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Relayed from the Carlton Restaurant.

Conductor, Richard Austin
Relayed from the Glen Pavilion, Clifton, Bristol.

When Massenet's version of the story of Herod and Salome was to be produced in London, the Censor objected to its title and to the scene of the story being laid in Jerusalem. So the work was called Salome, the names of the characters were changed, the background of the story was shifted to Ethiopia, and everyone was happy.
The Ballet is that by which Herod diverts himself and tries to forget Salome. There are in this Suite five pieces-Dances of Egyptians, Babylonians, Gauls, and Phoenicians, and a Finale.

Rossini had wonderful success with his Operas, but after the production of William
Tell in 1829 he produced no Opera and only one important work of any kind, his Stabat Mater.
For nearly forty years he lived as a retired gentleman, occupying himself in social diversions.
He wrote only some light pieces, mostly for piano, and it was largely out of these that Respighi, an Italian composer of to-day (bom 1879) made the music for the toyshop Ballet known as La Boutique Fantasque (fantasque, meaning 'odd', 'quaint', 'whimsical', rather than 'fantastic'.)
The Ballet Music is that danced by the various dolls in the shop, who come to life and take a hand in the love-romance of two of their number. There are a Cossack dance, a Can-can, an Italian Tarantella, a Polish Mazurka, and so on.

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