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11.0 MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR INFANTS, by Ann Driver
11.20 SENIOR HISTORY I. European Heritage. Poland remembers-the fight for Vienna (1683) : by Ferenc Kormendi
John Sobieski , the soldier king of Poland, saved Europe from the Turks. The Emperor, Leopold I, paid him this tribute : ' However weak we are in numbers, your name alone, so terrible to the enemy, will assure victory.'
11.40 Interval music
11.45 PHYSICAL TRAINING (for use in classrooms), by Coleman Smith.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
Ferenc Kormendi
Unknown:
John Sobieski
Unknown:
Coleman Smith.

on gramophone records
Overture ; Gavotte ; Pantomime ; Gavotte
(Les Petits Riens : Mozart) : London Symphony Orchestra
Dance of the Neighbours ; The Miller's
Dance ; Final Dance (The Three-Cornered Hat : Folia) : Madrid Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Fernandez Arbos
Dance of the Kitchen Wenches ; In the Merchant's Bedchamber (Chout : Prokofiev) : Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris, conducted by Albert Wolf

Contributors

Conducted By:
Fernandez Arbos
Conducted By:
Albert Wolf

1.50 I YSGOLION CYMRU (For Welsh schools). Rhigwm a Chân: cyfres gan Huldah Bassett i blant tua 7 oed. 4-Dwy gan gynyddol : ' Mi af i'r ffair yfory' a ' Y Pren ar y Bryn'
2.10 HOW THINGS BEGAN. 'Men Draw Pictures and Carve Bone', by Rhoda Power and Dina Dobson
Uncle Jim shows George and Alice some reproductions of cave art, and explains that the pictures were 'probably a form of magic to ensure the food supply. He tells how harpoons and fish-hooks helped to increase food for the paleolithic kitchen front.
2.30 Interval music
2.35 SENIOR ENGLISH II. Dramatic biography : ' Hermann Melville', by Margery Morris. Scenes based on parts of ' 'Redbum' and ' Typee '

Contributors

Unknown:
Huldah Bassett
Unknown:
Rhoda Power
Unknown:
Dina Dobson
Unknown:
Uncle Jim
Unknown:
Margery Morris.

from Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Versicles and Responses Psalm 42
First Lesson : Genesis 7, w. 1-12
Magnificat (Walmisley, in D minor) Second Lesson : Romans 11, w. 1-11
Nunc dimittis (Walmisley, in D minor) Thou wilt keep him (S. S. Wesley) Prayers
Forth in thy name, 0 Lord, I go (E.H.
259)
Organist, Thomas Armstrong

Contributors

Organist:
Thomas Armstrong

with spontaneous answers to ' Any Questions ? ' : Commander A. B. Campbell , Sir Arthur Lambert (Regional Commissioner for New-castle), Professor Gilbert Murray , Margaret . Rawlings (actress), and Ivor Thomas , M.P. Question-Master : Francis Meynell

Contributors

Unknown:
A. B. Campbell
Unknown:
Sir Arthur Lambert
Unknown:
Professor Gilbert Murray
Unknown:
Ivor Thomas
Question Master:
Francis Meynell

Conductor, Ian Whyte
Dvorak wrote nine symphonies in all, but owing to the fact that the first four remained unpublished, or were published posthumously, great confusion exists with regard to their numeration. Thus, the real No. 5 has always been called No. 1, while the real No. 1, which you will hear this evening, was written in 1873. but had only one performance during the composer's life

Contributors

Conductor:
Ian Whyte

BBC Home Service Basic

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