A HUNDRED yeait ago was born the boy
A destined to cause a revolution in the artistic world of the mid-Victorian era. Painter, poet, and militant aesthete, Dante Gabriel Rossetti was to change the current of art in England in a measure comparable only to the literary revolution of the romantic school half a century before. This evening's programme will attempt, as far as may be, to represent the astonishing versatility of Rosetti's genius.
Mr. Desmond MaeCarthy will introduce the programme with a short estimate of Rossetti's place in history. He will read a selection from his poems, and review his position as painter.
In addition Mr. Arthur Cranmer will sing half a dozen of the poems which have been set to music : ' Silent Noon,' ' Heart's Heaven,' and ' Love's Last Gift,' from the House of Life,' set by Dr. Vaughan Williams, and ' A Little While' (Cowen), ' Sudden Light' (Loeffler), ' An Old Song Ended ' (Cyril Scott ).