@ (Church of England) from Croydon Parish Church
The Bells
9.30 Order of Service
Hymn, Jesu, Lover of my soul
(S.P. 542 ; A. and M. 193)
Confession and Absolution Versicles Psalm xxii, 1-11 ; 17-21
Lesson, Isaiah liii, 1-10 Jubilate Collects
Hymn, 0 for a closer walk with God (S.P. 112 ; A. and M. 630)
Address by the Right Rev. the Bishop of CROYDON
Prayers
Hymn, When I survey the wondrous
Cross (S.P. 133 ; A. and M. 108)
Blessing
Organist and Choirmaster,
H. Leslie Smith
10.15 Interval
(complete) from Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappelland Co. Lid.)
with Don Carlos
@ C. H. Middleton
A programme of verse compiled from fifteenth-century manuscripts by Peter Slade
With music arranged and conducted by Trevor Harvey and played by a section of- the Boyd
Neel Orchestra
The cast includes
Henry Hallatt
Peter Slade
Gladys Young
Produced by Geoffrey Dearmer
Every day, in the monasteries of the fifteenth century, Matins took place at midnight, Prime at six, Tierce at nine before High Mass, Sext at noon, None at three, and Vespers at six in the evening. It occurred to certain monks, who were also poet*, to write verses suitable for these Hours and synchronising with our Lord's trial and crucifixion. These MSS. are preserved at the Bodleian Library, Lambeth Palace, York Minster, and other places, and it is from them that Nevile Watts 's book ' Love Songs of Sion ' (from which Mr. Slade has made his selection) has been compiled.
The music has been selected from old French church melodies suitable to the text. Many of these are of the same period, and all share the extreme simplicity and reverence, and reflect the beauty of the lines written by these early English monks, whose names are unrecorded, but whose work survives.
Andrew Rice
A programme of Balkan gramophone records by Philip Thornton
Philip Thornton , author, musician, and wanderer, comes back to the microphone with a bag of records and a head full of stories about them. During the past three yean he has been collecting the folk lore, music, and dances of the Balkan races. He wandered from the far north Carpathians to the Ægean, from Albania across Macedonia to the Black Sea, living with the peasants and dancing with them. Tonight he will talk of fertility rites, burial dances, vampire hunts, and ecstatic fire dancing, illustrating all his stories with records made of the actual music played at the ceremonies.
Dorothy Helmrich (contralto)
The English Ensemble:
Marjorie Hayward (violin)
Rebecca Clarke (viola)
May Mukle (violoncello)
Kathleen Long (pianoforte)
Walton's Piano Quartet, which was composed during his sixteenth and seventeenth years, won a Carnegie award in 1924, the judges reporting on it as follows : ' Clear and transparent in texture, restrained in feeling, well written throughout, and rising at moments of climax into a strain of great beauty and nobility. It is a work of real achievement.'
(Church of England) from All Saints', Margaret Street
Organ Voluntary
8.0 Order of Service
Hymn, How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds (A. and M. 176; S.P. 527)
Prayers
Anthem, I waited for the Lord
(Mendelssohn)
Reading, Luke iii, 32-46
Hymn, Tell me the old, old story
(New M.H.B. 161 ; Mirfield Mis
. sion Hymn Book 127)
Address by the Rev. Dom BERNARD
CLEMENTS, O.S.B.
Hymn, Just as I am (A. and M.
255 ; S.P. 253)
, Blessing
Organist and Choirmaster,
Walter Vale
An appeal on behalf of THE Implacable FUND by CHRISTTOPHER STONE, D.S.O.,
M.C.
The appeal tonight is for the preservation of the Implacable and the Foudroyant and the continuance of their service. The Implacable, as the French ship Duguay-Trouin, fought at Trafalgar, she and the Victory being today the only survivors of the battle. The frigate Foudroyant is also over 'a hundred years old ; and assists the Implacable in her work. Moored at Portsmouth, within hail of the Victory, the two ships now serve as floating holiday homes, where every year well over a thousand boys and girls are able to enjoy a sea holiday and come in contact with sea traditions. The ships are administered by the Implacable Committee of the Society for Nautical Research, under the Chairmanship of Vice - Admiral Humphrey Hugh Smith , D.S.O.
Funds are now almost exhausted.
Although the boys and girls who visit the ships are asked to pay a contribution, which nearly covers the cost of their food, at least £2,700 a year is required in addition for the upkeep of the ships, their staff, and boats. Unless such a sum can be raised, the scheme for holidays afloat will have to be abandoned this year and the ships broken up.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to [address removed]
including Weather Forecast
' Men versus Women'
Another match between teams drawn from various parts of the British Master Spelling Isles , F. H. Grisewood
The programme arranged by Felix Felton
Following the Spelling Bee a fortnight ago, in which Age was victorious over Youth, another match has been arranged for this evening for which each BBC Region has again sent one representative for each side to fight the battle of Men versus Women. All the players will again be in a studio at Broadcasting House, London.
The rules of the Spelling Bee are by this time familiar to most listeners ; the player spelling a word right gains a point for his side; each player is allowed 30 seconds to answer, and is entitled to ask for a definition, and the winning side is that which has scored the most points at the end of the match.
In view of the criticisms received from listeners after the last match there will be two small modifications of procedure tonight: —
1. The Spelling Master will exercise his discretion whether the misspelt word shall, or shall not be passed on -to the corresponding member of the other side. That is to say, where the mis-spelling of a word makes the correct spelling obvious another word will be given.
'2. There will be a few seconds' pause before the competitors spell the word that has been given for the convenience of listeners who wish to write the words down.
at the BBC Theatre Organ
