Conductor,
B. WALTON O'DONNELL
OWEN BRYNGWYN (Baritone) THIS suite, as popular for a stringed orchestra as for military band, is arranged for the latter by the composer. The name of Gerrard Williams, which figures so often in programmes for Military Band, as an arranger for that combination of orchestral pieces, belongs to a musician and composer who has done much distinguished work in other fields than that of the Military Band ; in fact, his name often occurs in other sections of the programme pages. He has written a good deal of orchestral work, all of which is distinguished for its very able, subtle, and delicately coloured orchestration. An excellent example of this is a ballad opera entitled Charming Chloe to a libretto by Rodney Bennett, which listeners are quite likely to hear again. He has composed, too, a number of songs of a quality which gives him rank as one of the successful writers of really good songs in recent years.