Alex McCrindle introduces your request records

Peter Keane at the BBC theatre organ

Reynolds Payne and his Orchestra

Conductor, David Curry
Irish Airs

Conducted by Major S. Rhodes , M.B.E.
Director of Music
From the Parade Bandstand. Worthing

with Walter Fitzgerald and Denis O'Dea
From the R.K.O.— Walt Disney production of Robert Louis Stevenson 's story
Adapted from the novel and edited from the sound-track by Desmond Carrington
6- Pieces of Eight'
Programme presented by Thurston Holland

Edited by Lionel Gamlin
Saturday Showboat
A summer holiday concert with Billy Mayerl and the Rhythm Players
Felix Felton at the piano
Luton Girls' Choir
Conductor, Arthur E. Davies

Interviews, talks, and discussions with and about today's personalities and events, including previews of English and Scottish League football and of the St. Leger, which is being run at Doncaster this afternoon
Introduced by Geoffrey Peck
Edited by Angus Mackay

Conductor, Rae Jenkins with Pamela Petts

and his Sextet with Alys Sherry (soprano)

and his Orchestra

The St. Leger
Commentary on the race by Raymond Glendenning and Richard North , assisted by Claude Harrison and Maurice Ring as race-readers
From Town Moor. Doncaster

at the BBC theatre organ

(piano)

Tottenham Hotspur v. Manchester United
Commentary by Alan Clarke on the second half of the match, with summaries by Charles Buchan
From White Hart Lane, Tottenham

Light music string ensemble directed by Max Jaffa
Peter Haysom and Alan Wayne at two pianos

including football results
Football League: Bolton Wanderers v. Sunderland, by Henry Rose ; West Bromwich Albion v. Portsmouth, by James Gibson ; Cardiff City v. Bury. by Bernard Taylor ; and Southampton v. Leeds, by Arthur Vickerage
Scottish League: Harry Hoggan on today's outstanding matches
Racing: Extracts from today's commentary on the St. Leger
Motor Cycling: preview by Graham Walker of next week's Manx Grand Prix in the Isle of Man
Talking Sport: A discussion on topics of the moment
Introduced by Geoffrey Peck
Edited by Angus Mackay

presents
Josh White in the story of his life and songs
Introduced by Dennis Preston
followed by Jazz Juke-Box
A short programme of gramophone records
: Producer, Johnnie Stewart

Melodies for all moods on two pianos

on football

Victoria Sladen (soprano)
Edith Coates (contralto)
James Johnston (tenor)
Gordon Clinton (baritone)
Bernard Steel (baritone)
Eileen Joyce (piano)
Royal Choral Society
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent
From the Royal Albert Hall, London

Overture: The Bartered Bride...Smetana

7.40 app. A Song Before Sunrise...Delius

7.48 app. Piano Concerto in A minor...Grieg

8.19 app. Finale, Act 2 (Aida)... Verdi
Aida: Victoria Sladen
Amneris: Edith Coates
Rhadames: James Johnston
Amanasro: Gordon Clinton
King of Egypt and Ramphis: Bernard Steel

Eighty years ago, Verdi was asked by the Khedive of Egypt to write an opera for the opening of Cairo's new opera house. There could hardly have been a happier choice of libretto than that of Aida recalling, as it does, the glories of ancient Egypt and providing a moving and essentially human story. Verdi's eloquent music matched the splendour and pathos of the drama in every way, and Aida was a triumphant success.
Aida, an Ethiopian princess, was taken captive during one of Ethiopia's recurrent wars with Egypt. Her high rank remained undiscovered, but her beauty and gentle bearing were noticed by the Pharaoh, who gave her to his daughter Amneris, as slave. Amneris treated her more as sister than servant until she discovered that they both loved the same man, Rhadames, the captain of the Guard. The finale of the second act of the opera brings a scene of great splendour with Rhadames, head of the conquering Egyptian army, leading his warriors home in triumphal procession. Among the Ethiopian captives Aida recognises her father, the king. Rhadames pleads for the release of the prisoners. This boon is granted, but to his dismay, for he loves Aida, and to Aida's horror, a further royal favour is bestowed - he is promised the hand of Amneris.
(Harold Neden)

Herbert Lom takes you on an "Enchanted Journey" 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.
(BBC recording)

Part 2

The log of the Crossett family's journey by car from Germany to the Mediterranean by Bob Crossett speaking from Hamburg
10—Home Again

from London, Stockholm and Frankfurt
Cyril Stapleton 's Orchestra in London is joined by Thore Erling 's Orchestra in Stockholm; and in Frankfurt by Harry Willing's Mad Monsters and Kurt Edlehagen and his Orchestra
Produced in collaboration with Radiojanst and the American Forces Network, Frankfurt