(Section B)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
Music by British Composers
Overture: Agincourt Walter Leigh Theme and six diversions
Edward German
Walter Leigh studied under Hindemith at the Hochschule fur Musik, Berlin. He is a versatile composer, having written orchestral and chamber music that has been performed at various European festivals. For some time he was associated with the Festival Theatre, Cambridge, for whose productions he wrote a considerable amount of incidental music. Of later years he has written two comic operas, The Pride of the Regiment and folly Roger, some revue numbers, and the music to the G.P.O. film. The Song of Ceylon.