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(Leader, Paul Beard ). BBC.Women's Chorus (chorus-master, Leslie Wood gate) : conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
7.0 God Save the King
Busoni had all the true artist's reverence for the music of an older day, and Mozart was one to whom he looked up with sincere admiration. A Comedy Overture, composed first in 1897, and drastically revised in 1904, has something of Mozart's own comedy spirit in its straightforward lines, something of Mozart's conciseness in its shapely design. It is laid out for a modest orchestra, with no trombones
7.51 -Interval
8.S The, Planets : 1 Mars, the bringer of war ; 2 Venus, the bringer of peace ; 3 Mercury, the winged messenger ; 4 Jupiter, the bringer of jollity ; 5 Saturn, the bringer of old age ; 6 Uranus, the magician ; 7 Neptune, the mystic.... Hoist
From the Royal Albert Hall , London

Contributors

Leader:
Paul Beard
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Wood
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Albert Hall

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