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The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Albert Coates: Toccata (Bach)

The New Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Goossens: En Saga (A Legend) (Sibelius)

The Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Fritz Busch: Helen Awakening, and Funeral March (Egyptian Helen) (Strauss.).

The Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris, conducted by Albert Wolff: Spanish Rhapsody; Prelude a la Nuit; Malaguena; Habanera; Fena (Ravel)

' Racing on the Zambesi'
ERNEST BARRY
This evening Ernest Barry is to describe his first attempt to win the world's sculling championship. The holder was Dick Arnst , the Australian, and they arranged for the race to take place on the Zambesi, South Africa being a halfway house between Australia and England.
It was in 1910, and Barry set out with high hopes of victory. He was already the British champion and the holder of the record of the fastest time from Putney to Mortlake—a record that has never been beaten. He reached Africa and went up country. He and his rival stayed at Livingstone, which in those days had only about 120 white inhabitants. The course was three and a half miles, and the river so infested with crocodiles and hippopotami that the competitors were warned that if either of them swamped, he had better stay in mid-stream until rescued. Barry lost, but two years later over the Putney to Mortlake course, he had his revenge and so won the sculling championship of the world.
Listeners will remember his talk last
January in which he described how he took to the water. He was born on the river. He won Doggetts Coat and Badge when he was twenty-one, and soon found the only sculling he could get was as scratch man in Rum Turn handicaps. His entries were refused for open races all over the country lest he scared other competitors away.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ernest Barry
Unknown:
Ernest Barry
Unknown:
Dick Arnst

Dave Apollon with his Band of Romantic Serenaders
and Nora Williams and Harold Aloma (by permission of the Directors of Streatham Hill Theatre)
Douglas Vine and Algy More with new comedy songs
Lily Morris, comedienne
Muriel George and Ernest Butcher, folk songs and duets
The Orchestra under the direction of Kneale Kelley
The Dancing Daughters (trained by Miss Rosalind Wade )
This is the first Music-Hall programme of the autumn series, and in it the Dancing Daughters are to make their debut. They were chosen with the greatest difficulty from the sixteen Radiolympia Girls who made a big hit at Olympia and went on to Glasgow for the Radio Exhibition there. The eight selected will appear in all the Music-Hall programmes.
Tonight's bill contains many popular broadcast stars, and Dave Apollon, who made his first appearance at the microphone with such success in August, is to appear again tonight with his band of Romantic Serenaders.
He is over here from America on his second visit to London. He is a Russian and naively tells us that he has twenty-five relatives to whom he is devoted. He supports them all and writes to them every week. All the Serenaders are Philippines whom he recruited in the islands. They are a happy crowd, but so sympathetic that if one of them is ill, it upsets them all. On the other hand, if one of them has a bit of good news, the rest are delighted.

Contributors

Musicians:
Dave Apollon with his Band of Romantic Serenaders
Singer:
Nora Williams
Musician:
Harold Aloma
Comedy singer:
Douglas Vine
Comedy singer:
Algy More
Comedienne:
Lily Morris
Singer:
Muriel George
Singer:
Ernest Butcher
Orchestra directed by:
Kneale Kelley
Dance trainer:
Miss Rosalind Wade

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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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