Ducts for Two Pianofortes
(Midland)

A Variety Orchestra of PTT
Conductor, Georges Derveaux
Vocalist, Pierre Bernac
from Paris

ORCHESTRA

PIERRE BERNAC AND ORCHESTRA

ORCHESTRA

Leader, Frank Thomas
Conductor. Idris Lewis
David Lloyd (tenor) ORCHESTRADAVID LLOYD AND ORCHESTRA
ORCHESTRA

Gentlemen v. Players
A commentary on the play by P. G. H. Fender from Lord's

Stuart Robertson (bass-baritone):
The Spanish Lady (Hughes). Limehouse Reach (Gregg). The Fiddler (Murray). The Bay of Biscay (Daveyj

at the BBC Theatre Organ
A Musical Weather Forecast
(with apologies to St. Swithin)

Gramophone records of tunes for all tastes
Presented by Ernest Dudley

Leader, Aldo Spiero from the Hotel Victoria, London

Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by Leslie Heward
The ‘Italian' Symphony
It is a curious fact that Mendelssohn complained that the ' Italian ' Symphony, completed in 1831, cost him some of the bitterest moments in his life, and in consequence it was not published until after his death, in 1847. Yet it is one of his finest works, perfect in workmanship, and full of melodic charm and vital energy.
‘Les Préludes’
Liszt's symphonic poem ' Les Preludes' is based on Lamartine's Méditations poetiques : ‘What is life but a series of preludes to that unknown song whose initial solemn note is tolled by Death ? The enchanted dawn of every life is love ; but where is the destiny on whose first delicious joys some storm does not break ?—a storm whose deadly blast disperses youth's illusions, whose fatal bolt consumes its altar. And what soul, thus cruelly bruised when the tempest rolls away, seeks not to rest its memories in the calm of rural life? Yet man allows himself not long to taste quietness that first attracted him to Nature's lap ; but when the trumpet gives the signal he hastens to danger's post, whatever be the fight which draws him to its lists, that in the strife he may once more regain full knowledge of himself and all his strength.'

Lionel Tertis (viola),
George Reeves (pianoforte): Sonata No. 2 (Delius)
John Ireland (pianoforte): April
(Ireland)