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NORTHERN ORCHESTRA
(Leader, Alfred Barker )
Conductor, T. H. Morrison
The popular ballet of the Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda takes place oh the staee in the Palace of Alvise, a Lord of the Inquisition. At the end of the ballet Alvise draws back the curtains to disclose to the horrified' guests the apparently lifeless body of his wife Laura, who. he is persuaded, has deceived him.

Contributors

Leader:
Alfred Barker
Conductor:
T. H. Morrison

'Beethoven'
D. F. TOVEY , Mus.Doc.(Reid Professor of Music, Edinburgh University)
(From Edinburgh)
Professor Tovey's keyboard talks on Beethoven's pianoforte Sonatas are undoubtedly one of the most interesting and illuminating series of music talks that have been broadcast. Professor
Tovey takes the unique standpoint that sonata music is more dramatic than theatre music, and this idea has been his principal theme in the discussion, of the significance of Beethoven's sonatas.
Last week Professor Tovey dealt with Beethoven's enormous extension of the range of tonality, or harmony on a large scale, and the difference between modulations that mystify and modulations that define, and the consequences of these differences in dramatic expression. This evening Professor Tovey will give further illustrations of Beethoven's power of climax in harmony, and the mystery, humour, and tragedy implied in the music.

Contributors

Unknown:
D. F. Tovey

The Foundations of English Music
Under the direction of Sir RICHARD RUNCIMAN TERRY
Songs of Sundry Natures by William Byrd (1589)
Sung by THE WIRELESS SINGERS
Songs to Six Voices.
1. Behold, how good a thing (i part) 2. And as the pleasant morning dew
(2 part)
3. And think ye, nymphs (r part)
4. Love is a fit of pleasure (2 part)
5. If in thine heart thou nourish will 6. Unto the hills

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Richard Runciman
Unknown:
William Byrd

by HAROLD KELLY
Characters
Three or four schoolboys, a servant, four or five cowboys. GEORGE CROSS, MACDONALD PARKE , CYRIL HAY and REGINALD KEEL
Scenes :
1865. Hyde Park
1875. Drawing-room of Severn's
Town House
1875. In the grounds of Sherborne
School
1878. Foyer of Opera House 1878. Elizabeth's bedroom
1883. Bunkhouse of the ' Stroke'
O.P. Ranch, Texas
1885. Drawing-room of Severn's
Town House
1900. Drawing-room of Severn's
Town House
1930. No. 6 in the Home for Indigent Aged Gentlewomen
1930. Top-floor back room, No. 6 the Street
Production by HOWARD ROSE

Contributors

Unknown:
MacDonald Parke
Unknown:
Cyril Hay
Production By:
Howard Rose
John Wilborough:
John Clements
Elizabeth Severn, the girl:
Joan White
Elizabeth Severn, the woman:
Gladys Young
Frederick Severn, Elizabeth's father:
Henry Morrell
Anne Severn, Elizabeth's mother:
Janet Eccles
Charles Severn, Elizabeth's brother:
Anthony Pendrill
Harriet nurse- maids:
Josephine Shand
Jane nurse- maids:
Ann Trevor
Robert Denning:
Hubert Gregg
Gabriel Davenport:
Dennis Astell
Lord Westbury ('Scrubby'):
Wilfred Fletcher
Eileen Purcell, daughter of ranch owner:
Florence McHugh
Marion Holbrook, Elizabeth's friend:
Gwendolen Evans
Mrs Baden:
Grace Edwin
Paddy:
Denis O'Neil

(Section E)
(Led by MARIE WILSON )
Conducted by KEITH DOUGLAS
Keith Douglas, whose first broadcast as a conductor this is, has been for some years Honorary Secretary of the Royal Philharmonic Society, a particularly onerous post. He has been for years conductor of the Bradford City Orchestra and has appeared on the rostrum with the Halle Orchestra. He is, too, an experienced conductor of opera and this season will see him as a conductor with the Carl Rosa Company. This arrangement for concert orchestra of Delius's ' Walk to a Paradise Garden', from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is by Keith Douglas. Sali and Vreli, the unhappy Romeo and Juliet of the opera, go to a neighbouring fair, for the moment happy in each other's company. Anxious to be wholly alone, they leave the fair and walk to the Paradise Garden, which is the name of an Inn close by. The music describes their walk, and though the opera ends in tragedy, this little journey passes in serene and happy communion.

Overture, The Bartered Bride - Smetana
The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet) - Delius, arr. Douglas
Ballet, The Seasons 1. Winter; 2. Spring; 3. Summer; 4. Autumn - Glazounov

Contributors

Unknown:
Marie Wilson
Conducted By:
Keith Douglas

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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