Leader, J. Mouland Begbie
Conductor, Guy Warrack

Overture: A summer night in Madrid - Glinka
Praeludium - Jarnefelt
Suite: In Fairyland: 1 Wood nymphs; 2 March of the Giants; 3 Flower fairies; 4 Dance of the gnomes; 5 Moonbeam fairies; 6. Dance of the witches - Cowen

When Glinka stayed in Madrid in 1845, he recorded in a note-book the folk melodies of singers and guitarists who were brought to his flat in the evenings. One of his chief sources was a muleteer, two of whose songs, seguidillas marchegas, he used in this orchestral piece.
'A summer night in Madrid', originally called 'Recuerdos de Castilla', is a brilliant pot-pourri on four Spanish melodies, written in 1848 for the Governor of Warsaw's private orchestra. In addition to the two seguidillas, Glinka used a jota tune and the well-known 'Punto Moruno'. Glinka was always a superb orchestrator and 'A summer night in Madrid' is one of his most masterly scores.