Incidental Music and Songs to
Shakespeare's Plays
DAVID HUTCHISON (Tenor)
THE WIRELESS ORCHESTRA
Conducted by JOHN ANSELL
TAKEN from a Suite by Humperdinck for the Shakespeare play, this little Intermezzo presents Ferdinand and Miranda. The big theme with which it opens, on the strings, pompously and yet with something gracious in its flow, is obviously Ferdinand, while the tender little tune which the oboe plays soon afterwards is just as clearly Miranda. These two are interwoven in the happiest way, to make a very melodious little Intermezzo.
TAKEN from a Suite of music for A Winter's Tale, the second piece needs little description beyond its own title. The first part is boisterous, with a jumping theme played several times with altered cadences. There is a change of rhythm, and after a reminder of the opening, another no less energetic theme provides an alternative section, after which the opening returns.