A series of programmes devised by Gwen Williams and Stanford Robinson
Harold Fraser-Simson
Victoria Sladen (soprano)
Billie Baker (soprano)
Dennis Bowen (baritone)
George Hancock (baritone)
BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville )
BBC Opera Orchestra (Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
Harcld Fraser-Simson is best known as the composer of ' The Maid of the Mountains,' ' A Southern Maid,' ' Our Peg.' ' Our Nell,' ' The Street Singer,' and ' Betty in Mayfair,' though altogether he wrote twelve successful musical shows between the years 1911 and 1929. In a different vein are his settings of songs from ' When We Were Very Young ' by A. A. Milne. He died in January, 1944. Stanford Robinson