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Leader, W. H. REED
Conducted by FRANK BRIDGE
Schubert completed his Fourth Symphony in April, 1816, when he was' nineteen. It had to wait more than thirty-three years for its first performance, when the Viennese musical society Euterpe' chose it for their first concert on November 19, 1849.
The Symphony has become known as the ' Tragic '. The title was not given by Schubert himself and is not particularly apt, for, in spite of the rather sombre introduction, and the passionate course of the first movement, the symphony as a whole is by no means tragic. The slow movement contains some of Schubert's loveliest melodies, and the finale (after a fascinating minuet) is fiery and spirited.
Frank Bridge's impression for small orchestra ' There is a Willow ' is based on the Queen's tale of Ophelia's death. Most listeners will well remember the lines :-
There with fantastic garlands did she come, Of crow-Howcrs, nettles, daisies and long purples, and when the willow broke, and she
... fell in the weeping brook, her clothes spread wide,
And, mermaid-like, awhile they bore her up ; What time she chanted snatches of old tunes. until her heavy garments pull'd her down to death. But vividly as the few phrases can bring a picture of the tragedy before us-poignant and tender in its sorrow-Bridge's music is not to be taken as illustrating it line by line ; it is just an impression.

Contributors

Leader:
W. H. Reed
Conducted By:
Frank Bridge

The London Symphony Orchestra, * conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood : Overture, Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Ezio Pinza (bass): Fin ch'han dal vino and Deh ! vieni alia finestra (Don Giovanni ) (Mozart)
Eide Norena (soprano) : Ah ! fors e lui (Sempre libera) (La Traviata) (Verdi)
Beniamino Gigli (tenor): Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut) (Puccini)
Charles Kullman (tenor),
Eugen Fuchs (bass) : Wer in Lieb' entbrannt (Act II) (The Bartered Bride) (Smetana)
Berger, Raziczka, Beck, Grossman,
Fuchs: Noch ein Weilchen, Marie (Act III) (The Bartered Bride) (Smetana)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Henry J. Wood
Unknown:
Don Giovanni
Unknown:
Don Giovanni
Soprano:
Eide Norena
Tenor:
Beniamino Gigli
Tenor:
Charles Kullman
Tenor:
Eugen Fuchs

from S. Sepulchre's, Holborn
Order of Service
Hymn, There is a green hid (A. and M,
332; E.H. 106)
Prayer, The Good Friday Collects
Scripture Reading, The Two Trials,
St. Matthew xxvii, 11-31
Anthem (Music by King John of Portugal) (Circa 1560)
Faithful Cross ! above all other, One and only noble Tree
None in foliage, none in blossom, None in fruit thy peer may he.
Sweetest weight is bung on thee!
Vcnantiui Fortunatus, circa 600
Scripture Reading, The Crucifixion,
St. Matthew xxvii, 32-44
Hymn, Jesu, meek and lowly (A. and M.
188)
Scripture Reading, The Death, St.
Matthew xxvii, 45-56
Tenor solo, Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow (Handel's Messiah)
Scripture Reading, The Burial, St.
Matthew xxvii, 57-66
0 Lamb of God (from the Litany)
(Tallis)
Anthem, Wash me throughly from my wickedness, and forgive me all my sin. For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me (Psalm li, 2-3)
, (S. S. Wesley)
Address by His Grace the Lord
Archbishop of CANTERBURY
Hymn, When I survey the wondrous
Cross (A. and M. 108 ; E.H. 107)
Blessing

Act II
Klingsor's Magic Garden
Flower Maidens' Scene
Scene between Kundry, Parsifal and Klingsor
Act III
Good Friday Music
The Prayer of Amfortas
The Procession of Knights
The Healing of Amfortas
Closing Scene
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Contributors

Parsifal:
Walter Widoop
Kundry:
Muriel Brunskill
Klingsor:
Victor Harding
Flower Maidens:
Elena Danieli
Flower Maidens:
Kate Winter
Flower Maidens:
Janet Powell
Flower Maidens:
Helena Bromley
Flower Maidens:
Molly de Gunst
Flower Maidens:
Myra Owen
Gurnemanz:
Norman Walker
Parsifal:
Walter Widdop
Amfortai:
Herbert Heyner
Parsifal:
Walter Widdop

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National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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