with DON CARLOS

The Band of H.M. Coldstream
Guards, conducted by Lt. R. G. Evans : Marche heroique de Szabady (Massenet). Intermezzo, Hobomoko (Reeves). Sabres and Spurs (Sousa)
John Goss (baritone) (with Cathedral Male Voice Quartet): The Boatman (Harris). Ten Thousand Miles Away (Willan). Shenandoah (arr. Terry)
The Band of H.M. Grenadier
Guards, conducted by Major George Miller : Old Folks at Home and In
Foreign Lands (Roberts)

by Phyllis Simons
Even those people who deny that Brahms deserves to be placed alongside Beethoven as a symphonist all agree that he was unsurpassed as a miniaturist ; as a composer of songs and short piano pieces. The two pieces to be heard this morning will give listeners a good idea of Brahms's great genius in this direction. The dainty, light, and fanciful Capriccio in B minor is a particularly attractive example.
Beethoven's Thirty-two Variations were written in 1806 and therefore represent the composer in full command of his creative gifts. The key scheme of these Variations is interesting: Variations 1-12 are in C minor, 13-17 in C major, and 18-32 in C minor. F. Bonavia, in an article on this work in the RADIO
TIMES, points out that Beethoven ' in the Thirty-two Variations recalls Bach on account of the material and spiritual unity of a work that resembles a chaconne in every particular. There is no change of rhythm and the only change in tonality is given by the passage from minor into major '.

' Re-Queening and Honey
Extraction'
R. Gamble
In his talk today Reginald Gamble is to discuss the happiest time of the year for bee-keepers-the removal of surplus honey. He will point out that they are not robbing the bees-' robbing the hive is very bad bee-keeping'. He will discuss the method by which bees have been induced to store more honey than they will require for their own needs. He will tell listeners just how and when to extract the honey, and the type of knife to use, and go on to explain what to do with the honey when it has been extracted.
Next he will speak about making mead and pass on to listeners his wife's own recipe. Finally he will talk on ' re-queening '.
Bee-keeper listeners will be interested to hear that in September Gamble hopes to bring to the microphone Brother Adam, the well-known bee-keeper of Buckfast Abbey, who will discuss the production of Devonshire heather honey, queen rearing, and bee-keeping at the famous Abbey apiary, one of the finest in the world.

Directed by Harry Davidson from the Commodore Theatre,
Hammersmith