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A Running Commentary by R. C. LYLE
Relayed from
Town Moor Racecourse, Doncaster (Copyright. See notice on page 30)
There are five classic races in the year all confined to three-year olds: the 2,000 Guineas, run over a mile at Newmarket; the 1,000 Guineas, for fillies only, run over the same course ; the Derby, run over I mile 4 furlongs 5 yards at Epsom; the Oaks (for fillies only), run over the same course ; and today's race run over 1 mile 6 furlongs 132 yards at Doncaster.
Whilst it is only possible for colts to win three of the classics, or the Triple Crown, it is possible for fillies to win the five, for they are entitled to run in all. This feat was very nearly brought off by Bob Sievier 's peerless mare Sceptre in 1902, when she won the 2,000 Guineas, the 1,000 Guineas, the Oaks, and the St. Leger.
If H.PL Aga Khan wins today s race with Bahram, the unbeaten son of Blandford Wilt. have achieved what no other horse has achieved since 1903 when Rock Sand won the Triple Crown. It is true that three horses have won it since then-Pommern in 1915, Gay Crusader in 1917, and Gainsborough in 1918, but these were war years and all the classics were run at Newmarket.

Contributors

Commentary By:
R. C. Lyle
Unknown:
Bob Sievier
Unknown:
H.Pl Aga Khan

Leader, BERTRAM LEWIS
Conducted by JULIUS HARRISON
Solo violin, EDA KERSEY
Relayed from The Pavilion,
Bournemouth
Of all Sibelius's symphonies, with the possible exception of the third, the fifth is the most straightforward and the most orthodox in material and design-even though there are only three movements in place of the usual four, and no slow movement at all. The music is Sibelius at his most melodic, most genial, and least complex. Highly personal as everything Sibelius writes is bound to be, the fifth symphony is one which strikes the note of spontaneous beauty before that of profundity.

Contributors

Leader:
Bertram Lewis
Conducted By:
Julius Harrison
Violin:
Eda Kersey

Grand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Frieder Weinman : Potpourri -Poor Jonathan (Millocker, arr. Romer)
The Light Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Clarence Raybould : Miniature Suite (Eric Coates , arr. Fletcher)-Children's Dance ; Intermezzo ; Scene du bal (Ball Scene)
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted byAlois Melichar : Caucasian Sketches (Ippolitov - Ivanov)—In the Mountain Pass ; In the Village; In the Mosque

Contributors

Unknown:
Frieder Weinman
Unknown:
Poor Jonathan
Conducted By:
Clarence Raybould
Unknown:
Eric Coates

Gaumont-British Film by SIDNEY GILLIATT , G. H. MORESBY-WHITE
and EMLYN WILLIAMS
Radio Version by LANCE SIEVEKING
Perhaps you remember the film ? On a certain Friday the Thirteenth a t
London bus swerves suddenly to avoid a falling crane. In doing so it crashes into a shop window. Several of the passengers are badly injured; two are killed.
We are shown the lives of each of those passengers throughout the day that has just passed, and see how it was that each of them came to be on the bus. ' Some will call it pure chance. Others may see in the fate of the passengers the hand of Providence.'
There is an article by Lance Sieveking on page 10.
'Friday the Thirteenth' toill be repeated in the Regional programme on Friday at 8.0

Contributors

Unknown:
Sidney Gilliatt
Unknown:
G. H. Moresby-White
Unknown:
Emlyn Williams
Unknown:
Lance Sieveking
Unknown:
Lance Sieveking

ANTHONY COLLINS (viola)
KATHLEEN COOPER (pianoforte)
Richard Walthew was a pupil of Parry and Stanford. He has written a great deal of music of all kinds, but chamber music has been his chief interest. In 1907 Mr. Walthew was appointed Professor of Music at Queen's College, and two years later became conductor of the South Place' Orchestra, a post he still retains.

Contributors

Viola:
Anthony Collins
Pianoforte:
Kathleen Cooper
Unknown:
Richard Walthew

Relayed from The May Fair Hotel
11.0 11.45
London National only (261.1 m.)
TELEVISION
(low definition) By the Baird Process
OLIVE GROVES (soprano)
MORGAN DAVIES (baritone)
CYRIL SMITH (pianoforte solos)
DAISY KENNEDY (the well-known violinist)
LYDIA SOKOLOVA

Contributors

Soprano:
Olive Groves
Baritone:
Morgan Davies
Pianoforte:
Cyril Smith
Unknown:
Daisy Kennedy
Violinist:
Lydia Sokolova

National Programme Daventry

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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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