From page 39 of 'When Two or Three'

(D)

At the Organ of The Regal, Edmonton

Antoni Sala (violoncello), with John Ireland (pianoforte) : Sonata for violoncello and pianoforte (Ireland)-
, Moderato e sostenuto ; 2. Foco largamente ; 3. Con moto e marcato
Marie Wilson String Quartet (
Marie Wilson Gwendolen Higham ,
Anne Wolfe , Phyllis Hasluck ) : Quartet in G
(Bax)—I. Allegretto semphce ; 2. Lento e molto espressivo ; 3. Rondo : Allegro vivace

Conducted by GORDON STEWART
Relayed from
The Opera House, Leicester

Leader, J. Mouland Begbie
Conducted by Ian Whyte
(Soloist, Alexander Carmichael)

Composed for the Duke of Chandos, Acis and Galatea was first performed in 1721 in the private theatre of his magnificent palatial residence at Cannons, near Edgware, but eleven years later Handel revised the score for its production at the King's Theatre, Haymarket. Although this work is rarely heard in its entirety, several of its numbers are exceedingly popular Perhaps the most popular of these are the Recitative and Aria 'I rage, I melt, I burn' and 'O ruddier than the cherry'.

JOHN HILTON

(For details, see page 16)
This afternoon the traditional festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in King's College, Cambridge, is to be broadcast for the seventh time in eight years. The Service was ' drawn up from sources ancient and modem by Archbishop Benson for Cathedral use, the Lessons, which tell the whole story of our Redemption, being read in order by the Cathedral ministers from chorister to Bishop '. The Service also symbolises the long bond between the two Foundations of King Henry VI, at Cambridge and at Eton, the goodwill between University and Town, and peace within the Church at Christmas time.
King's College Chapel, Cambridge - the work of the three Henries, VI, VII, and VIII - is probably the finest specimen of Perpendicular Gothic in the world. It inspired Wordsworth, who was a student at St. John's, to write two of his noblest sonnets. The Chapel in which the poets Fletcher and Waller, the historian Coxe, and the Walpoles worshipped, and Orlando Gibbons sang, has always been famous for its music; and listeners are to hear the organ, little changed through more than two centuries, and a choir that in the singing of Christmas carols is not to be surpassed.

(Arrangements by Richard Charlton and Margaret Gruffydd )
The Cellini Trio consists of three well-known instrumentalists. Gordon Walker , who is principal flute of the London Symphony Orchestra and was for ten years principal flute at Covent Garden ; Geraint Williams , who is sub-principal 'cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra ; and Roy Douglas , who is a well-known pianist and composer.
; A notable feature of the Cellini Trio is the fact that all their programmes are not only very carefully rehearsed, but each number is specially arranged for their combination, as their aim is to perform everything in true chamber music style.

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Brahms Pianoforte Trios
Played by THE GRINKE TRIO :
Frederick Grinke (violin) ; Florence Hooton (violoncello); Dorothy Manley
(pianoforte)
Trio in B (Op. 8) (concluded)
3. Adagio ; 4. Allegro
Trio in C (Op. 87)
I. Allegro
(To be concluded on Thursday)

Directed by HENRY HALL

in A Christmas Eve Fancy
Ten characters from Dickens - and all played by Bransby Williams. What more could one ask on Christmas Eve ?
A Dickens Inn—the Maypole; the sounds of coach horn, horses, harness; and the landlord, old John Willett, looking out of the window. Enter Sam Weller, cool as a cucumber, followed by Mr. Pickwick, his eyes beaming behind his glasses. They hear "The Cricket on the Hearth" and listeners will hear old Caleb Plummer, then old Tony Weller, then jolly Mark Tapley; and Captain Cuttle and poor Barnaby Rudge and Peggotty and Micawber, indescribably genteel - all turn up and add to the fun.
When the Goblin spirit of the Chimes has announced old Scrooge's conversion, Mr. Pickwick will drink the health of all the good folks present. For none of the villains are here, but only the good and the jovial.
Then Mr. Micawber in his usual gradiloquent style will propose the health of Mr. Pickwick, who is a hundred years old (1836-1936) and still going strong. And then the tick and chime of "Master Humphrey's Clock ' will announce Christmas.

JOY JACKLEY
DOROTHY MONKMAN
NELLIE NORWAY
DORIS PALMER
PHYLLIS ROBINS
ELSIE STERNDALE
ALMA VANE
JEAN MELVILLE at the piano and EVELYN HARDY AND HER
LADIES' BAND
Again assembled by MAX KESTER

by THE B B C CHORUS
(Section C) and members of THE BBC MILITARY BAND
Conducted by LESLIE WOODGATE
Relayed from St. Mary's, Whitechapel
Christians, awake, salute the happy mom (A. and M. 61)
When Christ was born .... A. H. Brown 'Twas in the winter cold....... Barnby In dulci Jubilo ...... arr. de Pearsall The Manger Throne Steggall 0 come, all ye faithful (A. and M 59)
Thirteen years ago, in the first year of broadcasting, the Rev. John A. Mayo , Rector of St. Mary's, Whitechapel, gave the first sermon ever heard on the air; and to celebrate the anniversary of the first Christmas he suggested tha' some singers should come down from Marconi House to his church on Christmas Eve, and that their singing of carols in the churchyard amid the sounds of the traffic of the streets be broadcast. Owing to rain, the stage had to be transferred from the churchyard to the church, from the interior of which the broadcast has been given ever since.
Again this evening the BBC
Chorus, twenty strong, and some members of the BBC Military Band-two clarinets, two cornets, a bassoon, an euphonium, a flute, and a bass—are to go down to Whitechapel. They will stand at the foot of the nave in this historic church, that dates from the thirteenth century, and in the dim light sing ' joyous hymns '.
In an interlude between the carols,
Mr. Mayo, of long custom, will give a ' little chat' about Whitechapel, about his work there, and about the parishioners he has grown to love. And, at the end of the singing, the ' waits ' will wend away with Mr. Mayo to the little Christmas feast he has prepared.

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FREDDY DOSH
JOAN CARR
EFFIE ATHERTON
The Hon. ARTHUR ELIOT
MICHEL GRISAR
At the Pianos, JEAN MELVILLE and Billy THORBURN
Produced by BRYAN MICHIE and ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Billy Cotton and his Band