1 NOVEMBER 1935, Page 6

The B.B.C. . will earn fresh gratitude if it is

able .t0 develop the idea embodied in " Youth Crosses the Frontiers," the admirable feature which figured in last Sunday afternoon's programme. For an hour and a half we had young voices singing national folk-songs, usually to a delightful accompaniment. The characteristic differences must have been clear to all listeners, especially I think, the violent difference between East and West, and the extraordinary contrasts in the matter of melody The sweetness of the English Voices--in '" Bingo 1015, his name, Oh," " Golden slumbers," and " John Peer