Trio in E flat, Op. 40, for pianoforte, violin, and horn
1 Andante. 2 Scherzo : Allegro. 3 Adagio mesto. 4 Finale: Allegro con brio played by Albert Sammons (violin)
Alan Hyde (horn)
William Murdoch (pianoforte)
Albert Sammons and William Murdoch , two of the greatest soloists in the country, present that not too common phenomenon of two great individual artists being able to play together, the one being the complement of the other.
Sammons boasts qualities which make him the equal of almost any living violinist, and his interpretative versatility and understanding of various composers make him England's greatest violin player.
William Murdoch , who is Australian born, won a scholarship at the University of Melbourne, and another at the London Royal College of Music, where he gained every medal and prize open to him. He has played all over the world.
Alan Hyde was for many yean principal horn of the Halle Orchestra, and was at the same time a professor at the Royal Manchester College of Music. He joined the London Symphony Orchestra in 1933, spent two seasons at Covent Garden, and afterwards rejoined the London Symphony Orchestra. He first broadcast in 1933 with the Griller Quartet, and is a member of the Virtuoso Wind Quartet.