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by J. A. Dennett
In 1945 J. A. Dennett acquired a letter written from Bedford Gaol in 1626 by Robert Godfrey. This leiter became the first of his private collection of old letters from prisons and other sources. In this ta,lk Mr. Dennett tells of the contents and history of some of tihese letters.

Contributors

Unknown:
J. A. Dennett
Unknown:
J. A. Dennett
Unknown:
Robert Godfrey.

LET'S JOIN IN. 'The Three Bears': the traditional story with music by Roger Fiske.
2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC. Music for Opera, with special reference to Gounod's ' Faust.' First of three illustrated talks by William Appleby
2.40 HISTORY II. Arthur Young: a great writer on agriculture gives some practical help to a young eighteenth-century farmer. Script by R. J. White

Contributors

Music By:
Roger Fiske.
Unknown:
William Appleby
Script By:
R. J. White

from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge
Deliver us, 0 Lord (Batten)
Versicles and Responses (Tomkins) Psalms 59, 60, 61
First Lesson: Ecclesiaaticus 6, vv.
14-17, and 32-37 Magnificat (Morley, First Service)
Second Lesson: Acts 4. vv 32-35-
5. vv. 12-16
Nunc. Dimittis (Morley, First Service) Creed, Suffrages:, Collects
Anthem: In thee, 0 Lord (Sterndale
Bennett)
Pnayere
Organist and Choirmaster,
Boris Ord

Contributors

Choirmaster:
Boris Ord

A series of six broadcasts in which Africans and British administrators discuss the questions which they believe to be most relevant to the understanding of Africa
1—Africa is many places
Speakers:
Olufemi Coker
E. H. K. Mudenda
E. G. M. Ndawula
In the Chair.
Kenneth Bradley ,
Director of the Imperial Institute
A Nigerian, a Northern Rhodesian, and a Buganda compare the life and customs of their countries and discuss with Kenneth Bradley some of the problems that are common to them all.

Contributors

Unknown:
Olufemi Coker
Unknown:
E. H. K. Mudenda
Unknown:
E. G. M. Ndawula
Unknown:
Kenneth Bradley

Victoria Sladen SOPRANO
Richard Lewis TENOR
Marjorie Thomas CONTRALTO
Edith Evans NARRATOR
BBC CHORAL SOCIETY (Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Leader, Paul Beard)
Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent

PART 1 at 8.15
Coronation Te Deum William Walton
8.27 app. Chacony in G minor for strings Purcell
8.37 app. The Hymn of Jesus Hoist

PART 2 at 9.15
King David: Symphonic Psalm in three parts, after a drama by Rene Morax Honegger
In its original form King David was a drama (or 'dramatic psalm') by the Swiss poet Rene Morax, with incidental music by Honegger, produced at the Theatre du Jorat at Mezieres near Lausanne in 1921. Its success encouraged Honegger to rescore the music for a larger orchestra and convert the work into an oratorio or 'symphonic psalm,' with a narrator to set the scenes and describe the progress of the story. In this form it was given at Winterthur in 1923, and in Paris the following year. The highly dramatic and effective music contains allusions to the styles of Bach and Handel, besides more modern composers; but the skill and force of the whole are unquestionable. Tonight the work is being given in an English translation by Edward AgMe. The first part portrays David as Shepherd, Captain, and Leader of the Army; the second part. David the King; and the third, David the Prophet
(Harold Rutland)

From the Royal Festival Hall, London

BBC Home Service Basic

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