correspondence between Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton to give an interesting character study of the great man. The programme was broadcast to mark Trafalgar Day.
57. Highlights from among the wide range of subjects covered in locally prepared talks were Dr. S. I. Hsiung's story of how he wrote "Lady Precious Stream", a series of five illustrated talks on the Japanese "Kabuki" Theatre by A. C. Scott, a writer who has spent many years in Japan, "My Welsh Childhood" by Trefor Davies, a philosophizing laundryman, two talks on Arabian and Indo-Chinese music by the globe-trotting Countess Dagmar von Bernstorff and Diether Ebeler, Austin Coates' intimate portrait of his composer father Eric Coates at work and a British Council series designed to assist students planning to visit Britain for Higher Studies. There were regular book reviews and talks on the arts in the weekly magazine "Viewpoint" produced by Janet Tomblin. "Motoring Magazine” continued to cater for the discriminating motorist who likes to know what goes on under the bonnet.
Serious Music
58. A fact which has emerged with striking force during the year is the growing interest of Chinese listeners in pro- grammes of serious or classical music, broadcast by the English service. There is now a considerable body of these listeners who have cultivated a taste for Western music of all kinds, particularly in the field of opera, symphonic and chamber music, and above all there is evident an appetite for piano music, probably because of the great interest in this instrument shown by young Chinese students. This was clearly reflected in the high standard of performances in the broadcasts series “Prize- winners Concerts" of 1955 and 1956.
59. A number of innovations in live and recorded pro- grammes were introduced to reflect and satisfy the growing demand for this type of music. The year began and ended with a "Festival of Arts", which in itself offered a challenge to the technical and programme resources of Radio Hong Kong. Both Festivals included a number of musical events, and Radio Hong Kong sent outside broadcast teams to cover orchestral and choral
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