Introduced by George Elrick

Peter Keane at the BBC theatre organ

Falkman and his Apache Band

Conductor, Haydn Morris

Commentaries on the start of the race by Raymond Baxter , Robin Richards , and John Bolster
From the R.A.C. Silverstone Circuit

Conductor, Haydn Morris
(Continued)

and his
Balalaika Orchestra with Fisher Morgan (bass)

Commentaries on the end of the one-hour race by Raymond Baxter , Robin Richards , and John Bolster
From the R.A.C. Silverstone Circuit

A summer holiday programme
Edited by Lionel Gamlin
Saturday Showboat
A summer holiday concert with Billy Mayerl and the Rhythm Players
Yvonne Arnaud
Alfred Marks
Community singing with Joan Young

What's on today
Interviews, talks, and discussions with and about today's personalities and events
1.15 Cricket
Surrey v. Lancashire
Hampshire v. Yorkshire
Commentaries by Brian Johnston from the Oval, and E. W. Swanton from the United Services Ground, Portsmouth
Introduced by Geoffrey Peck
Edited by Angus Mackay

Conductor, David Curry

Heat 2
Commentaries on the end of the second heat by Raymond Baxter , Robin Richards , and John Bolster

Surrey v. Lancashire
Hampshire v. Yorkshire
Further commentaries

and his Accordion Band

Further commentaries

Commentary by Raymond Glendenning on the second half of the match.
From the Dell, Southampton

Sid Phillips and his Band
Introduced by Denis Preston

(Continued)

35-lap Final
Commentaries on a few laps towards the end of the race by Raymond Baxter , Robin Richards , and John Bolster

including football results
Special reports on: Association Football: Arsenal v. Tottenham Hotspur, by W. J. Hicks; Newcastle United v. Everton, by A. T. Davies: West Bromwich Albion v. Stoke City, by Teddy Eden
Scottish League: Jameson Clarke on today's outstanding matches
Athletics. Jack Crump reports from Brussels on the European Championships
Motor Racing: A commentary by Raymond Baxter and Robin Richards on the last lap of the International Race for the Daily Express Trophy at Silverstone
Talking Sport: Bill McGowran on topics of the moment
Introduced by Cliff Michelmore
Edited by Angus Mackay

Further commentaries

and his Band

including cricket close of play scores

Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)
Cyril Smith (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, David Wise)
Conducted by Basil Cameron
From the Royal Albert Hall, London

During the present century Elgar, Vaughan Williams , Ireland, and Walton have all found musical inspiration in what the poet William Dunbar described as ' the flower of cities all.' John Ireland, like Elgar, presents London in overture form, but his vision of the great city is less cocksure than that of his Edwardian predecessor. The opening of his overture reminds us that nothing is more unfriendly than a city in its solitary hours of darkness, but with the merry bustle of daylight these fears are forgotten as we hear the bus conductor's cheery cockney cry of '-dilly. Piccadilly' which echoes in the main theme.
Dukas' 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' is based on a ballad by Goethe of which the moral - 'a little learning is a dangerous thing' - is only too evident. The apprentice has learned a few useful spells, intending to employ them during his master's absence. The opportunity occurs, and soon the lazy apprentice is only too successful in bewitching a broom to draw water, and the magician's cave becomes flooded. The counter-spell is forgotten, and so the frightened apprentice cleaves the broom in half, only to discover that there are now two water-carriers instead of one. At the climax of terror and confusion the magician returns, incants the counter-spell and restores order.

Each of us places his own interpretation on the 'Don Juan' legend. Strauss, in his symphonic poem, follows the poet Lenau, who conceives the Don as an idealist rather than as a profligate, always in search of perfection in womanhood. Thus, though Juan is ever driven forward towards conquest, it is clear that disillusion will follow even at the moment of possession. Strauss translates this idea into music by the use of rondo-form, which expresses, as can no other artistic means, the constant pursuit of the ideal, followed by its equally constant frustration.

in which Leonard Cassini , at the piano, helps him to recall the sights and sounds of many places all over the world they like to remember
6—Spain

Part 2
There is a Hungarian proverb that if anyone sneezes, the story he tells is true. Hary Janos , being a professional braggart, begins his tale with an orchestral sneeze, after which no one is surprised to learn of his adventures, even including the ignominious defeat of Napoleon. Hary would undoubtedly have been a boon companion of Baron von Munchhausen.
Of Ravel's Bolero it is only necessary to record that the composer has forestalled highbrow critics by describing his piece as ' a quarter of an hour of orchestra without music.' Julian Herbage

Lew Stone and his Orchestra
Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band
The Johnny Paradise Orchestra with the Mermaids