(From Birmingham)
THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM Police BAND
Conducted by RICHARD WASSELL
JOHN ARMSTRONG (Tenor) and JOSEPH FARRINGTON (Bass)
ALTHOUGH it was Mendelssohn himself who was responsible for the name of his fourth
Symphony, 'The Italian,' it was not he who invented the name ' The Pilgrims' March' for the second movement. For some generations it has been known by that title, though no one knows how it came by it. It is the one rather grave movement in a symphony which is otherwise bubbling over with sunny brightness, and the opening of it has been spoken of as 'A Call to Prayer.' After that the principal tune is begun by woodwinds and violas together and then violins and flutes carry it on. In the second part of the movement there is another melody which the clarinets play first. (Soloist, P.C. COOK> )