Relayed from the Assembly Room, City Hall
National Orchestra of Wales
Leader, Albert Voorsanger
Conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
(First Performance in Wales)

Dvorak's Symphony in G, the fourth which he wrote, is less often heard than its more famous successor, 'From the New World,' but it is none the less a very beautiful work, teeming with fine ideas and distinguished by all that felicity of invention and mastery of workmanship characteristic of its composer.
The vigorous opening Allegro has for its main theme a splendidly rhythmical subject, stated, after one or two tentative hints at it, by the full orchestra with fine effect. The second main theme, announced first pianissimo by the strings, is smoother in character, and this is followed by another, the three together furnishing ample material for the composer's purpose.
The second movement is a beautiful Adagio which has something of the spirit of an Elegy in its grave and measured strains, while it is distinguished further by the exceptional felicity of its orchestration.
For the third movement there is a charming Allegretto in place of the usual Scherzo; while a spirited Finale, based on a fine main tune of a strongly Slavonic cast, brings the whole work to a most vigorous and telling conclusion.

by Richard Barron
King Robert of Sicily (Longfellow)
Yawcob Strauss (C. F. Adams)

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