KENNETH ELLIS (Bass)
MELSA (Violin)
THE WIRELESS MILITARY BAND
Conducted by B. WALTON O'DONNELL
PUGNANI was one of the foremost violinists of the age which succeeded Tartini, whose most famous pupil ho was. He is regarded as having carried on the fine traditions of Corelli and Tartini, and as handing them on to the succeeding age of which a leading light was his own pupil Viotti. He composed much, although very little of his own music has survived except such occasional pieces as this ; Kreisler has arranged it as a very effective solo.
ALTHOUGH some of de Falla's later music is already better known to us in this country, it was his opera, La Vida Breve, which first won him recognition in his native Spain as well as abroad.
This dance from the opera is already too well known to need description: it lends itself well to separate performance and demands no knowledge of the whole work for its enjoyment. Vivid rhythm is characteristic of it, as it is of all the true music of Spain.