and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Exercises for men : Coleman Smith
Exercises for women : May Brown
At the pianos, Barbara Laing and Andrew Bryson.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(b. 1872). Every morning this week gramophone records of his music will be heard at this time, Today: Overture to ' The Wasps ' and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Short morning prayers
Mixed choice of records, including Ravel's 'La Valse', played by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Monteux
and his Versatile Five, with Rita Williams
Talk by W. L. Irvine , Associate of the Institute of Landscape Architects
at the organ of the Lido Cinema, Boltoh
News commentary
from page 37 of "New Every Morning" and page 14 of "Each Returning Day". O happy band of pilgrims; Psalm 3; Where high the heavenly temple stands
Coventry Hippodrome Orchestra : conductor, William Pethers. From the New Hippodrome, Coventry
11.0 SINGING TOGETHER, by Herbert Wiseman
The Lass of Richmond Hill (English song) Jock o' Hazeldean (Scottish song)
The Lone Star Trail (American song)
11.18 Interval music
11.20 SCIENCE AND GARDENING. ' Factory-Made Fertilizers ', by Alan Peacock
11.40 FOR UNDER-SEVENS: 'Let's join in '-some very short ' You Tell Me' stories, and four songs about young animals-the lamb, the calf, the puppy, the chicken
12.0 THE TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST. The Miracles of the Kingdom of God', by the Rev. Canon Alan Richardson
on gramophone records
Coronation March and Death of Falstaff
(Symphonic Study, Falstaff, Op. 68: Elgar) : London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer
Ballade, Op. 19 (Faure) : Marguerite Long
(piano), with Orchestra, conducted by Philippe Gaubert
Symphonic Dance No. 4 (Grieg) : Paris
Conservatoire Orchestra, conducted by Piero Coppola
Song of the Rhine Daughters (Gotterdammerung : Wagner-Wood) : Queen's Hall Orchestra , conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood
followed by a recording of last night's postscript
Programme of his part songs sung by the BBC Singers : conductor, Leslie Woodgate
Songs of Childhood : 1 Down-a-downderrv ; 2 Reverie ; 3 Captain Lean ; 4 The Sleeping Beauty
Come, sweet lass (men's voices) The Goose (women's voices) The Emigrant
1.50 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (Scotland). ' At Our Village ', by John R. Allan. ' Miss Domina the Schoolmistress ' : the first school at Drumhaugh; the school today
2.10 Interval music
2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' Catch-me-who-can by Rhoda Ppwer : how Richard Trevithick invented a high-pressure steam-engine and took his friends for a ride in a locomotive. Adventures of a locomotive called ' Catch-me-who-can '
2.35 Interval music
2.40 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES.
' Berlioz and the Orchestra ' : illustrated talk by Reginald Jacques. Illustrations include excerpts from ' Roman Carnival', ' Dance of the Sylphs', and 'Hungarian March'
BBC Midland Light Orchestra: conductor, Rae Jenkins
Conductor, Fred Mortimer
Conductor, Guy Warrack
Four seamen and a landsman from the North East of Scotland discuss the superstitions of the sea. (BBC recording)
a Cherddi Eraill. Darllediad o farddoniaeth Sarnicol. Rhaglen o dan ofal T. Rowland Hughes. (Poetry reading in Welsh)
'5.20 ' A Bush Dance', another of John Ein 's Australian tales, told by Mac
5.40 Spike Hughes talks about the ballet, with illustrations : 2-Tchaikovsky's Casse-Noisette (Nut-cracker)
National and Regional announcements, followed by Scottish News summary
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
by Jane Austen. Adapted for broadcasting by Jonquil Antony. Produced by Barbara Burnham. Part 3
5— 'Still in their 'teens—National Service ? Three points of view: Geoffrey Faber , Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Education, of the Conservative Party Central Committee for Post-War Reconstruction ; G. Stanley Smith , Brigade Secretary of the Boys' Brigade ; Dr. Edward Glover
with Maudie Edwards; 'Crime Chasers, Ltd.', featuring Jane Grahame and Vernon Harris; 'Many Happy Returns', a musical birthday greeting; Albert Whelan; 'Puzzle Corner'; 'The Lodger', featuring Cyril Fletcher and Betty Astell, written by Dick Pepper. 'Take the Stand': Frederick Burtwell cross-examines famous artists, presented by Leonard Urry. The Singing Commeres, Revue Chorus, and BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Harry S. Pepper
Comedy by Max Kester, based on a story by Alex Kraut.
The action takes place first in Mrs. Marks's East-End lodging house, and then in the offices of 'Dreams, Limited'
Joe Pippick , tailor's presser, had an extraordinary faculty, about which you can hear in an unusual play tonight at 9.20
(Lily Kann appears by Permission Of H. M. Tennent, Ltd.)
New play specially written for broadcasting by Gordon Glover , and produced by Val Gielgud
Other parts played by Sybil Arundale , Gladys Spencer , Edgar Norfolk , and Charles Maunsell.
and his Orchestra, featuring Dorothy Carless , with Doreen Villiers , Ruth Howard , Len Camber , Derek Roy , Johnny Green , Three Boys and a Girl
Clough Williams-Ellis chooses a passage from ' The Almost Perfect State ', by Don Marquis
with Reg. Leopold and his Players