joad , Professor Gilbert Murray , Dr. Malcolm Sargent. Guests, Professor Hermann Levy , Lord Elton... Question - Master, Donald McCullough. Producer, Howard Thomas.
' Courage ' : discussion between R. H. Barclay , W. K. Doome , Walter Evans of the N.F.S., Fred Hackett , Edward Higgins , and W. James
Conducted by Clarence Raybould. Florence HootOn (cello)
Produced by Robert Kemp. (BBC recording)
played by the BBC Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves
and his Orchestra, with Edna Kaye , from the Savoy Hotel, London