Regional Programme London is a radio channel.

Regional Programme

Regional 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.

Regional Programme London

London

THE DAILY SERVICE

Daventry National Programme

The New Victoria Cinema Orchestra

Directed by Sydney Phasey  
Relayed from The New Victoria Cinema, 
Bradford

Gramophone Records

Acts I and II of Puccini's Opera 
' La Bohème' 
Cast:  
Members of The Orchestra and Chorus of La 
Scala, Milan 
Conductor, CARLO SABAJNO 
Puccini's operatic version of Miirger's tale of Bohemian life in Paris is so full of incident that only by some such staccato method as Mr. Jingle's can the happenings of the first two acts be compressed within the allotted space. He would have told the story something like this: Attic-Christmas Eve-fingers blue-no fire, no food. Burn Marcel's picture, Crossing Red Sea ? No, smell awful. Rudolph's tragedy ? Yes-noble sacrifice, ignoble fire. Transformation ! Enter Schaunard, musician, stroke of luck-food, drink, fuel. Toasts. But who comes ? Landlord, rent overdue ; confound the fellow-push him out. Money not for rent-off to Cafe Momusall but Rudolph, must finish task : duty first, cafe after. Knock-Mimi from upstairs-tiny hand frozen-they call me Mimi-attraction-love-join the others. Act II-Café, shops, crowds, Christmas jollity-new bonnet for Mimi supper for five. Musetta-lovely girl-gay-elderly, gallant Alcindoro: Marcel old flame of hers-sings at him-waltz, As through the Btreets ' - life a song, each verse an affair- Marcel the refrain. Packs old Alcindoro off-joins supper party. No money to pay ; no matter -leave old gentleman to pay, coming back ; excitement-soldiers passing-hooray ! escape.

THE PARAMOUNT ORCHESTRA

Directed by Lionel Falkman 
Relayed from The Paramount Theatre, 
Manchester

The Children's Hour

' The First News'

WEATHER FORECAST, FIRST GENERAL NIEWS 
Bulletin and Bulletin for Farmers

Interlude

THE WIRELESS MILITARY BAND

Conducted by CHARLES LEGGETT 
ASHMOOR BURCH (Baritone) 
OSCAR LAMPE (Violin)

Cavalleria Rusticana '

(Mascagni) 
Relayed from Sadler's Wells 
Cast in order of appearance :   
Conductor, CHARLES CORRI 
The plot is founded on a well-known Sicilian story of village life, and is m one act, without change of scene. It begins with a serenade, sung before the curtain rises. Turiddu, the singer, and Lola, to whom it is addressed, had been sweethearts, but when Turiddu went off soldiering, the inconstant Lola had married Alfio, a waggoner. 
The curtain rises on a village in holiday mood. 
It is Easter morning, and, while some are bound for church, others are clearly bent on pleasure. 
Gradually the villagers go off, until only Lucia, Turiddu's mother, and Santuzza, a village girl, are left. Santuzza feels she dare not enter the church, and to Lucia she confesses her griefs. When Turiddu came back and found Lola married to another, he had turned to Santuzza for consolation, but now has deserted her in her need. Lucia promises to help.' Turiddu comes in, on his way to church, and Santuzza reproaches him bitterly, begging him to return to her. But just then Lola passes, and Turiddu roughly throws Santuzza from him, to follow Lola into the church. As Santuzza raises herself from tho ground, Alfio comes on the scene, looking for his wife Lola. Bitterly hurt as she is by Turiddu's heedless treatment of her, Santuzza pours out the whole story of Lola's infidelity, and Alfio vows vengeance. They go off together, and while the stage remains empty the Intermezzo is played, which must be one of the three or four best-known pieces of music in existence. As it dies away, people come " out of church, and Turiddu invites his friends to drink with him at his mother's wine-shop. His drinking song is another very popular number. 
Alfio joins them, and Turiddu asks him to drink, but he refuses. The women scent [the coming tragedy and carry off Lola, as Alfio issues his challenge to Turiddu ; according to Sicilian custom, the two men embrace, and Turiddu bites his enemy's ear. 
Alfio goes to the place appointed for the duel. 
Turiddu seeks his mother and bids her farewell, asking her to watch over Santuzza if he should not return, and he, too, goes off. Santuzza rushes in and flings herself into Lucia's arms, and the crowd comes back, seething with excitement. From the distance voices are heard, and a sudden cry that Turiddu is killed, and, as the two women fall fainting, the curtain is quickly lowered.

Chamber Music

SUMNER AUSTIN (Baritone) 
HARRY ISAACS (Pianoforte) 
THE GRILLER STRING QUARTET: 
SIDNEY GRILLER (Violin) ; JACK O'BRIEN (Violin) ; 
PHILIP BURTON (Viola); COLIN HAMPTON 
(Violoncello)

' The Second News '

WEATHER FORECAST, SECOND GENERAL NEWS 
BULLETIN

DANCE MUSIC

HARRY Roy and his BAND, relayed from The May 
Fair Hotel

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