A SYMPHONY CONCERT
Under the direction of M. FRANCOIS RASSE
Vocalist, Mile. EUGENIA BUYKO
Relayed from the Kursaal, Ostend
THIS evening's concert comes from one of the principal quarters of music in Europe. The Symphony Orchestra of the Kursaal at Ostend has for its director M. Francois Rasse , the principal of the Liege Conservatoire. Its audiences are pre eminently cosmopolitan, for holiday-makers come to Ostend from all parts of the world.
Last year's relay from the Kursaal was of a purely experimental nature, implying a considerable amount of organisation on the part of the B.B.C. This year's broadcast will be more in the nature of a fait accompli, utilizing the permanent system of ' repeater stations ' which, by international offort, has been installed to facilitate the carrying out of ' international relays.' In the course of a long journey from one part of Europe to another, along trunk telephone lines, the 'quality' of alprogramme is liable to deteriora. tion. Accordingly, stations have been erected at certain points along the telephone lines at which engineers can rectify any faults in the transmission and from which the programme is passed on at full strength. Such ' repeater stations ' are already in operation in Belgium at Brussels, Liege, Bruges, Ghent and La Panne. The last-named will be utilized tonight to ensure that the concert, before it leaves Belgium by submarine cable en route for London, is adequate both in volume and quality. Mile. EUGENIA BUYKO
Chant du haleur de la Volga
Troika (tzigane)