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Lily Fairney (Mezzo-Soprano)
Cyril Whittle (Baritone)
The J.H. Squire Celeste Octet

There is something rather pathetic in the fact that Raff is now known almost solely by this one melodious piece. He was one of the most industrious and prolific composers who ever lived, and his students used to say of him that he ate his meals with manuscript paper beside him and pencil in hand. It is recorded that on one occasion, on coming back to his composition class after a very brief illness, he chided them with laziness, announcing proudly that during the few days lie had been off duty, he had composed a string quartet, several vocal choruses, and various smaller pieces.

His immense industry was in keeping with a great strength of character which enabled him to endure severe privations in early life ; most people would have been crushed by the handicap which, as a young man, he had to face. In the latter part of last century, however, he had achieved real distinction both as a composer and as a teacher. Operatic and symphonic works of his were performed with success, and for the last years of his life, he was Director of the Hoch Conservatoire in Frankfurt, one of the leading German schools of music.

MABEL CONSTANDUROS (Entertainer)
LEONARD GOWINGS (Tenor)
THE WIRELESS ORCHESTRA
Conducted by JOHN ANSELL

Overture, ' Norma ' - Bellini
Selection, ' Iolanthe - Sullivan
LEONARD COWINGS An Eriskay Love Lilt (Songs of the Hebrides) - arr. Kennedy Fraser
Recit. and Air, ' '0 Vision Entrancing (' Esmeralda - Goring Thomas
ORCHESTRA Humoresque - Dvorak
Chant sans Paroles (Song without Words) - Tchaikovsky
Hungarian Dance, No. 5 - Brahms
MABEL CONSTANDUROS The Bugginses have a Day on the River ORCHESTRA Valse, Trcs Jolie ' - Waldteufel
LEONARD GOWINGS Songs my Mother taught me - Dvorak
Murmuring Breezes - 0. Jensen
ORCHESTRA Egyptian Ballet - Luigini

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