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By 'Taffrail'
'Taffrail' comes to the microphone to tell how the' fish one sees in the shops and on the table is caught, and where it comes from. As a trawler skippor to whom he talked remarked: 'People ashore who complain about the price of fish little know how it's been caught at the risk of chaps' lives and limbs.' In this and the three talks that follow, one of the most popular writers of sea stories will do his best to remove their ignorance.

London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham : Overture, The Silken Ladder (Rossini); Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon) (Handel). Frank Titterton (Tenor): How vain is Man (Judas Maccabaeus ) (Handel); Where'er you walk (Scmcle) (Handel). The Orchestra of The State Opera House, Berlin, conducted by Dr. Stiedry : Italian Serenade (Hugo Wolf , arr. Max Reger ). Rachmaninov (Pianoforte) and The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokovski : Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. IS (Rachmaninov); Second movement, Adagio sostenuto; Third movement, Allegro scherzando. London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Landon Ronald : Theme (Andante con moto) and Variations (Tchaikovsky).

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Tenor:
Frank Titterton
Unknown:
Judas MacCabaeus
Unknown:
Hugo Wolf
Unknown:
Max Reger
Conducted By:
Leopold Stokovski
Conducted By:
Sir Landon Ronald

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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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