Directed by Guy Daines
Molly Iverson (soprano)
THIS LITTLE SUITE, orchestrated by Rabaud, was published in 1894 as a piano duet. M. Cortot, the distinguished French pianist, points out that ' The six short pieces which compose this lyric contain the most engagingly intimate nuances of babyhood, and are the only pieces in M. Faure's work to which he intentionally gave other titles than those of absolute music.
There are only brief indications of the character or feeling : Berceuse, Mi-a-ou, Le Jardin de Dolly, Kitty-Valse, Tendresse, and Le Pas espagnol. But music more explicit than the words expresses them, shot through with the rebellious grace, the deep ingenuous. dreams, the ecstatic surprise and the joy of childhood; still more, like
Schumann in the " Kinderscenen " or Debussy in the " Children's Corner ", with the tender affection of the composer.'
VICTOR HELY-HUTCHINSON Studied at the Royal College of Music under Adrian Boult and Gustav Holst, and also privately under Professor Donald Tovey. He joined the B.B.C., as an accompanist in 1926, and since that time has made a name for himself as pianist, composer, conductor, lecturer and programme builder. His work in all these branches of music has not been confined to broadcasting alone. When in London another important activity of his was the writing of music for broadcast plays. Last year he left London and went to Birmingham as Music Director of the Midland Region.
A few weeks ago he succeeded Sir Granville Bantock as Peyton Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham.