Programme Index

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Overture: The Impresario (Mozart):
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karl Bohm
Duet: Cheti, cheti, immantinente (Don Pasquale, Act 3) (Donizetti):
Mariano Stabile. Martin Lawrence , orchestra conducted by Alberto Erede
Symphony No. 3. in B flat (Schumann): National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Piero Coppola
Le tombeau de Couperin (Ravel):
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jean Martinon on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Karl Bohm
Unknown:
Mariano Stabile.
Unknown:
Martin Lawrence
Conducted By:
Alberto Erede
Conducted By:
Piero Coppola
Conducted By:
Jean Martinon

A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced this week by Alec Robertson
Puccini (died November 29, 1924)
A commemoration for the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death, contributed by Mosco Carner, Spike Hughes, and Constant Lambert

Contributors

Editor:
Anna Instone
Editor:
Julian Herbage
Presenter:
Alec Robertson
Unknown:
Mosco Carner
Unknown:
Spike Hughes
Unknown:
Constant Lambert

' Winter Spraying of Fruit' by Leslie Clark
Some of the pests that seriously reduce fruit crops can only be effectively dealt with by certain types of winter spraying of the trees. In this talk an Essex fruit grower-Leslie Clark, Horticultural Secretary of the Essex Branch of the N.F.U.describes the correct materials to use, as well as how and when to use them.

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Clark

BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by John Clements)
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Bruce Boyce (baritone)
Music by Vaughan Williams
March on Sea Songs, The Water Mill, Linden Lea
My Bonnie Boy (Folk-Song Suite)
The Springtime of the Year
Just as the tide was flowing
The Turtle Dove
Overture: The Poisoned Kiss
The Vagabond (Songs of Travel)
The Roadside Fire (Songs of Travel)
Intermezzo (Homage to Henry Hall)
Sigh No More (Sir John in Loye)
The Wedding Chorus (Sir John in Love)
Overture: The Wasps

Contributors

Unknown:
John Clements
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Baritone:
Bruce Boyce
Music By:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Linden Lea

A radio biography in five parts by Christopher Hassall
Music transcribed and arranged by Julius Harrison
Music adviser, Julian Herbage
Produced by Howard Agg
2-1 The Man from Hanover '
Other parts played by Betty Hardy , Lockwood West , Hugh Fryce , Joseph O'Connor. James Mills. John Rorke
Singers: Emelie Hooke
Richard Lewis , Alfred Deller and Owen Brannigan
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master. Leslie Woodgate )
Philharmonia Orchestra (Leader. Max Salpeter )
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
Harpsichord solos
by Lucille Wallace
Organist. Geraint Joney

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Hassall
Arranged By:
Julius Harrison
Produced By:
Howard Agg
Played By:
Betty Hardy
Played By:
Lockwood West
Played By:
Hugh Fryce
Played By:
Joseph O'Connor.
Played By:
James Mills.
Singers:
John Rorke
Singers:
Emelie Hooke
Unknown:
Richard Lewis
Unknown:
Alfred Deller
Unknown:
Owen Brannigan
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
Max Salpeter
Conducted By:
Clarence Raybould
Solos By:
Lucille Wallace
Organist:
Geraint Joney
Narrator:
Cecil Trouncer
Handel:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Dorothea Handel:
Blanche Fothergill
Jacob Heidegger:
Hugh Miller
Joseph Addison:
Carleton Hobos
J S Bach:
Stephen Jack
Aaron Hill:
Keith Pyott
John Gay:
Roger Snowdon

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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About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More