Leader, J. Mouland Begbie
Conductor, Ian Whyte
In 1916 the Japanese dancer, Michio Ito , produced a ballet at the London Coliseum, and Hoist wrote a number of short dance pieces specially for it. Ito furnished the composer with real Japanese themes, and all the pieces, except the third, are founded on these. The third has melodies of Hoist's own inyenticn.
The numbers are : Prelude, 'The
Song of the Fisherman ' ; ' Ceremonial Dance'; 'Dance of the Marionettes ' ; Interlude, ' Song of the Fisherman ' ; ' Dance under the Cherry Tree ' ; Finale, ' Dance of the Wolves '.