(Section C)
Led by Marie Wilson
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
Overtur
Arthur Benjamin was born in Sydney in 1893 and won an open scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London. He is equally well known as a pianist and as a composer, and he first appeared on the concert platform at Queen's Hall in 1925, under Sir Henry Wood.
His compositions include the opera
The Devil Take Her and a Violin Concerto that has been played by both Albert Sammons and Louis Godowsky. He has also proved himself an original composer of film music, and among his successes is the music to Wings of the Morning.