Exercises for men: Coleman Smith
Exercises for women: May Brown
Every morning this week gramophone records of his music will be heard at this time.
Today: music from his Operas
Short morning prayers
on gramophone records
Overture di ballo (Sullivan): London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent
Meditation: Westminster (London Suite: Eric Coates): New Light Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Lewis
Songs with orchestra: I'm the factotum (The Barber of Seville : Rossini): Dennis Noble (baritone); Oh maiden, my maiden (Frederica: Lehar): - Heddle Nash (tenor): Come with me, no risk you run (Die Fledermaus: Johann Strauss): Heddle Nash and Dennis Noble
Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saens): Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski
Spanish Dance No. 1 (Granados): New Light Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Goossens
Talk about a Snowdonian railway by Professor T. H. Parry-Williams.
(BBC recording)
Mixed choice of records. The high spot is the Allegretto grazioso from Dvorak's Symphony No. 4, in G, played by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vaclav Talich
News commentary
from page 61 of "New Every Morning" and page 38 of "Each Returning Day". To Christ, the Prince of Peace; Psalm 16; St. Matthew 26, vv. 47-56; Jesus, Lord, we look to thee
on gramophone records
Andantino; Allegro moderato; Andante un poco assai (Rosamunde: Schubert) - Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty
Children's Games (Bizet) - London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Antal Dorati
Dance of the Morning Mists (Aladdin: Nielsen) - Tivoli Orchestra, conducted by Christian Felumb
by Herbert Wiseman: 'Holiday Broadcast'
and his Swing Orchestra
at the organ of the Granada, Clapham Junction
ENSA show for war-workers from a factory canteen. Jack Simpson and his Sextet, with Betty Kent, and Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders, with Harry Brooker, Leslie Douglas, and Esme Lee. Guest artist, Esther Coleman
Talk by C. Conway Plumbe
Variety, on gramophone records
and his Mazurka Orchestra
Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra
'Shepherding on Hellvellyn': recorded commentary by Alfred Hall, Jnr., and Joseph Relph on sheepdogs working on the mountain slopes of the Lake District.
played by the BBC Scottish Orchestra: conductor, Ian Whyte
'On Leave' by John Buchan; 'Of the Day Estivall' by Alexander Hume; 'Kilmeny' by James Hogg.
Read by Lennox Milne and Ian Stewart.
(BBC recording)
Darlleniad o gerddi o waith Geraint Bowen. (Verse-reading in Welsh)
'Can You Draw?'
Maxwell Foster again invites you to join his drawing class
In 'Music at Random,' Helen Henschel talks of the great British composer Sir Edward Elgar.
The Zoo Man
National and Regional announcements and Scottish News summary
New and recent fiction, reviewed by V.S. Pritchett
Excerpt from the musical comedy with music by Lionel Monckton, lyrics by Percy Greenbank and Adrian Ross, and book by James W. Tanner.
Cast includes Celia Lipton, Ivy St. Helier, Billy Milton, Hal Bryan, Pat McGrath, Joy Hayden, April Ross.
Orchestra under the direction of Michael Collins.
From the London Coliseum
Frank Titterton (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra (leader, Paul Beard).
Associate conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Wagner Lohengrin's Farewell (Lohengrin); Siegfried Idyll
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
Lionel Gamlin talks over listeners' questions about Burma with Kin Lay (Mrs. J.A. Stewart)
Clarence Wright; 'Michael Starr Investigates': weekly detective problem featuring Henry Oscar, written by Francis Durbridge; 'Many Happy Returns'; Barbara Mullen; 'Puzzle Corner'; Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford on 'Things in General', written by Henrik Ege; 'Take the Stand': Frederick Burtwell cross-examines famous artists, by arrangement with Leonard Urry. The Singing Commeres, Revue Chorus, and BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell.
(Naunton Wayne records by permission of Firth Shephard)
Play by Philip Wade
le Ceolraidh Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu fo stiuradh I.T. MacDhonnchaidh (air clair).
(Gaelic music: BBC recording)
and his Orchestra, with Sally Douglas, Doreen Villiers, Len Camber, Johnny Green, Archie Lewis, and Three Boys and a Girl
