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Frederick Riddle (viola)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
The Surprise Box' tells the story of Nini, a little girl, too poor to have any Christmas presents of her own, who is comforted on Christmas Eve by a wonderful dream. In it she is given a beautiful box of coloured crystal out of which dance all sorts of pantomime characters. We meet in turn Nini herself, a sailor, Pierrette, a masquerader jingling his sleigh-bells, a peasant, the King and Queen of Carnival, a vagabond, a strange one-footed Brazilian fairy called Sacy-Perere, and a crowd of merrymakers M.W

Contributors

Viola:
Frederick Riddle
Leader:
Paul Beard
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson

For Children of Most Ages
' The Small Brown Mouse '
A story by Janet McNeill read by Derek Bailey
Piano solos played by Havelock Nelson
5.20 For Older Children
' This Year of Grace '
An illustrated calendar for 1957
R. T. Brooks looks forward to some of the events of the New Year and shows, with readings and recordings, how each month can contribute to the pattern of the year with Dulcie Morrell and Geoffrey Banks (readers)
Produced by Herbert Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Brown Mouse
Story By:
Janet McNeill
Read By:
Derek Bailey
Played By:
Havelock Nelson
Unknown:
Dulcie Morrell
Produced By:
Herbert Smith

Vilem Tausky
The BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, William Armon )
With
Marion Studholme
Alan Loveday and The Linden Singers
Conductor, William Llewellyn invite you to listen to a programme of music for the early evening
Produced by Neil Sutherland

Contributors

Leader:
William Armon
Unknown:
Marion Studholme
Unknown:
Alan Loveday
Conductor:
William Llewellyn
Produced By:
Neil Sutherland

A dramatised anthology by Louis MacNeice
Since the time of Homer and in many countries, entertainment-good, bad, and indifferent-has been provided by wandering minstrels and storytellers, including such varied types as the medieval goliard and the Irish travelling man. Today, inevitably, this race of artists has dwindled, yet it is still represented in England by the buskers.
In this programme buskers in the persons Of BILL AND WYN CUTLER, well known in the streets of London, are used as a modern link and chorus in the long chain of history and poetry.
Production by Louis MacNeice

Contributors

Production By:
Louis MacNeice

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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