Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conductor, E. GODFREY BROWN
HOOTON MITCHELL (baritone)
Borodin's most important orchestral work after his two fine symphonies is the ' symphonic sketch ',- ' In the Steppes of Central Asia '. It was originally written as a musical background to one of a series of historical tableaux vivants shown during the celebrations of the silver jubilee of the Czar Alexander II in 1880. The music illustrates the following scene : ' The silence of the sandy steppes of Central Asia is interrupted by the first sounds of a peaceful Russian song. Then the melancholy refrain of an Oriental song is heard, and with it the tramp of horses and camels. A caravan escorted by Russian soldiers is crossing the immense desert, fearlessly continuing its long journey under the protection of the Russian troops. The caravan proceeds on its way. The songs of the Russians and those of the Asiatics gradually blend together in the same harmony ; their refrains are heard for some time and finally die away in the distance.'

by OSCAR LAMPE

Conducted by F. V. LLOYD
NORMAN WALKER (bass)

Excerpts from William Wallace 's
Maritana-
Artists : Miriam Licette (soprano),
Clara Serena (contralto), Heddle Nash (tenor), Dennis Noble (baritone)

PERCY MANCHESTER (tenor)

'Congregationalists-David Livingstone'
By the Rev. EDWARD Shillito

' Treasures of Old Testament Poetry'
By the Rev. A. C. DEANE
(Canon of Windsor and Chaplain to
H.M. the King)

This is the second broadcast in a new monthly series designed to show the Empire at work through the voices of some of the Empire's workers.
As was the case on January 6, today there will be four speakers, representing very different callings and very different countries.
An ex-governor of a province in the Sudan will talk of his duties there in the dust and heat. Sleeping on the roof, breakfast on the veranda. The office under acacia trees. A native court-the magistrates native elders-in a building of mud and thatch. A hospital, and only one British doctor to serve an area as large as Scotland. A camel race meeting.
A man who has been a lumber-jack will talk of life in British Columbia. Wooden bunk houses. Up at daybreak. Washing in an ice-cold stream. Steaming coffee served by the Chinese camp cooks. Then away by truck to a day's work in the silence of the woods, among trees 200 feet high.
For third speaker, a woman fruit-picker from South Africa. Gingham frocks and an old Dutch farm. Shallow-boxes to hold peaches and plums that are warm with sunshine.
And a fourth speaker, who is to be a surprise.

GERHARDT HUSCH
(baritone)
MARGARET KILPINEN
(pianoforte)

From the Studio
Conducted by the Rev. Father C. C. Martindale , S.J.
Order of Service
Hymn, Soul of my Saviour (W.H. 74) Reading, St. Matthew iv, 23-v, 12 Prayers
Hymn. Praise to the Holiest in the Height (W.H. 56, A. and M. 172)

Section 3—Jesus Christ :
'How He Lived'
The Rev. Father C. C. MARTINDALE,
S.J.
This evening Father Martindale is to give the first of his three talks on the Son of God. ' How He Lived ' (to be given tonight) will be followed by ' How He Died ' (to be given on February 17) and ' How He Conquered' (to be given on March 3). And on March 17 Father Martindale will answer listeners' questions over the microphone.
Letters should be addressed to him c/o the B.B.C., Broadcasting House, London, and envelopes marked in the left-hand corner ' The Way to God'.

Mary Hamlin (soprano)
Relayed from The Park Lane Hotel

At the pianoforte, J. A. Byfield

When Albert Sandler went to the Park Lane Hotel six years ago with all the laurels of Eastbourne fresh upon him, he had a new experience of having to fight an audience. It was a cosmopolitan audience consisting of Americans, Italians, French, Germans, Swiss - in fact, people from every part of the globe.
He had to make them realise that the Park Lane Orchestra was not a mere accompaniment to a pleasant meal or light refreshments, and that concerts at Park Lane were important. The charming little pieces broadcast successfully by many light orchestras meant nothing here - they had not enough character. He had to give them pieces that they had heard in New York, and Paris, and Rome, and Berlin - selections from operettas, musical comedies, overtures, and so forth, with an international flavour and renown.
How well he has succeeded is proved by the fact that the name of Albert Sandler, which was once synonymous with the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, soon became synonymous with the Park Lane Hotel, London, from which he has broadcast monthly ever since he went there. He will be featured in 'People You Hear' in our next issue.