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on gramophone records
Three Romances for oboe and piano
(Schumann): Leon Goossens (oboe), with Gerald Moore at the piano '
Seven Popular Spanish Songs (Falla):
Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano), with Frank Marshall at the piano
Concert Study No. 3, in 'D flat
(Liszt): Mischa Levitzki (piano)

Contributors

Oboe:
Leon Goossens
Unknown:
Gerald Moore
Mezzo-Soprano:
Conchita Supervia
Unknown:
Frank Marshall
Piano:
Mischa Levitzki

on gramophone records
Overture: Marinarella (Fucik): Grand
Symphony Orchestra
Fantasia on Norwegian Folk Songs:
Norwegian Light Symphony Orchestra
Ballet Suite: Les Sylphides (Chopin
-White): London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Malcolm Sargent
Hungarian Fantasia for piano and orchestra (Liszt): Moiseiwitsch with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Constant Lambert

Contributors

Conducted By:
Malcolm Sargent

' The Black Arrow,' a story of the Wars of the Roses, by Robert Louis Stevenson , adapted by David Close-Thomas . Produced by Nan Macdonald. Part 3-' Dick Joins the Outlaws '

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted By:
David Close-Thomas
Produced By:
Nan MacDonald.
Dick Shelton:
Charles Mason
Sir Daniel Brackley:
Hugh Morton
Joanna Sedley:
Jenny Lovelace
Sir Oliver Oates:
John Wardle
Bennet Hatch:
Herbert Smith
John Amend-All:
John Broadbent
Will Lawless:
Fred Fairclough
Lord Foxham:
James Dale
Arblaster:
J A Foster
Lady Alicia Risingham:
Rosalie Williams
Lord Shoreby:
Donald Avison
Greensheve:
Frank Crosland
A Sentry:
William Price
Narrator:
David Markham

3—' The Months of Achievement '
A BBC-New York production, written by Merrill Denison and produced by Roy Lockwood , with music specially composed and conducted by Alexander Semmler
The concluding programme in this trilogy begins with the landing of United States Marines on the island of Guadalcanal, exactly eight months after Pearl Harbour. It ends with the liberation of the Philippines, and the massing of the Allied forces for the attack on the Japanese Empire.

Contributors

Written By:
Merrill Denison
Produced By:
Roy Lockwood
Conducted By:
Alexander Semmler

Shakespeare's two chronicle-plays arranged for broadcasting in eight episodes by Robert Gittings. Music composed and conducted by Herbert Menges. Produced by John Burrell
Episode Eight

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Git
Unknown:
Herbert Menges.
Produced By:
John Burrell
Sir Pierce of Exton, the Chronicler:
Laurence Olivier
King Henry IV:
Nicholas Hannen
Warwick:
David Kentish
Gloucester:
George Rose
Clarence:
Michael Hitchman
Westmoreland:
Mark Dignam
Harcourt:
Weyman MacKay
Prince Hal:
Michael Warre
Prince John:
Robin Lloyd
Shallow:
Harcourt Williams
Falstaff:
Ralph Richardson
Davy:
Humphrey Heathcote
Bardolph:
Michael Raghan
Bardolph:
Michael Raghan
Lord Chief Justice:
Mark Dignam
Silence:
Charles Leno
Pistol:
Esmond Knight
Mistress Quickly:
Sybil Thorndike
Doll Tearsheet:
Joyce Redman
Beadle:
Charles Leno

An absurdity for mid-July written and told by Valentine Dunn , with Cyril Gardiner , Bryan Pow ley, Preston Lockwood , and Grizelda Hervey. Music specially arranged by Alan Paul , and played on two pianos by Alan Paul and Roma Clarke. Produced by Audrey Cameron

Contributors

Told By:
Valentine Dunn
Unknown:
Cyril Gardiner
Unknown:
Bryan Pow
Unknown:
Preston Lockwood
Unknown:
Grizelda Hervey.
Arranged By:
Alan Paul
Unknown:
Alan Paul
Unknown:
Roma Clarke.
Duced By:
Audrey Cameron

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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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