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Relayed from The Royal Albert Hall
Speeches by The Chairman, The Lady Denman, C.B.E., and Professor Gilbert Murray

The big change which has come over village life in England since the War is due in no small measure to the success of the Women's Institute movement. There are now 4,863 of these institutes in the villages of England and Wales, devoted to the social and educational welfare of country-dwelling women of all classes and types. The members - over 296,000, all told - meet at their own centres at least once a month for friendly intercourse, lectures on music and handicrafts, and an exchange of views on all topics of interest to women, from housing problems to raspberry jam. All this has led to a widening of horizons, a heightened sense of citizenship, and a new bond between the women of each village and ultimately - through this National Federation - between the women of the entire country.

Contributors

Speaker:
Lady Denman
Speaker:
Professor Gilbert Murray

GERTRUDE JOHNSON
(Soprano)
THE B.B.C. LIGHT
ORCHESTRA
(Section E)
(Led by F. WEIST HILL)
Conducted by VICTOR HELY -
HUTCHINSON
WEBER composed the Aufforderung zum Tanze for pianoforte solo in 1819, and, calling it a Rondo brillant, intended it for a virtuoso concert piece. It is that, of course, but it is also as fine an example of the true Viennese waltz as has ever been written and, reckoning only those that have come down to us, practically the earliest. Moreover, it has other qualities, and Berlioz who had a great admiration for Weber's music, was quick to realize them. It is, in its way, a tone poem, and lends itself to interpretation in a story. Consequently, Berlioz, who liked music to tell a story, scored it for orchestra almost as an act of homage and ensured for it a perpet ual youth. Later, Weingartner, also a master of orchestration, scored it again and doubled its popularity ; while in recent times the Russian Ballet have fitted to it an entrancing little terpsichorean romance, such as might have been in Weber's mind when he wrote the music, calling it The Spectre of the Rose.

Contributors

Soprano:
Gertrude Johnson
Unknown:
F. Weist
Conducted By:
Victor Hely

' Portrait Painting '
A Dialogue between Mr. STANLEY CASSON and Mr. EDWARD HALLIDAY
THIS dialogue lives up very closely to the general title of the series, for on this occasion it takes the form of a conversation between an artist and his sitter. Throughout the discussion Mr. Halliday will be at work upon a portrait-drawing of Mr. Casson. This will afford him a unique opportunity of explaining his methods in detail, as well as his views on art in general. Mr. Halliday, who studied art at Liverpool, Paris, and the Royal College of Art, was the winner of the coveted Prix de Rome for Decorative Painting in 1925. Probably his best-known portrait is that of Lord Darling, which caught the approving eye of the critics at the Royal Academy of 1929. This work is on loan at present to the Leeds City Art Gallery, where it is being exhibited with particular reference to this talk.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr. Stanley Casson
Unknown:
Mr. Edward Halliday

National Programme Daventry

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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