(Church of England) from the studio
Order of Service
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Hymn, Praise to the Lord, the almighty (S.P. 626 ; A. and M. 657)
Reading, Romans xii, 1-5 Prayer of Repentance
Psalm xxiii (Scottish Metrical
Version)
Reading, John xv, 5-14
Address by JOHN MAUD , Fellow of University College, Oxford
Prayer of Dedication
Hymn, As with gladness men of old
(S.P. 83 ; A. and M. 79)
Prayer
with Helen Hill
Thirty - three - year - old Charles Ernesco was a fellow pupil of William Primrose under Max Mossel at the Guildhall School of Music.
His first important engagement was as an ' extra ' for the London Symphony Orchestra at the Leeds Festival in 1925. From 1926 to 1932 he was in the orchestra at Covent Garden for the Grand Opera Season. Since 1933 he has been a free-lance musician and has worked with such artists as Van Phillips , Ben Frankel , Eugene Pini , Ray Noble , and Leslie Bridgewater.
Ernesco formed his quintet, in which he plays the first violin, in 1934, and has kept the same personnel ever since.
John Rorke
Few broadcasters over a long period have been on the air so constantly, or so successfully, or in a greater diversity of programmes than that fine baritone and admirable comedian, John Rorke. Revue, musical comedy, Children's Hour, television, all come alike to him; but perhaps one of his greatest radio successes was in that fine favourite
1 Old Music-Halls'—a success he shared with Denis O'Neil , Tessa Deane , and Bertha Wilmott in a series that began in 1933, ran through the whole of 1934, and was revived the following year.
John Rorke-his real name
John O'Rorke reveals his ancestry—comes of a famous theatrical family, his aunts being two of the most accomplished actresses in the modern history of the theatre: Kate Rorke and the late Mary Rorke.
As a young man he left the Civil
Service for the stage and was among the first to revive old English songs. He sang them at the Palladium and at the Coliseum, and all over South Africa.
Bernard Goldstein (violin)
Archie Marks (saxophone and clarinet)
Nora Walsh (pianoforte)
(Wales)
Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
'Trees, Shrubs, and Plants for Towns and Shady Corners'
C.H. Middleton and Roy Hay
Favourite pieces from the repertoire of The BBC Orchestra
(Section D)
Led by Laurance Turner
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
It has always been Willie Walker's ambition to form a combination consisting entirely of virtuosos, and this has been amply realised in the case of his Octet. This light orchestra includes such famous names as Alfredo Campoli, Sydney Bright - brother of Geraldo - and Bill Shakespeare. All the arrangements for the Octet are by Michael Krein, 'the father of the gypsy band'.
Walker himself started to learn the clarinet when a child of seven in Newcastle, and later studied under Robert Smith, then the most famous clarinet teacher on Tyneside. After holding a position as musical director in a Newcastle cinema, he took over a similar post at a famous Newcastle restaurant. Here the seeds of his versatility were sown, a versatility which was recognised when Debroy Somers, happening to be in Newcastle, dropped into the restaurant one night and shortly afterwards offered him a job.
at the BBC Theatre Organ
R. Ellis Roberts
with Lisa Hubsh
John Brophy and Eric Gillett
There have been few more remarkable innovations in the book world during the past year or two than the wholesale introduction of sixpenny editions of well-known works of yesterday and today. This evening Eric Gillett , experienced broadcaster on literary topics, is going to discuss some of the more recent of these sixpenny publications.
John Brophy has been busy reading the current novels, and will talk about some of them in the other part of the broadcast.
Leader, Norris Stanley
Conductor, Reginald Burston
Secretaries versus Employers
A return match with new teams
from St. Martin-in-the-Fields
8.0 Order of Service
Hymn, Father, hear the prayer we offer (S.P. 487)
Confession and Thanksgiving
Psalm xxiii
Lesson, Matthew ii, 1-12
Jubilate
Prayers
Hymn, As with gladness men of old (S.P. 83; A. and M. 79)
Address by the Rev. A.O. Standen, Vicar of Maidstone
Hymn, O worship the King (S.P. 618; A. and M. 167)
Blessing
Organist, S. Drummond Wolff
An appeal on behalf of THE NORWICH DIOCESAN MORAL
WELFARE ASSOCIATION by BASIL MAINE
The Moral Welfare Association for the county of Norfolk has been for years engaged in preventive and rescue work, which as it meets with increasing success requires more and more support. Girls often quite young are in danger of degradation and misery.
The well-known Penitentiary of Ditchingham is in urgent need of financial aid. It is fed by the refuge St. Augustine's Lodge in Norwich ; which itself must be provided with new premises as the work expands. Much the same applies to the shelters and refuges in Lynn, Lowestoft, and Yarmouth. Norfolk is a county peculiarly dependent on outside help owing to the paucity of rich people and the number of scattered lonely villages.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to Basil Maine, Esq., [address removed]
The first of twelve episodes of Patrick Riddell's adaptation of Victor Hugo's famous novel
With music specially composed by Robert Chignell
'The Bishop's Candlesticks' in which Henry Ainley plays the part of Valjean, Baliol Holloway as Javert, C.W. Howard as The Bishop and the story-teller is Robert Speaight
Play produced by John Cheatle
A Nineteenth-Century Amusement Guide
Written by Wilfrid Rooke Ley.
Music selected by Mark H. Lubbock and Max Robertson
Singers: Joan Hammond (soprano), David Lloyd (tenor)
Narrator, Wilfrid Rooke Ley
The BBC Theatre Orchestra, Leader, Tate Gilder, Conductor, Stanford Robinson
This is the first of a series of programmes which will paint a musical picture of amusements during Queen Victoria's reign.
The nineteenth-century man-about-town had a selection of pleasures that would be considered small by modern standards. Nevertheless the night life of London in those days was never mediocre.
Tonight's broadcast will cover the early years of Victoria's reign, from the 'thirties to the 'sixties, and listeners will be told among other things about opera and opera stars at Her Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket, about ballet and the days of the great Taglioni, and about the kinds of private parties that were fashionable in those days.
A feature of the broadcast will be the playing of the pas de quatre, a dance executed by most of the famous ballet dancers of the day. The music was found in the British Museum.
