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THE BBC ORCHESTRA

National Programme
on National Programme Daventry

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(Section E)
Led by Manus O'Donnell
Conducted by Herbert Menges
In 1909 Vaughan Williams composed an overture and incidental music for a production of Aristophanes's comedy The Wasps. The overture is based on some of the tunes of the choruses in the play. The music, particularly in the opening, graphically suggeMs the angry buzzing of the wasps. The principal subject of the overture, heard on the solo clarinet and bassoon, is imbued with the spirit of comedy.

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Manus O'Donnell
Conducted By:
Herbert Menges
Unknown:
Vaughan Williams
Source: Radio Times

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National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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