and forecast for farmers and shipping
Jack Coles and his Orchestre Modeme
Four Hands in Harmony
(Tony Lowry and Clive Richardson at two pianos)
Serenade in E minor (Elgar): Hallé
Orchestra, conductor. Sir John Barbirolli
Piano Concerto No. 2. in B flat
(Beethoven): Artur Schrmbel (piano) and the Philharmonla Orchestra, conducted by Issay Dobrowen
Tone Poem, Don Juan (
Richard Strauss ): Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky on gramophone records
A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced this week by Julian Herbage
Record Review:
' The Long Playing Record,' by Desmond Shawe-Taylor
' Sibelius' Sixth Symphony,' by Ralph W. Wood
' Aubade and Serenade,' by Ronald Biggs
' Miscellaneous Records for June.' by William Mann
Five experts on films, theatre, books, radio, and art
Conducted by James Laver
12.11 Radio: Giles Romilly
12.20 Art: Basil Taylor
12.28 Films: Dilys Powell
12.37 Theatre: Philip Hope-Wallace
12.45 Books: William Plomer
and forecast for farmers and shipping
Roseland, Cornwall
Introduced by Bernard Fishwick
Music arranged by Francis Collinson and played by the Norman Brooks Sextet
Singer, Martin Boddey
Produced by Brandon Acton-Bond
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor played by Frederick Grinke and the London Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, George Stratton )
Conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
The programme also includes Mozart's Divertimento in D (K.136) and Bax's ' The Garden of Fand '
Edward Ward describes a journey through Swaledale, and introduces some of the people he met
Music composed by Lambert Williamson and played by the BBC Northern Orchestra
Conducted by Charles Groves
Programme written and narrated by Edward Ward
Produced by Joe Burroughs
(The recorded broadcast of April 25 in North of England Home Service)
and forecast for farmers and shipping
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe and Elgar's Second Symphony were completed within a year of each other (the former in 1912, the latter in 1911) and are both scored with consummate skill for large orchestras. Yet their styles offer a sharp contrast. Ravel, like certain French painters, makes use of the 'pointillist ' method; his effects are obtained, for the most part, by an accumulation of tiny, cunningly placed strokes, the result being sparkling and delightful, all the more so since, through the intricate web of sound, there runs an exquisite, tender thread of sentiment.
Elgar employs a broader brush. His Symphony, dedicated to the memory of Edward VII, paints in glowing colours the splendour of an epoch that now belongs to history. At the same time, however. the work is a portrayal, almost unbearably poignant at moments, of a spiritual pilgrimage in which, after sorrow and the heat of conflict, the 'immortal garland' (of which Milton speaks) is finally won.
(Harold Rutland)
Appeal on behalf of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Nice, by the Matron, Miss Elsie Gladman
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
The Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Nice, serving the English-speaking communities and visitors on the French Riviera, is in desperate need of funds. Built forty years ago, its annual deficits were always met without difficulty by a wealthy community, which in 1939 ceased to exist. A great financial burden has been put upon the hospital by visitors from the sterling area, unable, because of the financial controls, to meet their obligations. The majority of British residents are now people of small to moderate means, many of them pensioners, compelled because of poor health to live in a mild climate, who cannot always afford to pay hospital fees. The hospital receives no support from either British or French authorities. By consent of the Bank of England donations sent to [address removed](as above) may be transmitted to France.
by James Stephens
The Edwardian Springtime
Written and compiled by Leslie Baily
Produced by Howard Agg
The pages turned by Carleton Hobbs
with Cecil Trouncer, Stephen Jack, Lockwood West, Harold Reese, John Gabriel, Derek Prentice, Richard Bebb and Hester Paton-Brown, Beatrice Kane and Genine Graham
Singers: Billie Baker, Pamela Woolmore, Stanley Pope, John Rorke
Pianist, Alan Richardson
Incidental music and arrangements by John Clements
Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by John Clements
(piano)
' Ye have not chosen me but I have chosen you'
Psalm 112 St. John 15, vv. 1-16
Disposer Supreme (A. and M. 431) Hebrews 12. vv. 1-2
