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★ by Leo Tolstoy
14—'Moscow falls'
A serial reading by Eric Gillett
The battle of Borodino saved Russia but Moscow had to fall first Old
Kutuzor, the Russian commander-in-chief has to take the bitter decision to fall hack and let Napoleon enter
Moscow. Moscow is being evacuated and the Governor of the city, Count
Rastopchin, is being threatened by the mob, who are furious at his giving up the city without another blow.
But he has a scapegoat ready.
* , at 2.0

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Unknown:
Leo Tolstoy
Reading By:
Eric Gillett

★ from St. Paul's Cathedral
Order of Service
Psalm lxxviii
Lesson, Genesis xxiii
Magnificat (Noble in B minor) Lesson, Romans viii, 18-39
Nunc Dimittis (Noble in B minor) Anthem, Lord, for thy tender mercies' sake (Farrant)
Lord, for Thy tender mercies' sake, lay not our sins to our charge, but forgive that is past, and give us grace to amend our sinful lives ; to decline from sin, and incline to virtue, that we may walk with a perfect heart before Thee now and evermore.
Hymn, God that madest earth and heaven (E.H. 268)

' Yeats and the Irish Drama'
W. G. Fay
With the death at the end of last month of W. B. Yeats the Irish theatre lost one of its greatest figures. He was one of a small group that inaugurated the Irish National Theatre Company in 1903, and took it to the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Those with him were Ladv Gregory , George Russell (' A.E. '), and W. G. Fay , who this evening will give recollections of the early days, and describe Yeats long service to Irish drama.

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Unknown:
W. G. Fay
Unknown:
W. B. Yeats
Unknown:
Ladv Gregory
Unknown:
George Russell
Unknown:
W. G. Fay

set to music by Constant Lambert
A Summer Day Nocturne
With a Man of Leisure Lines
The Ruin of the Ku-Su Palace The Intruder
On the City Street
The Long-Departed Lover sung by Martin Boddey (tenor)
Martin Boddey , who is a member of the BBC Singers, Section A, studied at the Guildhall School of Music under Walter Hyde. While still a student he was asked to join the English Singers for a tour in America and Canada. Boddey, who was born in London in 1907, is a versatile artist, for he has sung in films, musical comedy, and is a gifted interpreter of English, French, German, and Italian songs. His regular connection with broadcasting began in 1934, when he joined the Wireless Singers, and one of his most distinguished appearances before the microphone was in the speaking part in Milhaud's Christopher Columbus. In 1936 he was appointed professor at the Guildhall School of Music.
A short article on Li-Po, by Cecil Gray , will be found on page 12.

Contributors

Music By:
Constant Lambert
Sung By:
Martin Boddey
Tenor:
Martin Boddey
Unknown:
Walter Hyde.
Unknown:
Christopher Columbus.
Unknown:
Cecil Gray

the famous stage and screen star in 'DANCE CABARET' from the Royal Bath Hotel Ballroom,
Bournemouth with Chris Gill
Southland's Dynamic Gentleman
The Radio Revellers
In Modern Mirth and Melody
Eric Barker
In Satirical Nonsense and Benny Loban and his Music
Weavers with Al Bowlly

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Gill
Unknown:
Eric Barker
Unknown:
Benny Loban
Unknown:
Al Bowlly

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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