Directed by Sydney Phasey
Relayed from The New Victoria Cinema, Bradford
by HERBERT ELLINGFORD
Relayed from
The Town Hall, Manchester
Directed by NORRIS STANLEY
Relayed from
The Cafe Restaurant, Birmingham
Leader, HAROLD F. PETTS
FRNEST W. GOSS
Conductor,
ERNEST NORA GROHN (soprano)
Relayed from The Pavilion, Torquay
Liszt tells us that the idea for a symphonic poem on the subject of Orpheus came to while preparing Gluck's opera for production. He' recalled that
Etruscan vase in the Louvre which represents the poet-musician crowned with the mystic kingly wreath; draped in a star-studded mantle, his slender fingers are plucking the lyre strings, while his lips are liberating godly wordshis songThe beasts of while his lips areThe beasts of words and songThebeastsof the forests stand enchanted, the coarse noise of man is silenced, the birds are quiet, and the melodious coursing of the brook is hushed. Everything gives way to awe before the sound of Orpheus's lyre, and to man is revealed the harmony of the universe '
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