FOR his eighth series of talks on ' Music and the Ordinary
Listener ' Sir Walford is breaking fresh ground. Twelve little-known and seldom heard Overtures by Handel will be analyzed at the piano and then played over on the harpsichord. The old contemporary ' out- line ' version of these overtures will be used-so that the listener may more readily follow the melodic line and see the simple harmonic basis on which Handel worked.