Christopher Fifield gave a talk on "Klever Kaff" - on the 51st anniversary of the death of Kathleen Ferrier.

He told of her short, but successful, career, relating stories gathered from people who knew the great contralto, and played many of her recordings.

These included An de Musik by Schubert, The Keel Row, The Stuttering Lovers, Che Faro, and an extract from Benjamin Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia. Mr Fifield played a recording of Ms Ferrier's speech at the Edinburgh Festival in 1949, and one of her accompanying herself on a recording of The Antelope.

There was a taste of Ms Ferrier as the Angel in Dream of Gerontius, and her 1951 recording of Land of Hope and Glory, conducted by Barbirolli.

The programme ended with probably her most famous recording, Blow the Wind Southerly.

Tomorrow, Mike Holmes will present "Some Autumnal Reflections" with recorded music at Holy Innocents Hall, Kidderminster, 7.30pm.