Alleluia! hearts to heaven and voices raise (A. and M. 137)
Psalm CXVIII, 1-18
John XXI, 1-14
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (A. and M. 125)
at the Organ of the Paramount Theatre,
Manchester
Primo Scala's Accordion Band: The Sunset Trail (Kennedy, Carr); Maid of Brazil (Damerell, Marsden)
Henri Leoni and Quartet: Henri Leoni Memories
Patricia Rossborough (pianoforte) with Scott Wood and his Band: Leslie Stuart Medley; Lily of Laguna
The London Theatre Orchestra: Selection, Wonder Bar (Leigh, Katscher)
Directed by ALFRED VAN DAM from the Troxy Cinema
The story of Masaniello deals with a revolt in Naples in 1647. Masaniello is the leader of the revolution, and his hatred of the oppressors is fanned by the wrongs of his sister, Fenclla, at the hands of the Spanish Viceroy. The opera ends in tragedy for the chief characters. Masaniello goes out of his mind and is killed, and Fenella throws herself into the sea. An eruption of Vesuvius is a striking feature of the plot. Fenella, the heroine, is dumb, and the part was usually played by the chief dancer in the opera ballet, with gestures only. The opera is known abroad as The Dumb Girl of Portici. The Overture, according to tradition, is made up of tunes from the opera itself.
Leader, Frank Thomas
Conductor, IDRIS LEWIS GLYN DOWELL (tenor) The music of Mendelssohn has a close affinity in spirit to the poetry of Tennyson, and what Elisabeth Wordsworth remarked of the poet might equally well apply to the composer : ' The absence of pain and gloom through all
Tennyson's poetry is very remarkable ; he seems, as a rule, to shrink from facing the ghastly, the horrible, the eccentric, or the profoundly tragic. But he is completely in his element in a well-ordered, beautiful cultured world, a world of broad spaces of light, rich crops and stately palaces' Grieg's Lyric Suite consists of four of the Lyrical Pieces for piano which have been selected because the style of the music lends itself admirably to orchestral transcription. They were first arranged by the conductor Anton Seidl, and later re-arranged even more admirably by Grieg himself. The suite is among the most popular of Grieg's orchestral works.
from Westminster Abbey
Order of Service
Psalms Lesson
Magnificat (Alcock in B flat)
Lesson
Nunc Dimittis (Alcock in B flat)
Anthem, An Easter Carol (C. Wood)
Hymn, Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Tina Bonifacio (harp) ; Harry Dyson (flute) ; Gethyn Wykeham-George
(violoncello)
(From Belfast)
including Weather Forecast and Bulletin for Farmers
Violin Sonatas played by Jean Pougnet (violin), John Ticehurst (harpsichord)
Violin Sonatas
Sonata No, 4, in A: 1. Adagio; 2. Allegro ma non troppo; 3. Aria: Grazioso; 4. Allegro assai
Sonata No. 10, in C minor: 1. Adagio; 2. Vivace; 3. Allegro ma non troppo
MARIA DE LAGUNA
R.H.S. Crossman
Tonight R.H.S. Crossman will give the concluding talk in this series which was begun on January 14. In a number of broadcasts he and Charles Morris have discussed exhaustively Plato's attitude towards his world in the light of the world that we know. The talks are to be published by Allen and Unwin in the near future.
Written and arranged by Mungo Dewar
The Characters:
Shorty Sinclair, Lofty Delaney - Able Seamen
Tubby Warren - Coxswain of the First Picket Boat
Boyle and Shovell - Stokers ('The Singing Dustmen')
Jock Mackay - Seaman-Gunner
Port Four-Inch Gun's Crew Quartet: Dusty Miller, Nobby Clark, Knocker White, Buck Taylor
Midshipman Arthur Bledisloe Marjoribanks
Davy Jones and Barnacle Billies
The 'Blanco' Boys, The Ship's Band
The Ship's Company and The Sergeant o'Marines
Scene:
The Quarter-Deck of H.M.S. St. George
The BBC Variety Orchestra and Male Voice Chorus
The Three Ginx
' Fancy Dress '
including Weather Forecast and Forecast for Shipping
Conducted by the Rev. W.H. Elliott
from St. Michael's, Chester Square
The New Aeolian Players: Joseph Slater (flute); Jean Pougnet (violin); Rebecca Clarke (viola); Angus Morrison (pianoforte)
Joseph Slater, Rebecca Clarke and Angus Morrison:
Sonata - Lotti (1667-1740)
1. Largo; 2. Allegro; 3. Adagio; 4. Vivace
Antonio Lotti was born about the year 1667 at Venice where he died in 1740. He showed a remarkable aptitude for music at an early age, and when he was only fifteen his first opera was produced in Venice. In 1692 Lotti was appointed second organist at St. Mark's, and in 1704 he became first organist, which post he retained for well over a quarter of a century. During that time he composed innumerable masses, cantatas, operas, and chamber music.
10.30 Joseph Slater, Jean Pougnet and Angus Morrison
Sonata for Flute, Violin, and Cembalo - Friedrich Bach (1732-1795)
1. Allegro; 2. Andante; 3. Rondo: Allegretto
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795) was the eldest surviving son of Johann Sebastian and Anna Magdalena Bach. He was born at Leipzig, educated at the University there, and at the age of eighteen was appointed chamber musician to Count Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe at Buckeburg, and in 1758 was appointed Konzertmeister. His large output consists of cantatas, oratorios, and instrumental compositions which include piano sonatas, concertos, symphonies, and instrumental trios and quartets.
10.47 Joseph Slater, Rebecca Clarke and Angus Morrison
Terzettino - Dubois
10.54 Joseph Slater, Jean Pougnet and Angus Morrison
Andante and Scherzetto - Rabaud
11.00 Jean Pougnet, Rebecca Clarke and Angus Morrison
Phantasy Op. 36 (in one movement) - Dunhill
