direct from the Royal Festival Hall, London
Introduced by TREVOR HARVEY ISAAC STERN (violin)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader JOHN GEORGIADIS conducted by TREVOR HARVEY and JOHN PRITCHARD Berlioz Overture: Le carnaval romain
Malcolm Williamson Ode to Music (Libretto by URSULA VAUGHAN WILLIAMS. Commissioned for this occasion: first performance)
Brnch Violin Concerto No 1
(conducted by JOHN PRITCHARD ) Debussy Fetes (Nocturnes)
Mozart Rondo in c, for violin and orchestra (K 373)
(conducted by JOHN PRITCHARD ) Chabrler Rhapsody: Espana
Fifty years ago Sir Robert and Lady Mayer launched Orchestral Concerts for Young People in Schools - a pioneer venture which has grown into an important national movement. This morning's young audience joins in singing Ode to Music, which schools have commissioned as a gift to the founders of the concerts.
(Radio Times People: page 4)