The National Orchestra of Wales
Ronald Harding (Violoncello)
Relayed from the National Museum of Wales

Liszt was a great lover of the music of the gipsies of Hungary, and made a number of their tunes into Rhapsodies-a term he used, so he said, because he felt that it best expressed the epic element in the gipsies' performances. In his book, The Gipsies and their Mimic in Hungary, he gives a stirring account of such performances. Most of his twenty Rhapsodies were composed on his return in 1839 from a tour abroad, on which occasion a sword of honour was presented to him by Hungarian nobles. They were Piano solos, and Liszt later arranged some for Piano duet, and orchestrated a few.
(to 13.45)

Relayed from the Carlton Restaurant.

A play by Dorothy Coombes.

(9.30 Local Announcements)

The Station Orchestra
Selection from 'Mr. Manhattan'

Wynne Ajello
Little Blue Moon ('The Blue Moon')
O wandering breeze ('The White Chrysanthemum')

Orchestra
March, 'The Carnival'

James Whigham
When the heart is young ('The Boy')
It must be very trying to be mad ('Who's Hooper?')

Orchestra
Selection from 'My Nieces'

Wynne Ajello
Light is my heart as a feather ................ ('The Arcadians')
I like London ............ ('The Arcadians')

Orchestra
Waltz, 'The Girl behind the Counter'

Wynne Ajello and James Whigham
Duets:
It's nice to be home once more' ('Who's Hooper?')
O that we two were maying ('The Boy')

Orchestra
Selection from 'Young England'

(to 23.00)