Under the direction of H. G. AMERS
FREDA TOWNSON (contralto)
Relayed from
The Winter Garden, Eastbourne
After a highly successful visit to England in March, 1884, and another later in the .year, Dvorak was assured of the esteem and affection of the English people. When he came again in 1890 he was naturally invited to conduct at a concert of the Philharmonic Society. For this occasion he had brought the score and parts of a new symphony which was exceedingly well received. This was the fourth symphony (Op. 88 in G), one of his most delightful works, brimful of lovely melody and scored with those transparent orchestral colours that infallibly proclaim the hand of Dvorak.
No other composer has ever come so near to Schubert's ' linked sweetness long drawn out' and this Symphony is one of the most Schubertian of all his works.
FREDA TOWNSON AND ORCHESTRA
The Lorelei .................. Liszt
ORCHESTRA
Suite from the Opera, The Bartered
Bride ....................Smetana i. Village Scene, Love Duet and Opening Chorus
2. Jenik's Aria and Dance of Villagers
3. March of Comedians, Teasing
Duet and Dance of Comedians
Grand Study in C Rubinstein
FREDA TOWNSON AND ORCHESTRA
Still as the night................Bohm The leaves in the wind Leoni
ORCHESTRA
An Irish Rhapsody........... Herbert