From Page 36 of ' When Two or Three '

At the Organ of The Paramount
Theatre, Manchester

Regional Geography
'The Monsoon Lands ' : India
3—'The Indus Plain and the Thar
Desert '
J. N. L. BAKER ,
Lecturer in Geography in The
University of Oxford
Today listeners are to hear about the north-west corner of India, from the Salt Range in the north of the Punjab down to the Thar Desert. Over this wide area, with geographical conditions so full of contrast, is a lack of rain in varying degrees. Mr. Baker will dcscribe villages dependent on wells and villages dependent on canals. He will speak of the Thar Desert, where there is hardly any cultivation, and of the irrigated land of the Sind. Bullock transport and camel transport; the Lloyd Barrage at Sukkur, which holds back flood waters from the Himalayas and conserves them in a great lake ; engineering skill that built a great harbour at Karachi, the great Air Port of India-these and other things come into this talk which will give listeners some idea of what has been done for India under British rule.

AND NEW VICTORIA ORCHESTRA
Directed by NORMAN AUSTIN
Relayed from
The New Victoria Cinema, Edinburgh

New Gramophone Records

Discovering England
' The Peak'
3—'The Peak Long Ago'
PATRICK MONKHOUSE
Today Patrick Monkhouse is to discuss the Peak as it was when the Romans were there, and before they came ; the ancient British circle of Arbor Low , 250 feet in diameter, and the rrc-Roman camps ; Roman roads and stations ; mediaeval market towns such as Longnor and Tidcswcll ; old houses such as Haddon Hall and Peveril Castle.
And then the listener, knowing something about Roman roads, and transport in mediaeval times, and toll-gates (many of which still exist today), will get out the log of his village and see how h; can add to it. Has it any of there things he has been hearing about ? Is there a pack-horse road in the neighbourhood ? When did the last coach stop running ? Again, is there a famous house in his district ?

' The New Europe '
EILEEN POWER, Professor of Economic
History in the University of London
This afternoon Professor Eileen Power is to discuss that revival of culture, called the Renaissance, that started in Italy in the fifteenth century, and gradually spread over Europe. Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael-they arc names inseparable from the Renaissance.
Then listeners are to hear about the religious movement that started in the sixteenth century and came to be called the Reformation because it aimed at reforming the Church. And they will hear of the Counter-Reformation, or the Roman Catholic revival after the holding of the Council of Trent.
They will hear of the rise of new classes in Europe; of poverty and wealth.

'I Knew a Man-Thomas
Henry Huxley ' by H. G. WELLS
An electrical recording of the talk broadcast in the National Programme at 10.10 p.m. on October 4

London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Kajanus : Symphony No. 3, in C (Sibelius)—I. Allegro moderato; 2. Andantino con moto quasi allegretto ; 3. Moderato allegro

by JOHN PULLEIN
Relayed from Glasgow Cathedral

Directed by HENRY HALL

including Weather Forecast and Bulletin for Farmers

Early Songs (1811-1814) sung by HERBERT HEYNER (baritone)
Andenken (Memories)
Geistemahe (The Invisible Presence) Todtenopfer (Sacrifice)
Lied aus der Ferne (Song from Afar) Der Abend (The Evening)
(Poems by Matthisson)
An Emma (To Emma) (Poem by Schiller)
Der Geistertanz (The Dance of the Spirits) (Poem by Matthisson)

Senorita MARIA DE LAGUNA

' The Occupations of the People '
GEOFFREY CROWTHER

and HELEN PAGE
Two Americans from England

Kenneth and George, those Cads !

(Section B) '
Leader, ARTHUR CATTERALL
Conducted by Sir DAN GODFREY
Solo pianoforte,
IVAN PHILLIPOWSKY Elgar has in his ' Cockaigne' Overture mirrored the varied phases of the city's life, and has recorded the beating of the city's heart. The dignity of London, its gaiety, its citizens, from the pairs of lovers in the park to the whistling street urchin, the Guards band on the march, the Salvation Army, the quiet of a City church, the bustle of the streets-all are set forth in the music.
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(Solo pianoforte, IVAN PHILLIPOWSKY)
Ivan Phillipowsky is of Polish descent. He was born in India and began to play the piano at the age of six, and in the following year he made his first appearance in public and was hailed as a boy prodigy. Some years later he came to London and studied under Tobias Matthay. His career was broken by the war, in which he served as a Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R.
After the war he returned to London and was appointed on the staff of the Tobias Matthay school. Since that time Mr. Phillipowsky has given many concerts in Germany, Austria, Belgium and France.
After the failure of his first Symphony in 1897, Rachmaninov got into such a morbid state of mind that, except for one short period of activity, he was unable to do any creative work. Finally, in January, 1000, Rachmaninov submitted himself to hypnotic treatment and he says : ' 'Although it may sound incredible, this cure really helped me. Already at the beginning of the summer I began again to compose. The material grew in bulk, and new musical ideas began to stir within me-far more than I needed for my concerto '. This was the Second Piano Concerto in C minor, which a year or two previously he had agreed to write for the London Philharmonic Society.
The music is full of great virility and spontaneous invention. It is interesting to note that the thematic material of the four works written during this period-Suite No. 2 for two Pianos, Piano Concerto in C minor, and the 'Cello Sonata in C minor-are clearly related to each other. It is as if all the themes are derived from one basic germ idea.
Symphonic Poem, Till Eulenspiegel's
Merry Pranks......Richard Strauss
Till is not merely a legendary figure. He was born early in the fourteenth century and lived near the Harz mountains, in low Germany. He came of peasant stock and was wily, boorish, and class-prejudiced, but gifted with a remarkable wit and an irresistible love of fun. Till was a rogue, of course, but a merry one. His practical jokes asTecorded in print are pawky, nearly always unfortunate for the victim, but none the less amusing, and Strauss has given an ingenious picture of Till in his symphonic poem.

including Weather Forecast and Forecast for Shipping

Conducted by the Rev. W. H. ELLIOTT Relayed from St. Michael's, Chester
Square
Organist, REGINALD Goss-Custard

ALPHONSE ONNOU (violin)
STEFAN ASKENASE (pianoforte)

THE CASANI CLUB ORCHESTRA
Directed by CHARLES KUNZ
Relayed from Casani's Club