Gramophone records
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Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
' Wear and Tear in Daily Life '
Talks by Canon Stephen McGill , Rector of St. Mary's Roman Catholic College, Blairs, Aberdeen
I-Words can hurt
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The Leighton Lucas Orchestra
Conductor, Leighton Lucas
by Alistair Cooke
Maurice Bevan (baritone)
Henriette Canter (violin)
Charles Spinks (harpsichord)
SCHUMANN
Records of some of his piano music, including movements from ' Carnaval '
Come down. 0 Love divine (BBC H.B.
149)
New Every Morning, page 44 Psalm 139 (Broadcast Psalter) Acts 23, vv. 25-35
0 King enthroned on high (BBC H.B.
158)
The Gerald Crossman Players
'Life in a Tropical Jungle' by David Attenborough
Introduced by L. Harrison Matthews F.R.S.
(The recorded broadcast of March 13)
Menuet sur Ie nom de Haydn Jeux d'eau played by Daniel Wayenberg (piano) on gramophone records
byH. Rider Haggard
Abridged by Jocelyn Bradford
Read by Derek Birch
11 — ' Thunder in the Air'
Commentaries by Rex Alston, John Arlott, and Michael Charlton, with summaries by E.W. Swanton
From Old Trafford, Manchester
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz with Sheila Buxton , Max Geldray
Hugh Lloyd
Rawicz Jon Pertwee and Landauer Jon Pertwee
Presented by Bill Worsley
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First of two talks by Rose Marie Hodgson
Miss Hodgson tells how she and her husband acquired a dilapidated vicarage not far from Canterbury and turned it into a prosperous flower farm.
Second talk: next Monday at the same time
on gramophone records
Further commentary
(Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conductor, John Hopkins
Further commentary
David McCallum
(piano)
by George Bernard Shaw
This extract from a talk given by Shaw in 1934 deals with the threat of war and the future of the Empire. It is interesting to compare his prognostications then with subsequent events and with the situation now.
(Originally broadcast on February 6. 1934)
For Children of Most Ages
' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
(arranged as a dialogue story)
Last episode: The Trial of the Knave of Hearts '
Production by Fenella Scott
Alice was having rather a difficult conversation with the Mock Turtle when, in the distance, she heard cries of ' The Trial's beginning.' The Gryphon seized her by the hand and hurried her off to where the King and Queen of Hearts were seated before a great crowd of little birds and beasts, as well as the Knave, the White Rabbit, and a whole pack of cards.
5.30 For Older Listeners
Adventure in Space
A discussion about Space Travel in which three Fellows of the British Interplanetary Society give authentic answers to your questions about man's great pioneering efforts to achieve the conquest of space
In the chair, L. J. Carter
5.50 The week's programmes
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The marches played by the Band of the Welsh Guards
Conductor, Major F. L. Statham
The waltzes played by the Raeburn Orchestra
Conductor, Wynford Reynolds
See above
Acts 1 and 2
Leonard Isaacs writes on page 4
The Glyndebourne Opera Presents 'Le Nozze di Figaro'
'The Marriage of Figaro'
An Opera in Four Acts
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte: sung in the original Italian
MUSIC BY MOZART
Count Almaviva: Michel Roux
Countess Almaviva: Joan Sutherland
Figaro, the Count's servant: Sesto Bruscantini
Susanna, the Countess's maid: Elena Rizzieri
Cherubino, a page to the Count: Cora Canne-Meijer
Doctor Bartolo: Ian Wallace
Marcellina, his former housekeeper: Monica Sinclair
Don Basilio, a music teacher: Hugues Cuenod
Antonio, a gardener: Gwyn Griffiths
Barbarina, his daughter, Susanna's cousin: Jeannette Sinclair
Don Curzio, a lawyer: Daniel McCoshan
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Chorus-Master, Peter Gellhorn)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Leader, Arthur Leavins)
Conducted by Vittorio Gui
Continuo, Joseph Horovitz
Chief coach, Jani Strasser
7.30-9.5
ACT 1 A room in the Count's palace
ACT 2 The Countess's boudoir
9.20-10.45
ACT 3 A hall in the palace
ACT 4 The palace gardens
FROM THE OPERA HOUSE, GLYNDEBOURNE before an invited audience
Acts 3 and 4
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