7.45 The Station Orchestra
Wynne Ajello (Soprano)

Luigini was a French composer who at one time conducted the Opera Comique. He wrote some Operas himself, but is remembered only for his Ballet Music. He seems to have taken special interest in national characteristics as displayed in dance music, for he wrote a Russian Ballet and a Turkish Carnival, besides this Egyptian Ballet, which is among the most popular of his works. It is in four Movements - a quick one, with plenty of Drum-and-Cymbals in it; a second, moving daintily, in which the Drums and heavy Brass are silent; a slow, sustained piece; and a Finale, beginning in slowish time and finishing in a whirl of excitement.