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Michael Head, the well-known English composer, will be singing some of his own songs in "A Composer Sings."
WELL-KNOWN VISITING
COMPOSER SINGS
In recent years Hongkong has
heard an international
..
concert virtuoso, but it is seldom that we have the composer, per- opportunity to hear a well-known
works. forming his own
In Hongkong at the moment, as an examiner for the Royal Schools of Music, is Michael Head.'
1.30 AFTERNOON RECITAL Six Humoresques for Violin & Orch. Op. 87 & Op. 89 (Sibelius): Carmen Fantasy (On Themes from Bizet's "Carmen"} (Sarasate),
2.00 HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR
(Repeat Series).
2.30 MAINLY MUSIC. 3.00 YOU AND 1-Presented by
Barbara Lawrence.
3.30 SOAMES FORSYTE ESQUIRE 4.00 JOHNNY DANKWORTH AND
HIS ORCHESTRA.
4.30 ECHOES OF VIENNA-George
Feyer (Piano).
5.00 DISC JOCKEY-Presented by Marilyn Palmer. runner-up c1 Radio Hongkong's Junior Disc Jockey competition.
5.30 YOUTH MAKES MUSIC - "Children as Listeners" by Denis Matthews.
6.00 TIME SIGNAL NEWS FROM
RADIO
AUSTRALIA.
6.10 INTERLUDE.
6.15 THE
BUDAPEST
ORCHESTRA.
GIPSY
25
7.30 FOUR
CORNERS-Folk songs. Ballads and Traditional Melodies from all parts of the world, introduced by Patricia Penn. LCO EDUCATING ARCHIE — with Peter Brough and Archie Andrews.
830 FIRST IMPRESSIONS — In which a jury of three well-
known broadcasters
give their first impressions of the latest record releases: Chairman: FeThomas
3.53 WEATHER REPORT.
9.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS,
NEWS ABOUT BRITAIN. 9.15 FRAMLEY PARSONAGE—
from the novel by. Anthony Trollope. 9.45 SUNDAY CONCERT Bran- denburg, Concerto No. 5 in D major (J. S. Bach); Allegro Afettuoso Allegro "Loheng- rin Prelude, Act 1 (Wagner); Symphony in D minor (Franck): 1st Mov. Lento- Allegro
troppo-Allegro;
поп
2nd Mov.-Allegretto; 3rd Mov. -Allegro non troppo...
6.30 ·MANTOVANI AND HIS OR 10.58 WEATHER REPORT.
CHESTRA.
6.53 WEATHER REPORT.
7.00 .TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS &
COMMENTARY.
7.13 THIS WEEK-Compiled and introduced by Timothy Birch. 7.45 FIRST HEARING Introduced
by Derek Hogs. 8.15 SPORTSCAST Reports on the
day's sport in Hongkong. ducer: Ted Thomas.
8.45 SPOTLIGHT ON GUITAR Jose Romero' Ortigado.
Pro-
8.58 WEATHER REPORT. 9.00 TIME SIGNAL. THE NEWS & NEWS ABOUT BRITAIN.
9.15 RAY'S A LAUGH.
9.45 WHAT IS POETRY — A series of programmes zbout what poetry says. By Walter Spike.. No. Ì “Introduction.”
18.00 IS THE COOL, COOL, COOL
OF THE EVENING—Presented " by Michael Buhner. 10.53 WEATHER REPORT. 11.00 TIME SIGNAL, RADIO NEWS-
REEL.
1113 RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL—
South of Scotland v South Africa. Commentaries by Tan Balfour and John Downie, on port of the second half of the match at Mansfeld Park. Hawick. Summariser: Jock Wemyss.
11.57 WEATHER REPORT. 1159 NEWS HEADLINES FROM
RADIO AUSTRALIA.
11.00 Midnight. TIME SIGNAL,
CLOSE DOWN-God Save The Queen.
Sunday
SIGNAL, FIRST
7.00 am TIME
DAY FAVOURITES. 7.15 NEWS SUMMARY.
Mr Head is well known as a patron saint of music, Clive song composer, an accomplished Simpson has compiled an antho- planist and singer as well. He logy to illustrate the power of has given many recitals both in' music over human emotion. The Britain and in the United States, anthology will embrace many
For the next two Wednesday evenings at half past eight, in "A. Composer Sings". Michael Head will be singing, to his own accompaniment, two programmes of English-songs ranging from Dowland to Vaughan Williams, He will also Include some of his own compositions.
different civilisations and cul, 720 FIRST DAY "tures throughout the years.
and
WHAT IS POETRY: Saturday, 9.45 pm - "What is Poetry?". Many have tried to answer this much debated question, Walter Sulke joina their ranks in his new series, Mr Sulke Is probably better known to Radio a motoring en- MURDER IN THE CATHE- Hongkong as
thusiast, but his horizon is by DRAL:: Monday, 9.15 pm "Murder in the Cathedral" was no means bounded by cars. This T. 8. Ellot's first successful play, new series aim to define poetry- and was commissioned to open by example, and in tonight's the festival
programme, which is an Intro- Canterbury
In
J
(Cont'd).
FAVOURITES—
7.58: WEATHER REPORT. 8.00. TIME SIGNAL, HOLIDAY FOR
STRINGS.
8.58 WEATHER REPORT. 9.00 TIME SIGNAL
1930
THE NEWS,
SPORTS RESULTS. 9.15 PROGRAMME PARADE. 9.30 FORCES FAVOURITES-Pre-
sented by Audrey.. MID MORNING MUSIC
in F (Ravel); String Quartet Juilliard String Quartet: On- De La Nuit dine-Gaspard (Ravel); Played by Walter Gleseking: Oiseaux tristes (Ravel): Alborada del grazioso (Rave!): Played by Walter Gieseking. CELEBRATION
11.15
OF choice duction, Mr. Sulke will explain
his aims and methods.
Cathedral. While the of the subject the martyr-
TOASTMASTERS ON THE dom of Thomas Beckett-/
AIR: Friday, 9.45 pm — The was obvious enough, Ellot's
Hongkong branch of the Toast. treatment of it made no con cession to contemporary drama. masters International meet once
their alms- tic convention, and with Robert a week to pursue Donat In the main role, this in the art of Impromptu speech. One of these is to give training
should make stimulating listen- Radio Hongkong's contributor Ing on Monday evening.
Michael Baldwin, a Toastmaster SERKIN RECITAL: Thursday himself, recorded one of them 9.15 pm
Rudolf Berkin is one sessions, and on Friday. evening of these artists who are averse the uninitiated can find out how to performing in a broadcasting Toastmasters train themselves studio. He feels that the micro- In the art of thinking on one's
impersonal and phone is too
feet. prefers the feeling of having his
-
.
WHO AND WHAT?: Tuesday,
MASS FROM ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH, GARDEN BOAD Preacher: Rev. Father P. Finneran. SJ. 12.05 pm. THE MUSIC OF JEROME
KERN.
12.30 CENTURY OF SONG-Part 1 "Long, Long, Ago" (Repeat series).
1.00 TIME SIGNAL, GOING ΤΟ
THE PICTURES.
1.13 WEATHER REPORT. 1.15. TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS. 1.30 THE AFTERNOON CONCERT -"Sylvia"-Ballet Music (De- ilbes); Hungarian Dances No. 4 in F minor, No. 5 in G minor, 200 THE ARCHERS -
No. 6 in D major (Brahms).
(Omnibus
edition).
2.45 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MAR- GOT ASQUITH — Read Gladys Young, Episode 2 (Re
3.00
by
TIME SIGNAL, HOME AND HOSPITAL REQUESTS.
THE BIG STILL by Roderick Wilkinson, No. 1 "Some Mur- der" (Repeat). .
public Infront of him. 80, 7.30 pm - Radio Hongkong's Instead of playing In Radio Hongkong's Concert Hall during newest panel game is "Who and 4
What?" In this programme the his visit In Hongkong two weeks
panel Judy Stammers, Ron 4.30 THE BILLY COTTON BAND ago he very kindly allowed us
SHOW (Repeat Series); > to record his public recital Oliphant and Mark Brolles- ten questiong In which took place at the. Loke are allowed Yew Hall, on November 7. The which to guess their object. The recordings will be broadcast in Question Master is Ted Thomas, two parts. The first, in which Colvyn Have the producer. Serkin played a Sonata by Samuel
'Barber ́ ́ and
the
"Waldstein" Sonata by Beet- hoven, will be heard on Thurs- half of the day. The second recital can be heard on Thurs. day, December 1..
POWER OF MUSIC: Tuesday, 9.15 pm-In celebration of the Twenty-second of November, the day on which music lovers give praise to St Cecilia, the
Today
11.45 km PAUL TEMPLE AND THE VANDYKE AFFAIR-Part 2: "The Marlow Incident." 12.15 pm. BIG BAND SHOW,
DIARY FOR 100 TIME SIGNAL,
TODAY.
1.13 WEATHER REPORT. 1.15 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS,
3.00 MING
Begins LOW-"A Journey
·
11.00 TIME SIGNAL, RADIO, NEWE-
* REEL.
IL.IS THE EPILOGUE-conducted
by Rev. Father D. Taylor SJ. 11.30 MUSIC IN MINIATURE 11.57 WEATHER REPORT.
11.59. NEWS - HEADLINES FROM
RADIO AUSTRALIA. 12.00. Midnight -TIME SIGNAL, CLOSE, DOWN-God Save The Queen..
Monday
7.00 am TIME SIGNAL, MORNING
PRELUDE.
7.15 NEWS SUMMARY,
7.20 MORNING PEELUDE
(Cont'd).
743 WEATHER KEPORT.
747 MORNING P B B LUDE
(Cont'd).
75% WEATHER REPORT.
8.00 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS, 8.18 PROGRAMME PARADE. - 1.29 DIAITY FOR TODAY.- MON-
DAY'S MELODIES,
RAVEL: String Quar- tet in F. PROKOFIEV:
String
Quartet No. 2 in F Major.
-
The Carmirelli Quartet. KATHLEEN FERRIER: Bach Handel Recital, with the London Philhar- -monic Orchestra conduct- ed by Sir Adrian Boult. HUMPHREY SEARLE: Symphony No. 4, Sir Adrian Boult conducting -the London Philharmonic
Orchestra.
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3.80 TIME SIGNAL, NEWB HEAD-
LINES. 9.82 HOME
TILL
– Michael Hall 10.00 TIME SIGNAL, RADIO NEWS-
RELL (REDest). ⠀ 12.15 THE FOUR FRESHMEN, 10.30 THE WORLD AROUND US
“Music for Everyone" by Bet. Father T. F. Ryzz 11.00 L'IMPROMPTU DE L'AIMA THE SHEPHETDA CHAMELEON - By Engine Ionesco. Introduced by Bruwa.
OR
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Ivor
12.00 Noon. SHOW BUSINESS
Compiled by Alleen Woods. 12.30 pm MORNING CONCERT-
Nocturne bric Suite (Grieg), i Slavonie Dances (Dvorak)— Philharmonia (Orchestra corn, - by Nicolai Maiko. 100 TER
*** -TODAY.
SIGNAL, DIARY FOR
113 WEATHER REPORT.
1.15 THE SIGNAL, THE NEWS. 136 THE NAVY LÄRE—(Ecpest). 2.00-EBC BANDSTAND
Mofors Band
251 ERCIAL BY PÉTER PEARS (TENOR) AND BENJAMINS BRUTEŃ (PORTEPIANO AND - PIANOFORTEL
3.00 WE LIVE AND LEARN WHICH Includes The World Todzy,"
(General Overses Service). 14 HBC JAZZ CLUB-Jobany, Dankworth and His Orchestra with Cleo Laine,
4.99 LADY. IN. A FOG-Pet "Show-Down" (Final),
438 THE YOUNG IDEA,
5.00 LUCKY DIF-Presented by
Mary.
100 TIME SIGNÁL, NEWS TROM
RADIO AUSTRALIA,
LIS. INTERLUDE.
(13' THE DAWN OF -AFRICA -
Part 4: "the Land of Zanj? 630-FROM THE WEEKLĀES. 643 THE ARCHERS...... 651 WEATHER REPORT. 10 TIME SIGNAL," THE NEWS,
COMMENTARY.
713 TODAY-A dally, news maga» Line produced by Michael 7.38 HIND THE HEADLINES. 3.99 SINGING THROUGH THE AGES - Presented by Eet. Father T. 7. Rym 8.J. 351 WEATHER REPORT.
DECCA
LEADS THE
WORLD OF
MUSIC
MATYAS SEIBER: Elegy for Viola and Small Or-. chestra. Cecil Aronowitz with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Metyas Seiber and Fragments from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' (J. Joyce). Peter Pears, speaker, with the Melos Ensemble and the Dorian Singers conducted by Matyas Seiber. MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream'
(Incidental Music).
SCHUBERT: 'Rosamunde' (Incidental Music). Ernest Ansermet.conducting L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. BEETHOVEN: Septet in E Flat. The Melos Ensemble -of-London.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 in D Major and Leonora Overture. Ernest Ansermet conducting L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
MOZART: Notturno for Four Orchestras, K286; -Serenata Notturno, K239; Overture to Lucio Silla', K185; Interludes from Thamos, Konig in Agypten'. Peter Maag conducting the London Symphony Orchestra.
PROKOFIEV:- Peter and the Wolf. Beatrice Lillie, A serial by John narrator, with the London Symphony Orchestra con- -Marquand (Repeat). 530 SING IT AGAIN.
ducted by Skitch Henderson. 6.06.TIME SIGNAL, NEWS 'FROM
*A RADIO AUSTRALIA. 6.10. INTERLUDE 1See Opposite). 415 ST. BRIDE'S FLEET STREET Sermon SERVICE A: (With
A), conducted by The Rector Rev. Cyril M. Armitage. €.53 WEATHER REPORT. 7.00 THE SIGNAL, THE NEWS,
COMMENTARY. *
735
BOOKSHOP FE The Life
- 1st Earl Smith, Binkenhead by Frederick, and 1. of Binkenhead; pagthe Spare Chancellor" by Alistair Buchan; "The Criminal Pro- secution in England".
Reviewed by Patrick Devlin; Nell Egerton
SAINT-SÁENS: 'Carnival of Animals”. - Beatrice Lillie with the Julius Katchen and Gary Graffman, pianista, and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Skitch Henderson and with the co-operation of the animals at London Zoo.
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