Leader, Alfred Barker
Conductor, H. Foster Clark
A Concert by The E.I.A.R. Salon Orchestra
Conducted by Cesare Gallino
With the E.I.A.R. Soprano Choir
Choirmaster, Achille Consoli
Otello Boccaccini (tenor) from Turin '
A short story written for broadcasting by Sean O'Faolain and read by the author
A fortnightly survey of light music on recent gramophone records
Presented by Leslie Perowne
Wynford Reynolds was born in Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, studied music as a child, and always wanted to play the violin. It was not until after the war that he took up music seriously. He won a scholarship at the Royal Academy of. Music, and studied there for six years. In 1922 he joined the original Queen's Hall Orchestra, and in 1929 he formed the Wynford Reynolds Octet with which he began broadcasting in 1934. His signature tune 'A Cocktail of Happiness ' has sold over five thousand copies. Last Easter he was at the Winter Gardens, Margate, and he gave there a combined entertainment with Arthur Askey. He frequently broadcasts with other combinations such as Reginald King, Alfredo Campoli and Jay Wilbur, and leads his Octet on the violin.
Characteristic of this combination is the unusual quality of the team work in so small a band. The Octet is extremely versatile, and can play syncopated and 'serious' classical pieces with the same ease and accuracy.
A programme of popular dance music on gramophone records
(A Little Tea-time Show)
Produced by Ernest Longstaffe with Reg Lever (comedian)
Helga Stone (soprano)
Murray and Hobbs (The Two of Us)
Bernard Verrey (baritone)
Jack Rickards (compere)
Alan Paul and Ivor Dennis
(the maestros of two keyboards)