From ' When Two or Three', page 66

Lady MUIR
(Scottish Regional Programme)

Leader, Frank Thomas
Esther Cooper Jones (Contralto)
Purcell Attwood (Violoncello)
(From Cardiff)

An Orchestral Concert
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Julius Priiwer ; Overture, Beautiful Galathea (Suppe). The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lawrence Collingwood : Pavane and Passepied (Le Roi s'amuse) (Delibes). The Berlin
State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Weissmann: Slav Dance No. 3 (Dvorak). The Berlin State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Alois Meli char: Concert Waltz, Op. 47 (G/azounor). The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty : Symphonic Poem, lfussia (Batakitev). Société des Concerts de Conservatoire, conducted by Piero Coppola : March Joyeuse (Chabrier).

Directed by John Bridge
(North Regional Programme)

SASCHA LASSERSON (Violin)
LONIE BASCHE (Pianoforte)

Directed by Guy Daines
(Scottish Regional Programme)

MENDELSSOHN'S STRING QUARTETS
Played by THE INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET:
Andre Mangeot (Violin); Walter Price (Violin); Eric Bray (Viola); Jack Shine bourne (Violoncello)
Quartet No. 1, in E flat (Op. 12)
1. Adagio non troppo, allegro non tardante; 2. Canzonetta : Allegretto ; 3. Andante espressivo; 4. Molto allegro e vivace
In addition to a posthumously published String Quartet in E flat (an early work), two movements of an unfinished quartet, and two odd movements (capriccio and fugue), Mendelssohn wrote six string quartets, all of which show the composer's wonderful melodic fertility and mastery of form. The three selected for this week's ' Foundations ' are No. 1 in E flat, Op. 12 ; No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13; and No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2. The E flat and E minor Quartets are very straightforward in design, for each is based on the ordered principles of the classical masters. The A minor Quartet, which was actually written two years before the E flat (1827), is not, perhaps, on such a high level of attainment throughout. An interesting feature, however, is the use of the tune ' Is it True ? ', one of Mendelssohn's own songs, which opens and ends the work, and the second subject of the first movement also appears again in the last movement.

Mr. G. K. CHESTERTON

Commander STEPHEN KING-HALL

' As Others See Us '—A Foreigner

EILEEN HANNEVIG (Soprano)
PARRY JONES (Tenor)
THE B.B.C. ORCHESTRA
(Section E)
(Led. by MARIE WILSON )
Conducted by CHARLES WEBBER

as ' Scrooge' in 'A Christmas Carol'
Seymour Hicks needs no introduction to listeners, especially in the part of Scrooge, which he has acted in a play of that name on and off since 1901, including it in his repertoire when he toured Australia in 1924. In this new radio version of A Christmas Carol, the complete story is given, and it will be repeated in tomorrow's London Regional programme.

. SYDNEY KYTE and his BAND, relayed from The Piccadilly Hotel
(Shipping Forecast at 11.0)