April is the 110th Anniversary of the birth of Sir William Sterndale Bennett -, one of the most illustrious composers of the early-Victorian period of British Music.
THE STATION ORCHESTRA.
Conductor, JOSEPH LEWIS.
Overture. "The Naiads." Op. 15.
NIGEL DALLAWAY and ORCHESTRA.
Concerto, No. 4, in F Minor,
Op. 19.
(For Solo Pianoforte and Orchestra.)
THE ORCHESTRA.
Symphony in G Minor, Op. 43.
Selections front the Oratorio
" The Woman of Samaria "
(Op. 44). Soloists :
EDITH PADDOCK (Soprano), MARJORIE DAMS (Contralto),
CHARLES HILL (Tenor).
TOM OSBORNE (Bass).
(This Oratorio was Produced at the Birmingham Festival of 1867.)
S.B. from London.
Hymn, " Rejoice, the Lord is
King " (English Hymnal No. 476).
Reading. Religious Address by the Rev. J. H. ROSE (of' Erdington
Primitive Methodist Church).
Hymn, " Praise to the Holiest in the Height " (English Hymnal
No. 471).
Appeal on Behalf of the Midland Counties Home for Incurables.
Local News.
CHARLES KELLY
(Solo Pianoforte). " I Hate the Dreadful Hollow." " A Voice by the Cedar Tree,"
'She Came to the Village Church. " O Let the Solid Ground," " Birds in the High Hall Garden," " Go Not, Happy Day." DALE SMITH . Second Half of Song Cycle.
" Maud. "
" I Have J.ed Her Home, '-Come Into the Garden,"
" The Fault Was Mine." ' Dead. Long Dead," " O That 'Twere Possible." "My Life Has Crept So