Relayed from The Midland Hotel, Bradford
(From Leeds)
A Programme of Madrigals and Part Songs by Members of the Bradford Festival Choral Society
Under the direction of Mr. G. W. Douglas
Conductor, Sir DAN GODFREY
SYBIL EATON (Violin)
From THE PAVILION, BOURNEMOUTH
At THE ORGAN of THE BEAUFORT CINEMA
From WASHWOOD HEATH, BIRMINGHAM
HAYDN PIANOFORTE SONATAS
Played by FRANK MERRICK
Sonata No. 4, in D
Sonata, No. 46, in A Flat
Mr. JAMES AGATE
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, the greatest of German poets, died a hundred years ago this month, aged eighty-three. The great length of his life, which was a most arduous one, was a sign of his vitality: he lived life as no other man has ever done. Lyric and dramatic poet, novelist, art critic, scientist, statesman, political economist, theatre-director, philosopher, he was incredibly versatile: and in all his work there is the same gusto and originality of mind. Napoleon's famous comment after meeting him says the last word : 'He was a man.' Mr. Lowes Dickinson, who gave a talk on him two years ago, collaborated in an important interpretation of Goethe and Faust, published in 1928, and there could be no more sympathetic talker to celebrate his centenary. The recital of songs which follows forms an apt tribute to Goethe's achievement in lyric poetry: he was probably the world's finest lyric poet, and all the great composers of lieder have 'set' some of his poems.
Goethe (1749-1832)
Settings of his Poems sung by GEORGE PARKER (Baritone)
WEATHER FORECAST, SECOND GENERAL NEWS
BULLETIN
A Concert of some of his lesser-known music given on the Eve of the 200th anniversary of his
Birth
NOEL EADIE (Soprano)
ERNEST HALL (Trumpet)
NOEL EADIE
Two Canzonets
HIS translator strongly disagrees with Bombet's remarks, previously quoted, about Haydn's songs. 'The canzonets, which Haydn wrote during his residence in England,' he remarks in a footnote, ' must surely have been absent from the author's recollection.' ... ' We would challenge any author, in any language, to produce their equal in simple gracefulness and exquisite sensibility.' Of course, this enthusiastic commentator could scarcely be expected to know that Schubert was in a few years utterly to refute him.
ORCHESTRA.
Symphony No. 96, in D (No. 6 of the London
Symphonies)
Adagio-Allegro; Andante ; Minuet; Finale, Vivace assai
HAYDN wrote this symphony in London, and relied on his experience to orchestrate it effectively. But at home he had a very different method. Bombet informs us that If any doubt arose during the composition of a symphony, his situation at Eisenstadt enabled him easily to resolve it. 'He rang his hell in the way agreed on to announce a rehearsal; the performers repaired to the rehearsing-room. He made them execute the passage which he had in his mind, in two or three different ways; and having made his choice, he dismissed them, and returned to resume his composition.'
JACK HARRIS 'S BAND, from GROSVENOR HOUSE
PARK LANE
