(From Birmingham)
This programme comprises groups of three items, each in its own way considered famous.
I. LIGHT ORCHESTRAL PIECES
THE BIRMINGHAM STUDIO ORCHESTRA conducted by JOSEPH LEWIS
Overture to ' Figaro ...................
Mozart Gavotte from Mignon' ............. Thomas
Prelude ............................ Jarnefelt
II. OPERATIC
ARIAS HAROLD WILLIAMS (Baritone) and Orchestra
Woo, thou thy Snowflake ('Ivanhoe') Sullivan
Star of Eve ('Tannhauser') Wagner
Toreador's Song ('Carmen') ............ Bizet
III. Chopin Piano Solos
SIDONIE WASSERMAN (Pianoforte)
Nocturne in E Flat
Valse in C Sharp Minor Valse in F
IV. BALLADS
HAROLD WILLIAMS
Simon the Cellarer ................... Hatton
The Arrow and the Song .............. Balfe
My Dreams .......................... Tosti
Sidonie Wasserman (left) plays some Chopin piano solos in 5GB's concert at 6.45, and Bergitte Blakstad sings in the Chamber Music Concert in the afternoon.
V. DANCES
ORCHESTRA
Dance of the Sylphs ('Faust') ........ Berlioz
Anitra's Dance (from 'Peer Gynt') ........ Grieg
First Slavonic Dance ................ Dvorak