1935-6
Relayed from Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co., Ltd.)
Tenth Concert
Solo violin, ADOLF BUSCH
Solo viola, LIONEL TERTIS
THE BBC
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader, ARTHUR CATTERALL
Conducted by Sir HENRY J. WOOD
Arnold Bax 's ' Three Orchestral Pieces ' were composed in the summer of 1027 and first performed at a Promenade Concert in 1929. The music of these Three Pieces, like most of Bax's music, is unassociated with any literary programme. To all intents and purposes the Three Pieces might have been called a Symphony much in the same way as Schumann's Overture, Scherzo and Finale.
(Solo violin, ADOLF BUSCH ; solo viola,
LIONEL TERTIS)
In the eighteenth century orchestral works which contained a prominent solo part for one or more instruments were called ' Concertantes '. The concertante was therefore a kind of forerunner of the modern concerto. Mozart's very beautiful example of this form is said to have been written in 1780. It is scored for solo violin and viola and an orchestra consisting of two oboes, two horns, and strings. There is not very much independence in the solo parts : when the violin and viola unite they play for the most part in thirds and sixths.