A concert in the Albert Hall ,
Nottingham
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, .
SIR ADRIAN BOULT
God Save the King (orchestration by Gerrard Williams)
If the tragic Symphony No. 1, in. C minor, was a great success on its first appearance, Symphony No. 2, in D, with its happier and more idyllic feelings, was an even greater one. Although conceived on just as big a scale as the C minor Symphony, the texture of the music is actually very much clearer, the melodies more cantabile in character, and the whole spirit of the music brighter-it has been called Brahms's ' Pastoral ' Symphony.