Jonah Barrington introduces your request records
Andrew Fenner at the BBC theatre organ
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What's on Today
Interviews, talks, and discussions with and about today's personalities and events; and a commentary on the opening overs in the Fourth Test Match at the Oval
Introduced by Franklin Engelmann
Edited by Angus Mackay
Conductor, Mansel Thomas
England v. New Zealand
First Day
Today's commentators:
Rex Alston
John Arlott
Roger Blunt and Arthur Gilligan
Summary by E. W Swanton at 1.30 app.
From the Oval
Ivy Benson and her Girls' Band
From Butlin's Holiday Camp. Flley
at the BBC theatre organ
Conductor, David Curry
England v. New Zealand
First Day
Further commentaries
BBC Variety Orchestra (Leader, George Deason ) Conductor, Rae Jenkins with Janet Davis and the Chorus ,
Introduced by Franklin Engelmann
England v. New Zealand
First Day
Further commentaries
(Commentaries continued)
including football results
Scottish League: A review of the opening matches of the season by Alan Breck
International Athletics: Jack Crump reports on the triangular match between England and Wales. Scotland. and Ireland
Preview: W. J. Hicks looks ahead to the new Football League season which opens next Saturday
Talking Sport: Alan Hoby on topics of the moment
Edited by Angus Mackay
Introduced by Peter Wilson
England v. New ZealandFurther commentaries
Tom Jenkins plays popular light pieces written or transcribed for the violin
Piano interludes by Mantle Childe
including cricket close of play scores
Edna Hobson (soprano)
Colin Horsley (piano)
George Thalben-Ball (organ)
London Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, George Stratton)
Conducted by Basil Cameron
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
Part 1
The theme of Rachmaninov's Rhapsody is the one used by Brahms for his two sets of variations for piano solo, Op. 35. Rachmaninov gives us twenty-four continuous variations, and an interesting point is that after a brief introduction the first variation is heard before the statement of the theme. In the course of the work a version of the Dies Irae is introduced. It may not at first be apparent that the wonderfully ingratiating and romantic variation in D flat, which sounds so characteristic of Rachmaninov, is merely an inversion of the Paganini theme, transposed into the major.
Robert Irwin (baritone)
Part 2
Handel's organ concertos were written primarily for himself to play during the intervals of his oratorio performances; and they were designed for instruments tighter in weight than those in use today, and without pedals. Consequently many of them have been adapted in various ways to modem needs. The Concerto to be played tonight was arranged by Sir Henry Wood. It is known as the Hallelujah Concerto because of the opening theme of what in the original version was the first movement, but has been transferred by Sir Henry to the end. The second movement, an Andante, is taken from the Overture to Berenice.
When he was in Rome in 1880 Tchaikovsky wrote to Nadezhda von Meek to say that he had made a rough sketch of an Italian Caprice based on popular tunes. ' I think il has a bright future.' he added; 'it will be effective because of the wonderful melodies I happened to pick up. partly from published collections, and partly out in the streets with my own ears.' The Caprice does in fact begin with a cavalry bugle-call, which Tchaikovsky heard every evening in Rome while he was staying at an hotel that was next to the barracks of the Royal Cuirasseurs. The work, which js brilliantly orchestrated, was completed in Russia, where, no doubt, distance lent an added enchantment to the Italian scene. Harold Rutland
Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra
From the Aquarium Ballroom,
Brighton
10.50 Geraldo and his Orchestra
From the Empress Ballroom,
Blackpool
11.25 Lou Preager and his Orchestra
From the Hammersmith Palais-de-Danse. London
