(From Birmingham)
(Soloist, Leslie Lewis)
DOROTHY McBLAIN
(The Girl who whistles in her throat)
APRIL PENDARVIS (Contralto) DAVID HUTCHISON (Tenor)
(From Birmingham)
' Swagger and Swimming,' by Barbara Sleigh Songs by AUNTIE RUBY , UNCLE LAURIE and HORACE OF Nottingham
' Pioneers, Oh ! Pioneers-The Phoenician Seaman,' by Margaret M. Kennedy
(From Birmingham)
PATTISON'S SALON ORCHESTRA, directed by Norris STANLEY
Relayed from the Cafe Restaurant, Corporation
Street
(From Birmingham)
THE Birmingham STUDIO AUGMENTED
ORCHESTRA
Leader, FRANK CANTELL
Conducted by JOSEPH LEWIS
Scenes from Planquette's Light Opera
(From Birmingham)
THE Birmingham STUDIO ORCHESTRA and CHORUS
Conducted by JOSEPH LEWIS
THE tale of this opera centres round the old miser Gaspard, one of the most vividly and strongly-drawn characters in the whole range not merely of comic opera, but of opera itself. He has been left in charge of his absent master's estate, and-of his infant daughter. Taking it for granted that his master will never return, he brings the daughter up as though she were his own niece. Ho hoards his master's money in the deserted chateau, inventing an elaborate scheme of ghostly figures to keep the villagers away. from it. His master does return, however, and the old man's two-fold secret is discovered; according to the old legend, the bells of the chateau ring out at the master's return, and the opera ends with the traditional wedding festivities.
Jack Hylton's Ambassador Club Band, directed by Ray Staritra; from the Ambassador Club