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Leader, Frank Thomas
Conducted by Mansel Thomas
Ethel Gomer-Lewis (soprano)
Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek , son of an Austrian Field-Marshal, was born in Vienna in 1860. After studying at the Leipzig Conservatoire, he held various conducting posts, including those of Court Kapellmeister at Weimar and conductor of the Berlin Comic Opera. In 1920 he was appointed composition professor at the State High School for Music, Berlin.
Reznicek's Donna Diana , a three-act comic opera produced at Prague in 1894, is a light-hearted comedy of love in Barcelona. It tells the story of the conquest of the alcalde's cold-hearted daughter, Diana, by the toreador, Don Cesar.
Contributors
Leader:
Frank
Thomas
Conducted By:
Mansel
Thomas
Soprano:
Ethel
Gomer-Lewis
Unknown:
Emil Nikolaus
von Reznicek
Unknown:
Donna
Diana
Unknown:
Don
Cesar.
Margaret Hewitt (soprano)
Harry Brindle (baritone)
MARGARET HEWITT
Contributors
Soprano:
Margaret
Hewitt
Baritone:
Harry
Brindle
Baritone:
Margaret
Hewitt
(All arrangements by Arthur Dulay)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin): Ronde des lutins (Goblins' Dance) (Scherzo fantastique) (Bazzini). Romanza andaluza (Sarasate)
Miguel Fleta (tenor): La Dolores
(Breton). Ay, ay, ay (Perez-Freire)
Moriz Rosenthal (pianoforte) :
Waltz in A flat, Op. 42 (Chopin). Carnaval de Vienne (On themes by Johann Strauss ) (arr. Rosenthal)
Lotte Lehmann (soprano): Berceuse (Jocelyn) (Godard). Standchen (Serenade) (Schubert)
William Primrose (viola): Gavotte
(Partita in E) (Bach). Nocturne in E flat (Chopin)
Contributors
Violin:
Yehudi
Menuhin
Tenor:
Miguel
Fleta
Pianoforte:
Moriz
Rosenthal
Unknown:
Johann
Strauss
Soprano:
Lotte
Lehmann
Viola:
William
Primrose
and 'THE ACCIDENT '
Two short stories written for broadcasting by L. A. G. Strong read by the author
Contributors
Broadcasting By:
L. A. G.
Strong
Leader, Norman Rouse
Conductor, Maurice Miles from the Pump Room, Bath
Contributors
Leader:
Norman
Rouse
Conductor:
Maurice
Miles
Joseph Shadwick (violin)
Wilfrid Parry (pianoforte)
Contributors
Violin:
Joseph
Shadwick
Pianoforte:
Wilfrid
Parry
A vest-pocket vaudeville
Produced by Ernest Longstaffe with Ray Meux
Jack Rickards and Anne,
George Moon and Al Bowlly
Accompanied by Rae Jenkins , violin and viola
Fred Alexander , cello and guitar
Ivor Dennis at the piano
Contributors
Produced By:
Ernest
Longstaffe
Unknown:
Ray
Meux
Unknown:
Jack
Rickards
Unknown:
George
Moon
Violin:
Rae
Jenkins
Cello:
Fred
Alexander
Guitar:
Ivor
Dennis
The Swift Serenade
Concert Orchestra
The singer, Bell Walker
The speaker, David Porter
Concert arrangements by Ray Terry
(Northern Programme)
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Porter
Arrangements By:
Ray
Terry
Roy Henderson (baritone)
Roy Henderson was educated at Nottingham High School. Since 1930 he has trained the Nottingham Philharmonic Society for its concerts with the Hallé under the direction of Sir Hamilton Harty. He sang the solo part in Belshazzar's Feast at the International Festival at Amsterdam in 1933, and he has sung and acted with great success in the Mozart season at Glyndebourne, one -of his finest parts being ' Figaro'
Contributors
Baritone:
Roy
Henderson
Unknown:
Roy
Henderson
Unknown:
Sir Hamilton
Harty.
and his West Indian Orchestra
(Second Series-2)
Rossini-Meyerbeer
A sidelight on contemporary musical opinion
Arranged and presented by Alexander Brent-Smith
Norman Walker (bass-baritone)
The BBC Midland Orchestra
Led by Ernest Element
Conductor, W. K. Stanton
The programme will include (Midland Programme)
Meyerbeer first made the acquaintance of Rossini's music at Venice in 1815. He was then a young man of twenty-four who had written little besides two unsuccessful German operas. 'Rossini's Tancredi we are told, 'was then at the height of its popularity, and all Venice resounded with " Di tanti palpiti ". To Meyerbeer this was a revelation, and he surrendered spell-bound to the genial charm.' The immediate result was to incite him to produce a prolific crop of Italian operas, culminating in Il Crociato (1824), all of which enjoyed great success.
In 1826 Rossini himself produced
Meyerbeer's Crociato in Paris and invited the composer there to see the first performance. He had, as it were, invited the cuckoo into the nest. His William Tell (1829) was eclipsed in popularity by Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable (1831) and Les. Huguenots (1836), and in disgust he abandoned opera composition altogether.
Contributors
Presented By:
Alexander
Brent-Smith
Bass-Baritone:
Norman
Walker
Conductor:
W. K.
Stanton
with Cyril Grantham
Souvenirs of Song, No. 12
(All above items arranged by Fred Hartley )
Contributors
Unknown:
Cyril
Grantham
Arranged By:
Fred
Hartley
(including Weather Forecast)
SPORT, TOPICAL TALKS
with TERESSA DALE
GENE CROWLEY
THE HIGH SPOTS from
The Holbom Restaurant
, at 11.30
Contributors
Unknown:
Teressa
Dale
Unknown:
Gene
Crowley
Leipzig Gewandhaus Wind Trio :
Divertimento No. 4 (K. 186), for flute, clarinet, and bassoon (Mozart) -1 Allegro. 2 Larghetto. 3 Minuet: 4 Adagio. 5 Rondo
Leipzig Gewandhaus Wind Quintet : Divertimento No. 8, in F (K. 213), for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn (Mozart)—1 Allegro. 2 Andante. 3 Minuet. 4 Molto allegro
including Weather Forecast