Sir Malcolm Sargent conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra (Leader, Hugh Bean) and talks about the Scherzo from Mendelssohn's music for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and Strauss's 'Tone Poem' Till Eulenspiegel's 'Merry Pranks' before an invited audience.
(Next programme: January 10)

Sir Malcolm Sargent's subject tonight is 'Mischief', and as examples of the world's best-known rogues and practical jokers he has taken Puck, one of the oldest legendary characters in British folklore, and Till Eulenspiegel, whose story goes back to the Middle Ages and whose mockery and irresponsible pranks eventually bring him to the gallows.