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FROM THE STUDIO Address by the Rev. G. E. SOUTHALL (of Saltley
Wesleyan Church)
Hymn, Glory to Thee. My God, this Night '
(English Hymnal, No. 267)
An Appeal on behalf of the Birmingham and District Social Service League by Mr. ARNOLD BUTLER
NEWS; Local News
The Station Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Lewis
Bach's Cantata Sleepers, Wake is a long fantasia on an old 'chorale' tune of worship, well known in his day, called 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' ('Awake, the Voice is Calling'). The tune appears again and again in the Cantata, each time with a new embroidery of musical phrases about it, either sung by the choir or played by the Orchestra.
Sound an Alarm is one of the classic solos for Tenors of the heroic build. 'Against the valiant Gorgias, who brings his proud victorious bands to root out Israel's strength,' Judas Maccabaeus summons his country to war - 'Sound an alarm; your silver trumpets blow.' This was such an opportunity as Handel loved, as we may guess from his fine stentorian phrases for the voice and the fanfares of the accompaniment.
