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Jascha Heifetz (violin): Caprice,
Op. 1, No. 24 (Paganini, arr. Auer) ; Fritz Kreisler (violin) : Larghetto (Weber, arr. Kreisler) ; Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven (Weber, arr. Kreisler)
Joseph Szigeti (violin) : Fountain of Arethusa—Myths, Op. 30 (Szymanmvski) ; Flight of the Bumble Bee (Rimsky-Korsakov) ; Pastoral (Stravinsky)

Contributors

Violin:
Jascha Heifetz
Violin:
Fritz Kreisler
Violin:
Joseph Szigeti

Opera by Humperdinck
Act I. Scene : The Home
Act II. Scene : The Forest
Conductor, Geoffrey Corbett
Producer, Sumner Austin
Chorus Master, Geoffrey Corbett from Sadler's Wells Theatre
After the overture the curtain rises on Hansel and Gretel in their cottage; they are romping and singing when their mother returns to find them neglecting the tasks she had set them. She packs them off to the woods to gather berries, and no sooner have they gone than the father comes home ; he has had a lucky day selling his brooms. When he hears where the children are, he is horrified, and soon makes his wife share in his terror ; a witch, he tells her, lives in the wood, who eats little children. They rush off together in search of Hansel and Gretel.
Act II is in the wood where the children have lost their way. In answer to their prayer, as they lie down to sleep, angels come down from on high to guard them.

Contributors

Conductor:
Geoffrey Corbett
Chorus Master:
Geoffrey Corbett
Gretel:
Sybil Hambleton
Hänsel:
Rose Morris
Mother:
Edith Coates
Father:
Arnold Matters
Sandman:
Myfanwy Edwards

Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conductor, E. GODFREY BROWN
HUGH CARSON (baritone)
William Walton 's ' Façade ' was written in 1923 when the composer was twenty-one years of age. It was originally conceived as a series of poems by Edith Sitwell to be recited through a megaphone with musical accompaniment, for flute, clarinet, saxophone, 'cello, trumpet, and percussion. These accompaniments are mostly in the form of very clever and witty parodies of popular dance tunes, ranging from the polka to the foxtrot.
In 1926 Walton revised this work and a!so arranged an orchestral Suite for concert use, in which form it was played as an interlude during the Diaghilev Russian Ballet seasons, and will be heard this evening.
A few years ago, however, the Vic-
Wells Ballet thought of the happy idea of adapting the music of ' Fa9ade ' as a ballet, and accordingly one of the cleverest and wittiest of modern ballets was produced, Frederick Ashton being responsible for the choreography and John Armstrong for the costumes and decor. There is no story to the ballet; it consists merely of a series of brilliant little character studies. On its first performance at Sadler's Wells it was an immediate success, and since that time it has been one of the most popular ballets in the Vic-Wells repertoire.

Contributors

Conductor:
E. Godfrey Brown
Baritone:
Hugh Carson
Unknown:
William Walton
Unknown:
Edith Sitwell
Produced:
Frederick Ashton
Produced:
John Armstrong

Elsie Suddaby (soprano)
John Francis (flute)
The London String Trio: Jean Pougnet (violin) William Primrose (viola) Anthony Pini (violoncello)

John Francis and Trio
Flute Quartet in A
1. Andante 2. Minuetto 3. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso

Elsie Suddaby
Ridente la calma
Wie sanft, wie ruhig fuhl' ich hier
Wiegenlied
Un moto di gioja

Trio
From Divertimento in E flat
Minuetto: Allegro; Allegro

Contributors

Soprano:
Elsie Suddaby
Flautist:
John Francis
Violinist (The London String Trio):
Jean Pougnet
Violaist (The London String Trio):
William Primrose
Cellist (The London String Trio):
Anthony Pini

NORMAN LONG
A Song, a Joke and a Piano
THE WESTERN BROTHERS
(Kenneth and George)
ELSIE AND DORIS WATERS
Radio's ' Gert and Daisy'
. LARRY ADLER
The Wizard of the Harmonica
GIPSY NINA
American Singing Accordionist
THE BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA
. Conducted by CHARLES SHADWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Larry Adler
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell

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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