Solo oboe, JOY BOUGHTON
THE GRILLER STRING
QUARTET:
Sydney Griller (violin); Jack O'Brien (violin), Philip Burton (viola),
Colin Hampton (violoncello}
Reader, HUMPHREY WHITBREAD
In the early part of 1785, soon after his twenty-ninth birthday, Mozart had a visit from his father, in Vienna. On the second day after his arrival, Haydn was a guest of the house and three new quartets were played, the second half of a set of six, which Mozart had dedicated to him, calling him his dear friend and master. Haydn had just as sincere a regard for the younger man. and it was then that he paid him the famous tribute, telling the proud father: ' I declare to you before God and as an honourable man, that I recognise your son as the greatest composer of whom I have ever heard.' This was the first of the three quartets played that evening.
It has always been a favourite with players and listeners alike.
10.30 A Forsaken Garden (Swinburne) A Dream of the Unknown (Shelley)
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(First Performance)
Rutland Boughton has never shown very much interest in chamber music— his output consists of less than a handlul of works. His latest work is the Quartet for oboe, violin, viola, and 'cello, which was written in 1932 and dedicated to his daughter. Joy Boughton, who is playing the oboe part this evening.
10.55 The Passionate Shepherd to his
Love (Marlowe)
Her Reply (Raleigh)
Lines from ' Summer : the Second
Pastoral' (Pope)
Lines from 'L'Allegro ' (Milton)
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An interesting work in this programme is Ronald Biggs's ' Summer Landscape ' for string quartet. The composer studied at the Royal College of Music and is now Director of Music at Dartington Hall School.