1938-05-23 — Page 22

Tchaikovsky Concerto: Rubinstein And London Symphonic

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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 23, 1938.

Today's Wireless

12.00-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe- dral.

12.80 p.m.-Lucienne Boyer (Soprano)

And The Orchestre Raymonde. Careless Rapture-Selection (Ivor

Novello)

Orchestre.

La Barque D'Yves (J. H. Tranchant) Lucienne Boyer. Solitude (Laurent and Carcel).

Lucienne Boyer. A Musical Snuff Box (Lindow). Parade Of The City Guards (Jéssel). Orchestre. Dancing With My Darling (From

Continental Varieties').

This Is The Kiss Of Romance (From

'Continental Varieties'),

Lucienne Boyer. Tritsch, Tratsch-Polka (J. Strauss) The Grand Duchess-Galop (Offen-

bach).

Orchestre. 1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Roy Fox And His Orchestra. Don't Ever Change-Fox-Trot (From

'Rhythm In The Clouds'). You're A Sweetheart

Fox-Trot

(From the Film). My First Love Song-Waltz (From

'Queen Of Hearts'). Souvenir Of Love Fox-Trot (From

'Sailing Along'). Trusting My Luck-Fox-Trot (From

'Sailing Along').

The Cross-Eyed Cowboy on the

Cross-Eyed Horse-Fox-Trot. Silvery Moon And Golden Sands-

Fox-Trot.

But

Where Are You-Fox-Trot (From 'Follow The Fleet'). Let's Face The Music And Dance (From 'Follow The Fleet').

1.80 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.

1.40 p.m. Variety Programme.

Chorus and Orch.-

Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (Vocal Gems from the Walt Disney Film).

Chorus and Orchestra directed

by Jay Wilbur.

Two Pianos-

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c.'s

well with Reginald Foort at the B.B.C. Theatre Organ.

Humorous-

Music. Grub.

Murgatroyd and Winterbottom (Two minds with not a sin- gle thought) With Monte Crick at the Piano.

Organ-

Medley.

Robinson Cleaver at the Organ

Vocal-

4. Aquella Moca.

(Freitas Braneo). 5. Music Of The Night.

(Eric Coates) . D'Aquino.

8.23 p.m.-Orchestral.

Slavonic Dance No. 16 In A Flat

Major (Dvorak).

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra con-

ducted by Vaclav Talich. 8.30 p.m.-London Relay-Empire Ex-

change."

Points of view by travellers from the

of the Regal Cinema, Bex-Dominions and Colonies. ley Heath.

The Whiffenpoof Song (Minniger-

ode, Pomeroy and Galloway). Rudy Vallee and Male Quartette

with Carroll Gibbons and His Orch. (Pianist: Daniel Eliot).

8.45 p.m.-Songs by Maria Olczewska

(Contralto).

Die Mainacht (Brahms). Sapphische Ode (Brahms). Nur Wer Die Sehnsucht

(Tchaikovsky).

Kennt

8.55 p.m.-Tchaikovsky-Concerto No.

1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23. Played by Arthur Rubinstein (Piano) 2.15 p.m.-Close Down. 6.00 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orches-and The London Symphony Orchestra

tra from the Roof Garden of the conducted by John Barbirolli. Hong Kong Hotel.

7.00 p.m.-London Relay "Topical

Gazette.'

A fortnightly review of things at Home. Presented by Pascoe Thornton. 7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

tions.

7.32 p.m.--Harold Ramsay (Organ), Kitty Masters And Turner Layton, When The Harvest Moon Is Shining

(Wilfred and Swaine).

Turner Layton.

Six Great Melodies.

Harold Ramsay at the Wurlitzer Organ of the Regal Cinema, Kingston.

When

The Swallows Nest Again (Stevens and Edmund). Sweetheart, Let's Grow Old Together

(Bratton and Edwards).

Kitty Masters. September In The Rain (From 'Me-

lody For Two').

Old Plantation ..... Turner Layton. Popular Melodies.

Harold Ramsay at the Wurlitzer

Organ of the Regal Cinema.. Kingston.

Passepied (Intro: Scherzo from 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Wes-

"Sylvia").

Destiny Waltz (Baynes

Alleyne-Leonhardt).

—

ther Report and Announcements. Arr. 8.03 p.m.-Studio-A Recital by Gas- ton D'Aquino (Tenor) accompanied by E. O'Neil Shaw (Piano).

Alleyne, and Leonhardt on two

pianos.

Orch. with Organ-.

Lulworth (Cover (Shadwell).

Seville ("Cities of

Haydn Wood).

Romance".

The B.B.C. Variety Orchestra |

Conductor: Charles Shad-

BRIDGE NOTES-

North, dealer.

Sacrifice

Both sides vulnerable.

WEST

NORTH

S.-A 8 6 5 H.-3

D.-A K Q J 7 5 C.-A 4

8.-J 10 7 4 H.-2 D-10 9 8 6432

EAST

1. Addio Mignon:

("Mignon"—Tomase).

(Diack)

2. Have You Seen But A Whyte

Lilye

9.30 p.m.-London Relay--The News. 9.50 p.m.-Songs by Stuart Robertson

(Baritone).

Myself When Young ("In A Persian

Garden"-Lehmann).

Silent Noon (Vaughan Williams). That Song In My Heart (From The

Gang Show'-Reader). 10.00 p.m.-London Relay In Town

To-Night.'

10.30 p.m.--Dance Music.

Fox-Trot-

Julika! Czardas. Hungarian Fox-Trot-

Play, Gypsy, Play!

George Boulanger And His Orch. Tangos

Jingle Bells.

Twilight.

E. Bohr's Argentine Tango Orch. Fox-Trots--

I Don't Like (From 'Keep Fit'). Do-De-O-Doh.

Nat Gonella and His Georgians with vocal refrain by Nat Gonella.

I Never Knew.. Don't You Care What Anyone

Says.

Teddy Foster And His Kings Of Swing with vocal refrain by Teddy Foster. Waltz-

Moon At Sea.

You Needn't Have Kept It A Se.

cret.

Gaston D'Aquino &

E. O'Neil Shaw From The Studio

BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION A

Frequencie)———-

GBG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSU 16.18 Me/n (19.76 m.) GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25,68 m.) GBB 8.61 mc/s (31.55 m.)

Ben. 'In

Town To-

G.M.T.

5.00 a.mBig

night.'

5.80 8.m.-'Is

There

Life on Other

Planets? A talk by the Astronomer Royal, H. Spencer Jones.

5.45

a.m.-Milestones of Melody."

With Geraldo and his Concert Or- chestra.

6.50 a.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 7.00 a.m.

7.15 a.m.-Close Down.

TRANSMISSION #

Frequencie

GSJ 21.68 Mc/s (18.98 m.) GSH 21.47 Mc/s (18.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.) |10.45 a.m.--Big Ben. Purcell's Theatre

Music.

11.00_a.m.—Topical Gazette.' A fort- nightly review of things at Home, 11-30 a.m.-The BBC Northern Ireland

Orchestra.

12.30 p.m.-'Empire Exchange.' Points of view by travellers from the Do- minions and the Colonies.

12.45 p.m.-'The Adventures of Jack and Jill' (Episode 3): 'The Salva- tion of Sholto.' A series of musical plays.

1.30 p.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

1.45 p.m.

1.57 p.m.-Close Down.

TRANSMISSION 3

Frequencies—

GSH 21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/a (16.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) 1.57 p.m.-Opening Announcements.

'In 2.00 p.m.-Big Ben.

Town To- night.' 2.30 p.m.-Selections from Messager's

Operettas.

3.00 p.m.-Pianoforte Recital by Ed-

mund Rubbra,

3.30 p.m.-Friends to Tea.

pocket vaudeville.

A vest-

4.00 p.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

4.15 p.m.

Ronnie Munro and His Orches-14.20 p.m.-It Happens Every Day”

3. Piano Solo.

D'Aquino.

E. O'Neil Shaw.

11.00

tra with vocal refrain. p.m.-Close Down,

By ELY CULBERTSON-

Plays

(Third Edition). A revue.

5.00 p.m.-Close Down.

What's On At the Cinemas

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AT THE STAR—“The Key", with: William Powell, Colin Clive and Edna Best.-A strange triangular love drama set in the background of the seething cauldron of the Irish rebel- lion.

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AT THE ORIENTAL—"The Fire-. AT THE MAJESTIC—“Ready, Will- fly."Jeanette MacDonald has a new ing And Able."-Rugby Keeler, Lee singing sweetheart in the person of Dixon, Allen Jenkins, Louise Fazenda, Allan Jones in this filmisation of the Ross Alexander, Carol Hughes, Winni celebrated Otto Harbach-Rudolf Frim! Shaw, Teddy Hart and Hugh O'Connell operetta. Allan Jones plays his most Romancing girl meets dancing boy in jan opening diamond lead, led the important screen role as the dashing a swing-lined jamboree of fun.

Don Diego who pursues the elusive diamond ten. Dummy played an "Firefly" throughout a series of turbu- honour. East duly ruffed but, to his lent romantic adventures in this new annoyance, saw declarer overruff.musical hit. The supporting cast in The heart

taken cludes Warren William, Billy Gilbert queen was led,

and Douglas Dumbrill. with the king, and at this point East made the first of his brilliant

AT THE KING'S "The Bad Man "dummy-killing" plays. Realising Of Brimstone", with Wallace Berry, that declarer would get three dis-Virigina Bruce, Lewis Stone, Guy Kib- cards on the diamond suit if bee and Joseph Calleia. Portraying in the manner in which graphic detail

AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM- dummy's entries were permitted to law and order came to the lawless town BRA-"Hollywood Hotel."-A smart remain intact, East laid down the of Brimstone. The cast is well chos-musicale with Dick Powell Hugh Her- spade king. Dummy's ace won. De-en and the picture offers comedy, ro-bert, Alan Mowbray, the Lane Sisters- clarer returned to his own hand mance and a gripping drama.

and Johnnie Davis. with the spade queen, to lead a second trump. East's ace took this, and now East kept up the good. work, by laying down the club king! This play was too much for de- clarer. On winning with dummy's ace, there was nothing he could do to avert disaster. It was futile to discard on a high diamond. East West would merely ruff. Hoping against Pass hope that clubs would break, de- 8 hearts Pass clarer led a club to the queen. clubs Pass West's failure to follow suit blight-

S.-K 3 2 H-A K 6 5 4 D.--None C.-K 10 9 8 6

SOUTH

S.-Q 9 H.-Q J 10 9 8 7 D-None C.—Q J 5·3 2

"The bidding North

Pass

4

East South 1 diamond 1 heart Double 3no trump Pass 8 no trump Pass

diamonds Pass 4 hearts Pass ed declarer's last hope, and there

Pass

was nothing to it but to concede Not often is a player called upon East the two club tricks that he to perform two sacrifice plays in had fought so hard to preserve. one hand. That was East's fate in The plays that East was forced this hand, however, and he rose to make to defeat the contract are

known nobly to the occasion."

as "Deschapelles coups," West, thinking that there was a and it is rare indeed when two of good chance that East could ruff-them are found in the same hand.

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