Conducted by Sidney Firman
Fred Lewis (Impersonations)
From Birmingham
In the Midsummer Night's Dream Overture you will hear: (1) Fairies (light, flitting music for the first minute or so); (2) Festal pomp; (3) The bray of an ass (Bottom, 'translated'). These are the three outstanding ideas from which this wonderful Overture glows. The work is famous for its fine quality, and for the fact that Mendelssohn wrote it before he was eighteen.
AUBREY MILLWARD (Baritone)
MELSA (Violin)
ANGELICA MESSAROSH ('Cello)
(From Birmingham) 'The Magic Sledge,' by Janet Muir. Songs by Ethel Williams (Contralto) and John Armstrong (Tenor). Dialogue, 'A Glimpse of Venice,' by Mona Pearce
The Andrew Brown Quintet
Eleanor Marshall (Soprano) Barrington Hooper (Tenor)
From Birmingham
The BIRMINGHAM STUDIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
(Leader, FRANK CANTELL). Conducted by JOSEPH LEWIS
(Part IV of Suite, ' The Seasons ')
(Haydn)
Soloists :
EMILIE WALDRON JOHN ARMSTRONG
JOSEPH FARRINGTON
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
VICTOR WATSON (Double Bass)
Debroy Somers' Ciro's Club Dance Band, under the direction of Ramon Newton, from Ciro's Club
The Riviera Club Dance Band, under the direction of Harry Josephs, from the Riviera Club