Ⓓ A reading from the Very Rev. W. R. Matthews 's book
' Seven Words'

Wednesday in Holy Week
Just as I am, without one plea (A. and M. 255, omit vv. 3 and 5) Psalm xiii
John xvii, 1-15
Let Thy merciful ears, O Lord (Weelkes)

"Let Thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open into the pravers of Thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions, make them to ask such things as shall please Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord".

Ⓓ for Farmers and Shipping

at the Organ of the Trocadero
Cinema, Elephant and Castle

Paderewski (pianoforte): Variations in F minor (Haydn)
Helge Roswaenge (tenor): Ach,
Lieb' ich muss nun scheiden. Freundliche Vision (Richard Strauss )
Elisabeth Rethberg (soprano):
Wie lange schon war immer mein Verlangen. Du sagst mir, dass ich kein Fiirstin sei. Ich liess mir sagen (Wolf)
Gregor Piatigorsky (violoncello):
Sonata in A, No. 5 (Weber, arr. Piatigorsky)

Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by Leslie Heward

A programme of gramophone records illustrating the history and different uses of the guitar by Charles Chilton

The Scottish Studio Orchestra

Arranged by Balfe
The BBC Singers (A)
Margaret Godley Margaret Rces Gladys Winmill Doris Owens Bradbridge White Martin Boddey Stanley Riley - Samuel Dyscn
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate At the pianoforte, John Wills
The harp that once thro' Tara's Halls Let Erin remember the days of old Thro' grief and thro' danger It is not the tear
0 think not my spirits
The Meeting of the Stars
We may roam thro' this world Avenging and Bright
Believe me, if all those endearing young charms
The time I've lost in wooing 'Tis the last rose of summer

London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Efrem Kurtz : Aurora's Wedding (Tchaikovsky) — Overture ; Polonaise ; Adagio and Variations ; Variations-Bluebird; Three Ivans —Adagio ; Pas de quatre ; Mazurka
Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Stokowski: Introduction and Dance of the Fire-bird (The Fire-bird) (Stravinsky),

For tunes old and new
The Players
The Singers
Anna Meakin Mary Johnston James Johnston
Presented by James Moody
(From Northern Ireland)

Feminine Intuition
Barney Heron

from St. Paul's Cathedral
Order of Service
Psalms Ixix, lxx
Lesson, Leviticus xvi, 2-24
Magnificat (Farrant in G minor) Lesson, John xvi, 16 to end
Nunc Dimittis (Farrant in G minor) Anthem, Faithful Cross (Music by King John IV of Portugal, circa 1590)
Faithful Cross! above all other, One and only noble tree!
None in foliage, none in blossom, None in fruit Thy peer may be. Sweetest wood and sweetest iron, Sweetest weight is hung on Thee,
(Venantius Fortunatus, circa 600)
Hymn, There is a green hill far away
(A. and M. 332)

A programme of gramophone records

including Weather Forecast

' Small Holdings and Land Settlement Scheme'
Anthony Hurd

with The Band Waggoners
Conducted by Phil Cardew Charles Smart at the BBC
Theatre Organ
The
Jakdauz Richard Murdoch and Arthur Askey
What do you think?-12
A radio problem by Hans W. Priwin
New Voices
Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Gordon Crier
This week’s‘ Conversation in the Studio', on page 15, is with Arthur Askey

with Webster Booth

A challenge match between
Dock Workers and City Clerks
A commentary on the game by C. W. Garner from Talbot House, Skittle Alley,
Tower Hill

Old Soldiers never die (They just evaporate)
Guests
Norman Long
Just an Old War Horse
The Three Musketeers with New Ammunition
Russell and Marconi - released from the Guard Room
Sydney Jerome dealing out corporal punishment to the piano
Ernest Shannon his Signal appearance
Jim Emery a canteen of Mirth (we hope)
Fred Edgar . an Orderly Guest
Jack Warner reinforced by Bobby Alderson and Stanelli
Mess President (What a Mess ! !)
Reveille 8.15 Lights Out 9.0
Produced by John Sharman and Stanelli

including Weather Forecast and Forecast for Shipping

Four Hands in Syncopation

The Services Tournament
A commentary on the final stages of the Imperial Services Boxing
Association Tournament by Thomas Woodrooffe from the Empress Hall, Earls Court
The Services Tournament, held at one time at the Stadium Club, has taken place in recent years at various Service centres, such as Portsmouth, Aldershot, and Uxbridge (where it was held last year). This is the first time it has been staged at the Empress Hall, Earls Court.
One team each will compete from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Boxing Association, the Army Boxing Association, the Royal Air Force Boxing Association, and the Territorial Army Boxing Association. Each team consists of six officers, one at each weight from feather to heavy, and eight other ranks or ratings, one at each weight from fly to heavy. The team winning the largest number of points is awarded the coveted trophy presented by the Imperial Services Boxing Association.
The semi-finals were held at
Aldershot yesterday and results were broadcast last night in the 6 o'clock and 10 o'clock News.

String Quartet in F, Op. 59, No. 1
(dedicated to Count Rasumovsky)
1 Allegro. 2 Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando. 3 Adagio molto e mesto. 4 Allegro (Theme Russe) played by The Kutcher String Quartet:
Samuel Kutcher (violin) ; Max Saal peter (violin); Raymond Jeremy (viola); Douglas Cameron (violoncello)

by Theodor Loos from Berlin
Selected from the following poems
Der Fruhling (Matthias Claudius )
(77)
Erlkonigs Tochter (Johann Gottfried
Herder) (80)
Die Mainacht (Ludwig Holty ) (98) Mit einem gemalten Band (7ohann
Wolfgang von Goethe) (105)
An den Mond (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) (113)
Der Sanger {Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe) (125)
Das Madchen aus der Fremde
(Friedrich von Schiller) (159)
Reiterlied (Friedrich von Schiller)
(177)
The numbers refer to pages in the Oxford Book of German Verse

will play for dancing from the "Astoria Dance Salon

Gramophone Records of Swing Music