Peter Gracey's Talk On Great Composers
THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 21, 1989.
Today's Wireless
12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.-Selections from Wagner's
Operas.
"Tannhauser"-Overture (arr. Liszt)
..Benno Moiseiwitsch (Piano).
Prayer;
"Tannhauser"-Elisabeth's
"Lohengrin"-Elsa's Dream Maria Jeritza (Soprano) with Or- chestra (Sung in German); "Siegfried" Nothung! Nothung!
Neidliches Schwert!
L. Bel-
chior (Tenor), A. Reiss (Tenor) and the London Symphony Orch. cond. by Albert Coates. (Sung in German).
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. 9.52 megacycles)
Put It Down (Miller); The Old Oak
Tree (Miller)
Max Millor (Comedian) with Orchestra. The Ballyhooligans Wake Whoopee -Fox-Trot Medley, Intro: Japan- ese Bandman; Darktown Strutters' Ball; Alexander's Ragtime Band
.The Ballyhooligans. ·
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announc ments.
1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-1.40 p.m.-Schumann-Concerto In D
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.- Variety with Jane Carr, Max Miller and The Ballyhooligans. Favourite Favourites No. 2-Fox- Trot Medley. Intro: Stumbling; Sleepy Time Girl; When the leaves come tumbling down; Me and the Boy Friend; I'm sitting on top of the world; That's my weakness now....The Ballyhooligans.
Sun Bathing (Jane Carr); The Sing- ing Lesson (Jane Carr).....Jane. Carr (Impressionist).
Somebody Stole My Gal-Fox-Trot; Temptation Rag-Fox-Trot.....The Ballyhooligans.
Minor. Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) and The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York conducted by John Barbirolli.
2.15 p.m.-Close down.
6 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music.
Fox-Trot-Moon Over Miami....The
B.B.C. Dance Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Weekend....Louis Preil & His Orchestra; My Boy Friend ....Harald Mortensen & His Orch.
Comedy Waltz — Dandelion, Daisy 7
and Daffodil; Fox-Trot Just Dance......
Sydney Lipton & His Grosvenor House Band. Slow Fox-Trot-With All My Heart
Winning
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that has beaten every other system in existence.
A TRICK TO BE SACRIFICED
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HIGH LARD VALUES FOUR-ACES WYRTEN
(film 'Her Master's Voice'); Fox- Trot-Cling To Me....The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra,
Fox-Trot Old Ship O' Mine: Waltz
„EAM LAVORO EUT: First Act Of Bizet's "Carmen"
Prelude And Study In C Major; Chromatic Study In A Minor; Re volutionary Study, Op. 10, No. 12; Study In Major.. Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano).
Ballade No. 2 In F Major, Op. 38; Ballade No. 8 In A Flat Major, Op. 47...Alfred Cortot (Piano).
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Sympathy. Časani Club Orch. Fox-Trots-Eeny Meeny Miney Mo (film 'To Beat The Band'); Alone (film 'A Night At The Opera')..... Mark Allen & His Orchestra, A Fox-Trots-The Star and The Rose; Quicker Than You Can Say Jack Robinson....Roy Fox & His Orch. Tangos Poema Moonlight Kisses ..Geraldo & His Gaucho Tango Orchestra. Novelty Fox-Trot The Broken Re- 9.05 pm-Orchestral Interlude,
cord; Fox-Trot--The Music Goes 9.12 pm-Next week's programmes. 'Round and Around....The B.B.C. 9.15 p.m.-London Relay The News. Dance Orchestra.
for Thought". Short talks on mat- 9.30 p.m.London Relay More Food
ters of topical interest.
8 pmLocal Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.Boccherini Concerto In B Flat Major. The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Landon Ronald
Waltz-A Beautiful Lady In Blue; Fox-Trot-Everything Stops For Tea (film 'Come out of the Pan- try'). Mario Harp Lorenzi &
His Rhythmics. p.m.-Closing local Stock Quotations.
7.02 p.m.-Gilbert & Sullivan Excerpts. "The Gondoliera"-Overture The
8.27 p.m.-Studio Short Blographical Studies of Great Composers by Peter
• Gracey. No. 3: Mozart.
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9.45 pm-London Relay--Sports News
and Market Notes
9.50gers in order of appearance: Ines 9.50 p.m.-Bizet's "Carmen" Act L
Alrani Töllini; Astrid Baracchi; Aureliano Pertilo; Bruno Carmassi; Aurora Buades, and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, with the Milan Sym- phony Orchestra conducted by Lo- renzo Molajoli.
Light Opera Orchestra; List and Learn.Sybil Gordon & Chorus. "The Pirates Of Penzance"-A Rol- licking Band of Pirates We....Leo Sheffield & Male Chorus; With Cat-Like Tread........Stuart Robert-10.45 son & Male Chorus. "The Yeomen of the Guard"-Oh! A Private Buffoon is a Lighthearted Loon....George Baker (Baritone). 7.19 p.m. Popy Suite Orientale. Grand Symphony Orchestra 'con- ducted by Dr. Weissmann.
7.35 p.m.-Compositions of Chopin,
p.m.-London Relay-The Trial of the Rev. Dr. Dodd' (The Macaroni Parson), A Play in three scenes by Horace Wyndham. Scene I: The In- terior of the Old Bailey, Feb. 22. 1777. Scene II: The Condemned Cell, Newgate, June 26, 1777. Scene III: At Tyburn Tree, June 27, 1777. Produced by John Cheatle. 11.15
p.m.-Close down..
What's On At the Cinemas
AT THE KING'S "Angels With the picture tells a story typical of the Dirty Faces" Starring James Cagney valiant fight waged, some, thirty-odd and Pat O'Brien. A melodrama of two years ago to prevent the utter despo- While West might well have read boys who grow up in the slums to-llation of forests by ruthlessly selfish the situation and shifted to his gether one is diverted toward gang-lumber interests. singleton diamond (in which event sterism, the other to become a priest. the contract would have been set though the bond of friendship is The two meet after 15 years apart and two), we believe that East should stronger than ever, their paths even- have seen the danger of the spade tually fall apart again when the priest with Claudette Colbert, Don Anneche, AT THE ORIENTAL—“Midnight,” suit and signalled with the diamond starts a crime drive to save the young Jom Barrymore, Francis Lederer and Jack when the opportunity pre- gangster. The terrific climax, the in- in a springtime triumph of love and boy seeking to emulate a. big-shot Mary Astor. These outstanding stars sented itself. True, this would tense emotional appeal makes it one laughter giving Claudette Colbert her have cost a 300-point trick; but of the best films. that would be only of secondary
greatest role since "It Happened Ope importance compared with the pri-
Night."
mary object-the defeat of the contract.
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AT THE ALHAMBRA QUEEN'S "Gracie · Allen Murder You were Merwin Maier's part-liam Ellen Drew and Kent Taylor- Case", with Gracie Allen, Warren Wil- ner on Saturday. Neither side was The year's most maddening and mirth vulnerable and you held:.
ful mystery.
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In defensive play discarding is of great importance. In particular, when one player wishes to apprise his partner of strength in a certain suit, he should dis- card the highest card he can afford to play, is a proper shut-out bid intended to ANSWER: Bid four clubs. This with out however sacrificing a
make things as difficult as possible trick.
for your opponents. To-day's hand pro-
If you are doubled and set the full amount vides one of the very few exceptions to this (three tricks,) you have probably
ACE ... 3 KINC..2 QUEEN 1 JACK.NE
rule we have ever seen, for East saved a slam.
should have made a discard that Score 100% for four clubs,90% would have cast a trick but at the for pass, 50% for three clubs (not same time would have ensured the enough of a shut-out), O for one defeat of the contract.
Against five clubs doubled West opened a heart. Declarer trumped and Immediately played the Ace King and Jack of clubs.
third trump lend East dide
email heart, and his
some thought, led"
Declar-
gleefully
and than ran off five getting rid of his diamonds.
club.
QUESTION NO. 157
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AT THE CATHAY—“Suzy,” with Stone and Benita Hume. Franchot Tone, Cary Grant, Lewis
~AT THE STAR- Sen of Franken- Stein.” Stark terror stalks the earth again when the son of Frankenstein revives the monster his father, had AT THE MAJESTIC "Valley of created and finds that the puppet has The Gaints, with Wayne Morris, become the master. With Boria Kar- Claire Trevor, Allan Hale and Frank loff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill and McHugh. Based upon the famous Donnie Dunagan, Basil Rathbone, Jose- Pater B. Kyne novel of the same name, phine-Hutchinson.
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