Four illustrated talks by Desmond Shawe-Taylor
1—' L'Eloge des Vieux '
In this programme (the title is that of song of Yvette Guilbert ) Desmond Shawe -Taylor discusses the fascination of performances given by certain great singera in Their old age. The illustrations are from the gramophone records of Blanche Marchesi , Lucien Fugere , Ernestine Schumann-Heink , Sir George Henschei , and Plunket Greene.