Rhyl Silver Band
Conductor, Reg Little
and forecast for farmers and shipping
A gramophone miscellany
' Prayer and the Day's Work '
A talk by the Rt. Rev. F. A. Cockin ,
Bishop of Bristol
and forecast for farmers and shipping
Anne Beaton gives some advice on jelly making
Felix King and his Orchestra
Beryl Hatt (soprano)
John Kennedy (cello)
The Olympic Games by Lord Burghley
SMETANA
Records of the String Quartet In E minor (' From My Life ')
Come. ye faithful, raise the strain
(BBC Hymn Book 102)
New Every Morning, page 29 Psalm 57 Exodus 24. vv. 1-10
Brief life is here our portion (BBC
Hymn Book 241)
Primo Scala and his Accordion Band
Arthur Carron (tenor)
Edward Walker (flute)
' Madeleine Grown Up * by Mrs. Robert Henrey
Read by Rosemary Davis
Seventh instalment
at the BBC theatre organ
Gramophone records presented by Jack Watson
and forecast for farmers and shipping
Reports from Britain and overseas
Lunchtime scoreboard
BBC Northern Orchestra (Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conductor, John Hopkins
A melodrama for broadcasting by Norman Swallow
Produced by William Hughes in the BBC s Midland studios
Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Jack Train , and Richard Dimbleby ask all the questions and Gilbert Harding knows some of the answers
by Elizabeth Jenkins
Read by Helen Burns
Tenth of fifteen weekly instalments
Shipping and general weather forecasts. followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England
and his Tipica Orchestra
Antonio Brosa (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductors,
Sir Malcolm Sargent
John Hollingsworth
Brahms and Mendelssohn
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
The first version of Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture had the title Die Einsame Insel (' The Lonely Island '). This was completed in 1830, about eighteen months after he had visited Fingal's Cave in the Island of Staffa. The final version dates from 1832.
So popular is Mendelssohn's Violin
Concerto, so engagingly melodious and smooth in its workmanship that it is sometimes overlooked how unconventional is its form. The orchestral introduction is of the briefest: after only a bar and a half the soloist is launched on his fascinatingly wistful melody. The cadenza, written by Mendelssohn himself, occurs at an unusual place in the opening movement, shortly before the return of the main theme. There is link (in the shape of a note held by a solo bassoon) between the first and second movements; and the finale, that miracle of lightness and gaiety, is prefaced by a short Allegretto section.
It was not until 1876, when Brahms was forty-three, that he gave to the world his First Symphony. For years his friends had urged him to write such a work, and as early as 1862 he had shown the opening movement to Clara Schumann. Six years later, in a letter to her, he quoted the famous horn theme of the finale. But his intense self-criticism held him back and made him hesitate to challenge public opinion. You don't know,' he wrote to a friend, ' what it feels like to he dogged by Beethoven.' When the Symphony was finally produced at Karlsruhe its nobility and depth of feeling created a tremendous impression. Harold Rutland
The Defence of Malta
Programme written by Kenneth Poolman
Produced by Alan Burgess
When war came to the Mediterranean in 1940 all eyes turned to the vital island base of Malta. Would she hold out against the might of the Italian Air Force, Many people in-high authority said outright that the little island could not be defended. A stubborn few disagreed. Among these was a small band of Royal Air Force pilots, who combined to give an answer to this question.
