The New English String Quartet:
Winifred Small (violin)
Eveline Thompson (violin)
Winifred Stiles (viola)
Florence Hooton (violoncello)
(First performance)

'Mr. Wilkes at Home in his own bar-parlour '
Presented by Pascoe Thornton and S.E. Reynolds
The sixth in a series of programmes that are being broadcast weekly to the Empire

' Why do birds "ant" themselves? '
A. H. Chisholm

from the University, Leeds
A recital by Margaret Maddison (pianoforte) and Maud Heaton (contralto)
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 in the RADIO Times, said that in these Variations Beethoven ' 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

A programme of popular dance music on gramophone records

The Rustle of Spring (Sinding).
Spring (Varen-Elegiac Melodies) (Grieg). Summer Night on the River (Delius). L'Automne (Autumn) (Fauré). Winter (The Seasons) (Glazunov)

and listen to
Augustus Franzel 's Schrammel
Quartet
Reserl, the landlord's daughter (Emmy Ludwig), will sing for the tourists, among whom are Jacques Brown , Rita Cave , and William Ashley