Gordon Walker (flute); David Wise (violin) ; Anthony Collins (viola) ;
John Cockerill (harp) 10.50 Songs by Richard Strauss
Ach Lieb ', ich muss nun scheiden
Wiegenliedchen Wozu noch, Madchen Blauer Sommer Strauss has himself explained, m a highly interesting letter, his methods of song writing. 'For some time,' he wrote, ' I will have no impulse to compose at all. Then one evening I will be turning the leaves of a volume of poetry and a poem will strike my eye. I read it through ; it agrees with the mood I am in ; and at once the appropriate music is fitted to it. I am in a musical frame of mind, and all I want is the right poetic vessel into which to pour my ideas. If good luck throws this in my way, a satisfactory song results.'