From page 63 of ' When Two or Three'
At the Organ of The Dominion
Theatre, Tottenham Court Road
Directed by Henry HALL
Under the direction of JOHAN HOCK
Relayed from Queen's College Chambers
Lecture Hall, Birmingham
A Recital
AUDREY PIGGOTT (violoncello)
DOROTHY ASPINALL (pianoforte)
Jean Hur é was born in 1877, began his career as a concert pianist, and later founded the Paris Ecole Normale de Musique. Among Hure's chamber music there are three sonatas for 'cello and piano. The first, in F sharp minor, is cast in four linked movements, which are preceded by a prelude and followed by postlude.
Travel Talk
' Middle Europe'
10—' Warsaw and the Plains of the Vistula'
GODFREY LIAS
Warsaw, the capital of Poland, stands on a bank of the river Vistula. It is an interesting city with its Jewish ghetto, modern public buildings and droshkies. Further afield, on the plains of the Vistula, scenic interest wanes-the plains are monotonous, and the sandy soil is extremely poor. To make matters worse, sometimes the Vistula floods its banks with disastrous results to the crops. The life of the peasants is naturally hard. Godfrey Lias will tell listeners how their food consists mainly of buckwheat porridee, sour milk, black bread, and potatoes. Yet, like most people who have to eke an existence out of poor land, they are not unhappy-their polkas and mazurkas, for instances, are dances as gay as any to be found in Europe.
2.25 Interlude
2.30 Music-Course 2
Senior Concert Lesson 5
' Minuet and Trio'
THOMAS ARMSTRONG , D.Mus.
3.0 Friday Story
Under the direction of FRANK Roscoe
3.15 Friday Talk
Under the direction of FRANK Roscoe
Foreign Affairs
VERNON BARTLETT
Directed by HENRY HALL
including Weather Forecast and Bulletin for Farmers
Songs sung by SOPHIE WYSS (soprano)
Le Jardin close (Op. 106)
1. La messagere
2. Je me poserai sur ton coeur 3. Dans la nymphee
4. II m'est cher, amour
5. Inscription sur Ie sable
(Poems by Van Lerberghe)
Mirages (Op. 113)
1. Reflets dans 1'eau 2. Jardin nocturne 3. Danseuse
(Poems by Baronne de Brimont)
C. H. MIDDLETON
Nothing is more important at this season of the year than those three essentials to growing things-digging, manuring, and liming. Unless the soil is dug-and dug deeply-fresh air and warmth cannot penetrate, and stagnant water cannot get away. If we keep growing things on the same soil, we must give back what we take away-we must supply humus by manuring. And lastly, we must lime in order to convert the manure into plant food.
Tonight Mr. C. H. Middleton is to come along to the microphone to discuss the whole question. And listeners will find it helpful to read one or both of his text books. They will find the subject of this talk dealt with on page 236 of ' Mr. Middleton Talks about Gardening' and on page 148 of 'Outlines of a Small Garden '.
MALCOLM SARGENT , Mus.D.
A Programme for Young People of all
Ages
A Comedy in Three Acts by Eden Phillpotts
From Bristol
Native dialect is easy for a stranger to imitate roughly, almost impossible to imitate well. This evening, however, listeners - even sensitive West Country listeners - should have no complaints to make about incongruities of accent. An all-Devonshire cast has been chosen.
Eden Phillpotts's play is of the same type as The Farmer's Wife and Yellow Sands. Billy Blee, for instance, is a farm-hand who is as typical and delightful a character as Churdles Ash.
This play was broadcast in the Regional programme last night
Presented by BRYAN MICHIE
THE BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA, conducted by KNEALE KELLEY
including Weather Forecast- and Forecast for Shipping
' Sir William Osier '
Sir WALTER LANGDON-BROWN
One of the greatest teachers that medical science has known died in 1919- He was Sir William Osier. Born at Bond Head, in Canada, in 1849, he studied medicine in London. Leipzig, and Vienna, and before he was thirty he was appointed professor of medicine at McGill University. Later, he was given posts at the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1905 he came to Oxford as Regius Professor of Medicine, and was made curator of the Bodleian Library. At the time of his death he was equally famous on both sides of the Atlantic.
Tonight Sir Walter Langdon-Brown will give listeners his memories of this outstanding figure in medical history.
(Tenth Season)
To be given before an audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House
Music by British Composers
Solo pianoforte, ADOLPH HALLIS
THE BBC ORCHESTRA
(Section D)
Led by LAURANCE TURNER
Conducted by WARWICK BRAITHWAITE and GEORGE LLOYD
(Conducted by THE COMPOSER)
(First Performance)
HARRY ROY -AND HIS BAND
Relayed from The May Fair Hotel