Mary Hamlin (soprano)
Relayed from The Park Lane Hotel

At the pianoforte, J. A. Byfield

When Albert Sandler went to the Park Lane Hotel six years ago with all the laurels of Eastbourne fresh upon him, he had a new experience of having to fight an audience. It was a cosmopolitan audience consisting of Americans, Italians, French, Germans, Swiss - in fact, people from every part of the globe.
He had to make them realise that the Park Lane Orchestra was not a mere accompaniment to a pleasant meal or light refreshments, and that concerts at Park Lane were important. The charming little pieces broadcast successfully by many light orchestras meant nothing here - they had not enough character. He had to give them pieces that they had heard in New York, and Paris, and Rome, and Berlin - selections from operettas, musical comedies, overtures, and so forth, with an international flavour and renown.
How well he has succeeded is proved by the fact that the name of Albert Sandler, which was once synonymous with the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, soon became synonymous with the Park Lane Hotel, London, from which he has broadcast monthly ever since he went there. He will be featured in 'People You Hear' in our next issue.