(Section A)
Chorus Master, LESLIE WOODGATE
THE BBC ORCHESTRA
(Section E)
Led by MARIE WILSON
Conductor, ADRIAN BOULT CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA
PARRY JONES , CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA (First Performance) CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
New British Work
In this programme of contemporary British music there is one first performance—that of ' Lights Out' by Owen Mase. Composed to a text by Edward Thomas , the poet of the English countryside whose death in the war was a loss to English literature, the music (completed in 1933) reflects the calm, intimate spirit of the poem. The scoring is sober and restrained, at times to the point of bareness, and the composer uses a minimum of notes to achieve his effect. A point to be noticed is the occasional use of quarter-tones in the strings to create an impression of mystery or uncertainty and there is no time-signature in the score.
Composer of Film Music
W. G. Whittaker , whose ' Lyke-Wake Dirge ' and Pianoforte Quintet' Among the Northumbrian Hills' have both been published by the Carnegie Trust, is Gardiner Professor of Music at Glasgow, and Principal of the Scottish National Academy of Music. He is well known for his work as a conductor with the Armstrong College and Newcastle Bach Choir.
John Greenwood , the composer of 'Psalm 150', has written a good deal for the films as well as incidental music for the theatre. His ' Salute to Gustav Hoist ' was broadcast as recently as February 27, 1936.
Sir Granville Bantock 's 'The Sea
Reivers ' is based on Hebridean melodies. Written some fifteen years ago, it has never before been broadcast in its entirety.