Leader, Harold F. Petts
Conductor, Ernest W. Goss
Frances Morris (soprano) from the Pavilion, Torquay
Liszt tells us that the idea for a symphonic poem on the subject of Orpheus came to him while preparing Gluck's opera for production. He ' recalled that Etruscan vase in the Louvre which represents the poet-musician crowned with the mystic kingly, wreath ; draped in a star-studded mantle, his slender fingers are plucking the lyre strings, while his lips are liberating godly words and song.... The beasts of the forests stand enchanted, the coarse noise of man is silenced, the birds are quiet, and the melodious coursing of the brook is hushed. Everything gives way to awe before the sound of Orpheus's lyre, and to man is revealed the harmony of the universe
FRANCES MORRIS A sweet July......Dunhill
If ever I marry at all .....Dunhill
ORCHESTRA
Ballet Suite, Ballerina. ..Arthur Wood
1 Theatre Lights. 2 Flowers from a Forgotten Lover. 3 Curtain Up
Night Scene (Suite de ballet)...Holst
(Strings only-Solo violin,
HAROLD F. PETTS )
FRANCES MORRIS
Stars Montague Phillips The Bargain Sale......Somervell
ORCHESTRA
Selection, Balalaika
Posford and Grun