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by Willan Swainson from St. Machar's Cathedral,
Aberdeen
Although Willan Swainson is closely associated with musical activity in Aberdeen, he is a native of Harrogate, where he worked for some years as an organist and accompanist before going to the ' granite city in 1916 as organist to Queen's Cross Church.
He held this appointment until last year when he became organist of the West Church of St. Nicholas, the mother church of Aberdeen. He founded the Aberdeen Choral and Orchestral Concerts in 1923, the Chamber Music Club in 1926, and the Orchestral Music Club in 1935. Among other of his club activities in recent years was a period in which he conducted the Peterhead Choral Society.
He has been Lecturer in Music in the University of Aberdeen since 1925, and has given a great many organ recitals, a number of which have been broadcast.

Contributors

Unknown:
Willan Swainson
Unknown:
Willan Swainson

The Singers
Anna Meakin , James Johnston ,
William Blackburn
The Players
Percy Waterhouse, Frank Hughes ,
David Curry , Frank Rea , James Regan , Sam Lowry , Harry Davis , Dennis Stevens , and James Moody
Devised by James Moody
(From Northern Ireland)

Contributors

Singers:
Anna Meakin
Singers:
James Johnston
Singers:
William Blackburn
Unknown:
Frank Hughes
Unknown:
David Curry
Unknown:
Frank Rea
Unknown:
James Regan
Unknown:
Sam Lowry
Unknown:
Harry Davis
Unknown:
Dennis Stevens
Unknown:
James Moody

A Serial Play in Ten Episodes by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Third Instalment
In which Ben is forced to go back into the empty house by the man who caught him running away. While they are exploring the attics they hear footsteps ... with Leon M. Lion as ' Ben ' and Ivan Samson as ' Fordyce ' Produced by Leslie Stokes

Contributors

Unknown:
J. Jefferson Farjeon
Unknown:
Leon M. Lion
Unknown:
Ivan Samson
Produced By:
Leslie Stokes

An opera by Leo Delibes
Libretto by E. Gondinet and F. Gille
English version by Claude Aveling
The BBC Theatre Chorus, the BBC Theatre Orchestra, Leader Tate Gilder , Conductor Stanford Robinson
Act 1, In India. A shady garden with a great variety of flowers growing in profusion. In the background, beside a narrow stream, is a house almost hidden among the trees. It is daybreak.
Act 2, A market-place in an Indian town. Numerous booths and stalls display merchandise of various kinds. In the background, a pagoda. The market is in full swing.
Act 3, An Indian forest, with a small bamboo hut almost hidden by flowers and foliage
Narration written by Wilfrid Rooke
Ley
Production by Stanford Robinson in collaboration with Gordon McConnel , Rex Haworth , and Charles Groves
See the article, 'An Indian Butterfly', on page 12
' Lakmé' will be broadcast again on Tuesday, January 17, in the Regional programme at 8.0.

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Delibes
Unknown:
E. Gondinet
Unknown:
F. Gille
Unknown:
Claude Aveling
Leader:
Tate Gilder
Written By:
Wilfrid Rooke
Production By:
Stanford Robinson
Unknown:
Gordon McConnel
Unknown:
Rex Haworth
Unknown:
Charles Groves
British Officers:Gerald:
Webster Booth
Frederic:
John Hargreaves
Nilakanta, a Brahmin priest:
Harold Williams
Lakme, Nilakanta's daughter:
Stella Andreva
Millika, Lakme's attendant:
Mae Craven

A recorded synopsis of a paper read to The Physical Society in London earlier in the day by Sir Ambrose Fleming, F.R.S.
When the Physical Society was founded sixty-four years ago it received its first address from a young scientist by the name of Fleming.
This evening Sir Ambrose Fleming, inventor of the thermionic valve and one of the pioneers of radio, will once more address that body. Sir Alan Ferguson, President of the Physical Society, and well-known broadcaster, will introduce Sir Ambrose, who will address the members on scientists of the 'seventies and scientists of today.
The speech will travel by post-office line to Broadcasting House, where it will be electrically recorded. The Recorded Programmes Department will then have the difficult task of cutting a sixty-minute speech to fifteen minutes, and making a consecutive whole of it.

Contributors

Speaker:
Sir Ambrose Fleming
Presenter:
Sir Alan Ferguson

by Harold Child (baritone)

Auf einer Wanderung (Way-faring) - Wolf
Der Musikant (The Musician) - Wolf
Schlafendes Jesuskind (The Holy Child asleep) - Wolf
Du meines Herzens Kronelein (You, the joy of my heart - Richard Strauss
Die Nacht (The Night) - Richard Strauss
Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen (Often I think they have only gone out) (From the ' Kindertotenlieder ') (Songs on the Deaths of Children) - Mahler

Contributors

Baritone:
Harold Child

' La culture du Canada francais'
H. Rooney Pelletier
H. Rooney Pelletier is a French Canadian from Montreal at present in London as exchange producer from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to the BBC.
This year the centenary of the publication of the Durham Report will be welcomed by French and English - speaking Canadians. The Report embodied the idea of freedom for both peoples and foreshadowed the union of the two Canadas. The speaker will show how French Canada still retains very strong cultural ties with France.

Contributors

Unknown:
H. Rooney Pelletier
Unknown:
H. Rooney Pelletier

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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