and summary of today's programmes for,the Forces
Selection of their music, on gramophone records
Messages recently recorded by members of the Services in India for their relatives and friends in this country.
Ystalyfera Public Band : conductor, T. E. Jones
(organ)
Programme Parade
conducted by the Rev. F. A. Cockin , Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral
Theme : ' Which is the real enemy ? '
Christ, whose glory fills the skies (A. and M. 7 ; C.H. 261) .
Address
My God, I love thee (A. and M. 106
C.H. 433)
Prayers
Father, hear the prayer we offer (S.P. 487) Prayers and the Lord's Prayer
Reading: Hebrews 11, v. 32-12, v. 2
2 Corinthians 4, w. 16-18
Lift up your hearts (S.P. 560)
9 Blessing
played by Beatrice Harrison
Richard Crean and his Orchestra
John Horton talks on ' Mendelssohn today'
and his Octet
at the theatre organ
Violin Concerto, Op. 44 played by David Oystrakh (violin) and the U.S.S.R. Symphony Orchestra, conducted by ' Gauk. (Gramophone records)
One of the most attractive Soviet compositions of recent years is Myaskovsky's Violin Concerto, which was first heard in this country in a broadcast on November 21. 1943. Myaskovsky, one of the most respected of the senior Soviet musicians, is a prolific composer of symphonies, but this is his first essay in the field of the violin concerto. David Oystrakh , the Soviet virtuoso, who has recorded the work, wrote of it when it came out in 1938 that ' its appearance enriches not only Soviet violin literature, but the violin literature of the world '.
Fortnightly programme from the countryside. No. 46-General programme from the North of England. Introduced by Ralph Wightman. Music arranged by Francis Collin son. Edited by Francis Dillon. Produced by Audrey Jones
Piano Sonata in B minor' played by Vladimir Horowitz. (Gramophone records)
C. H. Middleton
Conductor, Anthony Bernard. Clifford Curzon (piano) 3.17 (app.) Interval
by Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)
Why so troubled, O my spirit? sung by Muriel Gale (contralto) and Henry Cummings (baritone), with Olive Zorian (violin), Marjorie Lavers (violin), Norina Semino (cello), and Lucille Wallace (harpsichord)
Series of talks, dealing with events of religious significance in the life of'the nation, and with the work of the Churches at home and abroad, by the Rev. Nathaniel Micklem , D.D.
Y drydedd drafodaeth yn y gyfres dan arweiniad 'Ben Bowen Thomas. Y testun heddiw yw Diwydiant, a'r siaradwyr : Dr. Idris Jones , J. L. Lewis , a Trevor Williams.
5.20 Play : ' The Three White Birds ', by Kathleen Fidler
Ewen and Morag lived in two little cottages looking down on the lovely waters of Loch Lungard. A fir-wood nearby was forbidden ground' to Ewen and Morag : the folks of the village would say ' There have been some have walked in the Forest of Finlay and have never come back '-so Ewen and Morag never walked there-never at least, until .... but you will hear it for yourselves.
5.55 Children's Hour prayers
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
' What is Whooping Cough ? ', by the Radio Doctor
The history of magnesium : talk. by A. Buirski
Few would' imagine that there is any connection between sea-water and fires in Germany. This and many other strange facts about magnesium are the subject of this talk.
Music from the repertoire of the Ballet Jooss, played on two pianos by Bruno Glade and Hans Zander, with the BBC Theatre Orchestra: conductor, Stanford Robinson
from the Chapel of Westminster College, Cambridge, conducted by the Principal, Dr. W. A. L. Elmslie Theme : ' Facing Pain and Sorrow ' Introduction and Prayer
God. moves in a mysterious way (C.H. 31 ;
A. and M. 373)
Address
Be still, my soul (C.H. 556) Reading Prayers
Put thou thy trust in God (C.H. S47
A: and M. 692)
Blessing ;.
Appeal on behalf of the Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital, by Donald McCullough
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to [address removed].
Gray's Elegy, read by Celia Johnson
followed by a postscript
by Henrik Ibsen, adapted for broadcasting by Norman Ginsbury. Produced by Barbara Burnham
(by permission of the Arts Theatre Group of Actors)
Scene : A small spa in Norway at the end of the last century
This is the second play in ' Life and the Theatre ', the joint series of Sunday evening plays and Friday evening talks.
Roger Livesey will play the title part in tonight's presentation of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. He played the same part in the Old Vic production in 1939. Keen filmgoers perhaps know him best as General Wynne-Candy in the film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
'The majesty of God'. Psalm 8; From Job 38 and 42; Lord of all being (S.P. 564); Isaiah 55, 8-9
String Quartet in B flat (K.458) played by the Philharmonia String Quartet. (Gramophone records)
Reading from the Autobiography and Journals of Benjamin Robert Haydon, by Charles E. Stidwill
Directed by Jack Hardy
(to 00.20)
