From page 75 of ' When Two or Three
Address by The Right Hon. J. H. Thomas , Secretary of State for
Dominion Affairs
Relayed from
The New Horticultural Hall
Acts IV and V of Massenet's Opera
' Manon'
Cast
CHORUS and ORCHESTRA of The Opera-
Comique
Conducted by ELIE COHEN
The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alfred Hertz : Ballet Music, Le Cid (Massenet)
by ROBERT HEAD
Relayed from St. Mary's Cathedral,
Edinburgh
Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by H. FOSTER CLARK
SAMUEL SAUL (baritone)
Rubinstein (pianoforte) : Mazurka in C minor, Op. 56, No. 3 (Chopin)
Lula Mysz-Gmeiner (contralto) : Up there on the hill (Mahler) ; During the Ball, Op. 38, No. 3 (Tchaikovsky)
Huberman (violin) : Romanza Andaluza (No. 3, Spanische Tänze—Spanish Dances) (Sarasate) ; La Capricieuse (Elgar)
Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone) : Ich liebe dich (I love you) (Strauss) ; Frilhlinglsgange (Spring will 'come) (Schubert)
Rubinstein (pianoforte) : Impromptu in A flat, Op. 90, No. 4 (Schubert)
Leader, FRANK THOMAS
Dance Music
BESSIE RAWLINS (violin)
REGINALD PAUL (pianoforte)
Conducted by GREGOR J. GRANT
Directed by Henry HALL :
including Weather Forecast and Bulletin for Farmers
GERALD HEARD
ALISTAIR COOKE
Handel Celebration
Under the direction of EDWARD J. DENT , Mus.B., Professor of Music in the University of Cambridge
Harpsichord Suites
Played by ALICE EHLERS
Suite in G minor i. Overture; 2. Andante; 3. Allegro; 4. Sarabandc; 5. Gigue; 6. Passacaglia
by THE B.B.C. CHORUS
Conducted by JOSEPH LEWIS
Listeners are invited to join in the singing of popular songs and choruses
Held in The Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co., Ltd)
Eva Turner (soprano)
Mahry Dawes (soprano)
Parry Jones (tenor)
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Principal violin, Charles Woodhouse
Conducted by Sir Henry Wood
Wagner Programme
Part I
God Save the King
Orchestra:
20.00 Overture, Tannhauser
Parry Jones and Orchestra:
20.15 Lohengrin's Farewell (Lohengrin)
Orchestra
20.24 Prelude, Act III (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg)
Dance of the Apprentices
Procession of the Mastersingers
Homage to Sachs
Eva Turner and Orchestra:
20.43 Elizabeth's Greeting (Tannhauser)
Orchestra:
20.52 Song of the Rhinedaughters (Gotterdammerung)
Eva Turner, Mahry Dawes, Parry Jones and Orchestra:
21.04 Love Duet, Act II (Tristan and Isolda)
Orchestra:
21.25 Siegfried's Journey to the Rhine (Gotterdammerung)
This is the opening night of a two weeks' series of Winter Proms at Queen's Hall, London, from which four concerts in each week will be relayed to listeners. A complete purvey of the programmes for this short but very welcome season is given on page 1071 of this issue.
Tickets can be obtained from [address removed]; and usual agents. Prices (including Entertainments Tax) : 7s. 6d., 6s., 5s. (reserved), 3s. (unreserved), Promenade (payment at doors only), 2s.
including Weather Forecast and Forecast for Shipping
Directed by HENRY Hall
A Programme recording Great Britain's transition from the Old
Year to the New
Big Ben
The Year in Retrospect
The New Year is winging its way towards us from the East. Already it has reached Australia, Asia, and a minute ago, Central Europe. Here in Great Britain, the Old Year has still one hour to run, and we have just time to recall some of the events, grave and gay, great and small, which it will carry away with it into the past.
A Watchnight Service from Winchester
Cathedral
Farewell to the Old Year
Hymn, Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven (A. and M., 298)
Short Address by The
Very Rev. E. G. SELWYN , D.D., Dean of Winchester
Prayers
Hymn, Take my life and let it be
(E.H., 582)
The Bells of London
Auld Lang Syne
-and a Happy New Year
The programme devised and produced by FELIX FELTON
THE B.B.C. DANCE ORCHESTRA
Directed by HENRY HALL