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@ World History
Stories that are History
' A Man of the Renaissance '
A dramatic interlude by HUGH Ross WILLIAMSON
' My father began to teach me to play upon the flute, and to sing by note..... At that time he made the most curious organs with pipes of wood, the finest and best harpsichords that were to be seen in those days, and most beautiful and excellent viols, lutes, and harps. He worked admirably in ivory and was the first artist of this time in that line. Lorenzo de' Medici and Piero, his son, were very much his friends.'
The man who wrote this, Benvenuto Cellini, was one of the most famous craftsmen of all time, and a robust and vital personality. He lived and worked in Florence in the sixteenth century, and knew many of the famous men of his time.
Listeners are to hear something about them and the wonderful age in which he lived.
2.25 @ Interval Music
2.30 Biology in the Service of Man
@ ' The Defences of Animals '
H. MUNRO Fox , F.R.S.
(From Midland)
Snakes, cats, and dogs frighten their enemies by hissing or growling. Some snakes, toads, and bees use poison for defence. Skunks defend themselves by a horrible smell. Many animals flee when attacked, but some remain motionless as if dead; beetles and crabs do this. Hermit crabs hide their soft tails in shells. The octopus squirts out a cloud of ink into the water. To escape from enemies the lizard throws off its tail, the crab its legs, and the starfish its arms, and then they grow these parts again. This is the outline of Munro Fox 's talk today.
2.50 @ Interval Music
3.0 Concerts for Schools
@ ' Instruments of the Orchestra '
A studio concert of gramophone records
Arranged and presented by HERBERT WISEMAN
Scherzo: L'Apprenti sorcier (The
'Prentice Magician) (Dukas)
Introduction to the last movement of Symphony No. 1 (Brahms)
Andantino in modo di canzona
(Fourth Symphony) (Tchaikovsky)
Gaudeamtis igitur (Academic Festival Overture) (Brahms)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Ross Williamson
Unknown:
H. Munro Fox
Unknown:
Munro Fox
Presented By:
Herbert Wiseman

@ by Lydia Stace
(First performance)
In this recital, Lydia Stace is to give the first performance of Holbrooke's Fantasie Sonata, which the composer has dedicated to her. It is one of his most recent works and, like many of Holbrooke's other compositions, has been inspired by the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. The Sonata is in one movement and is descriptive of Poe's ' The Man of the Crowd '. Its various sections are based on the following extracts:
1. Now and then, alas, the conscience of man takes up a burden so heavy ... that it can be thrown down only into the grave.
2. There were many individuals of dashing appearance. They wore every variety of dress.
3. Descending in the scale of what is termed gentility, I found darker and deeper themes for speculation.
4. For some time he followed closely a party of roisterers.
5. ' This old man '-I I said— ' is the type and the genius of deep crime.' He is the ' man of the crowd '. He refuses to be alone.

Contributors

Unknown:
Lydia Stace
Unknown:
Lydia Stace
Unknown:
Edgar Allan Poe.

@ from St. Paul's Cathedral
Order of Service
Psalms lxxxii-lxxxv
Lesson, Exodus viii, 1-19
Magnificat, Plainsong (Andreas) (arr.
Robert Bridges)
Lesson, Colossians iv, 2-end
Nunc Dimittis, Plainsong (Andreas)
(arr. Robert Bridges)
Anthem, Try me, 0 God (C. Wood)
(words-Psalm cxxxix, 23, 24)
Try me. 0 God, and seek the ground of my heart: prove me and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me, and lead me in the way everlasting
Hymn, I bind unto myself (St.
Patrick's Breastplate) (A. and M. 655, 1, 2, 5, 8, 9)

' Egg Marketing'
G. Scott Robertson , D.Sc., and Anthony Hurd
As yet we have no Egg Marketing Scheme in this country. The Government, however, are now considering the matter in connection with the recent Report of the Commission on Poultry Diseases. Northern Ireland has a scheme which has been decidedly successful, so this evening Anthony Hurd has brought back to the microphone Dr. Scott Robertson, Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture in Northern Ireland, to discuss Ulster's method.

Contributors

Unknown:
G. Scott Robertson
Unknown:
Anthony Hurd
Unknown:
Anthony Hurd

with The Band Waggoners jj
Conducted by Phil Cardew
Reginald Foort at the BBC Theatre Organ
The
Jakdauz Richard Murdoch and Arthur Askey
What do you think ?
A radio problem by Hans W. Priwin
New Voices
Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Gordon Crier

Contributors

Conducted By:
Phil Cardew
Unknown:
Jakdauz Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Arthur Askey
Unknown:
Hans W. Priwin
Produced By:
Harry S. Pepper
Produced By:
Gordon Crier

Season 1937-8
Last Concert of the Series from Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lesiees, Messrs. Chappell and Co. Ltd.)
Bach's
Mass in B Minor
Jo Vincent (soprano)
Mary Jarred (contralto)
Heddle Nash (tenor)
William Parsons (bass)
The BBC Choral Society
(Chorus Master, Leslie Woodgate )
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor,
SIR ADRIAN BOULT
Part 1
Kyrie Gloria

Contributors

Soprano:
Jo Vincent
Tenor:
Heddle Nash
Bass:
William Parsons
Chorus Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult

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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