Conductor, WILLIAM FOSTER
ALBERT BILBROUGH (baritone)
(From North)
by FRANK LAFFITTE Frank Laffitte was born at Bromley in 1901. He received his first piano lessons from his mother at the tender age of four-and-a-half. At thirteen he played before Safonov, the distinguished Russian conductor, who was so impressed that he proposed to take Laffitte back to Russia as his pupil. But the War made this impossible and Laffitte went to the Guildhall School of Music, where he won a scholarship and the Gold Medal. In 1920 Laffitte won great success with the playing of two concertos under Sir Landon Ronald at a Queen's Hall symphony concert. During the next few years he appeared as soloist on several occasions at the Royal Albert Hall Sunday orchestral concerts, and since that time has appeared in most of the leading European musical centres. His first appearance before the microphone was in 1925.
Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by REGINALD BURSTON
GEORGE GIBBS (baritone)
Edith Lorand and her Viennese
Orchestra: Marche Miniature Viennoise (Kreisler) ; Paraphrase on Two Roumanian Folk Songs
Miliza Korjus (soprano): Voices of Spring (Johann Strauss ) ; Variations (Proch)
Marek Weber and his Orchestra :
Fantasia, At the Tchaikovsky Fountain (Urbach) ; Czarina (Ganne)
Miliza Korjus (soprano) : Variations on Mozart's Ah vous dirai-je maman ; Invitation to the Dance (Weber)
Orchestre Raymonde : Gounod in Vienna !
' Beyond the Sunrising and the Sun-setting : An African School'
By MABEL SHAW , O.B.E., of the Mbereshi Girls' School,
Northern Rhodesia
JAN VAN DER GUCHT (tenor)
THE STRATTON STRING
QUARTET: George Stratton (violin) ; Carl Taylor (violin) ; Watson Forbes (viola) ; John Moore (violoncello)
The key of C minor seems to have appealed to Brahms whenever he wanted to express emotions of a.tragic character. In the C minor String Quartet, though still adhering to the classical design of sonata form, Brahms's treatment is much fuller and freer, and, with the exception of the third movement, the thematic material is closely related throughout, since it is for the most part derived from the first theme of the first movement. This initial theme, like so many of Brahms's tunes, is based on the notes of the common chord (C minor). Surging upwards on the first violin, it immediately defines the tense and stormy mood of the whole movement.
The second movement is in the form of a deeply expressive ' Romance ', with a quiet middle section of unsurpassed poignancy and sonorous beauty. The music here is particularly striking for its richness of colouring and originality of rhythm. The third movement is a rather slow and flowing Scherzo, full of fancy and quaint simplicity, especially in the charm inc; trio section. The mood of the first movement more or less dominates the Finale, the chief theme of which will be recognised as a peculiar amalgam of the initial theme of the first movement and that of the ' Romance '.
This Quartet is one of the few works in which Brahms exploits the so-called cyclic form-' that permeation of a whole work by one theme makes of it a true cycle '.
' How Odd They Are '
An anthology of personal pleasures, with a commentary chosen and read by ERIC GILLETT
ODETTE DE FORAS (soprano)
EMMA BOYNET (pianoforte)
Relayed from Eastbourne Parish Church
Order of Service
Opening Sentences
Hymn, 0 Spirit of the Living God
(A. and M. 585)
Prayers
Psalm cxxxviii
Lesson, Galatians v, 16-24
Hymn, Bright the vision that delighted
(A. and M. 161 ; S.P. 460)
Address by the Rev. F. P. HUGHES
Hymn, 0 worship the King all glorious above (A. and M. 167 ; S.P. 618)
Blessing
Organist and Choirmaster,
PERCY GOLDSMITH
An Appeal on behalf of THE HERTFORD BRITISH HOSPITAL, Paris, by The Rt. Hon. Lord TYRRELL of AVON, G.C.B.,
G.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. The Hertford Hospital in Paris was founded in 1879 by the late Sir Richard Wallace and named by him in memory of his kinsman, the late Marquess of Hertford. It has rendered incalculable service to many thousands of British people in Paris or Northern France; during the last ten years it has had nearly 6,000 in-patients and more than 66,000 out-patients. More than 1,200 babies have been born of British mothers in the hospital.
During the Great War the Hertford
British Hospital became a Military Hospital and hundreds of our sick and wounded men owed their lives to the skill and devotion of the staff.
Sir Richard Wallace endowed the Hospital, but as its funds are invested in British securities, the drop in the exchange value of the pound has reduced its income by some £8,000 a year. During the five years he was Ambassador in Paris Lord Tyrrell was President of the Hospital, so he can speak from an intimate knowledge of its work.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to [address removed]
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and THE PARK LANE HOTEL
ORCHESTRA
FOSTER RICHARDSON (baritone)
At the pianoforte, J. A. BYFIELD
Relayed from The Park Lane Hotel Selection of Music by Grieg
Owing to certain engagements during the summer months, Albert Sandier has been unable to broadcast as often as he would have liked. But it is good news that he is back again on the air tonight with the popular Park Lane Orchestra, and that he hopes to broadcast regularly again from now onwards. In the programme will be heard his famous trio which has been playing at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, Hastings, Torquay, and many other seaside resorts. Their photograph is reproduced on this page. One reason for Sandler's lasting popularity is his care in the selection of good melodious music and his skill in giving the public what it wants. Two Sandier films have just been released: The Small Man, in which he has a big playing part, and Daybreak, with Reginald King. Tonight, by request, he is to broadcast as an encore the number that bears the title of the film.
