Season 1938-9
Ninth Concert from Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co. Ltd.)
Noel Eadie (soprano)
Astra Desmond (contralto)
Heddle Nash (tenor)
Keith Falkner (bass-baritone)
The BBC Choral Society
(Chorus Master, Leslie Woodgate )
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by BRUNO WALTER
Bruno Walter , one of the most renowned of living conductors, made his first appearance in London at the Royal Philharmonic Concert in 1909 with extraordinary success. He was then little more than thirty, but already had a fine record behind him as a conductor in Berlin, Vienna, and elsewhere.
He has been affectionately known to English opera-lovers since 1910 when he conducted Dame Ethel Smyth 's The Wreckers at Covent Garden. During the war he was music director at Munich. Until a few years ago Bruno Walter was a familiar figure in London during the German opera season at Covent Garden, and as conductor of symphony concerts, particularly those of the London Symphony Orchestra. He has broadcast on many occasions.
Next Wednesday listeners will hear him in a programme of Brahms and Beethoven.