From a series of summer concerts in the Colston Hall, Bristol
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Basil Cameron
God save the King
The swan of Tuonela (Cor anglais solo, Horace Green)
The return of Lemminkainen
Basil Cameron, one of the most brilliant of British conductors, has had a distinguished career. He studied the violin at the Berlin High School of Music under Joachim and Max Bruch and later finished his studies under Leopold Auer. He played in the Queen's Hall Orchestra, conducted a Wagner Centenary Festival, and in 1914 co-operated with Sir Thomas Beecham in a Richard Strauss Festival. After serving in the last war he became conductor of the Municipal Orchestra at Hastings and also of the Harrogate Municipal Orchestra.
In 1930 he went to America and directed the San Francisco Orchestra, later taking over the post of chief conductor of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. In America he made a reputation as a fine conductor of the classics as well as the moderns, making a speciality of music by British and American composers.