(in co-operation with Belfast City
Y.M.C.A.) from the Wellington Hall
Miriam Licette (soprano)
Maria Zoldesi (pianoforte)
The BBC Northern Ireland
Orchestra
Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conductor, B. Walton O'Donnell
This musical picture of London and Londoners, which has ' In London Town' for a sub-title, might very well have been attributed to a man who knew the city from a child. But Elgar was a Worcestershire man, and no Cockney, though that he loved the city is plain from his conception of ' Cockaigne '. He tins in this work mirrored the varied phases of the city's life and has recorded the beating of the city's heart. The dignity of London, its gaiety, its citizens from the pairs of lovers in the park to the whistling street urchin, the Guard's band on the march, the Salvation Army, the quiet of a City church, the bustle of the streets—all are set forth in the music.