Programme Parade
Exercises for men and women
Today's entries include records of music by Ravel
Rev. C. V. Taylor , of the BBC's Religious Broadcasting Department
followed by THE KITCHEN FRONT
Talk for diabetics
Under the direction of Harold C. Gee , with Marguerite Crichton.
Gramophone records
at the theatre organ
News commentary
from page 109 of ' New Every Morning ' and page 28 of ' Each Returning Day.' 0 Holy Ghost, thy people bless; Psalm 36 vv. 5-12; St. Mark 11, w. 1-11; He who would valiant be
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(Portsmouth Division)
Conducted by Capt. F. Vivian Dunn M.V.O. . Director of Music, Royal Marines
SCOTTISH HERITAGE: People of Scotland ': the shipyard worker, the lawyer, and the miller, by Alexander Reid
11.20 CURRENT AFFAIRS, discussed by experts
11.40 MUSIC AND THE DANCE. ' The Waltz King': the story of Johann Strauss and his famous tunes, with dramatic interludes by Silvia Goodajll
with his Orchestra, and artists
from the North and Scotland. War-workers in two widely-separated factories combine to entertain you and their fellow-workers in the lunch-hour break. Introduced by Victor Smythe in the North and Howard M. Lockhart in Scotland
Record programme, written by Hector Stewart
for RURAt, SCHOOLS (England). In Dylsford and Beyond. ' Church Bells': bell-ringing in an English village, by Silvia Goodall and Honor Wyatt
2.15 GENERAL SCIENCE. 'New Cells and New Human Beings,' by Richard Palmer
2.40 junior ENGLISH: poetry programme. arranged by Jean Sutcliffe
Primo Scala's Accordion Band, directed by Harry Bidgood
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
A ' Just-So ' Story by Rudyard Kip ling. Adapted for broadcasting by Maurice Brown and produced by Hugh Stewart
by Joseph Conrad. Arranged by Sybil Clarke and produced by Hugh Stewart
Adolygiad o lyfrau diweddaraf, gan J. Gwyn Griffiths.
'Country Magazine' (Children's edition).
'Young Farmers of the North,' introduced by Wilfred Pickles.
Written by Joan Littlewood and produced by Nan Macdonald
5.55 Children's Hour prayers
A talk of current interest
withSandy Powell and Johnny Lockwood
Entertainment in an Emporium of Fun: among the assistants are Cliff Gordon , Cecilia Eddy , Dorothy Smith , Jack Barker and Daphne Barker BBC Revue Chorus, and the Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black. Script by Ray Sonin. Produced by C. F. Meehan.
Douglas Houghton tonight discusses problems of landlords and tenants
(for details see top of page)
[Photo caption] Barbirolli, from a portrait by H.J. Lintott
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard Conducted by John Barbirolli
From the Corn Exchange, Bedford
7.15 Sinfonietta (First performance) .... E.J. Moeran (See Ralph Hill's note on page 4)
7.41 Symphonic Fragments, Daphnis and Chloe (Second series) ....... Ravel
The story of Daphnis and Chloe based on the pastoral by Longus, is concerned with the ingenuous love of a shepherd for a shepherdess. The smooth course is upset by a country bumpkin named Dorcon who presses his unworthy attentions on Chloe. At the same time another shepherdess does her best to secure Daphnis. Finally Chloe is carried off by pirates, but is rescued through the aid of the god Pan.
The second suite is taken from the third and last scenes of the ballet. At dawn Chloe, who has been rescued from her abductors by Pan, finds Daphnis lying prostrate before the grove consecrated to the nymphs. They embrace, and Lammon an old shepherd, explains that Pan has saved Chloe in memory of his love for the nymph Syrinx. In their gratitude to Pan the lovers enact in pantomime the story of Pan's wooing of Syrinx. The finale is a general dance of rejoicing.
These three pieces certainly show Ravel at his most inspired, and although he applies an impressionistic technique here and there, notably in the first piece, 'Daybreak,' both material and shape of the three pieces are symbolically conceived with the utmost classical purity.
7.58 Interval : Symphonies and Everyday life : talk by Alec Robertson
8.13 Symphony No. 2, in D ............... Brahms
In 1854 Schumann told the twenty-two-year-old Brahms that it was his 'duty' to write a symphony. Brahms set to work, but soon declared that the attempt was a miserable failure, for 'a symphony is no laughing matter nowadays.' At last, after twenty-two more years of careful thought and experimenting, he completed his Symphony No. 1 in C minor, which was hailed as a worthy successor to Beethoven's 'Ninth.' Hardly had the applause of the world of music died down when Brahms produced his Symphony No. 2 in D.
If the tragic C minor Symphony was a great success, the D major with its happier and more idyllic feelings was an even greater one. The enthusiasm it aroused made it necessary for the light-footed and graceful third movement to be repeated. Although conceived on just as big a scale as the C minor Symphony, the musical texture of the Symphony No. 2 in D is very much clearer, the melodies more cantabile in character, and the whole spirit of the music brighter. It has been called Brahms's 'Pastoral' Symphony. (Ralph Hill)
followed by War Commentary
with James Moody putting the ' Accent on Rhythm'; Romantic melodies played by Charles Smart and Ivor Dennis , and sung by Helen Clare ; Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Rhythm. Produced by Michael North. (BBC recording)
1—' Professional,' by Stephen North , read by Alan Howland
2 — ' Gillespie's Future,' by Richard L. Phillips , read by Joseph Macleod
Naidheachdan, seanchas, piobaireachd dain is orain
With Reg Leopold and his Players, and Jack Cooper
Famous bands playing popular dance tunes on gramophone records
