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Jean Mackie (piano)
Prelude and Fugue in A major
Prelude and Fugue in F major
French Suite No. 1, in D minor
Prelude and Fugue in B major
First in a series of twelve programmes, to include all the French and English Suites and Book 2 of the Well-tempered Clavier.

Contributors

Piano:
Jean MacKie

Donald Holms discusses with Robert Spencer and Eric Ennion the information on migration, speed of flight, and longevity gained from the ringing of birds Produced by Jeffery Boswall

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald Holms
Unknown:
Robert Spencer
Unknown:
Eric Ennion
Produced By:
Jeffery Boswall

A spontaneous discussion by Frank Byers
Anthony Wedgwood Benn The Bishop of Crediton Jill Knight
Travelling Question-Master, Freddy Grisewood
Arranged by Michael Bowen From the Memorial Hall, St. Mawes, Cornwall
Recording of last Friday's broadcast in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Byers
Unknown:
Anthony Wedgwood Benn
Arranged By:
Michael Bowen

Edward Darling (tenor) Viola Tunnard (piano) John Williams (guitar) Aeolian String Quartet
Sydney Humphreys (violin) Robert Cooper (violin) Watson Forbes (viola) Derek Simpson (cello)
Produced by David Stone

Contributors

Guitar:
John Williams
Violin:
Sydney Humphreys
Violin:
Robert Cooper
Viola:
Watson Forbes
Cello:
Derek Simpson
Produced By:
David Stone

Stuart Hibberd introduces Phyllis Webber to talk about ' Growing up with a handicap ' Phyllis Webber has been in a spinal chair since childhood and now is Principal of a school of speech and drama.

Contributors

Introduces:
Stuart Hibberd
Unknown:
Phyllis Webber
Unknown:
Phyllis Webber

or Meet the Voder by Stanley Watkins
One of the early attempts to produce a machine which would simulate talk was the Voder, exhibited at the New York World's Fair in 1939. Mr. Watkins was in charge of it and of the girls who spent a year learning to operate the keys and pedals that controlled its 'voice.' He plays some recordings of the Voder and tells (simply) how it worked.

Contributors

Speaker:
Stanley Watkins

Janacek
Mladi (Youth), for wind sextet played by the Portia Wind Ensemble
Mary Ryan (flute and piccolo) Rosemary Wells (oboe) Thea King (clarinet)
Daphne Down (bass-clarinet)
Deirdre Dundas-Grant (bassoon) Valerie Smith (horn)
Conductor, James Verity
Recorded broadcast of December 12, 1961, in the Third Programme

Contributors

Oboe:
Rosemary Wells
Bass-Clarinet:
Daphne Down
Bassoon:
Deirdre Dundas-Grant
Horn:
Valerie Smith
Conductor:
James Verity

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

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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