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Leader, Frank Thomas
Conducted by Mansel Thomas
Olive Gilbert (contralto) It was the appearance of the first part of Hiawatha, in 1898, which spread Coleridge-Taylor's fame all over the English-speaking world, and as it was the composer's first really important success, so it has remained the most popular of all his music. In its vivid and yet simple rhythm, its fresh and natural melody, and in the warmth of its orchestral treatment, the music is obviously ideally mated with Longfellow's poem. The ' Wedding Feast' was first given alone, the second part, ' The Death of Minnehaha ', appearing a year later at a North Staffordshire Festival. ' Hiawatha's Departure ', which completes the trilogy, was first given by the Royal Choral Society in London in the spring of 1900.

Contributors

Leader:
Frank Thomas
Conducted By:
Mansel Thomas
Contralto:
Olive Gilbert

A description of the morning's play by BERNARD DARWIN from Carnoustie
The Open Golf Championship at Carnoustie began with the playing of qualifying rounds on July 5 and finishes tomorrow (when another broadcast will be given). There were 250 entries, including forty players from overseas, among them the full Ryder Cup team from America and teams from France, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Egypt, and Jamaica. Among the entries were twelve past champions, notable among them the American professional, T. Armour , who won at Carnoustie in 1931. Perhaps the most interesting entry was John Montague of Hollywood, ' mystery man of golf', of whom the story is told that with a rake, shovel and baseball bat he has beaten well-known amateurs playing from scratch.

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Play By:
Bernard Darwin
Unknown:
T. Armour
Unknown:
John Montague

A Programme in Praise of Quiet
Things
Music by Alan Paul
Verse and Prose selected by Ann Baker
Presented by William MacLurg
Garda Hall (soprano)
Jean Pougnet (violin)
David Martin (violin)
William Primrose (viola)
Anthony Pini (violoncello)
Alan Paul (pianoforte) Mary O'Farrell 1
Miriam Adams speakers Ian Dawson J
Pastoral suite in four movements for string quartet and pianoforte
1 Pastoral. 2 Dragonfly. 3 Silver Birch. 4 Deep Forest
GARDA HALL AND QUINTET
Quiet
The Lambs
WILLIAM PRIMROSE AND ALAN PAUL
Viola Sonata in F (first movement)
GARDA HALL AND QUINTET
Blessed Care
All my Treasures
' Pastoral' is a programme of verse, prose, and music upon the themes of quiet and the countryside. The music throughout has been written by Alan Paul who will himself be at the piano for the first programme ever given of his own serious music. He will be remembered as the composer of .the very successful radio musical comedy Breakfast in Evening Dress, book by Charles Brewer , which was broadcast from London two years ago and has been broadcast from Cape Town during the past winter.
Paul was born in Glasgow and was a student at the Glasgow Athenaeum, now called the Scottish Academy of Music, from 1917 to 1921, when he came to London to join the Royal College of Music. In his first year there he had to make some money to help with his fees and left the college for four months to go on tour with Polly (sequel to The Beggar's Opera). About a year ago he joined the BBC.

Contributors

Music By:
Alan Paul
Unknown:
Ann Baker
Presented By:
William MacLurg
Soprano:
Garda Hall
Violin:
Jean Pougnet
Violin:
David Martin
Viola:
William Primrose
Viola:
Anthony Pini
Pianoforte:
Alan Paul
Pianoforte:
Mary O'Farrell
Pianoforte:
Miriam Adams
Unknown:
Ian Dawson
Unknown:
William Primrose
Written By:
Alan Paul
Book By:
Charles Brewer

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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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