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The Leslie Bridgewater Quintet : Old
Irish Medley (air. Bridgeuater) ; Waltz, Wine, Woman, and Song (Joliann Strauss )
Derek Oldham (tenor): For ever and for ever (Tosii) ; Killarney (Balfe) ; I love thee (Grieg)
Fred Hartley and his Quintet: Songs of Jerome Kern ; Midnight, the stars and you

Contributors

Song:
Joliann Strauss
Tenor:
Derek Oldham
Unknown:
Fred Hartley
Unknown:
Jerome Kern

Leader, Daniel Melsa
Conductor, ERIC FOGG 1. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion; 2. Hens and Cocks ; 3. Mules ; 4. Tortoises; 5. The Elephant ; 6. Kangaroos; 7. Aquarium ; 8. Long-eared Persons; 9. The Cuckoo in the Heart of the Wood; 10. Aviary; 11. Pianists; 12. Fossils ; 13. The Swan ; 14. Finale (Pianofortes, MURIEL LIDDLE and JOHN WILLS )
Saint-Saëns' 'The Carnival of Animals', scored for two pianos, two violins, viola, 'cello, bass, flute, clarinet, harmonica, and xylophone, consists of fourteen short numbers. The music as a whole is full of charm, wit, and fancy. Several numbers are delightfully satirical, such as No. 4, which is based on two themes from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld (the first from the final ballet and the second from Act I) ; No. 5, which is a humorous distortion for double-bass and piano of Berlioz's ' Danse des Sylphes ' and Mendelssohn's ' Song of a Summer Night'; No. 11, which imitates an awkward beginner playing five-finger exercises and scales in various keys (we have all suffered from this disturbing animal ! ) ; and No. 12, which is a queer mixture of two well-known popular French airs, Saint-Saens' own ' Danse macabre ' and an air from Rossini's Barber of Seville. No. 14 is a very jolly and brilliant affair in which several of the animals are introduced to each other with harmonious effect.

Contributors

Leader:
Daniel Melsa
Conductor:
Eric Fogg
Pianofortes:
Muriel Liddle
Pianofortes:
John Wills

I—' What Animals Eat'
JULIAN S. HUXLEY
Here is the first of five talks on possibly the best known place in London. We're taken there when we're young and we return when we're grown up, and always find something of interest-the elephant who flaps his ears 'for a bun, squirrels that like milk chocolate, penguins walking unsteadily down their slipways to the water, Boo-Boo and Jubilee.
Today Professor Julian Huxley , the famous scientist and broadcaster, is to tell listeners what animals eat-its infinite variety and, collectively, its unimaginable bulk. Professor Huxley last broadcast in 1935 in ' Plans for Tomorrow' when he talked of the Tennessee Valley Authority. That was in November, and in April of last year he described filming plants and animals. Listeners will remember his Scientific Survey of 1933 and his discussion a year later in 'Industrial Britain * with Professor John Hilton and Professor Scott-Watson, all three well-known broadcasters.

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian S. Huxley
Unknown:
Professor Julian Huxley
Unknown:
Professor John Hilton

ISOBEL BAILLIE (soprano)
HAROLD WILLIAMS (baritone)
THE BBC CHORAL SOCIETY
Chorus Master, LESLIE WOODGATE
THE BBC ORCHESTRA
(Section B)
Leader, ARTHUR CATTERALL
Conductor, ADRIAN BOULT
'A Sea Symphony' by Vaughan Williams for Soprano and Baritone Soli,
Chorus, and Orchestra
Words by Walt Whitman
1. A Song for all Seas, all Ships 2. On the Beach at Night alone 3. (Scherzo) The Waves 4. The Explorers

Contributors

Soprano:
Isobel Baillie
Baritone:
Harold Williams
Chorus Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
Arthur Catterall
Conductor:
Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Walt Whitman

The Spring Revue
Sketches, Lyrics, and Music by Various Authors and Composers with HERMIONE BADDELEY
EDWARD COOPER
ADELE DIXON
RICHARD AINLEY
DORIS HARE
ERNEST SEFTON
THE RADIO THREE
JEAN SABLON and THE BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by HYAM GREENBAUM
Orchestrations by BEN BERLIN
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Hermione Baddeley
Unknown:
Edward Cooper
Unknown:
Adele Dixon
Unknown:
Richard Ainley
Unknown:
Doris Hare
Unknown:
Ernest Sefton
Unknown:
Jean Sablon
Conducted By:
Hyam Greenbaum
Unknown:
Ben Berlin
Produced By:
Archie Campbell

National Programme Daventry

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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