at Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co. Ltd.)
Bach
Freda Townson (contralto) Maurice Cole, John Hunt, Dorothy Manley, Myers Foggin (solo pianofortes)
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
(ninety players)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood
Concerto No. 2, in C, for two pianofortes and strings
1 Allegro. 2 Adagio ovvero largo. 3 Fuga: Allegro
(Solo pianofortes, Maurice Cole, John Hunt)
8.46 Aria, Strike at last, thou hour desired (Church Cantata No. 53, Schlage doch, gewunschte Stunde)
(Freda Townson)
8.57 Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, for violin, three oboes, three bassoons, two horns and strings
1 Allegro. 2 Adagio. 3 Allegro. 4 Minuet ; First Trio ; Polacca ; Second Trio
9.19 Concerto in A minor, for four pianofortes and strings
1 Allegro. 2 Largo. 3 Allegro
(Solo pianofortes, Maurice Cole, John Hunt, Dorothy Manley, Myles Foggin)
Appeal of Bach's Music Bach is unique in that every other great composer from Haydn to Hindemith has paid homage to the qualities of his genius. At the same time he is no less a god to the plain man, which is a remarkable tribute to the varied and powerful appeal of his music as music, for it is quite uncoloured with those personal and romantic associations which have made Beethoven's C minor Symphony a symbol of 'Fate' and Chopin's Nocturnes a confession of 'Love'.
Popularising Bach
Sir Donald Tovey has called Bach 'a spectator of all musical time and existence'. He came at the end of a great period and summed up all that it stood for. It was because of this that his music found little favour with his younger contemporaries and immediate successors. For nearly a hundred years after his death the greater part of his works lay buried and forgotten. Their style was considered old-fashioned. It was not until 1829, when Mendelssohn revived the St. Matthew Passion, that Bach really came into his own. Of late years the Proms have undoubtedly done more to popularise Bach in England than any other concert organisation.
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