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Egon Petri (pianoforte): Sonata in C minor, Op. 1 1 I (Beethoven)— Allegro con brio ed appassionato ; Arietta : Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Elena Gerhardt (mezzo-soprano) :
Wohin ? (Whither ?), Sulcika's zweiter Gesang (Suleika's second song), Die Forelle (The Trout) (Schubert)
Egon Petri (pianoforte): Mazeppa
(Liszt)

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Elena Gerhardt
Pianoforte:
Egon Petri

Haydn Fawcett is a member of the celebrated Yorkshire family who held the distinction of being one of the largest musical families in England. Each of them was named after a famous musician.
Haydn Fawcett , who studied the violin from the age of five, was a member of the Hall6 Orchestra under Sir Hamilton Harty , and of the Queen's Hall Orchestra under Sir Henry Wood. He conducted the orchestra of twenty-five performers at the Hippodrome, Nottingham, for three years, and also the orchestra that opened the new Leicester Square Theatre, London.
He first broadcast with his light orchestra in July last year, and at once made a hit on the air. One of his first fiddles is Tschaikov, who came from Russia many years ago, has played in the Queen's Hall Orchestra, and has broadcast with his own Trio ; the other is Alfred Davis , who was Fawcett's leader in Leicester Square, and has played at Queen's Hall and with the Russian Ballet at Covent Garden.
, at 2.15

Contributors

Unknown:
Haydn Fawcett
Unknown:
Haydn Fawcett
Unknown:
Hamilton Harty
Unknown:
Sir Henry Wood.
Unknown:
Alfred Davis

by John Milton read by RONALD WATKINS with music chosen and arranged by BORIS ORD
In this reading of ' Lycidas ', the object has been to arrange music which will fit the contrasting moods and rhythms of the poem and yet will be continuous throughout the reading. Boris Ord , with the help of Ronald Watkins , the reader, has selected the musical background from gramophone records of Purcell's music.
Ronald Watkins is well known to listeners as a reader of poetry. Boris Ord is a Bachelor of Music in the University of Cambridge, and is organist at King's College ; he has broadcast harpsichord recitals in the Foundations of Music and on other occasions.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Milton
Read By:
Ronald Watkins
Arranged By:
Boris Ord
Unknown:
Boris Ord
Unknown:
Ronald Watkins
Unknown:
Ronald Watkins
Unknown:
Boris Ord

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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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