Ray Kay's first three talks dealt with the pets which most families keep at one stage or another. In this talk he will try to stimulate listeners to be more venturesome, and he will tell of gorgeous foreigners and what they need for their table d'hote.

Relayed from Cox's Cafe, Cardiff

Relayed from the Assembly Room, City Hall
National Orchestra of Wales
(Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Cymru)
Leader, Albert Voorsanger
Conducted by Sir Henry Wood
Solo Violin, Boris Pecker
Solo Violoncello, Herbert Withers

The Sailors' Dance and Trio from the Opera 'Roderigo' - Handel
Prelude, 'L'Apres midi d'un faune' (The Afternoon of a faun) - Debussy
Double Concerto for Solo Violin, Solo Violoncello and Orchestra - Brahms
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D Minor and G - Liszt, arr. Wood

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Three Stepping Stones to this Year of Grace by Hilda M. Isaacs
The old belief that birds choose their mates on St. Valentine's Day has been referred to by both Chaucer and Shakespeare. When St. Valentine's Day was observed in good earnest, each single man and maid was allotted a member of the opposite sex as Valentine for the ensuing year.
Prologue
The Courtyard of Windsor Castle, 1578.
February 14, 9 a.m.
When Valentine's Day came, even the great Queen was not averse from receiving letters of adoration.
Whitehall, a century later, February 14, 4 p.m. His Majesty, Charles II's Bedchamber.
The Merry Monarch is weary, for he returned to Whitehall at 6 a.m., and has forgotten all about St. Valentine's Day. Custom has decreed that the first lady he meets shall be his Valentine
The Blue Boar Inn, London.
St. Valentine's Eve. Two centuries later.
Samuel Weller, Senior, is moralizing about women in the Blue Boar Inn, and learns that his son is in the parlour writing by the stove.
Songs and Duets by Margaret Wilkinson (Soprano) and J. Maldwyn Thomas (Tenor)

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