★ from page 57 of New Every Morning'
* for Farmers and Shipping
★ Music and Movement for
Juniors
ANN DRIVER
ANN DRIVER
* by R. C. Howells from The Freemasons' Hall,
Edinburgh
(Scotland)
Talks by visitors from the Dominions and Colonies
Under the direction of Johan Hock
from Queen's College Chambers Lecture Hall, Birmingham
The Catterall Quartet:
Arthur Catterall (first violin)
A. Waters Leavins
Lena Wood (viola)
Johan Hock (violoncello)
Quartet in C, Op. 27, No. 3
Boccherini
1 Molto moderato e grazioso. 2 Larghetto. 3 Minuetto. 4 Un poco presto
1.29 Quartet in G, Op. 18, No. 2
Beethoven
1 Allegro. 2 Adagio cantabile-Allegro. 3 Scherzo: Allegro. 4 Allegro molto quasi presto
★ Travel Talk
The Orient
' On the Tibetan Border '
Sir GEORGE DUNBAR
* Jean Summers (soprano)
The strings of the BBC Scottish
Orchestra
Leader, J. Mouland Begbie
Conducted by Ian Whyte
★ Junior English
Play: From a Greek Hero Story, arranged by JEAN SUTCLIFFE
' The Story of Theseus: (i) Theseus lifts the great stone and sets off to find his father'
' One School does this '
News of interesting and unusual work done by boys and girls
This afternoon's programme will give an example of original school activity as carried out in two schools, one in the East End of London and the other in the country.
A van recently paid a visit to an East London school where scholars have built and equipped in their confined play-ground a perfect working model of a railway with an engine capable of hauling five children. In addition to this they have, in their school garden, succeeded in rearing under most adverse conditions a wide range of plants. The records made will be played this afternoon and linked with narration.
The second school to be dealt with is in the southern counties. Among other activities it teaches its scholars the arts of dyeing and weaving. Some of these children, it is hoped, will be in the studio this afternoon to describe the work they do.
Foreign Affairs—1
Sir FREDERICK WHYTE, K.C.S.I.
★ A gramophone programme compiled by A. P. Sharpe
(The Undying One)
'Sometimes I amuse myself, not by making people believe, but by letting them believe, that I have lived from time immemorial.'
Script written by Jonquil Anthony. Additional material supplied by Lieut.-Commander Rupert T. Gould
Production by John Richmond
This is the first of a new series which will deal with a number of queer occurrences and personalities. The Comte de Saint-Germain, who first appeared in London in 1745, was certainly one of the great mysteries of his time. Claiming to be hundreds of years old, and speaking of famous historical personalities as though they were well known to him, he drifted through the contemporary scene in England and France--where he was an intimate of Louis XV and la Pompadour-marvelled at by all who observed him. He is well named the will o' the wisp of memoir writers, for no reference to him is found in any authentic state paper, yet Horace Walpole wrote of him: He sings, plays on the violin wonderfully, composes, is mad, and not very sensible. He is called an Italian, a Spaniard, a Pole, a somebody that married a great fortune in Mexico and ran away with her jewels to Constantinople, a priest, a fiddler. a vast nobleman '.
The Comte de Saint-Germain was said not only to possess the Elixir of Life. but to have the secret of removing flaws from diamonds. Who he actually was, and how he kept up his magnificent masquerade, nobody knows. Some associated him with Moses and others with the mysterious Muscovite adviser of the Dalai Lama.
(Empire Programme)
including Weather Forecast
A serial play in ten episodes by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Eighth Instalment
In which Ben escapes from the empty house by climbing through the skylight, over the roofs of the neighbouring houses, and down a drain-pipe to the street. There he finds a policeman and' tells him about the mysterious things which have been happening in Number 17 with Leon M. Lion as ' Ben ' Other characters in order of speaking(by permission of Stephen Mitchell)(by permission of Godfrey Tearle)
Produced by Leslie Stokes
Wilfrid Roberts , M.P.
An opera by J. Massenet
French text by H. Meilhac and Phillip Gille. English version by Dennis Arundell
Cast
The BBC Theatre Chorus
The BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
Narration written and spoken by Wilfrid Rooke Ley
Production by Stanford Robinson in collaboration with Gordon McCdnnel ,
Rex Haworth , and Charles Groves
In France in 1721 Scenes :
1 The courtyard of an inn at Amiens. 2 An apartment in the Rue Vivienne, Paris. 3 A parlour in the Seminary of St. Sulpice. 4 A fashionable gambling-room in Paris. 5 A lonely spot on the road to Havre
including Weather Forecast and Forecast for Shipping
' Tying a Lion up in Knots'
J. C. Walker
Presented by Sandy Macpherson at the BBC Theatre Organ
For many years the theme song has been with us. Long before the advent of the films we had it in our opera and musical shows. In the days of the old silent films the theme song was a vital part of the musical accompaniment provided, and when our screen images began to speak and sing, they carried the idea a step farther. Here is a little programme attempting to trace the origin and evolution of the theme song.
The BBC Orchestra
(Section D)
Led by Laurance Turner
Conducted by the composer
Dance Poem
Suite, The Sea
I Seascape. 2 Sea Foam. 3 Moonlight. 4 Storm
Poem No. 2 (after Richard Jefferies )
with Eve Becke
Billy Nicholls
Harry Davis
Gary Gowan from the Palais de Danse,
Hammersmith
on gramophone records