Relayed from The Queen's Hall
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co., Ltd.)
THE B.B.C. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
(Principal Violin, CHARLES WOODHOUSE)
Conducted by SIR HENRY WOOD
MAGGIE TEYTE (Soprano)
ARTHUR FEAR (Baritone)
MARIE HALL (Violin)

There is hardly any side of music which Saint-Saens did not touch, and though he was a pianist himself, he enriched the literature of the violin in a way for which players and listeners alike will always be grateful. The frequency with which this sparkling and vivacious Rondo appears in programmes is evidence of the delight with which violinists play it and of the effect which it never fails to make.
(First Concert Performance)
This Fantastic Ballet in one act was originally written for C.B. Cochran's 1930 Revue. The scenery and costumes wore designed by Christopher Wood, the young artist who met with a tragic death last year.
The scene of the ballet is a freak pavilion in Luna Park. There are four niches concealed behind curtains containing the four freaks: a man with three heads, a three-legged juggler, a one-legged ballerina, and a man with six arms. The showman enters, bows to the public, and proceeds to raise the curtains of the niches in turn. A short piece of music, each in a different dance form, accompanies the appearance of each freak. Having exhibited the freaks, the showman bows to the public, turns down the lights, and retires to an echo of the music with which he announced his show. The pavilion is now only illumined by the light of the moon. The four freaks creep out of their niches and are seen to be perfectly normal human beings. The freak show was only a fake.
But the actors are all very weary of circus life. They decide to leave it and go out into the world. Silently they slip away. Quite unconscious of this defection, the showman returns and prepares for the second performance. As before, he bows to the public and opens the niches in the same order, mechanically and without looking behind him. In the first niche there are merely two heads; in the second, the juggler's billiard balls move round in a slot, but there remains only the extra leg of the juggler; in the third niche there is nothing; and in the fourth four arms waving wildly. Finally, the showman, realizing from the laughter of the public that something is wrong, turns round and sees what has happened. He tries frantically to close down the niches, but, on approaching the four waving arms, is caught up by them, as by an octopus, and strangled.