Relayed from the National Museum of Wales
National Orchestra of Wales
(Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Cymru)
(to 12.45)
(See London)
Relayed from the Western Mail Brighter and Better Homes Exhibition. Drill Hall, Dumfries Place, Cardiff
6.0 Mr. L. J. Corbett: Rugby Football in the West
The association of the old port of Bristol with the discovery and colonization of America is a new subject, and Mr. Powell will present some interesting new facts.
Relayed from the Assembly Room, City Hall
National Orchestra of Wales
(Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Cymru)
(Leader, Louis Levitus)
Conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
Berlioz had a very poor opinion of his fellow-countryman, Herold, the composer of Zampa. He accused him of having no style of his own, combining in his music something borrowed from France, Germany, and Italy, to produce what Berlioz called 'merely Parisian music.' And of this Opera he said, 'the banging of the big drum at the end is so continuous and furious that one is tempted to take to one's heels.' The world at large does not share that uncomplimentary verdict, and the Overture, with its vigour and energy, has always been popular, lending itself to performance in many different forms.
Rispah Goodacre (Contrallo) and Orchestra
Of Schumann's works in the larger forms, far the finest were composed in the years from 1841 to 1845. Towards the end of 1840, as listeners will remember, he and Clara Wieck were happily married, after long suspense and many difficulties in the course of which Schumann had actually to go to law with his prospective bride's father. His warm-hearted admiration for his wife's gifts as a pianist, her devotion to the works which he wrote for her to play, acted and reacted on each other with the happiest results for the whole world of music.
The first movement of this Concerto, composed in 1841, was intended at first to stand alone as a Fantaisie. Four years later, the other two movements were added to complete the Concerto ae we know.it now.
Orchestra
(to 0.00)
