I wrote of Barbirolli:

>...  The BBC broadcast the whole concert (Elgar and Bruckner) but then
>went and "mislaid" the tape.  Fortunately it was beautifully recorded off-
>air by an enthusiast and it is that tape which provided the BBC Radio
>Classics release of the Bruckner just over a year ago.  The Elgar didn't
>appear in that release but I do know that the same enthusiast has it and
>if the BBC talk nice to him he will let them release it.

I have now been told that this will happen. So Barbirolli's performance
of Elgar's "In The South" from the Royal Festival Hall will be part of the
next tranche of BBC Legends out in the UK next month.

Tony Duggan
Staffordshire,
United Kingdom.