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(original version)
Conducted by Victor de Sabata
Continued in the Regional programme at 6.0
The very rarely heard original version of The Flying Dutchman differs in several respects from the familiar form of the opera. Neither the overture nor the end of the opera has its present tenderly poetic conclusion ; the scoring is even heavier and more brassy than in the final version ; most important of all, the work plays without a break from start to finish.
The story is based on Wagner's favourite theme : the redemption of a sinner through a woman's love. The hero, a Dutch skipper, is condemned for blasphemy to roam the seas till the Day of Judgment-unltss he can find a woman who will love him faithfully (for which purpose he is allowed ashore once every seven years). One day his ship anchors alongside a Norwegian vessrl, both sheltering from a storm. He and the Norwegian captain. Daland, become friends and he accompanies Daland to his home. There the Dutchman and Daland's daughter. Senta, fall in love. Her lover, Erik, tries in vain to win her back, but the Dutchman, believing he has lost her, puts to sea. In despair Senta throws herself from a cliff ; the Dutchman's ship sinks ; and the transfigured forms of the lovers are seen rising from the sea.

Contributors

Daland:
Ludwig Hoffmann
Senta:
Maria Muller
Actor:
Erik Hallstrom
Mary:
Martha Focke
Dutchman:
Jaro Or Prohaska
Dutchman:
Rudolf Bockelmann

(' Woman's Love and Life sung by Dorothy Helmrich
(mezzo-soprano)
Seit ich ihn gesehen (Since I saw him)
Er, der Herrlichste von Allen (He, the noblest of all)
Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben (I cannot grasp it, not believe it)
Du Ring an meinem Finger (Thou ring on my finger)
Helft mir, ihr Schwestern (Help me, sisters)
Siisser Freund , du blickest mir verwundert an (Dear friend, you look at me as if amazed)
An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
(In my heart, in my breast)
Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan (Now for the first time you have wounded me)

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Dorothy Helmrich
Unknown:
Siisser Freund

by Geza Frid
Geza Frid , of Hungarian nationality, is well known both as composer and pianist. He was born in 1904 and began studying the piano at the early age of five. Later he entered the Budapest Academy of Music, where he continued his piano studies and also studied composition under Bela Bartok.
Frid's String Quartet was performed in Budapest and London in 1927, and since then he has composed several new works, including a concerto for pianoforte and choir, which was broadcast in 1935, with the composer at the piano. His orchestral suite has been performed in Paris, Amsterdam, Budapest, Boston, and New York.

Contributors

Unknown:
Geza Frid
Unknown:
Geza Frid
Unknown:
Bela Bartok.

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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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