Regional Programme Northern is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 17th May 1931.

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 Northern

Northern

National Programme

CLEMENT MILLARD'S LIGHT ORCHESTRA

Leader, Richard Cook 
Conductor, PERCIVAL  GOFFIN   
(From Newcastle)

' The North'

A Visitor's View 
H. RUDALL 
Mr. Rudall is a cyclist and walker who has lived in New Zealand and Canada. He is now exploring the North of England.

THE BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA

Leader, ALFRED BARKER 
Conductor, T. H. MORRISON   
'Forest Murmurs ' is one of Wagner's most magical pieces of descriptive writing. Siegfried is lying under a tree listening dreamily to the music of the forest: the rustling of leaves, the ripple of the stream, and the songs of the birds. The theme representing ' The Murmur of the Forest' is the ' Primeval Element' from the prelude to Rheingold. Siegfried cuts himself a reed-pipe and tries to imitate the bird songs. He thinks about his mother, who died in giving him birth, and he becomes sad. We hear the expressive motive ' The Sorrow of the Volsungs.' Siegfried's thoughts now turn to love and the beautiful new theme of the hero's ' Longing for Love' is introduced.

Idle Duet

' Playing at Trains ' 
A programme compiled by G. H. DAYNE 
Produced by OLIVE SHAPLEY

Interval and any Northern Announcements

THE NEWS

THE MERSEYSIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Leader, H. S. CROPPER 
Conductor, LOUIS COHEN 
Solo pianoforte, ALAN SOULSBY from St. George's Hall, Liverpool   
Grieg wrote the Piano Concerto in A minor in the first year of his marriage, and it speaks eloquently of his happiness. He played the solo part himself on his first appearance in London in 1888 at a concert of the Royal Philharmonic Society. It is one of the most popular of all piano concertos for reasons that are not hard to understand. First and foremost, the music is full of lovely, rich melodies, of which Grieg was such a fertile inventor. It is scored with the utmost delicacy and vividness of colour, and the piano part is brilliant and effective without being merely showy.

A Recital of Arias

sung by ISOBEL BAILLIE  (soprano) accompanied by THE BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA 
Leader, Alfred Barker 
Conductor, T. H. MORRISON

Epilogue

Regional Programme Western is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 16th May 1933.

Regional Programme Western

Regional Programme Scotland is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 13th September 1931. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

Regional Programme Scotland

FRED HARTLEY AND HIS NOVELTY QUINTET

Regional Programme Northern Ireland is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 6th January 1935.

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