Relayed from the National Museum of Wales

Delibes, who had such success with his charming Ballets, was anxious to produce something more ambitious, on a grander scale, and wrote several works for the Opera-Comique, the last of these being the five-act Opera, Kassya, which he did not live to complete. It was finished by Massenet, and produced in 1891, two years after Delibes' death.

When Mozart was twenty-six, he was a frequent visitor at the house of a wealthy and hospitable merchant of Salzburg-one Haffner. He wrote this Symphony for the marriage of one of Haffner's daughters, and so it gets its name. The title affords a useful means of distinguishing this work from the baker's dozen of the composer's other Symphonies in the same key of D. In the most authoritative list of his works this Symphony is' known as 'K.385.'

The Haffner has the usual four Movements.
The First Movement is a very spirited piece, with a bold, uncompromising air.
In complete contrast with this is the gentle Second Movement. Now, all is dainty grace and charm. All the generally aggressive instruments of the orchestra are kept silent throughout.
The Third Movement is a cheerful Minuet and Trio.
Finally, there is a speedy, light-footed Finale.

by J. Eddie Parry

by Hilary Evans

Grace Daniels (Soprano)
Two Songs of Vesta Tilley:
The King of the House is Baby
Angels without Wings

John Rorke
Two Songs of George Leybourne:
Sparkling Moselle
Champagne Charlie

Grace Daniels
Two more Songs of Vesta Tilley:
Alright Mary Anne
AIgy, the Piccadilly Johnny

Violin, Frank Thomas; Violoncello, Ronald Harding; Pianoforte, Hubert Pengelly

The Black Sheep
A One Act Comedy, by F. Morton Howard
Scene: The Taggs' Cottage Kitchen
Music by The Station Trio

Although it is the fifteenth anniversary of their wedding day, Laura Tagg and Joshua, her husband, are quarelling. The quarrel begins, of course, because Joshua has forgotten what day it is, but mutual recriminations follow. When Laura tries to score by bragging about her uncle Henry, Joshua determines to take her down a peg.

The Trio

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