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Use Wolf (soprano)
Martin Iarepp (piano)
In der Fremde; Waldesgespräch ; Mondnacht; Wehmut; Frtlhlingsnacht ; Stille Liebe; Frühlingsamkunft: Frage; Ich wandielte unter den Bäumen ; Aufträge
Recording of the broadcast on Nov. 28. 1960

Contributors

Piano:
Martin Iarepp

RHYTHM AND MELODY
A programme of songs and orchestral music for children between the ages of nine and eleven
Introduced by Gladys Whitred
11.20 ARABIA
ACROSS THE EMPTY QUARTER
Wilfred Thesiger gives a vivid word-picture of the hardships and mode of life of Bedouin tribesmen who accompanied him on his now famous travels across the Rub 'al Khali Desert of Southern Arabia— the notorious ' Empty Quarter '
Schools Geography series
11.40 FIDELIO
A story of tyranny, oppression, and cruelty, with a happy ending.
The story of Beethoven's opera adapted for Intermediate German by Else Johannsen-Wagner

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gladys Whitred
Unknown:
Wilfred Thesiger

RED SUN AND BLUE MOON by James Britton
A series of poetry programmes dealing with everyday experiences-' Every morning the red sun rises warm and bright '—and with the fantastic and impossible-' once in a blue moon.'
2: Believe It Or Not
This programme includes four longer narrative poems, each telling a tall story, and a music-hall song ' Not for Joseph ' to express the feelings of those who reject, or wish to reject, the incredible tale.
Poems include
' The Seven Fiddlers ' by Sebastian Evans , ' The Mermaiden ' by Thomas Hennell , and ' Eddi's Service ' by Rudyard Kipling
Adventures in English series
2.20 SCIENCE AND FOOD
2: Better Soil
The good farmer or gardener is always trying to improve his soil. Why and how does he do this?
Script by F. Le Gros Clark
2.40 THE PRESS GANG
A story of rough and ready recruitment for the Navy in Nelson's day
Script by Zoe Bailey

Contributors

Unknown:
James Britton
Unknown:
Sebastian Evans
Unknown:
Thomas Hennell
Script By:
Zoe Bailey

A monthly programme in which radio is used to link speakers in London and other world centres to exchange views on important issues of common interest
Chairman in London
Robert McKenzie
The subjects dealt with in Radio Link are always topical. They, and the names of the speakers, will be announced shortly before each broadcast.

Seventeenth-Century English Music
Boyd Neel String Orchestra directed from the harpsichord by Thurston Dart
Alman (Simpson) Pavan (Dowland)
The Witty Wanton (Robert Johnson ) Four-note Pavan (Daniel Farrant ) The Temporiser (Robert Johnson ) Passamezzo Pavan. (Phillips) Ayre (Adson)
Coranto: Heigh ho holiday
(Holborne) on a gramophone record

Contributors

Unknown:
Thurston Dart
Unknown:
Robert Johnson
Unknown:
Daniel Farrant
Unknown:
Robert Johnson

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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