Leader, BERTRAM LEWIS
Conductor, RICHARD AUSTIN
Solo pianoforte, GORDON BRYAN
Relayed from
The Pavilion, Bournemouth (Solo pianoforte, GORDON BRYAN )
After the failure of his first Symphony in 1897 Rachmaninov got into such a morbid state of mind that, except for one short period of activity, he was unable to do any creative work. Finally, in January, 1900, Rachmaninov submitted himself to hypnotic treatment and he says : ' Although it may sound incredible, this cure really helped me. Already at the beginning of the summer I began again to compose. The material grew in bulk, and new musical ideas began to stir within me-far more than I needed for my concerto.' This was the Second Piano Concerto in C minor, which a year or two previously he had agreed to write for the London Philharmonic Society.
Prelude to Act III
Dance of the (The
Apprentices the Entrance of the Mastersingers)
Masters