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LOUISE TRENTON (Soprano)
THE WIRELESS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
(Leader: S. KNEALE KELLEY )
Conducted by JOHN ANSELL
ORCHESTRA
Overture to ' L'Isola Disabitata ' (' The Desert
Island ').
THE DESERT ISLAND was a little Opera .that
Haydn wrote to celebrate the name-day of his patron, Prince Esterhazy, in 1779. The story he used (by Metastasio) had already been set by three other composers at various times, and it was used again about twenty years later by Spontini.
The Overture begins with a slow introduction, as was customary, and goes on to a lively movement; in the middle of this comes a more gently-moving section, that probably suggests one of the scenes in the Opera when 'wo women arc left on the desert island.
LOUISE TRENTON Sympathy
Piercing Eyes
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Shepherd's Song

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Unknown:
Kneale Kelley
Conducted By:
John Ansell

2LO London

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