Conductors Sir DAN GODFREY and ERNEST AUSTIN
Relayed from
The Pavilion, Bournemouth.
These dances were written in memory of the composer's daughter, who died when scarcely out of childhood. They recall vivid impressions of the happy life of a child.
This set of Variations on the favourite old tune is the best known of Ernest Austin's orchestral works. The music is all as genial as the words of the song itself, and, to add to the fun, other well-known tunes are introduced into the finale to keep the ' Vicar ' company. The work was produced at Queen's Hall in 1910, at the Promenades. Ernest Austin comes of a musical family, although he, himself, took up music seriously only after he was thirty. Frederick Austin , baritone singer, opera manager and arranger of the Beggar's Opera music, is his elder brother.