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Preludes and Fugues (Book 2)
No. 1, in C: No. 3. in C sharp: No. 6. in D minor: No. 24, in B minor; No. 18, in G sharp minor played by Joan Barker (piano)
The first of a series of weekly recitals including the whole of Book 2 of Das wohitemperirte Clavier
Next Saturday:
Frank Pelleg (harpsichord)

Contributors

Piano:
Joan Barker
Harpsichord:
Frank Pelleg

on gramophone records
Overture, The Corsair (Berlioz):
Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Paul Kletzki
Intermezzo in B minor (Mussorgsky, orch. Rimsky-Korsakov): Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Walter Susskind
Symphonic Poem: Vltava (Smetana):
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Fcrenc Fricsay

Contributors

Conducted By:
Paul Kletzki
Conducted By:
Walter Susskind
Conducted By:
Fcrenc Fricsay

The informal story of radio entertainment as told by artists and others who have had a hand in making it
Chapter Eight
Ernest Longstaffe , Ben Lyon
Robert Tredinnick
June Whitfield
Narrator, Rex Palmer
Written by Gale Pedrick
Produced by Alfred Dunning
(A shortened version of the recorded broadcast of August 21 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ernest Longstaffe
Unknown:
Ben Lyon
Unknown:
Robert Tredinnick
Narrator:
June Whitfield
Narrator:
Rex Palmer
Written By:
Gale Pedrick
Produced By:
Alfred Dunning

Cyril Stapleton leads the BBC Show Band on a musical merry-go-round while Alfred Marks attempts to throw a spanner in the works Rikki Fulton keeps an eye on the passengers who include
The Stargazers
Janie Marden
Dennis Wilson , Harold Smart
Bert Weedon
The Show Band Singers
Script by Lewis Schwarz
Production by Leonard Trebilco

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Stapleton
Unknown:
Rikki Fulton
Unknown:
Janie Marden
Unknown:
Dennis Wilson
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Unknown:
Bert Weedon
Script By:
Lewis Schwarz
Production By:
Leonard Trebilco

For Younger Listeners
' Cowleaze Farm ' by Ralph Whitlock
' To Market'
Produced by Mollie Austin
This month is a month of movement in the countryside. The birds and animals are moving about, looking for a place to settle in for the winter. The crops are moved from the fields to safe storage places. Sheep and cows go to fairs and markets, changing farms at the end of the farming year. Even men move from one farm to another at Michaelmas. Very little changes at Cowleaze, though.....
Ralph Whitlock
5.25 For Older Children
First Attempts
Barbara Sleigh introduces young artists making their first broadcast
Pamela Hutchinson (piano)
Anthea Pyke (soprano)
Keith Pearson (clarinet) Heather Thatcher (piano)
Crystal Haste (soprano) and Poems written by children read by Gillian Andrews
Accompanist, Charles Smart

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Whitlock
Produced By:
Mollie Austin
Unknown:
Ralph Whitlock
Introduces:
Barbara Sleigh
Piano:
Pamela Hutchinson
Soprano:
Anthea Pyke
Clarinet:
Keith Pearson
Piano:
Heather Thatcher
Read By:
Gillian Andrews
Pat:
Thea Hanks
Mary:
Mary Harley
Farmer Whitlock:
Ralph Whitlock
Mrs Whitlock:
Phyllis Smale
Joe Tagg:
Victor Fawkes
Bill:
Norman Kendall
Jonas:
Douglas Horner
Tom Gubbins, a lorry driver:
Douglas Leach
Mr Dibben:
George Holloway
Auctioneer:
Ivan Brandt

by Sir Arthur Grimble
The Curse of Nakaa
In which old Eri tells Sir Arthur the story of the great drought and the curse that rested on Ocean Island when he was a young man, and how his grand-children were able to buy a happier future with the money paid by the phosphate company.
(The recorded broadcast of July 31 in the Home Service)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Grimble

Richard Murdoch
John Hanson
Dickie Henderson
Julie Dawn
Reub Silver and Marion Day
The Marilyn Sisters
The Peter Knight Singers
Ron Goodwin and his Concert Orchestra
(Leader, Ralph Elman )
Produced by John Simmonds

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
John Hanson
Unknown:
Dickie Henderson
Singers:
Ron Goodwin
Leader:
Ralph Elman
Produced By:
John Simmonds

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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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