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Edwin Fischer (pianoforte): Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue (Bach)
Elisabeth Schumann (soprano):
Wonne der Wehmut ; Mit einem gemalten Bande (Op. 83, Nos. 1 and 3) (Beethoven)
Pau Casals (violoncello): Sonata in A (Boccherini)-
Adagio-Allegro Elisabeth Schumann (soprano):
Mondnacht (Schumann)
Vladimir Horowitz (pianoforte):
32 Variations in C minor (Beethoven)

Contributors

Pianoforte:
Edwin Fischer
Soprano:
Elisabeth Schumann
Soprano:
Adagio-Allegro Elisabeth Schumann
Pianoforte:
Vladimir Horowitz

by Ethel Walker
MacDowell, pupil of Raff and one of the most distinguished of American composers, is best known by his charming genre pieces for piano. But he also wrote four highly romantic piano sonatas entitled respectively ' Tragica ', ' Eroica ', ' Norse ', and ' Keltic '. The ' Tragica ' was inspired by the death of Raff, the ' Eroica ' by Tennyson's ' Idylls of the King ', and the ' Keltic ' by the legend of Deirdre and Cuchullain. The ' Norse ', which Ethel Walker is playing, is also based on a legend, that of Gudrun and Sigurd, and the title-page bears the following verses by the composer himself:
Night had fallen on a day of deeds.
The great rafters in the red-ribbed hall Plashed crimson in the fitful flame
Of smouldering logs.
And from the stealthy shadows
That crept 'round Harald's throne, Rang out a Skald's strong voice, With tales of battles won ;
Of Gud run's love
And Sigurd, Siegmund's son.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ethel Walker
Unknown:
Ethel Walker

A Romance for Broadcasting by David Yates Mason
Music by Geoffrey Wright
' Every little girl has a little dream
That she hopes will soon come true; Every little girl has a little scheme
Of the things she means to do.'
The cast Lucy Langton, their elder daughter Patty Langton, their younger daughter Orchestrations by Gerrard Williams
Orchestra under the direction of Harry Bidgood
Production by William MacLurg
(Empire Programme)
[Programme continued overleaf

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
David Yates Mason
Music By:
Geoffrey Wright
Unknown:
Gerrard Williams
Ernest Langton:
J B Rowe
Charlotte Langton:
Mary O'Farrell
As a child:
Muriel Pavlow
As a girl:
Janet Lind
As an old lady:
Fanny Wright
As a child:
Maureen Glynn
As a girl:
Helen Crearer
James Rushbrook:
Gerard Tyrrell
Charles Heywood:
Bernard Clifton
Jane Lovejoy:
Catherine Nangle
Agatha Oldwater:
Gwen Lewis
Ellen Whelk, the Langtons' house keeper:
Ann Stephenson
Sarah, the under-housemaid:
Patricia Hayes
Maisie:
Ann Stephenson
Mr. Trout, Manager of the Frivolity:
Music Hall Alec McGill
Rosie Rumble appearing at the Frivolity:
Gwen Lewis
Harry Halfpint appearing at the Frivolity:
Alec McGill
Chairman:
J B Rowe
Patty, the younger:
Janet Lind

' Rock Gardens'
Clarence Elliott
Clarence Elliott , who was fruit-farming in South Africa from 1902 to 1905 and established a nursery in Stevenage in 1907, is one of the greatest living authorities on Alpine plants. He goes abroad almost every year on plant collection expeditions. He was in Corsica in 1908 and in the Falkland Islands in 1910. He has been to the Pyrenees four Times, and to the Maritime Alps, the Savoy Alps, and the Dolomites repeatedly. In 1926 and 1927 he visited Majorca ; South America in 1927 and '28 ; Chile and the Andes in 1929 and '30 ; North America in 1932 ; and the Cantabrian Alps in 1935. He has lectured in the United States and in Sweden. His book, 'Rock Garden Plants', was highly praised.

Contributors

Unknown:
Clarence Elliott
Unknown:
Clarence Elliott

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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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