Gramophone records
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played by Reginald Burston and his Orchestra.
Devotional readings and prayers
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'Cabbage, Red and White,' by Winifred Tillard
Gramophone records
Eiluned Davies (piano): Constance Shacklock (contralto)
and his Band
News commentary
from page 37 of ' New Every Morning ' and page 14 of ' Each Returning
Day.' How are thy servants blest. 0 Lord! Psalm 3; St. John 3, vv. 1-15; Son of God, eternal Saviour
Terance Casey at the organ of the New Gallery, Regent Street. London
Music from The Goldsmith of Toledo,' 'La Perichole,' A Night in Venice,' ' Gay Rosalinda' (Die Fledermaus). ' Genevieve de Brabant,' and ' The Gypsy Baron ': on gramophone records
Conductor, George Thompson
Hungarian March - Berlioz
Overture: The Merry Wives of Windsor - Nicolai
Duet: The moon hath raised her lamp above Duettists, J. Smethurst (trombone); Frank Webb (euphonium) - Benedict
Selection: Maritana - Wallace
A musical entertainment, with Isobel Baillie (soprano), Joan Davies (piano), Harry Mortimer (trumpet), John Francis and Gareth Morris (flutes), J. Edward Merrett (double-bass), and the Zorian String Quartet.
Lunch-time entertainment for factory workers, from a factory in Somerset
by John Galsworthy. Adapted for broadcasting by Muriel Levy. Produced by Val Gielgud and Felix Felton. Episode 5.
from ' Les Sylphides.' ' Les Patineurs,' and William Tell': on records
from Derby Cathedral
Versicles and Responses Psalm 96
First Lesson: Isaiah 61, vv. ' 1-4 and 10-11 Magnificat (Harwood, in A flat)
Second Lesson: St. John 2, vv. 1-11 Nunc dimittis (Harwood, in A flat) Creed and Collects
Lo, star-led chiefs (Crotch) Prayers ,
How vain the cruel Herod's fear (A. and M. 75)
Organist and Master of the Choristers, G. H. Heath-Gracie
at the organ of the Gaumont State, Kilburn
(bass-baritone)
Recording of yesterday's broadcast
Results of story competition broadcast on December 19. Martin Arm -strong himself reads the winning entry
Young Artists
5.40 ' Children's Theatres in the Soviet Union,' by Joseph Macleod
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6.10: Topical Talk 6.15: Sport
6.20: Announcements
First of two programmes picturing the economic, social, and emotional problems of getting married in Great Britain and the United States. 1— How a British couple get married. Written and produced by Brigid Maas
From the Palace Theatre, Blackpool
Conductor, Charles Groves. Sophie Wyss (soprano), Tina Bonifacio (harp)
(Fifth series), with impromptu answers to listeners' questions. Leigh Ashton , Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum; J. T. Christie , Head-Master of Westminster School; Kingsley Martin, Editor of the New Statesman and Nation; Lord Samuel;
Dr. Malcolm Sargent . Question
Master, S. C. Roberts.
BBC Theatre Orchestra, with Andrew MacPherson (tenor), Winifred Davey and Eric Gritton (two pianos), and the BBC Theatre Chorus: conductor, Stanford Robinson
Programme includes a selection from ' Frederica, ' by Franz Lehar
First of a series of four talks by D. R. Davies
In August 1942, Christopher Burney was parachuted Into Normandy to prepare for the invasion and captured by the Germans. In this talk he looks back on the formidable experience of solitary confinement
and his Orchestra, with Sally Douglas. Carole Carr Archie Lewis , Dick James , and Three Boys and a Girl
and his Rumba Band