and Home Service programme summary
Exercises for men : Coleman Smith
Exercises for women : May Brown
At the pianos, Barbara Laing and Lena Blackman.
SMETANA
Every morning this week gramophone records of his music will be heard at this time. Today : Vltava and Sarka from ' Ma Vlast ' (My Country)
Short morning prayers
Some Scottish links with the Continent. No. 3—' Gleneagles House and the Haldane Family ' : talk by Naomi Mitchison.
Mixed choice of records. The high spot is ' Love in her eyes sits playing ', from Handel's ' Acis and Galatea', sung by Walter Widdop (tenor)
News commentary
from page 13 of ' New Every Morning ' and page 26 of ' Each Returning Day '. There is a book who runs may read ; Psalm 148 ; Forth in thy name, 0 Lord, I go
on gramophone records
Gymnopédie No. I (Satie — Debussy) :
Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Koussevitzky
Mon Lac (Witkowskt) : Robert Casadesus
(piano), with orchestra, conducted by the composer
11.0 Singing Together, by Herbert Wiseman
A Song ot Youth (Irish folk song) My love's an arbutus (Irish song)
The garden where the praties grow (Irish song)
11.18 Interval music
11.20 Science and Gardening:
'Annuals to Brighten your Garden', by C.F. Lawrance
11.40 FOR UNDER-SEVENS: 'Let's join in' - the well-known story of Billy Bobtail, who went to seek his fortune, and found many animal friends to share it with.
12.0 THE TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST: 'The Teaching of Jesus about Forgiveness', by the Rev. H. P. Kingdon
(piano), on gramophone records
Fantasia, In Memory of my Father (Busom, after 7. S. Bach)
Gretchen at the Spinning-Wheel (Schubert
— Liszt)
ENSA concert for war-workers, from a factory canteen. Jack Leon and his Orchestra. Guest artists: Billy Milton. Ruth Naylor
Talk by Dr. Thomas Wood
Wit, fun, and frolic portrayed in part songs, sung by the BBC Singers : conductor, Leslie Woodgate. At the piano, John Wills
1.50 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (Scotland). 'At Our Village', by John R. Allan : ' Mr. Rosit the Cobbler '
2.10 Interval music
2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' Eddystone Lighthouse ', by Silvia Goodall : how the engineer helps the sailor ; the four towers built on Eddystone Rock at different times ; the adventure of Rudyard and his friends in the burning lighthouse (1755)
2.35 Interval music
2.40 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. ' Tchaikovsky and the Orchestra ' : illustrated talk by Ronald Biggs
Billy Tement and the Dance Orchestra
Conductor, Ian Whyte
A traveller of the eighteenth century : talk by Augustus Muir -
with his Orchestra
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Mabel Constanduros. Show more
Sgwrs gan Orwig Pierce. (Talk in Welsh)
5.20 'Music at Random' by Helen Henschel: 'The Young Idea'
Helen Henschel talks of music composed by children. Her illustrations include a flute Sonata by Christopher Letcher, and two Arabesques and two Preludes by Peter Katin played by the composers
5.45 'April Fool', a bird story by W. Kenneth Richmond
National and Regional announcements and Scottish News summary
Harold Hobson talks about new and recent books
Mabel Constanduros discusses with Roy Plomley the eight records she would choose if she were condemned to spend the rest of her life on a desert island with a gramophone for her entertainment.
D. K. Broster 's novel, dramatised by Catherine M. Barr , and produced by Moultrie R. Kelsall. Part 2—
' Through English Eyes '
' Research in Industry '. Scientific and industrial research will be a vital factor in the future prosperity of Great Britain. The application of ' pure ' science to practical problems is the basis of tonight's questions
with Emmie Joyce; 'Michael Starr Investigates'â weekly detective problem featuring Henry Oscar, written by Francis Durbridge; 'Many Happy Returns', a musical birthday greeting; Michael Moore; 'Puzzle Corner'; 'The Lodger', featuring Cyril Fletcher and Betty Astell, written by Dick Pepper. 'Take the Stand': Frederick Burtwell cross-examines famous artists, introduced by Leonard Urry. The Singing Commeres, Revue Chorus, and BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Harry S. Pepper
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
The story of Paul Verlaine : his poems and songs set in the narrative of his life : Jacques Duchesne , Marius Goring , Valentine Dyall , and Sophie Wyss
an Eaglais Chatalach (Religious Service in Gaelic)
Achanaich ri Dia
. Laoidh Ainm losa
Leasan : Corintianach 13, 1-13 : Lucas 18,
31-43
Anam losa Naomhaich
An Searmon An t-Ard Urramach Maighstir lain MacNeill. Morar
Dun Mhic Mhoire Am beannach tdh
Dh'fhag thu sith aig d'Ostail dhileas
The Rt. Hon. Earl Winterton chooses Rudyard Kipling 's poem, ' Sussex '
and his New Ballroom Orchestra, with Edna Kaye , Irene King , and Paul Rich. From the Palais de Danse, Hammersmith
