From ' When Two or Three '-page 51
Miss Thelma Cazalet , M.P.
Conducted by Anton
Relayed from The Brixton Astoria
Conducted by Charles Shadwell
Relayed from The Hippodrome Theatre, Coventry
'Tracing History Backwards'
Commander STEPHEN KING-HALL : The World
Economic Conference '
Mr. A. LLOYD JAMES : Setting a Story to Music '
From WESTMINSTER ABBEY
German Dialogue
Dr. Krnst DEISSMANN and Fraulein
CLARE VON BOTH : Eine Viertelstunde mit deutchen Liedern
(Leader, A. Rossi )
Directed by Emilio Colombo
Relayed from The Hotel Metropole, London
Directed by JOHN BRIDGE
Arias and Songs by Bach
Sung by GEORGE PARKER (Baritone)
Recitative : Ach, soll nicht dieser grosse Tag
(Ah, shall not this great day)
Air:
Seligster Erquickungstag (Holy strength-reviving day)
Jesus unser Trost (Jesus, our Comfort) (Schemelli Gesang Buch) (Schemelli Song Book)
Bist du bei mir (Stay thou with me) (
Anna Magdalena Buch ) (Anna Magdalena 's Book)
Wie will ich lustig lachen (Shall I, with laughter
,shaking)
(Der zufriedengestellte Æolus) (The contented Æolus)
So oft ich meine Tabakspfeife (So oft I take my tobacco pipe) (Anna Magdalena Buch) (Anna Magdalena 's Book)
Senorita MARIA DE LAGUNA
eral Notices, connected with Government and other Public Services
Mr. L. A. G. STRONG
(Section F)
(Led by LAURANCE TURNER )
Conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON
LAELIA FINNEBERG (Soprano) and FRANZ OSBORN (Pianoforte)
Verdi had his failures; this opera, I Masnadieri, is one of them. The libretto was adapted from a play by Schiller, and is of a conventionally operatic and sanguinary order, complete with brigands. It has the distinction, however, of being the only one of Verdi's operas to have had its first production on a London stage - Her Majesty's Theatre, in 1847. It was a brilliant first night, Verdi himself conducted, Jenny Lind was the star artist. The Queen, the Prince Consort, Prince Louis Napoleon, and the Duke of Wellington were in the audience. The opera seems to have been well received and was given four times that season, though through no fault of the Press. This is how Chorley, the chief critic of the day, recorded his impressions: 'We take this to be the worst opera that has been given in our time at Her Majesty's Theatre. Verdi is finally rejected. The field is left open for an Italian composer.' He praised Jenny Lind, but declared that her 'Amalia could not have pleased had it been given by Cecilia and Melpemone in one, so worthless was the music.' The management, however, was satisfied. An offer to undertake the musical direction of Her Majesty's Theatre for three years was actually made to Verdi, and seriously considered by him, though it came to nothing. The opera now is completely forgotten.
Veccio castello; Promenade; Tuileries; Bydlo; Promenade; Ballet des poussins dans leur coques; Samuel Goldenberg and Sohmuyle; Limoges - Le Marche; Catacombae (Sepulcrum eomanum); Con mortius in lingua mortua; La cabane sur des pattes de poules; La grande porte de Kiev
THE B.B.C. DANCE ORCHESTRA, directed by HENRY HALL
(Shipping Forecast at n.o)
