S.B. from Manchester
THE BESSES 0' the BARN BAND
Conducted by FRED ROYLE (Soloist, W. RUSHWORTH> ) (Soloist, W. WHITESIDE> )
from
ST. JOHN'S, SMITH Square, WESTMINSTER
(Conducted by The Rev. Canon C. S,
WOODWARD)
Hymn, 'Hark the Glad Sound and M...
'No. 53 ;English Hymnal, No. 6)
Prayers ; The Magnificat Lesson-St. Luke i, 26-33 The Creed ; Prayers
Hymn, ; Jesu, good above all others' (English
Hymnal, No. 598)
Address by the Rev. Canon C. S. WOODWARD.
,
M.C. Hymn , ' Once in Royal David's City' (A. and M., No. 329; English Hymnal, No. 605)
The Blessing
(John Bunyan )
'The Valley of Humiliation and the Valley of the Shadow of Death '
'ARG'RE DICH, 0 SEELE, NICHT'
(' VEX THYSELF my SPIRIT, NAUGHT') ')
S.B. from Glasgow
Part
I. LEONARD GOWINGS (Tenor)
ROBERT BURNETT (Baritone)
GLASGOW STATION Choir and Orchestra Conducted by HERBERT A. CARRUTHERS
Relayed from
Chester Catbedial
S.B. from Manchester
THE BELLS
Hymn, ' Tho King of Love my Shepherd is '
(A. and M., No. 197) Prayers :
The Collect for Advent Sunday
A Prayer for the Sick and Suffering Thanksgiving for Mercies
Scripture Reading, Isaiah, Chapter Iv
(By THE CATHEDRAL and VOLUNTARY Choirs)
Address by the Lord Bishop of Chester , the Rt-
Rev. HENRY LUKE PAGET ,
D.D. Hymn , ' Abide with me, fast falls the eventide '
(A. and M., No. 27)
Organ Voluntary by J. T. HUGHES , Organist of the Cathedral
Appeal on behalf of King Edward's Hospital Fund by The Lord Chancellor (The Rt. Hon.
Lord HAILSHAM)
IN 1897, King Edward VII (then Prince of Wales) founded what is now the King
Edward's Hospital Fund for London as a central fund for collecting, by means of subscriptions, donations, and legacies, additional funds for the hospitals of London. The fund now distributes annually no less than £250,000 to 140 hospitals in and around London, and its unique knowledge of the circumstances of the different hospitals enables it to distribute money entrusted to it to the best possible advantage.
Contributions should be sent to [address removed]
EDA KERSEY (Violin)
THE WIRELESS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader, S. KNEALE KELLEY
Conducted by AYLMER BUESST
(Conducted by the COMPOSER)
THE four movements of this suite are ' Impressions' on poems by Theophile Gautier , and extracts from the poems stand at the head of the four movements.
The first movement is : Summer, ' Lovely is the country in summer; all Nature rejoices and each virginal flower bids one good-day with its friendly nodding head.'
Autumn, 'Not a leaf stirs, not one bird sings; far on the evening horizon summer lightning vibrates.'
Winter, ' The bird has fled, the leaf has fallen, love is dead because it is winter. Little bird, come and sing above my tomb when the trees are once more green.'
Spring, 'Spring is returning ; the first of . the roses, half-opened, laughs at the first day of sun. The happy earth opens and all things rejoice.'
AFTER three introductory chords, the notes of which must be borne in mind as forming a kind of ' motto,' the first theme enters at the third bar, a soaring tune which flows along irresistibly. The theme is set forth in Brahms' massive and important vein, and only after a lengthy elaboration of it does the second theme appear—another flowing melody with more of sprightliness in its character.
There are two main themes in the slow movement, the first of which, beginning on the woodwinds, forma the basis for free variations very much after the manner of Beethoven's slow movements. The other theme appears first on clarinet and bassoon, but its place in the movements has not the importance given to the first.
In place of the customary schprzo, the third movement is a delicate and rather grey-toned Allegretto in the unexpected key of C Minor. It is so far a Scherzo in form that there is a section corresponding to the usual ' Trio;' it is entrusted mainly to the woodwinds.
The first principal theme of the last move. ment is heard at the opening very softly, on strings and bassoons, and afterwards appears in a more elaborate form Then the strings and the winds together give us a new and solemn theme in A Flat Major, the second main subject, in C Minor, growing out of this in the most natural way. It is a joyous theme, played by Horns and 'Cellos in unison, afterwards by the violins and woodwinds. There is still one other important theme with a characteristic syncopated accompaniment. The movement is elaborated with great resource and much freedom, and at the close, listeners will hear a hint of the motto from the beginning of the first movement, as well as a reminder of its first subject.
THE GREAT SUFFER '
