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Berlin Charlottenburg Orchestra, conducted by Alois Melichar : Overture, The Twin Brothers (Schubert)
Oda Slobodskaya (soprano): The
Lilacs (Rachmaninoff). Roses (Rubinstein). Parassia's Day-Dream (The Fair at Sorochintsy) (Mussorgsky)
Walter Rehberg (pianoforte):
Spanish Rhapsody (Liszt)
M. Viard and Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Piero Coppola : Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra (Debussy)
Parry Jones (tenor) : There is a Lady Sweet and Kind (Parry). As ever I saw (Warlock)
Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty : Rakoczy March (The Damnation of Faust) (Berlioz)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Alois Melichar
Soprano:
Oda Slobodskaya
Pianoforte:
Walter Rehberg
Unknown:
M. Viard
Conducted By:
Piero Coppola
Tenor:
Parry Jones
Conducted By:
Sir Hamilton Harty

The BBC Singers (B):
Sybilla Marshall Bettine Young Anne Wood Winifred Downer Rene Soames Emlyn Bebb Victor Utting Victor Harding
Conducted by Trevor Harvey
Seven Songs with words by Robert
Bridges
1 I have loved flowers that fade. 2 I praise the tender flower. 3 My spirit sang all day. 4 Clear and Gentle Stream. 5 Nightingales. 6 Haste on, my joys! 7 Wherefore tonight so full of care?
Three short elegies with words by William Drummond
1 Life a right shadow is. 2 The world a hunting is. 3 This life, which seems so fair
Gerald Finzi was born in London in 1901. He studied first under Dr. Bairstow, of York Minster, and then under R. 0. Morris. With the notable exception of a violin concerto Finzi has devoted his creative gifts chiefly to vocal music. A number of important song cycles, such as those to be heard this afternoon, have come from his pen and have enhanced his reputation as a composer.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sybilla Marshall
Unknown:
Bettine Young
Unknown:
Anne Wood
Unknown:
Winifred Downer
Unknown:
Rene Soames
Unknown:
Emlyn Bebb
Unknown:
Victor Utting
Unknown:
Victor Harding
Conducted By:
Trevor Harvey
Unknown:
William Drummond
Unknown:
Gerald Finzi

' Hair Up-Hair Down '
A discussion on the- year's fashion
Alison Settle and Geoffrey Swaffield
The year that is just drawing to a close has been notable for quick and startling changes in the fashion world, and women, obedient to the whims of this capricious dictator, have found themselves chopping and changing almost month by month.
This afternoon Alison Settle, well-known broadcaster on fashion matters, is going to review some of the fashions that have gone before, and probably forecast a few of those that are to come.
Geoffrey Swaffield is a well-known
London hat designer, and claims to be one of the first to introduce the present Edwardian rage. At the moment hair is well and truly ' up ', but, Swaffield tells us, a change may soon be expected, and he is designing all his spring hats for hair worn down

Contributors

Unknown:
Alison Settle
Unknown:
Geoffrey Swaffield
Unknown:
Geoffrey Swaffield

with Olive Kavann
Although Frank Walker and his Miniature Orchestra gave their first broadcast in the summer of 1938, Walker has been a radio favourite for many years. With his Octet, which he formed in 1927, he appeared frequently before the microphone in programmes of the best light music. A feature of these broadcasts was Walker's solo cello playing. The Octet was, by the way, the first combination to play in the studios at Broadcasting House, when it was used for testing acoustics.
Walker, who started studying the violin at the age of five, has played in cinemas, conducted symphony orchestra, and played his cello for the Diaghilev Russian Ballet at Covent Garden.

Contributors

Unknown:
Olive Kavann
Unknown:
Frank Walker

A Black-Faced Minstrel Show
Devised and produced by Harry S. Pepper -
Bones, Tambourines, Corner Men, Crack Banjo Team , Stump Speech,
Old and New Melodies
Scott and Whaley, Ike Hatch ,
C. Denier Warren , Arthur Finn
The Kentucky Banjo Team, Dick Pepper , Edward Fairs ,
Bernard Sheaff
At the BBC Theatre Organ,
Sandy Macpherson
The BBC Variety Orchestra and the Male Voice Chorus, conducted by Leslie Woodgate
Music arranged by Doris Arnold and orchestrated by Wally Wallond
Book written and remembered by C. Denier Warren
The Kentucky Minstrels will broadcast again tomorrow (Regional, 6.0)

Contributors

Produced By:
Harry S. Pepper
Unknown:
Crack Banjo Team
Unknown:
Ike Hatch
Unknown:
C. Denier Warren
Unknown:
Arthur Finn
Unknown:
Dick Pepper
Unknown:
Edward Fairs
Unknown:
Bernard Sheaff
Unknown:
Sandy MacPherson
Conducted By:
Leslie Woodgate
Arranged By:
Doris Arnold
Unknown:
Wally Wallond
Unknown:
C. Denier Warren

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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