in a programme of French Music

Directed by John MacArthur
(From Glasgow)

Wagner: No.4
The Berlin State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Carl Muck:
Overture, The Flying Dutchman
Elizabeth Ohms (soprano), Senta,Theodore Scheidl (baritone), Dutchman, with Orchestra conducted by Julius Prüwer:
Versank ich jetzt in wunderbares Traumen (Lost am I in wonderful dreams) (The Flying Dutchman)
The Philadelphia Symphony Orchesitra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski:
Prelude, Act III, Die Meistersinger
Margarete Baumer (soprano), Brünnhilde, Reimer Minten (tenor), Siegfried, with Orchestra of The Berlin State Opera House:
Final Duet, Act III, Siegfried, Heil die Sonne (Sun, I hail thee !)
Since being imprisoned within a ring of flame by Wotan, her father, in the last act of The Valkyrie, Brünnhilde has lain in a deep sleep waiting for the hero above all heroes who should defy the flames and release her from her enforced bondage. The last scene of the opera, Siegfried, concerns Siegfried's finding of Brünnhilde on her rock, her awakening, their rapturous greeting, and the musically magnificent duet, so eloquent of the majesty of the god-descended creatures who sing together of their love.
To descend, however, to the human side of this lovely operatic episode, listeners who know also Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, written to celebrate the birth of his own son, Siegfried, will recognise in that most exquisite work themes that figure in this love duet and are taken from it to symbolise a father's joy and pride in his newly-born child.

with DON CARLOS (tenor)

Directed by John Bridge
FLINTOFF MOORE (baritone)

Joan and Betty's Bible Story
By E. R. APPLETON (West Regional
Director)
'The Story of St. Paul and the Unknown God '
(From Cardiff)

by G. D. CUNNINGHAM
From The Concert Hall, Broadcasting
House
In his early years Elgar held the post of organist, succeeding his father, at St. George's Church, Worcester. He had not until recently, however, written anything of importance for the organ beyond this Sonata. It was composed, as many of Elgar's works have been, for an occasion-the visit of some American musicians to Worcester Cathedral in July, 1898. In later years he wrote a second, which is, naturally, a work of much greater maturity. Some of its material has been drawn from another recent work, - The Severn Suite'.

I-John Knox
By the Very Rev. W. P. PATERSON, D.D.
(From Edinburgh)
Little is known of the early life of the great Scottish refonner and historian, and even the date of his birth is in dispute. It is recorded that in 1547, the year after the murder of the Archbishop of St. Andrews, John Knox was preaching there a fully developed Protestantism.
In the summer of that year, St.
Andrews yielded to the French fleet, and Knox, among others, lay in irons for nineteen months. Upon his release he was appointed a licensed preacher of the new faith for England. He wa3 made a Royal Chaplain, he declined an English Bishopric, and in 1554 went into a five years' exile abroad.
He returned to Scotland and preached publicly and incessantly. The treatise he had published, ' The Monstrous Regiment of Women ', stood for a time in the way of friendly relations with England on account of Elizabeth, but they were achieved. With two others, he was responsible for drafting the Scots Confession which remained for two centuries the authorised Scottish Creed.
Today's talk will tell of his life and achievements, of his struggles with Mary Queen of Scots, of his visit to England at the request of the Assembly, and of his victory when the Parliament of 1567 made Moray Regent. Knox died in 1572. His countrymen have always believed that Scotland owes her political and religious individuality to him more than to any man.

Conducted by PETER MONTGOMERY
MAY TURTLE (soprano)
The six ' Pomp and Circumstance' Marches are prefaced with some lines from a poem, ' The March of Glory ', by the late Lord de Tabley, which opens :
' Like a proud music that draws men to die
Madly upon the spears in martial ecstasy.
A measure that set heaven in all their veins
And iron in their hands.'
Ernest Newman tells us that ' Elgar's idea was to treat the soldiers' march symphonically-to blend the practical and the artistic in one by making the March in every way adapted for marching purposes, while not sacrificing any of the qualities required for performance in the concert room.

Literature—72
The Augustan Age at Rome
The Aeneid of Virgil
Read in the translation of James Rhoades and in the original Latin by RONALD WATKINS

From the Studio
Conducted by the Rev. W. PATON , Secretary of the International Mi ssionary
Council
Order of Service
Hymn, Immortal, invisible, God only wise (E.H., 407; S.P., 535) frayer
Lesson, Ephesians ii, II—iii, 12 ' Prayer
Hymn, The God of Love my Shepherd is (E.H., 93; S.P., 653)
Address by the Rev. WILLIAM PATON ,
M.A.
Hymn, Love Divine, all loves ex- ' celling (E.H.,437; A. and M., 520)
Blessing Carissima......Elgar

An Appeal on behalf of The Commons, Open Spaces and Foot Paths Preservation Society, by Sir William Beach Thomas, K.B.E.
The Commons, Open Spaces, and Footpaths Preservation Society is a national organisation whose work is more than ever necessary today. It was founded in 1865 to protect the commons round London (Wimbledon Common, Hampstead Heath, Banstead Downs, Epping Forest, and many others) from enclosure and building.
These would almost certainly have been lost to the public but for the Society.
Since then its work has extended to the preservation of public interests over commons and open spaces and field-paths in the whole of England and Wales, and hundreds of thousands of acres and innumerable rights of way have been saved by its efforts. No one who is taking holiday in the country or by the sea needs to be told how necessary such rights are for outdoor enjoyment and recreation, and those who respond to the appeal will in fact be helping to secure for themselves the freedom of the countryside. The Society can only carry on and extend its work through donations from sympathisers.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
(Daventry)

(London National will radiate the London Regional Week's Good , Cause, North National the North Regional Week's Good Cause, and Scottish National the Scottish Regional Week's Good Cause. West National will close down from 8.45 to 8.50)

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General News Bulletin
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(Section C)
(Led by LAURANCE TURNER )
Conducted by JOSEPH LEWIS
TOM BURKE (tenor)
Friedrich von Flotow was born in Germany a year before Wagner, and died within ii few days of him. He wrote a number of operas, of which Martha and Stradella are the best known. Martha became famous all over the world, particularly so in England, where the impression that it was almost an English opera, has stuck. Stradella, on the other hand, though it had great success in Germany, was a dead failure in London, and was never even produced in Paris. The overture, however, is very often played.
Flotow was much in Paris, the early part of his artistic career was spent there, and later in life he returned and was elected a member of the Institute.
The Dance of the Tumblers is taken from The Snowmaiden, an opera heard in London quite recently. Festival is at its height in the realm of the Snow-maidens ; it is the first day of Spring, and bridal pairs have assembled to receive the King's blessing. Tumblers are engaged to amuse them.
Mannin Veen, which had its first performance early last year, is based on Manx folk-songs. The first, ' The Good Old Way ', is an old and typical air written mostly in the Dorian mode. The second tune, which introduces the lively section of the work, is a reel, ' The Manx Fiddler '. The third tune, ' Sweet Water in the Common ', relates to the old practice of summoning a jury to decide questions connected with water-courses, boundaries, etc. The fourth is a fine old hymn, ' The Harvest of the Sea', sung by the fishermen as a song of thanksgiving after their safe return from the fishing grounds.

(For details, see page 466.)