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Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Air Letter from Australia: sent by GEORGE SHELDON
Suicide among Students: a report by ANNE EDWARDS
Links in a Chain: which stretches from AILSA GARLAND through HARRY SECOMBE. RoseMARY SUTCLIFFE , JOHN NEVILLE , and MARY BIGNAL. RAND to LOUlSE DUNN

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
George Sheldon
Unknown:
Harry Secombe.
Unknown:
Mary Sutcliffe
Unknown:
John Neville
Unknown:
Mary Bignal.

A request programme of gramophone records
Abegg Variations, Op. 1 (Schumann)
ABBEY SIMON (piano)
Two Bulgarian Folk Songs
Boris CHRISTOFF (bass)
ALEXANDRE LABINSKY (piano)
Paganini Study No. 3 in G sharp minor (La Campanella) (Liszt)
GARY GRAFFMAN (piano)

Contributors

Piano:
Abbey Simon
Bass:
Boris Christoff
Piano:
Alexandre Labinsky
Piano:
Gary Graffman

The Navy League's annual ceremony in Trafalgar Square, London
Address by the Commandant-General, Royal Marines Lt.Gen. Sir Malcolm Cartwright-Taylor, K.C.B.
Service conducted by The Rev. Austen Williams, Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Assisted by the Honorary Chaplain the Sea Cadet Corps, The Rev. Kenneth Loveless, V.R.D. R.N.V.R.
Music by the Band of the Junior Wing, Royal Marines School of Music
Under the direction of Captain P.A. Sumner, R.M.
The scene described by Brian Johnston

Contributors

Speaker:
Sir Malcolm Cartwright-Taylor
Service conducted by:
The Rev. Austen Williams
Assisted by:
The Rev. Kenneth Loveless
Musicians:
The Band of the Junior Wing, Royal Marines School of Music
Musical Director:
Captain P.A. Sumner
Commentary:
Brian Johnston

Symphony No. 9, in 0 minor
Recording of a concert given on October 15 at the opening of the new Berlin Philharmonic Hall.
GUNDULA JANOWITZ (soprano) SIEGLINDE WAGNER (contralto) LUIGI ALVA (tenor) OTTO WIENER (bass)
CHOIR OF ST. HEDWIG'S CATHEDRAL., BERLIN
RIAS CHAMBER CHOIR
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
This recording, made available by courtesy of Sender Freies. Berlin. is a contribution to the Radio in Europe series.
See page 14 followed by an interlude

Contributors

Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan

A highwayman serial written in six parts by MARGARET POTTER with DAVID PEEL as Philip Bellinger and GEOFFREY MATTHEWS as The Highwayman 2: The Alibi Produced by TREVOR HILL
Originally broadcast in 1959

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Potter
Unknown:
Philip Bellinger
Unknown:
Geoffrey Matthews
Produced By:
Trevor Hill

Overture: The Secret Marriage (Cimarosa)
ORCHESTRA OF LA SCALA, MILAN Conducted by NINO SANZOGNO
Flute Concerto No. 2. in D major (K.314) (Mozart)
ELAlNE. SHAFFER (flute)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by EFREM KURTZ
Symphony in C major (stravinsky)
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA Conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Nino Sanzogno
Flute:
Elalne. Shaffer
Conducted By:
Efrem Kurtz
Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet

Mendelssohn
Quartet in D major, Op. 44 No. 1
Theme and Variations; Scherzo
(Four Pieces, Op. 81) played by the † Dartington STRING Quartet
Colin Sauer , Peter Carter
Keith Lovell , Michael Evans
Fourth of thirteen weekly programmes including some of Mendelssohn's chamber music, piano music. and songs
Piano music played by George Malcolm : October 30

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Sauer
Unknown:
Peter Carter
Unknown:
Keith Lovell
Unknown:
Michael Evans
Played By:
George Malcolm

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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