Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conductor, E. Godfrey Brown

A Distinguished Conductor and Composer, Felix Weingartner, one of the most distinguished of German conductors, was born in 1863, studied at the Leipzig Conservatorium, and later under Liszt at Weimar. During his long career Weingartner has held some of the most important conducting posts, both opera and symphony, in Germany and Austria. As a frequent visiting conductor for over thirty years in England, America and elsewhere, he is no less esteemed and admired. In addition, Weingartner has written about a dozen important literary works, and his musical compositions include several large-scale operas, five symphonies, and a Violin Concerto. His technique is based on .the solid foundations of the classical masters, and the idiom and style of his music, as one would expect, is essentially eclectic.

'A Night at Carlstein'
The Czech composer Zdenko Fibich (1850-1900) wrote about 700 works, including a series of 350 piano pieces in the form of a musical diary entitled 'Moods, Impressions, and Memories'. With the exception of one of these pieces, 'Poem' (popularised by Kubelik in a transcription for violin), Fibich's music is practically unknown in England. His orchestral works consist of three symphonies, five concert overtures, and six symphonic poems. The overture 'A Night at Carlstein', a melodious, colourful, and clearly designed little work, was inspired by a comedy by the Czech national poet Vrchlicky.