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by Herbert Dawson
Relayed from St. Margaret's, Westmminster
English Programme

St. Margaret's, Westminster, is one of the most famous of the London churches. It nestles close to the Abbey, on the North side. It was founded about the time of Edward the Confessor, but the present building is only about 500 years old. It is the official church of the House of Commons, and more beautiful within than without. The organ is the newest part about the church, and was built in 1897 by Walker, and there are two ways of describing it, one by 'specification', which is - 3 manuals, 48 sp. stops, 14 couplers, elec. bl.; and the other is to say that it has great beauty of tone, blends perfectly with the acoustics of the building, and is never heard to better advantage than in Bach.

Contributors

Organist:
Herbert Dawson

JAN VAN DER GUCHT (Tenor)
THE B.B.C. ORCHESTRA
(Section E)
(Led by MARIE WILSON )
Conducted by JOSEPH LEWIS
MASSENET is better known in this country by Orchestral suites and the bullets and other excerpts from his operas than by the operas themselves. ,Yet Massenet was essentially a composer of opera, and if we British have never taken very kindly to his stage works-with the exception of the very charming Manon -it may be that we have not the same conception of opera as have the French, who clearly distinguish—as we do not-between Grand Opera and Opéra-Comique. But to his straightforward ballet music, or the music of a music-play, as this is, we have always offered a welcome, while his Alsatian and Neapolitan Suites are as popular here as anything of their kind.

Contributors

Tenor:
Jan van Der Gucht
Unknown:
Marie Wilson
Conducted By:
Joseph Lewis

The inner history - for the accuracy of which we vouch - of the recent incredible hostilities between the Republic of Thalia and the Kingdom of Sardonia
An Extravaganza specially written for Broadcasting by L. DU GARDE PEACH
The Cast will include :
LESLIE PERRINS, FRANKLYN BELLAMY, ARTHUR VEZIN, CHARLES MAUNSELL, MARTIN ADESON, ANDREW CHURCHMAN, ROBERT G. RENDEL, HARALD COLONNA, ALLAN WADE, D'ARCY SULLIVAN, ALFRED GRAY, JACK KNIGHT, GLADYS YOUNG, W.E. HOLLOWAY, JOHN CALLIS, ERIC PHILLIPS, W. EARLE GREY, ERNEST Haines, STANLEY VINE, GRETA WOOD, DOROTHY TETLEY, DEERING WELLS, ERIC ANDERSON, A.J. DENTON, BILLIE SINCLAIR, DORIS BLAGROVE, GLADYS TUDOR, ELLEN HARE, RALPH TRUMAN,
WILLIAM DEVEREUX
Produced by HOWARD ROSE

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
L. du Garde Peach
Unknown:
Leslie Perrins
Unknown:
Franklyn Bellamy
Unknown:
Arthur Vezin
Unknown:
Charles Maunsell
Unknown:
Andrew Churchman
Unknown:
Robert G. Rendel
Unknown:
Harald Colonna
Unknown:
Allan Wade
Unknown:
D'Arcy Sullivan
Unknown:
Alfred Gray
Unknown:
Jack Knight
Unknown:
W. E. Holloway
Unknown:
John Callis
Unknown:
Eric Phillips
Unknown:
W. Earle Grey
Unknown:
Ernest Haines
Unknown:
Greta Wood
Unknown:
Dorothy Tetley
Unknown:
Eric Anderson
Unknown:
A. J. Denton
Unknown:
Doris Blagrove
Unknown:
Gladys Tudor
Unknown:
Ellen Hare
Unknown:
Ralph Truman
Unknown:
William Devereux

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About National Programme

National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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