30 DECEMBER 1932, Page 17

On New Year's Eve, we are to have the first

of a winter season of thirteen Promenade Concerts, planned after the manner of the time-honoured " Proms." of the summer. These concerts serve to fill in the gap until the B.B.C. Symphony Concerts begin again on January 25th. But might not a brief pause have been equally salutary to the orchestra and to the listener ? A rollicking first night is promised (complete with " Auld Lang Syne ") and for the rest there are to be Beethoven, Bach, Handel and Wagner nights and a programme devoted entirely to Delius. All the concerts will be broadcast.