and forecast for farmers and shipping
The Casino Orchestra
Conducted by Reginald Kilbey
Joan and Valerie Trimble at two pianos
Raymond Cohen (violin)
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
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
Conducted by John Summerson
12.11 Films: Dilys Powell
12.20 Theatre: Ivor Brown
12.28 Books: Alan Pryce Jones
12.37 Radio: Stephen Bone
12.45 Art: John Betjeman
and forecast for farmers and shipping
From the Midlands
Introduced by Ralph Wightman
Music arranged by Francis Collinson played by the Albert Webb Sextet
Singer: Robert Irwin
Produced by Edward Livesey
' 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.
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
and forecast for farmers and shipping
A report on the week's proceedings of the General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters, New York
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
Appeal on behalf of the Musicians' Benevolent Fund. by Isobel Baillie
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to Miss Isobel Baillie[address removed]
by J. B. Priestley
A cross-country journey
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
' Prepare ye the way of the Lord ' Benedictus
Isaiah 40, w. 1-11
On Jordan's bank (A. and M. 50) 1 Samuel 7. v. 3