Bright and cheery music on records
Albert Marland and his Rococo Orchestra
listeners may be puzzled at the us< of the word ' Rococo ' in connection with music. True, in the accepted sense, the word means florid and over-embellished and is usually applied to certain eighteenth-century architecture and furniture. As long ago as 1920, however, it began to creep into the musical language and has come to mean very much the same as ' Baroque,' which itself has a very close affinity with the original rococo style.
Thus Albert Marland 's Rococo Orchestra sets out to play all sorts of music in a style which one associates with a bygone age, and it is done by the introduction of Jle most unexpected instruments for a modern orchestra — harpsichord and mandolins — which, with the blend of strings and three flutes produces one of the most novel and interesting sounds on the air today. This unusual musical programme can be heard every Sunday morning for the next six weeks. Edward Nash
with Therese Denny as hostess, introducing
A woman in the news
Some practical advice from Bernard Wetherall and Ambrose Heath
Dr. Doris Odium, President of the Medical Women's Federation
McDonald Prain with some musical memories of isles and islanders
Joan Downey with a memory of turning turtle on a coral island
Hubert Gregg presenting a second episode from ' Three Men in a Boat' by Jerome K. Jerome
Recalling the music that brought fame to:
Peggy Wood , Mary Ellis
Frances Day , and Richard Tauber
The songs sung by : Victoria Elliott (soprano)
Billie Baker (soprano) Robert Thomas (tenor)
BBC Midland Light Orchestra
(Leader, Frank Thomas )
Conductor, Leo Wurmser
Script written by Dick Richards Introduced by Richard Maddock
Produced by John Tylee
Songs from the Stars this week brings us the tunes of Noel Coward and Ivor NoveHo in excerpts from Bitter Sweet, Glamorous Night, and The Dancing Years and in contrast to these some of the songs-mainly by Franz Lehar—which the late Richard Tauber used to sing. In addition there will be a memory or two of Frances Day.
by the Royal Military Band
Conducted by Capt. R. van Yperen and the Choir Mastreechter Staar Conducted by Martin Koekelkoren
Introduced by Brian Matthew and John van der Steen
Blessed are the people who have the Lord for their God (Psalm 144)
God's Plan for a Great Nation
Service from Holy Trinity Church, Hampsteiad. Conducted by the Rev. D. W. C. Ford
Reader, Alvar Lidell
Organist, Leslie Ruse
From London, the tunes you have asked us to play. From Germany, the tunes that make them think of you
In London, Jean Metcalfe
In Hamburg, Christopher Howlond
' The Voice of Variety ' with the BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
with Alan Breeze and Doreen Stephens
Script by Clem Bernard Produced by Glyn Jones
on gramophone records
Last week he visited Birmingham and met some of the people visiting the British Industries Fair
The visitors were offered the freedom of the BBC's record libraries to choose a past broadcast or a recording of their favourlte artist or orchestra
A recorded programme produced by PhyHis Robinson
with Jack Golden at the piano
Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Paul Fenoulhet Produced by John Simrmonda
London v. Northern Ireland
Sixth of eight contests
London
Hubert Phillips
Cedric Cliffe
Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale
Northern Ireland
Ronald Green James Boyce
Quiz-Master, Gilbert Harding
with Benny Lee
Pearl Carr , Ronald Fletcher
by Flotsam at the piano with the help of records
(Third Series)
26—' Wedding Bells' with Barbara Lyon , Richard Lyon
Hugh Morton , Horace Percival
Doris Rogers , Molly Weir
David Enders
A summary of events of the past week
The End of the Twenties
Written and compiled by Leslie Baily
Produced by Howard Agg
The pages turned by Carleton Hobbs
Introducing: the recorded voices of Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd Rt. Hon. Margaret G. Bondfleid
Ishbet MacDonald , J. B. Priestley
Peggy Wood , Stanley Holloway
In company with: Blanche Fothergill , Noel Hood
Ysanne Churchman , Deryck Guyler
Roger Snowdon , Charles Mason
Jon Farrell , John Gabriel
Paul Martin , Maurice Jones
Harold Reese , Will Kings
Conductor. Alec Redshaw
Organist, J. S. Robson
Lord, I would own thy tender care
(Tune, St. Leonard)
When all thy mercies, 0 my God
(Tune, Abridge)
Lord in thy name thy servants plead
(Tune Lincoln)
Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts
(Tune. Wareham)
Angel voices (Tune, Angel voices)
For the beauty of the earth (Tune,
Dix)
To thee our God we fly (Tune, Crofts
148th)
God is a stronghold and a tower
(Tune, Ein' feste Burg)
Life through a port-hole as seen by Jon Pertwee with Bob and Alf Pearson
Lee Lawrence , Dora Bryan
Julie Andrews , Bernard Spear and Freddie Sales as Skipper
This week's guest star:
Terry-Thomas
The Mitchell Mariners
Ray Terry 's Crewmen
Conducted by Phil Cardew
Script by James Grafton and Peter Griffiths
Additional material by John Vyvyan
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
Stanley Black at the piano
Christian hymns, their music, and their meaning
0 God of Bethel (Tune. Salzburg)
All creatures of our God and King
(Lasst uns erfreuen)
God of mercy. God of grace (Tune,
Heathlands)
A programme of melody introduced and played by Sandy Macpherson at the BBC theatre organ
on gramophone records
