From page 66 of ' When Two or Three'
At the Organ of the Paramount Theatre,
Manchester
Henry Croudson, who broadcasts from the organ of the Paramount Cinema, Manchester, today, is a Leeds man, and held two cinema organ appointments in that city before crossing the Pennines some six months ago. Like so many of his contemporaries, he started his musical career as a church organist, learning to play at St. Chad's, Leeds, and afterwards becoming organist at the oldest church in the city, St. John s. He continued to hold the latter appointment after he had started cinema work. and, in fact, relinquished it only two years ago. Not only an organist, Henry Croudson is also a pianist of note-he once broadcast a piano recital from the old Leeds Station-and not long ago for a wager he started an accordion band of unemployed men, which proved a great success in Yorkshire.
Arthur Rubinstein (pianoforte) : Barcarolle in F sharp, Op. 60 (Chopin)
Alfred Cortot (pianoforte): La Cathedral engloutie (The Submerged Cathedral) ; La Danse de Puck; La Fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) (Preludes, Book I)
Cyril Smith (pianoforte) : Islamey
(Balakirev)
Directed by NORMAN AUSTIN
Relayed from
The New Victoria Cinema, Edinburgh
, at 2.15
LOUISE HAYWARD (soprano)
Relayed from Westminster Abbey
Order of Service
Psalms
Lesson
Magnificat (Macpherson in E)
Lesson
Nunc Dimittis (Macpherson in E)
Anthem, Brightest and Best (Kermann) Hymn, As with gladness men of old
(E.H. 39)
Talks for Listeners at Leisure in the afternoon
GEORGE M. L. DAVIES
The speaker this afternoon, George M. L. Davies , has worked for many years in unemployed clubs in the Rhondda. In this talk he intends to deal with the average individual's outlook on politics from rather a novel angle. Big questions of national importance, he thinks, tend to overshadow almost to the point of eclipse intimate political matters such as appear more closely connected with the welfare of the ordinary man and woman.
The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Albert Coates: Dubinushka (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, conducted by Willem Mengelberg: Adagietto (Fifth Symphony) (Mahler)
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Albert Coates: Mercury; Jupiter; Uranus (The Planets) (Holst)
by RALPH T. MORGAN
Relayed from the Church of St. Alary
Redcliffe, Bristol
Fred Hartley first introduced Brian Lawrence to the microphone as a vocalist for his Novelty Quintet. He was an immediate success. Since then he has broadcast very frequently, including shows with Carroll Gibbons and ' The Air-do-Wells '. The Lansdowne House band which will be heard tonight is his own combination.
Bom in Australia, Lawrence made his stage debut, in pantomime, at the age of eight. His first part of importance in England was juvenile lead in a tour of the revue White Birds. Now, of course,. he is one of the most popular light singers in the country.
including Weather Forecast and Bulletin for Farmers
LISZT
(1811-1886)
Commemoration
Under the direction of Bernard van Dieren
Pianoforte Music played by FRANK MANNHEIMER
La lugubre Gondola Two Legendes
No. I St. Francois d'Assise. La
Predication aux oiseaux
No. 2 St. Francois de Paule marchant sur les flots
MARIA DE LAGUNA
A. P. L. GORDON
No. 5
The Visitors are:
NORMAN LONG
The dentist's dream
SYDNEY JEROME
The piano tuner's nightmare
JACK WYNNE
As Jim Emery , the gentleman's
' gentleman'
VINE, MOORE and NEVARD see charge sheet
RUSSELL and MARCONI in Rhythmology and The Hale, Hearty, Hilarious Host
STANELLI who pleads guilty to writing and directing the programme
Additional ideas by TED CAVANAGH
Produced by ERNEST LONGSTAFFE
(Section C)
Led by LAURANCE TURNER
Conducted by LESLIE HEWARD
including Weather Forecast and Forecast for Shipping
Conducted by the Rev. W. H. ELLIOTT
Organist,
Reginald Goss-Custard
Relayed from
St. Michael's, Chester Square
MARION BROWNE (soprano)
QUINTET Borre (Eighteenth Century) - Richard Jones, arr. O'Neill
In the Tuileries Gardens - Amadei
Air and Gigue - Mondonville, arr. Bridgewater
MARION BROWNE Come back - Quilter
A Secret - Quilter
Sowe'llgonomore-aroving. - M. V. White
Snowdrops - Craxton
QUINTET Allegro (Punchinello) - Rowley
Hindu Prayer - Bergé
Two Exotic Dances - O'Neill
MARION BROWNE The Willow - Goring Thomas
The sleep that flits on baby's eyes - J. Alden Carpenter
Beautiful Land of Nod - Lehmann
QUINTET Jottings from a Slavonic Holiday - Frank Boyce
Columbine's Rendez-vous - Heykans
Directed by HENRY HALL