Relayed from the Vale of Rydal, Westmorland
(Described by Mr. GEORGE AITCHISON
Relayed to Daventry (5XX)
Incidental Music by THE
NORTHERN WIRELESS ORCHESTRA

S.B. from Leeds
In which 'arts are Trumps, according to OUR
STUDIO CHARLADY
Songs by D. NICHOLS and PETER HOWARD
Musical Competition

A Symphonic Suite by RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Performed by THE NORTHERN WIRELESS
ORCHESTRA
Conducted by T. H. MORRISON
Allegro, ' The Sea and the Vessel of Sinbad '
Andantino, ' The Tale of the Prince Kalendar '
Andantino quasi Allegretto, ' The Young Prince and the Young Princess '
Allegro molto, The Festival at Baghdad ' and ' The Vessel Wrecked '
THE subject is, of course, from the Arabian
Nights, and the composer prefaced his score with" the following note :
' The Sultan Schahriar , convinced of the infidelity of the whole race of women, has sworn to send each of his wives to death after only one bridal night. But Scheherezade saves her life by interesting him in talcs which she recounts one after another for one thousand and one nights. Impelled by curiosity, the Sultan puts off from day to day the fate of the lady, and ends, as all the world knows, by renouncing his bloodthirsty intention.'
The first one begins with a robust tune which obviously indicates the furious Sultan. The running phrase on the violin, which follows, is clearly Scheherezade herself, and then a tranquil section in 6-4 time is the telling of the story. The wrath of the Sultan is heard again, and Scheherezade's seductive pleading, both mingling with the story in a very interesting way, and at the very end a soft presentment of the Sultan's theme tells us that for the moment, at least, the lady has won.
In like manner, the other movements illustrate the tales with which listeners must all be familiar, so that further detailed analysis is hardly necessary. It is interesting, however, to note the reappearance, particularly in the fourth movement, of the tunes of the angry Sultan and the pleading Scheherezade. It is her tune which triumphs at the end) after we have heard the Sultan's theme in a much gentler form than at first.