A London Symphony played by the BBC Scottish Orchestra
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by Sidney Newman
In Vaughan Williams' London Symphony there is a quiet Prologue, in which Big Ben sounds across ' the beauty of the morning '; we are then plunged into the turmoil of the city. The slow movement is is like a reverie in a secluded square; the Scherzo is a lively Nocturne. Pageantry is evoked in the finale, and the work is rounded off by an Epilogue. H.R.
