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The New Light Symphony Orchestra : Overture, The Italian in Algiers (Rossini)
Ezio Pinza (bass) with Orchestra :
Let wine flow, like a fountain ; 0 come unto thy window, love (Don Giovanni ) (Mozart)
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Richard Strauss : Salome's Dance (Salome) (Richard Strauss )
The Virtuoso String Quartet :
Novelette No. 3 (Bridge) ; Londonderry Air (arr. Bridge)
Plunket Greene (baritone) : Trottin' to the Fair (arr. Stanford) ; The Sailor Man (O'Neill, Wood); The Hurdy-Gurdy Man (Schubert)
Wilhelm Backhaus (pianoforte):
Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79, No. 1 (Brahms)

Contributors

Bass:
Ezio Pinza
Unknown:
Don Giovanni
Conducted By:
Richard Strauss
Unknown:
Richard Strauss
Baritone:
Plunket Greene
Pianoforte:
Wilhelm Backhaus

HERBERT THORPE (tenor)
The J. H. Squire Celeste Octet has many claims to fame. Founded before the War by J. H. Squire , it is probably the oldest private orchestra in England. It was the first Octet to broadcast; the first to make a gramophone record ; the first to feature in a film ; the first to play at a ' Command Performance ' ; and the first and only Octet to play at Queen's Hall and Royal Albert Hall concerts.
J. H. Squire has many compositions to his credit. Most of them have been broadcast and recorded.

Contributors

Tenor:
Herbert Thorpe
Unknown:
J. H. Squire
Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Unknown:
J. H. Squire

(Winter Season)
Relayed from Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co., Lid.)
STILES-ALLEN JOHN BROWNLEE
Solo pianoforte, LAMOND
THE B B C
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Principal violin, MARIE WILSON
Conducted by SIR HENRY J. WOOD
Part I
Once Upon a Time
The tale begins with a passage in the form of a Prologue, which is the equivalent of ' Once upon a time ' (Strauss's own explanation). The next theme to be noticed is the one associated generally with Till's adventures, given out on the horns, and a little later Till's own theme, a sprightly two-bar theme introduced on the clarinet. The tale then proceeds ; Till is up to his tricks tearing through the market place, scattering the goods of the market women and sending everybody flying out of his path. His next adventure is with a monk. Till is engaging him in moral conversation ; for a moment he has a twinge of- conscience, but almost immediately he is back in his old mood of cynical humour.
The Death Sentence
Next, he is making love to the girls, but the one he favours most will have nothing to do with him ; Till piqued and vengeful thunders away wrathfully. Next he meets a number of old pedants, whose priggish talk is represented on the bassoons. Till engages them in his own mock version of learned talk, and, having confounded them, puts his fingers to his nose and leaves them, whistling a lively impertinent little tune.
Finally, he gets up against the law, is seized and brought to justice. Before the judges he is at first brazen and impudent, but when the death sentence is pronounced poor Till is brought to his senses. He has a brief period of repentance before the hangman performs his duty. The sinister drop in the music of a major seventh unmistakably tells. of Till's end on the gallows.
There is an Epilogue, which musically recalls the Prologue. It is designed to show that beneath the jesting exterior of Till a warm heart beats. The rogue is very human.
Tickets can be obtained from The
British Broadcasting Corporation, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, W.I ; Messrs. Chappell's Box Office, Queen's Hall, Langham Place, W.i; and usual agents. Prices (including Entertainments Tax), 7s. 6d., 6s., 5s. (reserved); 3s. (unreserved); promenade (payment at doors only), 2s.

Contributors

Unknown:
Stiles-Allen John Brownlee
Violin:
Marie Wilson
Conducted By:
Sir Henry J. Wood

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About National Programme

National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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