BBC Northern Orchestra
(Leader, Reginald Stead)
Conducted by Nicholas Goldschmidt The forty -five-year-old American composer Norman dello Joio, who is a pupil of Hindemith. wrote his ' Saint Joan ' Symphony in1. 1951; Nicholas Goldschmidt conducted the first Canadian performance in Toronto in 1955. The work, which bears no relation to the composer's opera and ballet on the same subject, is in three movements: The Maid, The Warrior, and The Saint. Robert Turner is a Canadian composer from British Columbia. His Lyric Interlude (1956) was given at this year's Vancouver International Festival under Nicholas Goldschmidt .