A reading for Sunday morning from ' The Westminster Pulpit '
Vol. 9-a collection of the sermons preached by G. Campbell Morgan
An extract from the sermon on ' Ambitions ' .
Reader. Hugh Dickson
Forecast for land areas
An up-to-the-minute guide for your listening and viewing
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader. William Armon )
Conducted by Alexander Gibson t
Forecast for land areas
Marjorie Anderson introduces:
A Day into Two: introducing the views of married women
The Changing Pace: Miss E. J. D. Morrison talks about being old
In Partnership:Maxand Elizabeth Robertson
Mrs. Giovanna Thompson , who describes her work
A request programme of records
Festival Polonaise (Svendsen): Danish
State Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erik Tuxen
Cowkeeper's Tune (Grieg):
Boyd Neel String Orchestra conducted by Boyd Neel
Symphony No. 3 (Sinfonia espansiva)
(Nielsen): Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Frandsen
Conducted by Sir Gerald Barry
Book: Pamela Hansford Johnson
Art: J. M. Richards
Film: Freda Bruce Lockhart
Theatre: Eric Keown
Radio: Stephen Potter
Forecast for land areas. followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region
Edited and introduced by James Fisher
Bird-watchers from six continents gathered earlier this month at Helsinki for the twelfth International Ornithological Congress. James FISHER introduces recordings made by some of the distinguished visitors, including Salim Ali of India and Finnur Gudmundsson .of Iceland, and also of a rare bird visitor to Finland, Blyth's reed warbler.
Guy MOUNTFORT tells of the birds he saw during an excursion to Kuusamo, a place of wild and grand scenery on the Arctic Circle, breeding place of such rareties as the broad-billed sand piper, crane, and rustic bunting.
Produced by Jeffery Boswall
Records of some of the young singers now making the headlines in opera
Presented by Cedric Wallis
This week:
Anita Cerquetti and Franco Corelli
Heather Harper (soprano)
John Mitchinson (tenor) Bruce Boyce (baritone)
BBC Midland Chorus
BBC Midland Orchestra
(Led by Stanley Browne )
Conductor, Gerald Gentry
PART 1: HAYDN
Summer (The Seasons)
Crusader for British music
Introduced by Robert Waller
Shortened version of the programme originally broadcast in the Midland Home Service on May 5 on the occasion of the composer's eightieth birthday
PART 2: RUTLAND BOUGHTON
Scena from The Immortal Hour
Soprano, baritone, and women's chorus.
The Moon Maiden: Three Folk Dances
Opening chorus from The Lily Maid,
Act 2
For Children of Most Ages
' The Flood' from
' Stories from the Bible ' by Walter de la Mare told by David
' And the Lord God said to Noah: "Behold, I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a token of an everlasting covenant between me and thee and all that come after thee, that never more shall there be a flood to destroy the earth where the life that I have created hath its dwelling." '
5.20 For Children of All Ages
Hymns of the North
R. T. Brooks introduces recordings made on a visit to some places associated with popular hymns and hymn tunes
Illustrations sung by the choir of St. Andrew's Parish Church
Chilton Moor, County Durham
Produced by Herbert Smith
Forecast for land areas. followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region
A summary of events of the past week
Reginald Leopold and the Palm Court Orchestra
This evening's visiting artist,
Thomas Round
by Alistair Cooke
Nature's Technique of Creation by Sir Gavin de Beer, F.R.S. Director of the British Museum
(Natural History)
This week sees the centenary of one of the greatest contributions to human thought-the communication to the Linnean Society in London by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace of their theory of the origin of species by natural selection. In his talk, Sir Gavin examines the theory in the light of a hundred years of subsequent scientific development.
A British tradition of voluntary service to the sick as seen through foreign eyes
With recordings of doctors, hospital staffs and patients, and members of the National League of Hospital Friends
Written and narrated by Marianne Helweg
Jesus said: ' Feed-my sheep '
Ezekiel 34, w. 11-16
Psalm 23 (Broadcast Psalter) St. John 21. w. 1-19
Disposer supreme (BBC H.B. 226) Acts 4, v. 13
followed by late weather forecast for land areas