Miss A. S. COOKE , County Librarian for Kent: 'Stories of Other Days '
Directed by JOSEPH MUSCANT
From THE COMMODORE THEATRE, HAMMERSMITH Trombone Solo, Selected
(From North National)
BEETHOVEN'S VIOLIN and PIANOFORTE SONATAS
Played by HETTY BOLTON and HAROLD FAIRHURST
Sonata in A, Op. 12, No. II
1. Allegro vivace; 2. Andante; 3. Allegro
Mr. DESMOND MACCARTHY
Mr. VICTOR HELY-HUTCHINSON : Melody — I,
Framing a Tune'
MAMIE SOUTTER and BLAKE ADAMS
In ' An Omnibus Romance ' (Episode 3)
By DAISY FISHER
Music by HERO DE RANCE
GEOFFREY GWYTHER
THE FOUR FAYRE SISTERS
The Concertina Quartette
NELLIE WALLACE
Comedienne
HARRY HEMSLEY Child Impersonations
TOM BURKE and his HUMAN VOICE
ORCHESTRA
THE B.B.C. DANCE ORCHESTRA, directed by HENRY HALL
WEATHER FORECAST, SECOND GENERAL NEWS
BULLETIN
(Led by S. Kneale Kelley)
Conducted by Adrian Boult
George Baker (Baritone)
Orchestra
March, Boccaccio ..... Suppe
Overture, Orpheus in the Underworld .... Offenbach
Now that the summer holidays are having the effect of temporarily disbanding the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, the B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra is doing all the work. Therefore it is entitled to all the applause, though it stands as much chance of getting that as do junior partners and younger brothers in like circumstances. For when the members of the Symphony Orchestra return, as they soon will, and the Promenades begin, the Theatre Orchestra will go quietly back to its job without even taking a curtain call.
The B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra is a body of twenty-four picked players, with Leslie Woodgate as permanent conductor and S. Kneale Kelley leading. Its name does not imply that it plays in a theatre. In fact, it differs from the average theatre band in a number of ways. It does not, for example, countenance the deputy system, and it does rehearse constantly; it does not lightly suffer the indignity of serving as a background to the chatter of an audience, and it does play invariably to a crowded and attentive 'house.' In fact, it is the kind of orchestra theatre managers dream about and try vainly to secure.
It was formed not very long ago for the definite purpose of relieving the Symphony Orchestra from having constantly to adapt itself to two moods, that belonging to the concert hall, and that belonging only to the theatre - two very different qualities. Not that either combination is incapable of taking the other's place. They can, and do if necessary, as on the present occasion. But there is great deal of incidental and the lighter kind of music wanted for such items in the programmes as plays, vaudeville, sketches, and the like, and it is for this that the Theatre Orchestra is always available. This evening, however, and for several evenings within the next few weeks, the Theatre Orchestra will entertain listeners with all the circumstance, though with little of the pomp, of the Symphony Orchestra. 'Guest' conductors will be invited to direct it, Dr. Boult, who has not before conducted the Theatre Orchestra, being the first of the ' guests.'
George Baker and Orchestra
She is so innocent ...... Lecocq
Ce n'etait pas le meme chose (It was not the same Thing) ... Hahn
Red Rose ..... Messager
Orchestra
Miniature Suite ...... Eric Coates
George Baker
Goodbye, my Native Town ...... Edward German
Drinking Song ........ Sullivan
Orchestra
Selection, A Country Girl ..... Monckton
George Baker
Homeward to You ....... Eric Coates
The Top of the Hill ...... Harold Samuel
Orchestra
Pizzicato Polka ....... Johann and Josef Strauss
La Berceuse ....... Gounod
Waltz, Espana (On a Theme from Chabrier's Rhapsody) .... Waldteufel
AMBROSE'S BLUE LYRES, from THE DORCHESTER
HOTEL
