From the Studio
Order of Service
Lord's Prayer and Prayers of Prime
Hymn, Now doth the sun ascend the sky (W.H. 233)
Address by the Rev. Father M. C. D'ARCY , S.J.
Prayers of Prime
, Blessing

for Farmers and Shipping

by Marie Hall
Marie Pauline Hall, born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, studied first under her father, who was a well-known harpist, and later under Sir Edward Elgar. In 1899 she gained distinction at the Royal Academy of Music, and was enabled to further her studies under Professor Johann Kruse. Later, she was admitted to the Prague Conservatoire of Music, where she completed her musical studies under the celebrated Professor Sevcik. Miss Hall made her debut in Vienna in 1902, after which she appeared in London, where she was acclaimed as one of the finest of living English violinists. Since then she has had a brilliant career and has earned tor herself an international reputation.

with DIANA CLARE

Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conductor, E. GODFREY BROWN
KATHLEEN DAUNT (mezzo-soprano) Grieg's songs are the kind which it is good to sing and good to hear. He wrote almost a hundred and fifty, and though not by any means all of them are so widely known as they deserve, several of them, such as ' Ich liebe dich ', are treasured throughout the world by singers' and listeners alike.

Elsie Suddaby (soprano), with The
Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conducted by C. Kennedy Scott : For unto us a Child is born; Glory to God (Messiah) (Handel)
Hedwig von Debicka (soprano) with Orchestra, conducted by Julius Priiwer : Alleluia (Mozart)
St. Paul's Cathedral Choir with Organ : Strike your timbrels (Srfntbert)
Louis Morturier (bass) with Orchestra, conducted by M. G. Lanweryns :
Always this dream (L'Enfance du Christ) (The Childhood of Christ) (Berlioz)
The BBC Chorus with Organ, conducted by Leslie Woodgate : All men, all things (Hymn of Praise) (Mendelssohn)
The BBC Chorus with Organ, conducted by Stanford Robinson : Let all men praise the Lord (Hymn of Praise) (Mendelssohn)

Relayed from St. Martin's Parish Church, Birmingham
Conducted by the Rev. Canon T. Guy Rogers, M.C.
Children of Rea Street Council School
(Headmaster, G.H. Llewellyn) will take part

The following hymns and carols will be sung:
It came upon the midnight clear (S.P. 76)
In the bleak mid-winter (S.P. 75)
Hark! the glad sound! the Saviour comes (A. and M. 53; S.P. 62)
All my heart this night rejoices. Tune, Bonn (Hymns of the Kingdom, 7)
Hark! the herald angels sing (A. and M. 60; S.P. 74)
The Lesson, read by a scholar, will be from Luke ii, 8-15
Organist, Richard Wassell

Arranged from the Authorised and other Translations, and from the Apocryphal Gospels by Mona Swann
Cast
Ivan Samson, Hubert Gregg, Ann Casson, Beatrice Gilbert, H.O. Nicholson, Rule Pyott, A. Harding Steerman; Charles Barrett

GEORGE PARKER (baritone)
THE INTERNATIONAL STRING
QUARTET:
Andre Mangeot (violin); Walter Price (violin); Max Gilbert (viola);
Bernard Richards (violoncello)
Quartet in F, Op. 50, No. 5 .... Haydn r. Allegro moderato ; 2. Poco adagio ; 3. Minuetto: Allegretto; 4. Finale : Vivace
String Quartet No. 5 (1934) .. Darnton
(First performance in England)
Christian Darnton , who studied under Hindemith, is coming to the fore as a composer of chamber music. Like many of his contemporaries, he is inclined towards austerity in his approach to his art. Ornament and sensuous colouring are reduced to a minimum, and everything is conceived in terse and simple terms. Purity and clarity of style are considered more important than ' effect ', in the romantic meaning of the word.
Darnton's Quartet, though continuous, falls into four short sections together lasting approximately twelve minutes, into which is packed considerable variety of mood. The first section, moderato determinato, steadily slackens in speed within the space of twenty-one bars which are followed by four bars in very slow time, leading into the second movement, andante, which is a Passacaglia on the theme F-E-D-C sharp. Here the composer adopts the opposite process and realises an uninterrupted quickening of speed spread over thirty-eight bars, finally reaching allegro. The four bars of cadenza and two bars in very slow time that follow, lead into a third section based on a fifteenth-century choral. Then comes a short development of the opening section, to be followed by another Passacaglia, in very quick time, based on the previous F-E-D-C sharp theme. At the end of this Passacaglia section the first violin plays in 24/8 time, the second violin and viola in i/i time, and the 'cello in 5/4 time. Here the choral is again heard on the second violin and viola.

'Ulick Hoey 's Beard'
By T. W. Coghlin , told by ROWLEY
BROOKE

From the Studio
Order of Service
Hymn, It came upon the midnight clear (M.H.B. 130 ; S.P. 76)
Prayers and Lord's Prayer
Lesson, Luke ii, 1-15
Hymn, In the bleak mid-winter (M.H.B.
137 ; S.P. 75)
Prayers
Hymn, Still the night, holy the night
(M.H.B. 123)
Address by the Rev. L. F. CHURCH ,
Ph.D., Connexional Editor to the Methodist Church
Hymn, 0 little town of Bethlehem
(M.H.B. 125 ; S.P. 79)
Prayer and Blessing

An Appeal on behalf of THE MEDITERRANEAN MISSION FOR SEAMEN, by the Right Rev. THE LORD Bishop OF
GIBRALTAR
Contributions will he gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to [address removed].

including Weather Forecast

Leader, BERTRAM LEWIS
Conductor, RICHARD AUSTIN
GEORGE BAKER (baritone)
Relayed from
The Pavilion, Bournemouth