HELEN HENSCHEL (Soprano) ; LEONARD GOWINGS
(Tenor)
JAN SMETERLIN (Pianoforte)
OLD popular songs of France were cast in many different styles. There were narrative songs, satirical songs, pastorals and ballads, legends of the saints, and a great many other varieties. Prominent among collectors of these old songs was Weckerlin. He began life as a chemist. Later he became a Professor of Singing, and Librarian at the Conservatoire.
10.0 JAN SMETERLIN
Nocturne in G Major
Mazurka in C Major ................. Chopin Etude in F Major
Two Waltzes B flat major .....Brahms Liebeslied .............. Kreisler-Rachmaninov
10.20 HELEN HENSCHEL (at the piano)
English Folk Songs :
Whistle, daughter............ arr. Cecil Sharp The Oak and the Ash ............ Traditional Bridgwater Fair .............. arr. C. Sharp
1027 LEONARD COWINGS
Down Vauxhall Way .......... Herbert Oliver Murmuring Breezes .................. Jensen