B.B.C. Recording Of Light Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire"
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 10, 1938.
Today's Wireless
12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral, 12.30 p.m.-Songs by Percy Heming!
(Baritone).
12.44 p.m.-Compositions of Sir Ed-
ward German;
1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
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1.03 p.m.-New Dance Records.
1.15 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.25 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections. 1.40 p.m.-Rotary Tiffin Speech relayed from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.
2.15 p.m.-Close down.
6 p.m.-Lucienne Boyer (Soprano) and
Orchestra Mascotte.
Wiener Burger-Waltz (Ziehrer).
Orchestra. Idylle Passionnelle-Waltz (Georges
Razigade).
Souvenir De Mona Lisa-Waltz (J.)
Schebek)
Orchestra.
Ta Main-(Hands Across The Table)
-Chanson.
Mon Ami Le Vent-Chanson.
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c.'s
Orchestra-You Never Looked So Beautiful (From "The Great Zieg- feld'); You (From 'The Great Zieg- feld')......Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra.
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Vocal-I'm A Fool For Loving You (Lewis & Wendling); Au Revoir (J. G. Gilbert). ........... Turner Layton. Piano. Duet with String Bass &
Drums-Rumbas On Toast...
Arthur Young And Reginald Fore-- sythe.
7.13 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions.
7.15 p.m.-London Relay Detectives
In Fiction. The second of a series 9 of dramatised detective stories. Each programme in this series will deal
in with a different detective fiction whose exploits have made him fam- ous:-No. 2-Hercule Poirot, 'The In- credible Theft'.. From the story by. Agatha Christie. Adapted and pro- ducted by Leslie Stokes.
Lucienne Boyer. World-Potpourri Waltzes Of The
(arr. Carl Robrecht)....Orchestra. Viens Danser Quand Meme (Jamblan
and Delettre) .... Lucienne Boyer. 18 After The Ball-Waltz (Harris). Songe D'Automne-Waltz (Joyce).
Orchestra.
6.30 p.m. Variety Programme-Vocal
& Instrumental. Orchestra-Out Of The Rag Bag- Medley....Harry Roy & His Orch. from The Mayfair Hotel. Vocal-Nothing's Blue But The Sky (Newman-Spina); I'll Bet You Tell That To All The Boys (Tobias -Stept)...Len Bermon with Orch. Piano Solo-Streamline-Piano Se- lection (Ellis); Streamline-The First Waltz (Ellis). Vivian Ellis
(Piano).
BRIDGE NOTES
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7.55 p.m.-Musical Interlude.
"Toad Of Toad Hall"Selection (H.
Fraser-Simson). New Mayfair}
Orchestra with vocalists. p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.38 p.m.-Ling' Pagliughi (Soprano) & Jussi Bjorling (Tenor) in selec- tions from Opera.
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(Giacosa-Illica-Puccini).
Through The Camp Sewer: Escape From Prison Camp
TRANSMISSION 1
Frequencies-
GSJ 21.63 Mc/a (18.98 m) GSH 21.47 Mc/s (18.97 m.)
· GSG 17.79 `Mc/s. (16.86 m.)
·GSO 16.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.)
10.45 a.m.-Big Ben. The Leslie Bridge-
water Harp Quintet.
11.15 a.m.-'Detectives
in Fiction'- Hercule Poirot solves the mystery of "The Incredible Theft.' From the story by Agatha Christie.
11,55 a.m.—'In and Out of Rhythm.' A
contest: 'Sweet' versus 'Swing.'
12.15 p.m.-The Manchester Tuesday
Midday Society's Concert.
I Puritani-"Qui la voce tun Soave"
(Bellini)
Lina Pagliughi. Paradisol—“L'Africana”-Act (Scribe Meyerbeer). Cielo E Marl "La Gioconda"-Act
2 (Boito-Ponchielli),
Jussi Bjorling
Rigoletto-Gilda's Aria: 'Caro nome'
(Verdi). Mignon lo son Titania' (Thomas).
Lina Pagliughi. Recondita Armonia--"Tosca"Act 1
Jussi Bjorling. p.m.--London Relay-'Escape'-3. First-hand accounts by Prisoners of War. Through the Camp Sower'. A talk by Ernest Pearce.
9.30 p.m.-London Relay The News. 9.50 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording "Mon-1.30 p.m.-The News and Announce- sieur Beaucaire". A musical play ments. Greenwich Time Signal at adapted for Broadcasting from Booth
1.45 p.m. Tarkington's novel and the light opera libretto by Frederick Lonsdale, 1.57 pim-Close Down. by Gordon McConnel.
8,03 p.m.-G. Charpentier-Impressions 11
D'Italie. Played by Orchestre Sym- phonique sous la direction de Gus- tave Charpentier.
8.26 p.m.Alfred Cortot at the Piano, Impromptu No. 1 In A Flat Major,
Op. 29 (Chopin).
Impromptu No. 2 In F Sharp Major,
Op. 36 (Chopin).
Fantaisie Impromptu In C Sharp Minor, Op. 66 (Oeuvre Posthume) (Chopin).
By ELY CULBERTSON
What Not To Do
HILE there are a great many credit for one thing he did not re-
bad bridge players, it was double. recently our experience to run into
West opened the seven of hearts, one who seems to combine all the not his best lead. South covered bad habits we have ever seen, both with the eight in dummy, East -in-bidding-and-play. The following played-the-jack, South-won-with-the- hand, in which he was declarer, is king and led back the six of hearts. an actual example of this player at Now came his first serious mistake. his worst.
South, dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
WEST
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B-Q 9 2
H.-7 4
NORTH
S.-7 6 4 H.-Q 10 9 8 3 D.-5 4 2
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D-A 7 6 3
C.
-J 8 4 2
EAST
S. A 10 8 H.-A J 2 D.-J 9 8
C. Q 10 7 3
SOUTH S-K J 5 3 H.-K 6 5
D-K Q 10
С.-АК 9
South opened the bidding
one no-trumps, and was quite
Since the seven and eight were out, he realised that his six was just as good as the nine-spot, and ac-
three cordingly played the
from dummy. East ducked, and now de- clarer had no chance whatsoever to get into dummy. However, he play- ed a third heart. East won with the ace and led a club, South now hopelessly finessed the nine. · West won with the jack and continued the suit, South winning with the king.
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He now led a low spade. East won with the eight and led a third club, knocking out South's ace.
Declarer's next play was a second low spade. East won with the ten, cashed the 13th club, South discard- ing the ten of diamonds. A dia- mond shift was won by West's aco, with and another diamond play estab- proudlished East's jack, whereupon East of the restraint he showed; since made the last two tricks with the most of his no-trumps bids are far ace of spades and jack of diamonds, weaker. West and North passed, setting the contract four tricks. and now East doubled. South re- If anything, South's play was doubled, West passed, and North worse than his bidding. He had promptly rescued with two hearts. been lucky enough to get a West passed, and now South jump-favourable opening, the heart, and ed to three no-trumps, the only if he had had enough sense to play possible reason for this bid being, dummy's nine on the second heart as we have said, that South is about lead, he could have led a spade from the worst bridge player we have dummy, gone up with the king, con- ever encountered. West promptly tinued the suit and eventually, estab- doubled, North and East passed, lished the 13th, to be set not more and now we want to give South than two tricks.
very
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Lyrics by Adrian Ross. Music by Andre Messager.
Produced by Gordon McConnell and
Rex Haworth. p.m.-Close down.
BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY
TRANSMISSION 1
Frequencies--
GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.) GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 m.) GSB 9.51 me/s (81.55 m.) G.M.T.
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1.00 p.m.-Escape' (First-hand Ac-
counts by Prisoners-of-War) "Through the Camp Sewer.' A talk by Ernest Pearce.
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Frequencies--
GSH 21:47 Mc/s (18.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.)
GSJ (to 3.30 p.m.) 21.58 Mc/=
|1.57 p.m.-Opening Announcements.
2.00 p.m.-Big Ben. The Band of His
Majesty's Coldstream Guards..
3.00 p.m. What is Success?' A talk
by Anthony Weymouth.
3.15
p.m.-Hungarian Gipsy Party, from the Hungaria Restaurant, Lon- don.
|5.00 a.m.-Big Ben. 'Empire Exchange.' 4.00 p.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 5.15' a.m.-Music Hall.
4.15 p.m.
6.15 a.m.-Topical Gazette.' A fort- nightly review of things at Home.
4.20 p.m. Brahms.
6.50 a.m.-The News and Announce-4.10
ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 7.00 a.m.
7.15 a.m.-Close Down.
Pianoforte Music of
p.m.-Waltzing Matilda' - 5: 'Some Reflections on Travel in the British Empire."
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5.00 p.m.--Close Down.
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