THE WIRELESS MILITARY BAND, conducted by B. WALTON O'DONNELL
ESTHER COLEMAN (Contralto)
JAMES HOWELL (Baritone)
SCHUMANN'S Romance, the Second Movement of the Symphony, is an engaging little piece. The character of the melody makes it easy to believe (as we are told) that Schumann at first intended to bring in a guitar for the accompaniment.
The Finale works up to at brilliant and exhilarating finish.
The famous Nocturne is called for by Titania to lull to sleep the poor, weary mortals, victims of the fairies' tricks.
LISZT'S 'Soirees de Vienne,' as he called them, are described as 'Valses Caprices after Schubert.' Liszt has somewhat decorated certain of Schubert's little valses, that have a homely ring in them (they are after the style of the Landler, one of the national dances popular in Austria, Bavaria, and the neighbouring parts of Europe).