NOEL EADIE (Soprano)
THE WIRELESS MILITARY BAND
Conducted by B. WALTON O'DONNELL
ALTHOUGH Verdi's Othello has put Rossini's, on the same Shakespeare tale, completely in the shade, the older work enjoyed a real success in its own day. It made its first appearance at Naples in 1816, and six years later was heard in London at the old King's Theatre. It was given in French in Paris in 1844. The Overture, to be sure, might do duty almost equally well for many of the stories which
Rossini used as subjects, and its name matters much less than its bright and melodious qualities.
By Wooded Ways ; Lament ; A Sussex Trudge
THE music of Kenneth Wright , a member of the B.B.C.'s musical staff, is by no means unknown to listeners.
Songs, pianoforte pieces, chamber music, and orchestral music of his have all been broadcast from several of the B.B.C. Stations. That he has original gifts of a really melodious order, and especially that he knows how to set before his hearers in music, not only the poetic and picturesque sides of everyday, but something of the whimsical humour which lurks even in unexpected places, needs no pointing out at this date.
He is very happily at home in dealing with the different aspects of fresh-air scones of the country, as this breezy and wholesome suite makes abundantly clear.