The BBC Orchestra
(Section C)
Led by Marie Wilson
Conducted by the composer
Overture, Life and Love
Rhapsody, King Orry
Suite, East of Suez
1 Aziza, the Temple Dancer. 2 Moti Lal , the Charmer of Snakes. 3 Susuki, the Geisha
(First Performance)
Variations on a Once Popular
Humorous Song
Once again Haydn Wood comes to the microphone and conducts a programme of his own compositions, including the first performance of a suite ' East of Suez '.
The programme as a whole shows
Haydn Wood in the light of a serious composer. His lightest effort, however, is the ' Variations on a Once-Popular Humorous Song', which was originally written as a musical jest. It is based on a comic song which once enjoyed great popularity -' If you want to know the time, ask a p'liceman '. This tune is subjected to seven variations and a symphonically extended finale. Although the whole work sets out to entertain rather than to uplift, throughout the music is characterised by its fastidious and skilful workmanship.