Lya Gurevitch
In Studio Piano Recital
THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 16, 1938
Today's Wireless
12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of a Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral, 12.30 p.m.--Welsh and Barker (Duet-
tists).
Don't Forget (Shapiro).
Ding Dong, Ping Pong (Dundas). Daisy, Tessie And Mabel (Walsh).
with Piano,
12.40 p.m.-Roy Fox & His Orchestra, Can I Forget You-Fox-Trot (film "High, Wide and Handsome'); The Folks Who Live On The Hill-
and Fox-Trot (film 'High, Wide Handsome'); When The Sun Says “Goodnight" To The Mountain- Fox-Trot; I'll Sing You A "Thou- sand Love Songs-Fox-Trot (film 'Cain &, Mabél); Alexander's Rag- time Band (Berlin); The Japanese Sandman (Egan, Whiting)....with] vocal refrain.
1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wen-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.-Mozart-Symphony
Major ("Prague").
harmonic Orchestra Erich Kleiber.
In D Vienna 'Phil- conducted by
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. (9.52 megacycles)
Robinson Cleaver at the Organ of the Union Cinemas "Regal” Bex- ley Heath. Comediennes-Gert And Daisy Make A Christmas Pudding (E. & D. Waters)...Elsie & Doris Waters:: Dance Orch.--Lost Love-Fox-Trot; 7 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quotations.
Don't You Know Or Don't You
"Fats" Waller 7.02 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections. Care-Fox-Trot........ & His Rhythm with vocal refrain. "Love, Life and Laughter"-Selec- tion New Mayfair Orchestra. Vocal-Lovely To Look At (from
'Roberta'); Love Me Forever (film "Wild Violets"-Vocal Gems (Stolz) and Martin ....Maria Elsner 'On Wings of Song')....The Street
Kraemer of The State Opera, Singer with Violin, Accordion and Celeste Accomp.
Dresden, with Chorus and Orch.
Gerry Moore (Piano).
6.44 p.m.-(a) My Own; (b) That foolish feeling; (c) You're as pretty. as a picture; (d) A Rhythm Excur- sion.
Organ-Medley
Robinson Clea-
ver at the Organ of the Regal Cinema, Bexley Heath.
2.15 p.m.--Close down.
6 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.
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(a) This is my night to dream; (b) A-Tisket, A-Tasket; (c) My heart is taking lessons; (d) Darktown Strut- ter's Ball.
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press,[6.14 p.m.
Weather Forecast ments.
and Announce-
1.40 p.m.-Elsie & Doris', The Street Cleaver, and Singer, Robinson 'Fats' Waller & His Rhythm.
Vocal-When The Poppies Bloom
Again (Morrow-Pelosi)
The
Street Singer with Instrumental Accompaniment.
Organ-Musical Sweethearts...
H.
Record: Arabia — Danza (Oyanguren); Andalucia (Oỹangu- ren)... ..Julio Martinez Oyanguren (Guitar).
6-21 p.m.-(a) This time its real; (b) My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean; (c) Hawaii Calls; (d) Oh! Boom.
Rose Dreams (Stasny); Swanee Moon (Towers & Pelosi).....George Elliotts' Hawaiian Novelty Quartet with vocal chorus. I've Got Two Lips-Quickstep..
6.35 p.m.-Records:
Winning
CONTRACT
(By the Four Aces)
David Burnetine, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has
beaten every other system in existence.
Noel Coward Medley.....The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall, with vocal chorus.
"Queen of Hearts" Selection; "It's Love Again"-Selection.... Sydney Kyte & His Piccadilly Hotel Band, with vocal chorus.
London Relay:
Paul Rubens Programme
Russian Folk Song (arr. Jaroff).......
conducted by Serge Jaroff. Monotonously Rings The Little Bell (Russian Folk Song-árr. Jaroff)} Song of the Volga Boatmen (Kis- sian Folk Song-arr. Jaroff). conducted by. Serge Jaroff.
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8.20 p.m. Studio - Lya Gurevitche
(Plano) playing Moussorgsky's "Pic- tures at an Exhibition”.
8.45 p.m.-Orchestral Compositions of
Moussorgsky.
Gopak (from "The Fair At Sorot- chinsk"). London Symphony Orchestra cond. by Albert Coates. Night On The Bare Mountain.......... Lon- don Symphony Orchestra cond. by Albert Coates.
Serenade. Reginald Foort at the B.B.C. Theatre Organ with Alfredo- Campoli (Violin).
on.
9 p.m. - London Relay 'Food for
short talks Thought'. Three "The Cat And The Fiddle"-Vocal
matters of topical interest. Gems (Harbach & Kern).....Light. Opera Company with Orch,
9.20 p.m.-Next week's programme, "Head Over Heels"-Selection (Gor-(9.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News.
don & Revel)
His
Louis Levy &
Gaumont-British Symphony|9.50 p.m.-Songs by Richard Crooks
with vocal refrain.
7.35 p.m.--London Relay-Mr. Gilliej
Potter.
7.50 p.m.-Ambrose & His Orchestra.
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Free Fox-Trot; Take My Heart-
Fox-Trot......with vocal refrain. Two Hearts In Cuba-Rumba.
8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements,
8.03 p.m.-Don Cossack Choir.
The Epic of Serge Jaroff's Don Cos- sack Choir (Prof. Schwedoff); The Song of the Terek Cossacks (Jaroff).. .conducted by Serge' Jaroff.
(Tenor).
Macushla (Rowe-Macmurrough). Too Late To-morrow (Langenberg).. Tell Me To-night (from the film).
....with Orchestra.
10 p.m.-London Relay---Theatre Com--
posers-Paul, Rubens. The Man and his Music. A programmé arranged by M. Willson Disher. Music select- ed and programme produced by Mark H. Lubbock and Gwen Williams. The The B.B.C. Theatre Chorus and B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra. Leader, Tate Gilder. Conducted by Harold' Lowe.
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11. p.m.-Close down.
What's On At the Cinemas
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This picture
AT THE STAR "Beloved
Brat", AT THE MAJESTIC "The Prison- with Dolores Costello, Bonita Gran-er Of Zenda." One of the greatest- ville and Donald Crisp. The picture love stories of modern times is dram- tells of a dramatic story of parental atically interwoven with desperate ad- misunderstanding and disinterestedness venture and intrigue. which drive a young girl-only one in features those incomparable lovers, a rich family-into the path of life Ronald Colman and Madeleine Carroll, - which few ever retrace, the path which with Douglas Fairbanks, jun., in the often ends in stark tragedy.
role of the fighting daredevil, Rupert NOT WORTH THE RISK
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