MAVIS BENNETT (Soprano)
ROGER CLAYSON (Tenor)
THE WIRELESS CHORUS and THE WIRELESS ORCHESTRA
Conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON ORCHESTRA Overture, ' Samson ' Andante ; Allegro; Menuet
CHORUS and Orchestra Chorus, ' Crown with pomp the Festal Day ' ('Hercules')
Mavis BENNETT and Orchestra
Sweet Bird (' II Penseroso ') . (Flute Obbligatq, FRANK ALMGILL)
ROGER CLAYSON, Chorus and Orchestra
Air and Chorus, ' The Trumpet's loud clangour ' (' Ode on St. Cecilia's Day ')
ORCHESTRA
Concerto Grosso, No. in B Flat for Flutes, Oboes, Bassoons and Strings
Allegro moderato ; Largo ; Allegro
Listeners have now heard so many examples of Concerti Grossi, by Handel and other old masters, that there can hardly be need to remind them how the effects are made by the contrast between the solo instruments and the main body of the orchestra. Here the little team of soloists, the ' Concertino,' as it was called, consists of flute, oboe, bassoon and solo strings, while the main body is formed of the other strings with the accompanying pianoforte, on which the harmony is filled up by a skilled performer from a figured bass. In the old days before conducting became the specialized art which we know today, it was usual for the player of the pianoforte-at that time it would be a harpsichord-to beat time for the players also. CHORUS and Orchestra Chorus, ' Music, spread thy voice around (' Solomon ')ROGER CLAYSON and Orchestra
Air, 'Would you gain the tender creature?' (' Acis and Galatea ')
MAVIS BENNETT and Orchestra
How blest the day (' Solomon' )
ORCHESTRA
Suite from the ' Water Music '
MAVIS DENNETT, ROGER CLAYSON, Chorus and Orchestra
Duet and Chorus, ' Happy we ' (' Acis and Galatea')
Chorus and Orchestra
Chorus, 'Hallelujah' (' Messiah ')
(N.B.—All the Music will be played with Handel's Original Orchestration)