Leader, BERTRAM Lewis
Conductor, RICHARD AUSTIN
Solo violin, JEAN POUGNET from the Pavilion, Bournemouth
Glazunov's Violin Concerto
Glazunov's Violin Concerto in A minor was completed at St. Petersburg in 1904 and published in the following year. It is dedicated to the eminent violinist, Leopold Auer. There are three distinct movements of contrasting character, but they follow one another without a break, giving an impression of one movement of changing moods. It opens in moderate time, and the solo violin enters immediately with a broad flowing melody which has a large say in the first section. There are several changes of mood and of time before the actual second. movement appears in a slower triple time. The theme of this will be recognised as closely akin to the opening. Striking use is made of the harp in the accompanying figures of this section. Again, here, the movement passes through varying moods, and a brilliant cadenza for the solo instrument leads straight into the lively last movement.
Chausson's Symphony
Although Chausson's Symphony in B flat is an extremely individual work, in certain more or less superficial characteristics it shows the influence of Franck. Particularly is this true of some of Chausson's melodies and his use of the cyclic' form. The first movement, which begins with a slow section introducing the principal theme that plays such an important part throughout the work, is very dramatic in character. The slow movement is deeply felt music and contains many beautiful touches of harmonic and orchestral colour. The third and last movement is full of great vitality and power, and is heroic in character.