28 SEPTEMBER 1974, page 24

Programme Notes

John Bridcut ,Earlier this month Robert Ponsonby of the BBC wrote to the Times, deploring the inadequate financial assistance for the four independent London orchestras which......

Opera

Mystery tour Rodney Mikes Londoners stop reading here. As so often at this time of year, the operatic action moves to the provinces. Citizens of Birmingham, Manchester, Oxford,......

Will Waspe

On a recent visit to Hollywood, rogueish Ulsterman and film critic Alexander Walker fell among, Mae West at some festive occasion or other. Appreciatively fingering his biceps,......