Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
BBC Northern Orchestra
(Leader. Reginald Stead )
Conductor, John Hopkins
E. J Moeran 's Symphony was completed in 1937 and dedicated to Sir Hamil-on Harry , &t whose suggestion the work was written. The opening movement, exhilarating and energetic for the most part, contains a broadly lyrical section of great beauty. The slow movement, a deeply-felt meditation, is followed by a Scherzo which, in .the composer's words, forms ' a springlike contrast to the wintry proceedings of the stow movement.' In rhe finale, Irish rhythms are .introduced and there is an impressive peroration H.R.