From page 87 of ' When Two or Three '
Led by Harold Jones
Conducted by ALFRED BARKER
WALTER R. OSBORNE (pianoforte)
Wanda Landowska (harpsichord):
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue (Bach)
Hedwig von Debicka (soprano) :
Hort doch der sanften Floten Chor
(Bach) ; 0 del mio dolce ardor (Gluck)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin): La Ko- manesca (16th Century) (arr. Achron) ; Sierra Morena (de Monasterio)
Alexander Kipnis (bass) : Am
Meer Aufenthalt , Der Wegwciscr (Schubert)
at
Canterbury Cathedral and Presentation by the Secretary of State for Air of a Royal Air Force Ensign and Civil Air Ensign as Gifts to the Cathedral
THE BAND OF HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL
AIR FORCE
(By permission of the Air Council)
Conducted by Flight
Lieut. R. P. O'DONNELL , M.V.O.
Director of Music, R.A.F. Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, will strike Six Bells on the Ship's Bell of H.M.S. Canterbury
Order of Service
Psalm 122
The National Anthem
Hymn, My God and King (
Martin Shaw )
Responses
Psalm 46, w. 1-5, 8-1
Lesson, Isaiah xl, w. 1, 3-5, 28-31
Hymn, Lord in this holy house to Thee Prayers
Anthem, Bless the Lord, 0 my Soul
(Walford Davies)
Presentation of Ensigns by the Right
Hon. Viscount SWINTON , G.B.E., M.C., Secretary of State for Air
Address by His Grace the Lord
Archbishop of CANTERBURY
Hymn, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God
Almighty
Blessing
Psalm 121 from Canterbury Cathedral
Two years ago a Naval Service opened the Canterbury Festival ; last year a Military one (the Buffs) ; this afternoon an Aviation Service dedicated to the Royal Air Force and to all engaged in civilian flying is to open the Festival, and, like the others, is to be broadcast.
The Cathedral bells will be heard as the broadcast begins, and there is to be an innovation in the presence of a commentator inside the Cathedral who at a suitable moment will describe the scene. After the striking of six bells on the ship's bell of H.M.S. Canterbury, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishops, accompanied by the Dean and Chapter, will proceed through the choir screen to their places in the nave while the choir sing Psalm 122, and will leave the Cathedral during the singing of Psalm 121. The offerings of the congregation will be given to the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund, which includes all branches of aviation
Fred Hartley and his Quintet: A
Fantasy in Blue, introducing : The Birth of the Blues, Blue again, Blue Room, So Blue, There's a blue ridge round mv heart, Virginia, Blue is the Night, Beyond the Blue Horizon, Blue Hills of Passadena, Blue Skies, Where the blue of the night, My Blue Heaven, Goodbye Blues
Albert Sandler and his Orchestra :
Maruschka (de Leur) ; Cuban Serenade (Midgley)
Alfredo and his Orchestra : Medley of Strauss Waltzes ; Spanish Gypsy Dance (Marquina)
ELSIE CHAMBERS (contralto)
including Weather Forecast and Bulletin for Farmers
'Golf
BERNARD DARWIN
ALBERT BURDON
Comedian
GRETA KELLER
ABE AND MAWRUSS
Hebrew Dialect Comedians
CLAUDE GARDNER
Comedian
JAMES PICKARD AND
HIS CHINESE SYNCOPATORS
THE BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by CHARLES SHADWELL
including Weather Forecast and Forecast for Shipping
by PAUL LEYSSAC from his own translation of ' The Eagle's Nest', by Bjornson, and two stories by Hans Andersen : The Darning Needle ' and 'It's Perfectly True'
As a boy, Paul Leyssac , actor, author, lecturer, and broadcaster (listeners will remember his talk on Hans Andersen last summer) loved Hans Andersen 's fairy tales. His Danish mother used to read them to him as nobody else could, for she had heard them told by Hans Andersen himself.
Grown to manhood, Leyssac translated many of these stories and fairy tales into French. In Paris he recited them at concerts and ' at homes '. They attracted attention, and his translations were published in 1928. He also made a special English version which he uses in all his readings and lectures.
It is of interest that Leyssac is to read his own translations of two of Hans Andersen 's stories tonight.
Leader, MONTAGUE BREARLEY
Conducted by B. WALTON O'DONNELL
HELLA LANGDON (soprano)
Weather Forecast and News
HENRY HALL'S MUSIC MAKERS