At the age of 66. Rae Jenkins can look back over a long and interesting career. At 18 he played in the Queen's Hall Orchestra with Sir Henry Wood ; he worked with Tommy Hand ley in the ITMA shows: with Gracie Fields , Vera Lynn. and Gigli. His story starts in Ammanford. South Wales, and the career he chose for himself then has not ended yet.
In this morning's portrait of Rae Jenkins , Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, those taking part are
ROWLAND JONES (tenor) DAVID THEODORE (oboe)
MOLD ALUN SINGERS chorus-master BRIAN HUGHES BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA leader JOHN BACON conducted by RAE JENKINS Introduced by MORFUDD MASON LEWIS
Written and produced by J. ALWYN JONES