Gramophone records
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BBC Midland Light Orchestra: conductor. Gilbert Vinter. (BBC recording)
' The Meaning of Christ's Resurrection.' Readings from 1 Corinthians 15
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Conducted by George Melachrino
A miscellany of gramophone records, edited by Anna Instone
Concert given by workers of a large factory on Merseyside, and introduced by Victor Smythe
(piano): on gramophone records
Two Studies, Op. 10: No. 8 in F; No.
12 in C minor (Chopin)
Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs)
(Liszt)
Ballade No. 3 in A flat. Op. 47
(Chopin)
4-' Albert Lortzing. ' Presented on records by Mark H. Lubbock
Adapted by Alastair Scott -Johnston from the short story by Martin Armstrong
by Olive Salter with Malcolm Hayes , Antony Jacobs , and Vivienne Chatterton
Both plays produced by Peter Watts
' Orlando the Marmalade Cat,' by Kathleen Hale. Its adventures told by ' David ,' with music specially composed by Henry Reed , and played by a section of the BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Frank Cantell. 4-1 Orlando's Home Life '
5.25 ' The Sing Song of Old Man Kangaroo': a 'Just So' story by Rudyard Kipling , adapted by Maurice Brown. Produced by Josephine Plummer
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Topical talk and sport
A serial play for broadcasting by Hammond Innes. Produced by David H. Godfrey. Episode 3-' Armed Mutiny '
A series of weekly talks on the countries of Europe. Tonight, Professor Pascal, of the University of Birmingham, on ' A New German Mythology? '
Professor Pascal has just returned from a visit to Berlin and the German universities in the British zone. In his talk-he is to analyse the outlook of the students whom he met to the fact of the defeat of their country and to the Nazi regime. He will examine the possibility of a new mythology about the German catastrophe of 1945 growing up in place of the older mythology of 1918 and the Versailler Diktat. (Dictate of Versailles)
A comedy thriller in eight episodes, by John Jowett. Produced by Vernon Harris. Episode 5—' Polish Corridor '
Comfort and Fuel Economy
Providing shelter and warmth are two of man's oldest activities; in the post-war world this must be done with the utmost economy. Tonight A. Parker , d.sc, Director of the Fuel Research Station, and F. M. Lea. D,SC, Director of the Building Research Station, describe recent scientific research carried out in their laboratories
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
8.0 Suite No. 3, in D...Bach
8.21 Sinfonia Concertaille, for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello, and orchestra...Haydn
8.12 Symphonic Poem: Till Eulenspiegel...Strauss
9.0 The News will be read during the interval
9.15 Symphony No. 40, in C minor...Mozart
9.47 Pour line fete de printemps...Roussel
[Picture captions] Members of the Orchestra who are soloists in Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante: Terence MacDonagh - oboe, Richard Newton - bassoon, Paul Beard - violin, Ambrose Gauntlett - cello
Tonight's Symphony Concert Begins at 8.0
' Agriculture in our National Economy Today,' by Frank Sykes
Edward Sackville-West to Knole
In this series, the return is made by the author to the place best known to him in childhood. Produced by Stephen Potter
' An Old Maid's Triumph': written by George Gissing , and read by Margaret Halstan