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Overture: Don Pasquale (Donizetti):
La Scala Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Sabajno
Song without Words, in A minor
(Tchaikovsky): Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski
Rhapsody, for orchestra and saxophone (Debussy): M. Viard. with Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Piero Coppola
Entr'acte and Finale (Shylock: fauri): Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, conducted by Piero Coppola

Contributors

Unknown:
Don Pasquale
Conducted By:
Carlo Sabajno
Conducted By:
Leopold Stokowski
Unknown:
M. Viard.
Conducted By:
Piero Coppola
Conducted By:
Piero Coppola

conducted by Professor C. H. Dodd , D.D. Third of a series of six services illustrating ' The Nature and Work of the Church '
Sentences and Prayer
0 worship the King (A. and M. 167;
C.H. 9)
' Decline and Renewal ': dramatic reconstruction of the work of St. Benedict of Monte Cassino
Lord of our life (A. and M. 214; C.H.
216)
Prayers
O God of truth (A. and M. 513; C.H.
531)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Professor C. H. Dodd
Unknown:
Monte Cassino
Unknown:
Lord

Play sequence in four parts dealing with the life of St. Paul, by Hugh Ross Williamson. Produced by Fred O'Donovan. Part 4 (conclusion)

Contributors

Writer:
Hugh Ross Williamson
Produced by:
Fred O'Donovan
Jonathan:
Foster Carlin
Eliezar:
Alan Wheatley
Paul:
Abraham Sofaer
Lysias:
Gordon McLeod
Centurion:
Deryck Guyler
Ananias:
Alexander Sainer
Gamaliel:
Arthur Ridley
A Sadducee:
Nicholas Parsons
Demaa:
Frank Partington
Timothy:
Preston Lockwood
Luke:
Carleton Hobbs
The Voice of Christ:
Robert Speaight
Mark:
Basil Jones
Benjamin:
Roger Snowdon
Felix:
Dennis Arundell
Tertullus:
Bernard Rebel
Onesimus:
John Garley
Agrippa:
Richard Williams
Prisca:
Josephine Shand
Junia:
Grizelda Hervey
Narrator:
James McKechnie

'London is a Fine Town': verse and music in praise of the greatest city in the Empire. The Wynford Reynolds Sextet. Flight Lieutenant Cyril Tucker (tenor). Music arranged and conducted by Frank Collinson. Speakers, Norman Shelley and Alan Howland
6.60 Children's Hour prayers

Contributors

Unknown:
Wynford Reynolds
Tenor:
Cyril Tucker
Conducted By:
Frank Collinson.
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Alan Howland

'We're from Trinidad'
Songs and stories from Trinidad in the West Indies, with Leary Constantine (cricketer and Ministry of Labour official); Edric Connor (engineer and singer); Dr. Calvin Lambert (poet) ; Roderick Roopchand (law student); L/Cpl. Vivien Hochoy (A.T.S.); and Cyril Blake 's Calypso Band. Script by Irene Nicholson. The travellers introduced by Norman Wooland. Orchestra conducted by Harold Lowe. Produced by Leslie Baily.

Contributors

Unknown:
Edric Connor
Singer:
Dr. Calvin Lambert
Unknown:
Roderick Roopchand
Unknown:
Vivien Hochoy
Unknown:
Cyril Blake
Unknown:
Calypso Band.
Script By:
Irene Nicholson.
Introduced By:
Norman Wooland.
Conducted By:
Harold Lowe.
Produced By:
Leslie Baily.

from St. Andrew's Church, Edinburgh, conducted by the Rev. James S. Thomson
Metrical Psalm 121; I to the hills will lift mine eyes (S.P. 410)
Prayer and the Lord's Prayer
Paraphrase 60: Father of peace, and God of love
Lesson: St. Matthew 27, w. 16-26 Prayer
0 Jesus. King most wonderful (C.H.
423; A. and M. 178)
Address Prayer
Jesus calls us! o'er the tumult (C.H.
500: A. and M. 403)
Blessing
Organist, D. Walker Cameron

Contributors

Unknown:
James S. Thomson
Organist:
D. Walker Cameron

Adapted from Charles Dickens 's novel by Mabel Constanduros and Howard Agg. Produced by Howard Rose. Episode 7

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Novel By:
Mabel Constanduros
Novel By:
Howard Agg.
Produced By:
Howard Rose.
Esther:
Angela Baddeley
Charley:
Dorothy Gordon
Richard Carstone:
Derek Blomfleld
Harold Skimpole:
Esme Percy
Ada:
Sara Jackson
Mr Guppy:
Jonathan Field
Lady Dedlock:
Gladys Young
Sir Leicester:
Felix Aylmer
Mr Tulkinghorn:
Laidman Browne
Volumnia:
Gladys Spencer

played to a Forces audience by the BBC Symphony Orchestra of 95 players (conductor, Sir Adrian Boult ), and Paul Beard (violin). From the Corn Exchange, Bedford.
Among the favourite pieces ' Music for All ' brings you this week are Glinka's overture to Ruslati and Ludmilla, Bizet's suite L'Arlesienne, Johann Strauss 's Blue Danube waltz, and Walton's march, Crown Imperial. Paul Beard plays Wieniawski's Légende, and Mozart's Rondo from the Haffner Serenade

Contributors

Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Conductor:
Paul Beard
Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Unknown:
Paul Beard

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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