Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by Leslie Heward
' A Somerset Rhapsody '
One of the most charming of Hoist's orchestral works is the ' Somerset
Rhapsody’. It was written in 1906 at the request of Cecil Sharp , to whom it is dedicated, hut it was rewritten in the following year. The work is founded on three Somerset folk songs collected hv Cecil Sharp -' Sheep Shearing Song', 'High Germany '. and ' The Lovers' Farewell'.
' Summer Pastoral’
Honegger's Summer Pastoral ' is a quiet little nature impression, headed by a poetical quotation : 'I have embraced the summer dawn.' It is scored for a small orchestra, consisting of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn. and strings.