and summary of today's rprogrammes for the Forces
Directed by Jack Hardy , with Ivan Mellodew (baritone)
Messages recently recorded by members of the Services in Ceylon for their relatives and friends in this country
Coventry Colliery Band: conductor, G. W. Cave
Gramophone records
of thanksgiving and prayer for the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, from Liverpool Parish Church
National Anthem
Act of Praise
O worship the King (A. and M. 167; C.H. 9)
Lesson St. Mark 4, vv. 35-41
Fierce raged the tempest (A. and M. 285; C.H. 83)
Act of Faith Prayers
Lift up your hearts (S.P. 560)
Address by the Ven. Thomas Crick
Chaplain of the Fleet
Eternal Father, strong to save (A. and M. 370; C.H. 626)
Te Deum laudamus
Blessing
(harpsichord), on gramophone records
Fantasia in C ; Capriccio in G minor
(Third Collection for Harpsichord: Handel)
Prelude ; The Queen's Dolour (A Farewell) ; Hornpipe (Purcell)
Sonatas : in D minor (The Lover, passionate and sentimental, L108) ; in C Neapolitan Folk Dance, L205 (Domenico Scarlatti )
Troise and his Banjoliers
' A Typical Frenchman ' : told by Edwin Evans. Singer, Sophie Wyss (soprano). At the piano, John Wills
Under the direction of Alfred Jupp , with Dale Smith (baritone)
From the Norfolk Hotel, Bournemouth
conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
Talk by Minnie Pallister
Espana
Valses romantiques : in E ; in F played by Joan Trimble and Valerie Trimble (two pianos)
Discussion between E. F. Graham and Ivor Jones
at the organ of the Granada, Tooting
Percy Izzard
The BBC presents Sir Henry Wood 's 49th season. Associate conductor, Basil Cameron. London Philharmonic Orchestra (leader, Jean Pougnet ). Elsie Suddaby (soprano) ; Henry Cummings (baritone) ;
Arthur Catterall , Audrey Catterall (violins) ;
Antony Hopkins , Barbara Hill , Rene Selig , Freda Caplan (pianos)
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, in G, for strings
Aria : To dancing and frolic (Phoebus and Pan)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, in F, for violin, three oboes, three bassoons, two horns and strings
Concerto in D minor, for two violins and strings
Arias :
My heart ever faithful (Church Cantata 68)
(Violoncello obbligato, Ronald Harding Alleluia (Church Cantata 51)
Concerto in A minor, for four pianos and strings
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
In which radio brings to life curious events of the past and present. Narrator, Patric Curwen.
Series of talks dealing with some books of permanent value in the Christian tradition: 2 - The ' Summa' of St. Thomas Aquinas , by the Rev. Father Gerald Vann , OJP.
Sgwrs gan y Parchedig J. E. Meredith.
5.20 ' Highlands and Islands': recital of Scottish songs, by Sydney MacEwan
Story : ' The Red Book of Appin ', by Helen Drever , told by James Crampsey
5.50 Children's Hour prayers
No. 23-' The London Hospital '. Written and produced by Stephen Potter. Broadcast simultaneously in the Home Service and to the United States; in collaboration with the Columbia Broadcasting System of America
Summing-up by ' The Radio Doctor '
Talk by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald
played by the BBC Scottish Orchestra : conductor, Guy Warrack
from a school chapel, conducted by Canon R. Quirk , Hon. Chaplain of the school
Introit : The hour cometh (Merbecke) Prayer of Invocation
Hail, gladdening Hght (A. and M. 18 ;
C.H. 281)
Prayers
Lesson : from St. John 13, read by the Head of the school
Lord of all hopefulness (S.P. 565)
Address by the Headmaster,
Dr. F. C. Happold , D.S.O.
The Office of the Companies of Service :
They that wait upon the Lord (Bullock) Bidding and Recollection
Dedication Hymn (Happold ; music by 7. C. Case)
Prayers
I vow to thee my country (S.P. 319) Organist, Peter Batt
Choirmaster, R. H. Coombe
Appeal on behalf of seamen of all sea services and their dependants, by the Rt. Hon. A. V. Alexander , C.H., M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty.
The money raised by this appeal will he administered hy King George's Fund for Sailors in grants to those nautical benevolent societies which most need funds for their work for the relief of the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, and Fishing Fleets, or their families and dependants, who may at any time be in need of assistance, because of the war.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to [address removed].
followed by a postscript
by Christopher Marlowe. Adapted for broadcasting by Edward Sackville-West . Produced by Barbara Bumham
' Our Father ' (iii) : Psalm 42 ; St. John 14, vv. 1-14 ; Thou art the way (A. and M. 199) St. John 14, v. 9.
Fourth of a series of readings from English and American authors
Another programme of. quiet and gentle music, with Lorely Byer , the ' BBC Theatre Chorus, and the BBC
Theatre Orchestra : conductor,. Stanford Robinson
