@ From page 105 of ' New Every Morning'

by Ernest W. Maynard from Bath Abbey

Directed by Henry Hall

Under the direction of Johan Hock from Queen's College Chambers
Lecture Hall, Birmingham
The Birmingham Philharmonic
String Orchestra
Leader, Norris Stanley
Conductor, Johan Hock
Orrea Pernel (violin)

presented by Frank Stewart

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Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conductor, E. Godfrey Brown
Hamilton Harty Comedy Overture
Second Movement, Irish Symphony, based on The Blackberry Blossom and The Girl I Left Behind Me

Herbert Howells
The series of talks ' Music and the Ordinary Listener ' is continued this evening with the first of six talks by Herbert Howells devoted to ' The Modern Problem'. He will begin with a review of the complex state of affairs in contemporary music-the causes and antecedents of the ' new ' music. He will go on to discuss the new aspects of melody, harmony, rhythm, and tonality. Examples of the music of Schonberg, Berg, Bartok, Hindemith, Prokofiev, Walton, Holst, and Stravinsky will be played and discussed. Finally, Mr. Howells will put forward that the search for repose and beauty in contemporary music can yield further ' reconciliation ' if made with an open mind. It is paradoxically true that, though the strongly contrapuntal bias of contemporary music has often put a limit upon our receptive powers, it is in the new counterpoint that an unexpected beauty can be found.

by Charles Lynch
Rachmaninov's First Piano Sonata was written in 1907 when the composer was residing in Dresden. During the same year Rachmaninov also completed his Symphony No. 2, in E minor, and Piano Concerto No. 3, in D minor. The Sonata has been called a pendant to the E minor Symphony in that its mood of hope is an answer to the latter's mood of despair. Furthermore, there are certain similarities in the thematic material and design of both works. The Sonata is. a work of large dimensions, almost symphonic in style, and is full of magnificent writing for the piano.

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Harold Darke (organ) The BBC Singers (A)
' Conducted by Leslie Woodgate

Leader, Montague Brearley
Conducted by Harold Lowe
Heddie Nash (tenor)

with STELLA ROBERTA and GEORGE BARCLAY