Relayed from THE QUEEN'S HALL, LONDON
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co., Ltd.)
Beethoven
RIA GINSTER
MYRA HESS
THE, B.B.C. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
(Principal First Violin, CHARLES
WOODHOUSE)
Conducted by Sir HENRY WOOD
Symphony No. I in C
1. Adagio molto—Allegro con brio ; 2. Andante cantabile con moto; 3. Minuet and Trio ; 4. Finale : Adagio-Allegro molto e vivace
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RIA GINSTER and OrchestraJoyful and mournful Egmont
The drums loud are beating
MYRA Hess and Orchestra
Concerto No. 4 in G
1. Allegro modorato ; 2. Andante con moto ; 3. Rondo : Vivace
ORCHESTRA
Symphony No. 8 in F
1. Allegro vivace o con brio; 2. Allegretto scherzando; 3. Tempo di Minuetto ; 4. Finale: Allegretto vivaco
BEETHOVEN himself spoke of this work as the 'Little Symphony in F,' and as one of winch he was particularly fond, perhaps for the reason that it is in spirit the brightest of the whole nine. Tchaikovsky once wrote an analysis of this symphony from which we quote: ' It is the last bright smile, the last response, given by the poet of human sorrow and hopeless despair to the voice of gladness. In the Ninth Symphony Beethoven concludes his colossal work by a Hymn to Joy, which represents the eternal and universal chorus of humanity, united in brotherly love and chanting in one voice an ecstatic dithyrambus to Nature and the Creator. But such joy is not of this earth. It is something ideal and unrealisable; we hear the despairing cry of a great genius who, having irrevocably lost faith in happiness, escapes for a time into the world of unrealizable hopes; into the realm of broken-winged ideals. The Eighth Symphony, on the contrary, is filled with a spirit of serene content and unrestrained joy. It depicts the gentle, earthly delights of humanity before the soul is distracted by evil, doubt, and despair.'