Relayed from
St. Ann's Church, Manchester
Order of Service
Hymn, While shepherds watched
(A. and M. 62; S.P. 82)
Confession and Absolution
Christmas Canticle, The Benedictus Lesson, Matthew ii, 1-12 Versicles and Collects
Hymn, Hark ! the herald angels sing
(A. and M. 60; S.P. 74)
Address by the Rev. Canon F. PATON -
WlLLIAMS
Hymn, 0 come, all ye faithful (A. and M. 59; S.P. 78)
Blessing

Conductor, W. Lowes (Soloist, CYRIL LOWES> )
(From North)

with DIANA CLARE

The London Philharmonic Orchestra. conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty :
Overture, The Bartered Bride (Smetana)
The Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Leo Blech : Andante tor Mute and Orchestra (Mozart)
Frieda Leider (soprano) with Orchestra, conducted by John Barbirolli : Or sai chi l'onore (The wretch, now thou knowest) (Don Giovanni , Act I)
(Mozart)
The Royal Opera House Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Goossens : Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Hunter)
(Franck) '
Frieda Leider (soprano) with The
London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Barbirolli : Liebestod (Isolde's Death Song), Act III, Tristan and Isolde (Wagner)
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Overture, Die Meistersinger (Wagner)

Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conducted by PETER MONTGOMERY
ANNE MONTGOMERY (soprano)

By the Rev. D. 0. SOPER, Ph.D.

THE POUGNET-MORRISON-PINI
TRIO:
Jean Pougnet (violin); Anthony Pini
(violoncello); Angus Morrison (pianoforte)
HERBERT HEYNER (baritone)
The first three of the Wolf songs that Herbert He-is singing were written in the four days, October 27-30, 1888 ; they are the songs of the mysterious old harper in Goethe's novel, ' Wilhelm Meister '. The fourth song, ' Der Sanger also a Goethe setting, was composed about six weeks later. It was Wolf's habit to compose in spurts, and he composed all but one of his ' Goethe-Lieder ' (more than fifty songs) in the period, October 27, 1888, to February 12, 1889.
All three of the Harper's Songs are melancholy in mood. In. the first he broods over his loneliness ; in the second, over his destiny-compelled to beg his bread from door to door. The third is a setting of the often quoted lines : ' Who never ate his bread with tears, who never wept all through the long, sad night-he knows ye not, ye heavenly powers ! '
Dvorak's Trio in F minor, written in 1883, is a wholesome corrective to the popular view of him as a merely lyrical, colourful, ' nationalist ' composer. As Ottokar Sourek says, it is 'a magnificent work, unusually grave in character ; the music unfolds itself in a kind of gloomy, passionate defiance. It is as though the composer confronted Fate with a stubborn and persistent-Why? Not until the very end of the work does the prevailing sense of gloom make way for a feeling of peace and resignation. Hence the passion and power which permeate the work in thought, structure, and formal development; hence the tendency to a symphonic grandeur which can only be realised in chamber music by the sonority and expressive co-operation of the piano '.

' The Shovewood '
By C. H. ROLLESTON
Told by the Author

JOHN COATES (tenor)
EDA KERSEY (violin)

An Appeal on behalf of Providence (Row) NIGHT REFUGE AND HOME, by the Rt. Hon. Lord RUSSELL OF
KILLOWEN, G.C.M.G.
The Providence (Row) Night Refuge and Home was founded in 1860 and provides food and shelter for those who need it during the winter months, when distress is so keenly felt. It has accommodation for 112 women and children and 140 men. Each applicant who can give a reference obtains admittance for three weeks whilst looking for work. Besides their supper, bed, and breakfast, and the free use of bathrooms, such further help is given -clothes, tools, fares and so forth-as funds permit, in order to help these poor people to find employment.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to the Rt. Hon. Lord Russell of Killowen, G.C.M.G., [address removed]

JOHN MOREL (baritone)
Relayed from
The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne (Soloist, LESLIE JEFFRIES> )
(At the pianoforte, SYDNEY FFOULKES)