Percy Scholes broadcast the first talk on music exactly 50 years ago today. Alec Robertson looks back on the changing style of music talk as he recalls it, both as a listener and for a time as the BBC's Music Talks Producer.
He includes excerpts from talks by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM, SIR WALFORD DAVIES, SIR HAMILTON HARTY, JOHN IRELAND, CONSTANT LAMBERT and SIR DONALD TOVEY, and other distinguished musicians