Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by Leslie Heward

Sinfonia for Double Orchestra...J.C. Bach
Ballet Music, Paris and Helen (1. Aria of the Athletes; 2. Chaconne; 3. Gavotte)...Gluck
Three Gottland Dances...Aulin
Pavane - Faure
Suite, Jeux d'enfants (Children's Games) (1. March; 2. Berceuse; 3. Impromptu; 4. Duo; 5. Galop)...Bizet

Sinfonia for Double Orchestra:
The Sinfonia in D by Sebastian Bach's youngest son - the 'London' Bach, Dr. Johnson's 'piper' - was the third of 'Six Grand Overtures for Violins, Hautboys, Flutes, Clarinetts, Horns, Tenor and Bass', published by William Forster in 1781. The words 'sinfonia' and 'overture' were then still more or less interchangeable terms, in fact this sparkling symphony made its first appearance in 1772 as the overture to the opera Endimione.

Gluck's 'Paris and Helen'
Paris and Helen (1770) was Gluck's next important work after Alceste. In the preface to it, he wrote 'I have had to do violence to my inspiration in order to emphasise the particular national characteristics of the Spartan and the Phrygian peoples, contrasting the uncultivated roughness of the one with the soft effeminacy of the other.' This is true even of the ballet music. Gluck's most recent biographer, Martin Cooper, draws attention to the character of the Spartan dances, 'more vigorous than graceful, their clear-cut outlines and simple airs contrasting always with the rich and varied sensuousness of Paris's Phrygian music.'