and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
on gramophone records
SCHUBERT
Gramophone records of his Instrumental Music
Rev. R. R. Williams
' A Tasty Jam by Mrs. Ingillson
Popular dance music and songs, on gramophone records
played by Wilfrid Senior
and his Orchestra, with Beryl Davis , Len Camber , Derek Roy , Doreen Villiers , Ruth Howard , and Johnny Green
and his Orchestra'
from page S of 'New Every Morning and page 22 of Each Returning Day '. My God, how wonderful thou art ; Psalm 19, vv. 1-9 ; Metrical Psalm 145 (2)
gramophone records made by the late Ben Davies (tenor)
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
Gramophone programme, written by A. P. Sharpe
on gramophone records
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor (Bach) :
Alexander Borowsky and the Lamoureux Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Bigot
Variations on a Rococo Theme, for cello and orchestra (Tchaikovsky) : Denya Shafran and the Leningrad State Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by A. V. Gank
and his Correct Tempo Ballroom Band, with Edna Kaye , Irene King , Paul Rich , and the Vocalaires
ENSA concert for war-workers, from a factory canteen. Joe Loss and his Orchestra. Guest artists, Jack and Eddie Eden
Week-end notes for women gardeners, by Anna Scarlett and Elizabeth Cowell
Conductor, Ian Whyte
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
with Edward Reach
Rhythmic records
Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3. played by the Kamaran Trio
plays a programme of his own compositions, at the theatre organ
Programme in celebration of the composer's 70th birthday, played by the BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by Clarence Raybould
Symphonic Fantasy : Aeterna munera Arcadian Suite
Professor William Henry Bell was born and educated in England but has spent the greater part of his life in South Africa, where he has had a great influence on the Union's musical life. In 1911 Bell was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Music at Capetown University. Among his compositions are the ' Walt Whitman * Symphony, a large choral work entitled ' Maria Assumpta '. and the ' Song of Greeting ' written for the centenary of the Royal Academy of Music in London. The first performance of his latest work, the symphonic fantasy ' Aeterna Munera ' (Gifts Eternal) is being broadcast this afternoon to celebrate the seventieth birthday of this outstanding figure in South African music.
Sgwrs gan Elizabeth Thornton -Jones. (Talk in Welsh)
5.20 ' Papagaio Loiro ' : talk about the birds in the forests of the Amazon, by Gwenn Knight , illustrated by songs to the guitar
5.45 ' The Appeal of Water' : talk by Lieut. Commander Peter Scott , D.S.C., R.N.V.R.
National and Regional announcements, followed by Scottish News summary
and his melody on strings
The BBC presents Sir Henry Wood 's 49th season. Associate conductor, Sir Adrian Boult. BBC Symphony Orchestra (leader, Paul Beard ). Joy McArden (soprano) ; Muriel Brunskill (contralto) ; Parry Jones (tenor) ; Roy Henderson (baritone) ; Norman Walker (bass). Alexandra Choir (conductor, Charles Proctor ) 8.21 Interval
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
During the interval Eric Fenby talks about Delius's Sea Drift
Dramatic feature by P. H. Burton , produced by T. Rowland Hughes
In April of this year there limped into a British port a strange ship, called in this programme the S.S. ' Pendragon '. For two and a half years she had lain rotting in the hot sun of Casablanca, and had become almost completely unseaworthy. But Captain Christensen, a Dane, brought her home with a motley crew. many of whom had never been to sea before. The ship became a travelling Babel, for there were twelve nationalities aboard. This programme is based on the story of Captain Christensen from the time when he set out from England in April 1940, until he returned three years later.
Flanagan and Allen, Mary Martin , Richard Tauber , and Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye , on records
and postscript
Song Cycle : On Wenlock Edge sung by Heddle Nash (tenor), with the Hirsch String Quartet and John Wills (piano)
Vaughan Williams 's song cycle ' On Wenlock Edge ' consists of six settings for tenor, piano, and string quartet of poems from Housman's ' A Shropshire Lad '. It was first performed in London in 1909. This cycle may well be described as a masterpiece of the composer's early period. The music is a perfect interpretation of the tragic beauty of Housman's words and is a masterly exposition of descriptive writing in the more subtle meaning of the term.
Poems by Robert Frost , spoken by Cathleen Nesbitt
and the Dance Orchestra, with Frances Dee and Ken Beaumont
A Newcastle boy, Billy Ternent was playing at the age of twelve in the orchestra of the local theatre. At sixteen he was conducting for George Black. His arrangements for Jack Hylton , with whom he has worked since 1926, have stamped him a first-class musician, and he has travelled with Hylton all over the world.
