(Continued) (Soloist, SZIGETI)
(Carnegie Collection of British Music)
THIS Orchestral Suite by Frank Bridge (born
1879) was among the first works chosen for publication by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, which has helped British composers by paying for the publication of compositions of outstanding merit.
The pictorial intentions given below are those authorized by the composer for publication in a 1'romenade Concert programme.
1. SEASCAPE, 'paints the sea on a summer morning. From high cliffs is seen a great expanse of waters lying in the sunlight. Warm breezes play over the surface.'
A widespread chord swells and dies, then
Violas play a phrase, suggestive of a wavelet rippling up, poising for a moment, then falling back again. Immediately Oboe answers with a. very distinctive phrase, perhaps meant to suggest a cry of a seabird.
Most of the Movement is made out of these two fragments of tune, especially the second.
II. SEAM FOAM. 'The soa foam froths among the low-lying rocks and pools on the shore-playfully, not stormily.' I
This Movement is a masterpiece of orchestral effect.
III. MOONLIGHT. A calm sea at night. First the moonbeams are struggling to pierce through dark clouds, which at last pass over, leaving the sea shimmering in full moonlight.'
There is an Introduction lasting nearly a minute; before the Main Tune is given out by Two Flutes, against a background of sustained Strings and Harp arpeggios.
IV. STORM. 'A raging storm. Wind, rain and tempestuous seas. With the lulling of the storm, an allusion to the First Movement is heard.'

Violin Concerto - Beethoven
The Sea - Frank Bridge
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks - Richard Strauss