' And here the smug and silver Trent shall run in a new channel, fair and evenly'
The course of the river from
Biddulph Moor, down through the Potteries to Rugeley and Burton, to Nottingham, Newark, and on to the Humber
Presented by Godfrey Baseley , Leslie Bowmar , William Hughes , Valerie Larg , Hugh Morton , Lester Mudditt , and Harry Oakes
A programme arranged and produced by Robin Whitworth
(A recording of the broadcast in the Midland programme on Monday evening)

at the piano accompanied by Carlo Krahmer at the drums

1—' The Pork Shop'
Arranged by James R. Gregson
(A recording of the broadcast in the Northern programme on January 26)

by G. D. Cunningham from the Town Hall, Birmingham

Three well-known ballads:
The Trumpeter, My Old Shako, and Lighterman Tom

Leader, Leonard Hirsch
Conductor, Eric Fogg
Ruth Naylor (soprano)
Dennis Noble (baritone)
An Operatic Programme
3.18 Excerpts from 'Fosca' by Carlos Gomes :
DENNIS NOBLE AND ORCHESTRA
D'amore l'ebbrezza (Love's intoxication) (Act 1)
RUTH NAYLOR , DENNIS NOBLE, AND
ORCHESTRA
Gia troppo al mio supplizio (My already too great anguish) (Act 2)
RUTH NAYLOR AND ORCHESTRA
Quaie orribile peccato (Dreadful sin)
(Act 2)
RUTH NAYLOR , DENNIS NOBLE, AND
ORCHESTRA
Tu la vedrai negli impeti (You'll see her transports) (Finale, Act 3)
Antonio Carlos Gomes was born in 1839 and died in 1896. He was born in Brazil, of Portuguese parentage, and early promise of considerable musical ability gained him the patronage of the Emperor Don Pedro II, who sent him to Europe to study at Milan Conservatoire. His first stage work was given at Rio de Janeiro in 1861, and nine years later his fame was established by the tragic opera // Guarani, which, since its initial production at La Scala, Milan, has been performed all over the world.
Fosca is not one of the best known of the operas of Gomes, but it provides many opportunities for first-class dramatic singing.
3.42 ORCHESTRA

Marcus Adams

(Broadcast in the Midland Programme on Monday)

with Gloria Brent
Marilyn Bob Howard

Sam Carson (baritone)
A section of the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra
Directed by David Curry

7.53 SAM CARSON

7.57 ORCHESTRA

8.3 SAM CARSON

8.6 ORCHESTRA