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at Boston, Lincolnshire
Speech by The Hon. Joseph P. Kennedy on the occasion of the opening of the American Rest Room at Fydell House during the annual visit of representatives from Boston, Massachusetts, broadcast from Fydell House
In 1931, the Tercentenary of the founding of Boston, Massachusetts, American Bostonians gave £11,000 for the reconstruction of Boston Stump, the famous old Parish Church at Boston, Lincolnshire - the church of which Canon A.M. Cook, whose article appears on page 7, is Vicar.
When the Americans made this gift, they asked that there should be held at Boston an annual reception for American Bostonians on the third Sunday in July - the anniversary of the sailing of thirty-three emigrants to America in 1630. These emigrants included the first four Governors of Massachusetts. The Pilgrim Trust gave £500 for the reconstruction of Fydell House at Boston, Lincolnshire, and the English Speaking Union are associated with the upkeep of the American rest-room at the house. The United States Ambassador, whose speech listeners will hear, will be at Boston, Lincs., for the annual visit of representatives of Boston, Mass., to the mother town. This is his first broadcast since he was appointed to London.
(From North)

Contributors

Speaker:
Joseph P. Kennedy

Song Cycle "Ludlow and Teme"
1. When smoke stood up. 2. Far in the western brookland. 3. 'Tis time, I think. 4. Ludlow Fair. 5. On the Idle Hill of Summer. 6. When I was one-and-twenty. 7. The Lent Lily
sung by Steuart Wilson (tenor) with Arthur Benjamin (pianoforte)
The Kutcher String Quartet:
Samuel Kutcher (violin)
Max Saalpeter (violin)
Raymond Jeremy (viola)
Douglas Cameron (violoncello)
With an introduction by Herbert Howells
(The programmes in this series have been arranged in collaboration with Marion Scott, Herbert Howells, and Gerald Finzi)
Further recitals in this series will be broadcast on Wednesday (National, 9.45), Thursday (National, 6.25), and Saturday (Regional, 8.0).
An article on Ivor Gurney, by Frank Howes, will be found on page 12

Contributors

Composer:
Ivor Gurney
Programme arranged in collaboration with:
Marion Scott
Programme arranged in collaboration with:
Herbert Howells
Programme arranged in collaboration with:
Gerald Finzi
Tenor:
Steuart Wilson
Pianoforte:
Arthur Benjamin
Violin:
Samuel Kutcher
Violin:
Max Saalpeter
Viola:
Raymond Jeremy
Violoncello:
Douglas Cameron
Speaker:
Herbert Howells

A play by Nicholas Sandys
Adapted for broadcasting by Hugh Stewart
Cast
(by permission of Ivor Novella)
The action of the play takes place in the drawing room of Ronald Carslake 's country house in a remote district in North Wales
Production by Felix Felton

Contributors

Play By:
Nicholas Sandys
Broadcasting By:
Hugh Stewart
Unknown:
Ronald Carslake
Production By:
Felix Felton
Burdon:
Stanley Lathbury
Mrs Burdon:
Renee de Vaux
Gwyneth:
Mary Jones
Major Withers:
Henry Longhurst
Jerry Fenton:
Wallace Douglas
Ronald Carslake:
Felix Aylmer
Myrna Carslake (his daughter):
Ann Todd
Varma:
Surya Sena
P C Mitching:
Mervyn Johns

The Philharmonic Ensemble:
John Francis (flute)
David Martin (violin)
Frederick Riddle (viola)
James Whitehead (violoncello)
Marie Korchinska (harp) with Pauline Juler (clarinet) and Berkeley Mason (pianoforte)
JOHN FRANCIS , DAVID MARTIN ,
JAMES WHITEHEAD , and MARIE KORCHINSKA
JOHN FRANCIS , PAULINE JULER ,
DAVID MARTIN , JAMES WHITEHEAD , and BERKELEY MASON (First broadcast performance)
Lennox Berkeley was born in 1903 at Boar's Hill, near Oxford. He left Oxford in 1926 with a B.A. degree, and did not begin studying music seriously until then. From 1926 until 1932 he studied music in Paris with Nadia Boulanger , and in 1936 he returned to England. His published works include three sets of piano pieces, a string quartet, a violin sonata, songs, an oratorio, Jonah .
Berkeley's Concertino, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano, to be heard this evening, was composed in 1937. Of the three movements, the first and third are notable for their highly accented and percussive style, while the slow movement is by contrast contrapuntal and rather severe. The piano is used, in turn, as part of the general texture, as accompaniment, and as a solo instrument.

Contributors

Flute:
John Francis
Violin:
David Martin
Viola:
Frederick Riddle
Viola:
James Whitehead
Harp:
Marie Korchinska
Clarinet:
Pauline Juler
Pianoforte:
John Francis
Pianoforte:
David Martin
Pianoforte:
James Whitehead
Pianoforte:
Marie Korchinska
Unknown:
John Francis
Unknown:
Pauline Juler
Unknown:
David Martin
Unknown:
James Whitehead
Unknown:
Berkeley Mason
Unknown:
Lennox Berkeley
Unknown:
Nadia Boulanger

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