(Daventry only)
(Daventry only)
VERA DEVNA (Mezzo)
GERALD NODlN (Baritone)
CHARLES SOUPER (Flute)
ANNIE CHADWICK (Soprano)
EDITH GUNTHORPE and CECIL BAUMER (Duets for two pianos)
MARBLE .ARCH PAVILION ORCHESTRA
From the Marble Arch Pavilion
ites-VIII, Lorna Dcone ,' by R. D. Elackmore
TODAY Miss Ann Spice will talk of a book that has kept its place in the favour of the reading public much better than some of those which she has previously discussed. ' 'Lorna Dcone '. was. published in 1869 and its charm has not waned since ; in fact, it is safe to say that its characters-the delightful Lorna and her simple John Ridd , the subtle Counsellor and the savage Carver, bold Tom Faggus and his faithful Winnie-and its unique settings on the moors, are very nearly as well known now as they were fifty years ago.
Glimpses of Italy
Selections from Italian Composers by the Olof Sextet.
The Story of 'Nan and Cecchino' (Eleanor Farjcon).
'In Italy ' with Elizabeth Lucas
Gramophone Recital, arranged by Mr.
WATER-DIVINING is one of the superstitions that have justified themselves and developed into sciences. The man with the' hazel twig which gives such clear indication of the presence of subterranean water is known throughout the countryside. Serious business firms do not now disdain to call in the services of the professional diviners, of whom Mr. Tompkins is one. Listeners who remember his previous talk from London some time ago will be glad to hear more of his interesting lore this evening.
BEETHOVEN'S SONGS
Sung by GEORGE PARKER (Baritone)
Dick Turpin was hanged at York in 1739, and it was not until eighty years later that John McAdam published his famous book on roads, which made his name synonymous with good road-paving for a century more. Indeed it is only during the last few years that concrete and such materials have begun to replace on main roads the macadam which in years of lighter traffic had served Britain so well. When Turpin rode to York asphalt and macadam and wood-blocks were unknown ; cobbles or granite setts were the rule in towns, and an unpredictable natural product encountered the man who ventured off the turnpike roads, outside. It was no uncommon event then for men and horses alike to become completely enmixed. Mr. Beales, who gives this talk on the roads of England two centuries ago, is well known as a lecturer at the London School of Economics and to the W.E.A.
THE WIRELESS ORCHESTRA,
Conducted by HAYDN WOOD
MEGAN THOMAS (Soprano)
REX PALMER (Baritone)
HAYDN WOOD , the well-known composer and , string player, is a Yorkshireman (born in 1882). Ho studied the Violin and Composition at the Royal College of Music (under Arbos and Stanford, respectively) and under the Violinist, Cesar Thomson , at Brussels. For a good many years ho toured the Empire with Albani.
A String Quartet of his won one of the prizes offered by Mr. W. W. Cobbett. Ho has written also aPianoforteConcerto, a Suite, Variations, etc., but perhaps he is best known through the considerable number of tuneful and pleasant ballads which stand to his name and which have attained great popularity.
ORCHESTRA
Overture, ' A May Day '
A Brown Bird Singing
Bird of Love Divine (with Violin Obligato)
Variations on a once popular humorous song
Ship o' Mino
The Sea Road (from ' Threo Sea Songs '
: Suite, ' Three Famous Pictures'
The Village Wedding and The Doctor (Luke Fildes ); The Laughing Cavalier (Franz Hals )
I think of you, my sweet It is only a tiny garden
Two Entr'actes : ' Heather Bells ' ; 'Thistle. down'
Town and Country Casey the Fiddler
A Southern Rhapsody, ' Virginia '
FOR the artistic education of a nation it is not enough to provide museums; they must be made readily accessible and attractive to ordinary people. Sir Robert Witt has every right to talk on this subject, for nobody in tho
.. country has done more to make pictures accessible to those who want to see them, without being art students in the technical sense. Besides being a Trustee of the National Gallery and of the Tate, and Chairman of the National Art-Collections Fund, and the National Loan Collection Trust, he is a member of the present Royal Commission on our national museums and galleries. Ho also runs a valuable museum of reproductions at his own house in Portman Square.
CLAPHAM and DWYER (Entertainers)
CORAM (Ventriloquist)
ESTHER COLEMAN (Contralto)
HEX EVANS and CICELY DEBENHAM
(Entertainers)
AMBASSADOR CLUB BAND, from the Ambassador's Club