* (Church of England) from the Studio
Order of Service
Hymn, 0 God of Bethel (S.P. 596 ;
A. and M. 512)
Prayer
Psalm xv
Lesson, Acts ii, 37-end Thanksgiving
Hymn, Take up thy cross (S.P. 119 ;
A. and M. 263)
Address by the Rev. Canon H. ANSON , Master of the Temple
Prayer
Hymn, Rise up, 0 men of God!
(S.P. 635)
Blessing
with Webster Booth
George Nash 'wants to know'
James Denny explains assisted by The BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra
Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conductor, Walton O'Donnell
with Isabelita Alonso
★ played by Cedric Sharpe (cello)
Cedric Sharpe comes of a musical family. His father, Herbert Sharpe , studied composition under Sir Arthur Sullivan , and was a Professor at the Royal College of Music for thirty-five years. His mother was a well-known violinist.
Sharpe himself began to learn the cello at the age of six, and got a scholarship at the Royal College of Music at the age of fifteen, where for five years he was a pupil of \V. H. Squire. He started his serious musical career after the war: He is a Professor at the Royal Academy of Music, and principal cello with the London Symphony Orchestra and New Symphony Orchestra. He is also cellist of the Virtuoso String Quartet and other combinations.
The Cedric Sharpe Sextet first broadcast in 1931, since when its performances have been a popular and regular broadcast feature.
* Conductor, Fred Mortimer
with Arsene Kirilloff
* C. H. Middleton
★ Favourite pieces from the repertoire of The BBC Orchestra
(Section E)
Led by Laurance Turner
Conducted by Arthur Wood
with Harry Porter (tenor) George Gershwin Medley (Solo pianoforte, HARRY ENGLEMAN)
Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell
A programme in honour of the early
Christian martyrs
Cast
Written and produced by Geoffrey Dearmer
The records of the early Christian martyrs are few but immortal, and in this afternoon's programme you
are going to hear of the lives of martyrdom of some of the most famous of them. You will hear about Ignatius, Perpetua, and Polycarp, short passages from whose records will be incorporated in the broadcast. The time is the Third Century A.D.; the place is Rome. The play has been specially written for radio in free and rhymed verse, and will close with the concluding paragraph from the General Epistle of Jude.
on gramophone records
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
Conductor, Walter Goehr
A programme of melody presented by Sandy Macpherson at the BBC Theatre Organ
(Presbyterian) from St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, Eastbourne .
Organ Voluntary
8.0 Order of Service
Hymn, From all that dwell below the skies (Rv. C.H. 228)
Prayer and Lord's Prayer
Metrical Psalm, I to the hills will lift mine eyes (Rv. C.H. 777 ; S.P. 408)
Lesson, John xii, 20-32 Prayer
Hymn, What grace, 0 Lord (Rv.
C.H. 87)
Address by the Rev. JAMES REID ,
D.D. Hymn , Take up thy cross (Rv. C.H.
501 ; A. and M. 263)
Blessing
Organist, Hugh Scott Davis
A melodrama by Patrick Riddell, based on the famous story by Victor Hugo
With music specially composed by Robert Chignell
Episode 12, 'The Curtain Falls' in which Henry Ainley plays the part of 'Valjean', Baliol Holloway as Javert, Margaretta Scott as Cosette, Patrick Waddington as Marius, C.M. Hallard as the Bishop and the Story-Teller is Cecil Trouncer (by permission of Roy Limbert)
Tonight Les Miserables comes to an end, and the heroic, persecuted figure of Jean Valjean finds its tranquillity.
During recent weeks you have heard how the peasant Valjean, ceaselessly harassed and pursued by Police Inspector Javert, met with countless adventures in his search for happiness, both for himself and for his adopted child Cosette.
You will remember how Valjean saved the life of Marius, a young revolutionary, in the emeutes of 1832, and how Marius, not realising this, turned against his rescuer on discovering that he was an ex-convict. You also heard how Javert killed himself rather than pursue Valjean further, and how Cosette and Marius were married, leaving Valjean alone and friendless.
While Valjean was serving a second sentence on the slave galleys, little Cosette lived with an innkeeper, Thenardier, who now appears again.
Tonight you will hear how Thenardier, seeking to better himself, tries to surprise Marius by telling him who Valjean is.
from the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne (Soloist, TOM JENKINS> )
A short story of football in a Devon-shire village, written and read by L. A. G. Strong
