By E. G. POWER-BIGGS
From St. Mary-le-Bow
KATHLEEN RODDY

ORCHESTRA
MARIA MAROVA
(Russian Folk Songs)
DAVID OPENSHAW and MURIEL STEVENS
(Light Comedy Entertainers)

(From Birmingham)
' The White Moth,' by Agnes Taunton
Songs by PHYLLIS LONES (Mezzo-Soprano)
SIDNEY HEARD (Flute and Piccolo)
' Let's Prepare for Cricket,' by Maurice K. Foster

(From Birmingham)
THE BIRMINGHAM STUDIO ORCHESTRA
Conducted by FRANK CANTELL

Act I
Relayed from the Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden
LOHENGRIN was produced by Liszt at
Weimar in 1850, while Wagner was a political exile from his own country, and the work at once made a profound impression. Its story is linked up with that of Parsifal ; at the end of the work Lohengrin tells the people that he is
Parsifal's son, and a. Knight of the Grail: he came to them from that mystic realm far from the common haunts of men, where the sacred emblem is guarded. Its aloofness from the world, its ethereal atmosphere, are set before us at once in the very beginning of the Prelude-a beautiful instance of Wagner's skill in presenting an illusion by tone qualities alone. The action of the first act is briefly this : Germany is invaded by Hungarians and the King, Henry the Fowler, has come to Antwerp to recruit his armies. He finds the Dukedom of Brabant claimed by lelramund. Godfrey, the rightful heir, has vanished and his sister Elsa is accused by Telramund of having murdered him. The King summons her, so that her case may be tried by combat between Telramund and a Knight who will stand forth for her. None of those present offers himself.
She describes a dream in which a mysterious champion appeared to her, and asks that he may come to her aid. With sound of trumpet a herald calls him, and down the river there comes a boat drawn by a swan, bringing a Knight in silver armour. Before doing battle for her, he asks for her hand in marriage, laying it down as a condition that she must never ask who he is nor whence he came ; if she does, he must leave her. She agrees, and he fights with Telramund, overcoming him utterlv. At
Lohengrin's request Telramund's life is spared, and he is condemned to banishment. The King joins Elsa's and Lohengrin's hands, and the Act ends with rejoicing.

by Louis RÉE and MADAME RÉE
(Duets for Two Pianofortes)

Sonata in D for Two Pianofortes - Mozart Allegro con spirito ; Andante ; Allegro molto
Turkish March - Beethoven, arr. Louis Ree
My Lady Lavender (A Minuet of Olden Time) - Leo Peter, arr. Louis Ree
The Juggler (A Humoresque) - Kenneth A. Wright, arr. Louis Ree
March of the Marionettes - Louis Bée
Prelude and Fugue - Jean Vogt

(From Birmingham)
EDITH JAMES (Songs at the Piano)
JACK VENABLES and WALTER RANDALL (Syncopated Pianoforte Duets)
LESLIE WESTON (Entertainer)
THE OLD TIME SINGERS
DENIS O'NEIL (in Irish Song and Story)
PHILLIP BROWN 'S DOMINOES DANCE BAND

Teddy Brown and his Band from Ciro's Club