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Gramophone programme of excerpts from their light operas
Overture : H.M.S. Pinafore (Sullivan) :
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent
Four Jolly Sailormen (A Princess of Kensington : Edtvard German) : Oscar Natzke (bass)
Where Haven Lies (A Princess of Kensington) : Walter Glynne (tenor)
Selection : The Yeomen of the Guard
(Sullivan) : BBC Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Stanford Robinson
The English Rose (Merrie England :
German) : Webster Booth (tenor)
Love is meant to make us glad (Merrie
England) : BBC Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Stanford Robinson
Overture : Ruddigore (Sullivan) : Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent

Contributors

Tenor:
Walter Glynne

' Children's Holidays at Home ' : recorded flashes of the outstanding events which took place during Children's Day (August 6) in Northampton's ' Holidays at Home ' week. Commentaries by John Ellison , Godfrey Baseley , and Holland Bennett
' John and Jennifer ', another squirrel story by Phyllis Kelway
' Letters in the Sand ', by Laurens Sargent : No. 5- ' He and Waw '

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Godfrey Baseley
Unknown:
Holland Bennett
Story By:
Phyllis Kelway
Unknown:
Laurens Sargent

The BBC presents Sir Henry Wood 's 49th season. Associate conductor, Sir Adrian Boult. BBC Symphony Orchestra (leader, Paul Beard ). Astra Desmond (contralto). Paul Beard (violin). Gerald Jackson ; Frank Almgill (flutes). Cyril Smith ; Phyllis Sellick (pianos)
Bach Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
Aria: Jesus sleeps, what shall I hope for (Church Cantata. No. 81) Bach-Elgar
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, in G, for violin, two flutes, and strings
Concerto No. 2, in C, for two pianos and strings
From the Royal Albert Hall, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Henry Wood
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult.
Leader:
Paul Beard
Contralto:
Astra Desmond
Contralto:
Paul Beard
Violin:
Gerald Jackson
Flutes:
Frank Almgill
Flutes:
Cyril Smith
Pianos:
Phyllis Sellick
Pianos:
Bach Fantasia

Another story of ' The Ship's Company '. Book and lyrics by Leading Writer Roland Blackburn. Music by Signalman Jack Robson. Radio adaptation and production by Reginald Smith
Male Chorus, and BBC Revue Orchestra : conductor, Mansel Thomas
The action passes on board H.M.S.
' Incredible 'and ashore in one of the larger Dockyard towns, somewhere in Britain

Contributors

Production By:
Reginald Smith
Conductor:
Mansel Thomas
Ordinary Seaman Dick Stanton:
Reginald Purdell
Leading Seaman Bert Hawkins:
John Bryning
' Stripey:
Dick Francis
Tom:
Sydney Keith
Master-at-Arms:
Bill Stephens
Jenny Masefield:
Moira Lister
Pamela Masefield:
Thea Wells

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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