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' Life conquers the Land '
A. D. PEACOCK , D.Sc., F.R.S.E.
(From Edinburgh)
Contrast living conditions in water with those on land and you will note wetness,denseness, and dissolved air as against dryness and free air. Land plants and animals must depend upon their own structure to support their weight in such a light medium as air ; and must be able to breathe the dry oxygen of the air. All the evidence goes to prove that living things originated in water, and that in course of time some were able to forsake the water and gain a foot-hold on land. How this came to pass is Professor Peacock's subject today.

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Unknown:
A. D. Peacock

from St. Paul's Cathedral
Order of Service
Psalms Ixxxii-lxxxv
Lesson, II Samuel xiv, 25-xv, 12 Magnificat (Alcock in B flat) Lesson, Luke vii, 36-viii, 3
Nunc Dimittis (Alcock in B flat)
Anthem, Awake, my heart (Stanford)
Awake, my heart, upraising Our- Maker's power amazing,
Who all good things bestoweth,
From Whom all comfort floweth 1 With god-like grace and holy, Thou clothest me, the lowly,
Sleep, sayest Thou, free from sorrow, Thy sun shall rise tomorrow !
(Words translated from Klopstock by H. F. Wilson )
Hymn, Fill Thou my life, 0 Lord my God (A. and M. 705, 1-4, 7)

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Unknown:
H. F. Wilson

The BBC Men's Chorus
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate
Stuart Robertson (baritone)
At the pianoforte, Ernest Lush

Gaudeamus igitur (arr. Woodgate)
The Three Crows (page 268)
The Yang-tsi-Kiang (page 106)
The Doctor (page 22)
Ben Backstay (page 129)
The Tarpaulin Jacket (page 104)
A Song of Water (page 176)
Come, landlord, fill the flowing bowl (page 186)
The Spanish Guitar (page 254)
Riding down from Bangor (page 272)

(The page numbers refer to the Scottish Students' Song Book)

Contributors

Singers:
BBC Men's Chorus
Conductor:
Leslie Woodgate
Baritone:
Stuart Robertson
Pianist:
Ernest Lush

Organised by the British Broadcasting Corporation from Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co., Ltd.)
Last Concert
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by ARTURO TOSCANINI
A Wagner Concert
Undoubtedly, Wagner was one of the greatest and possibly the most extraordinary figures in the history of music. By grim and ruthless determination and the power of an almost hypnotic personality he imposed the fruits of his genius upon an antagonistic and unwilling world. The opposition he fought against was partly of his own making and partly due to the revolutionary characteristics of his art, which had something new and vital to say. But today Wagner's music is accepted by everybody and he has become one of the most popular composers of the nineteenth century, and, possibly, of all times.
This evening Toscanini, who is one of the greatest of all Wagner conductors, is presenting a programme of some of the high lights of Wagner's orchestral music : starting with the youthful ' Faust' Overture, which clearly shows what a mighty composer of symphonic poems Wagner could have been, and ending with the great Funeral March in Götterdämmerung, which displays the master's genius at his most incandescent.

Contributors

Conducted By:
Arturo Toscanini

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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