Vera Siddons (soprano)
Trio
Short Trio on English Tunes Rowley

The Bronkhurst Trio consists of three gifted and well-known musicians. The pianist, Henry Bronkhurst, studied at the Matthay School and at the Royal College of Music, where he won several Exhibitions and the Dannreuther Prize. He formed his Trio in 1924, and it was one of the first chamber music combinations to broadcast. The violinist, John Fry, studied under
Blagrove and Pecskai. He is now professor of violin and viola at Trinity College of Music. The cellist, Edward Robinson, studied under W.E. Whitehouse, and is now professor at the Walenn Violoncello School and plays regularly for several well-known string quartets, including the Charles Woodhouse Quartet.

from the University Union, Sheffield
Eric Eaden (violin) ; Laurie Scott (viola); Cyril Stevenson (violoncello);
F. H. Shera (pianoforte)

Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Stokowski: Flower Waltz (Nut-cracker Suite) (Tchaikovsky)
The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham , Bart.: Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) — Barcarolle. Entr'acte (Epilogue). Duet (Act 2). Intermezzo (Act 1)
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Turkish March (The Ruins of Athens) (Beethoven)
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Kajanus : Intermezzo and Alia Marcia (Karelia Suite) (Sibelius)

at the BBC Theatre Organ

Leader, Daniel Mclsa
Conductor, Eric Fogg
Wilfrid Parry (pianoforte)

Directed by Rene Tapponnier from the Carlton Hotel

The BBC Midland Orchestra
Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by Leslie Heward
Frank Tapp
A native of the English West Country, Frank Tapp began playing the piano and composing at a very youthful age, and made his first appearance as a pianist when he was only five. He had the good fortune to enlist the interest of Sir Frederick Bridge and of Paderewski while he was still a boy, and on their advice came to London to study, winning a scholarship at the Royal College, where he was a pupil of Sir Charles Stanford. Since then he has been active in English music, as conductor, composer, and music editor, and among other posts has held the directorship of the Municipal Orchestra in his native city of Bath. None of his other activities, however, has kept him from composing constantly, for such special occasions as Bath and London
Festivals.
' Metropolis ' is obviously inspired by the life of such a city as London, and the opening, with its hint of St. Martin's bell, suggests early morning and the city's awakening.
Rhapsody on English Airs
Felix White 's Rhapsody is his ninth orchestra] work and was written last autumn. It is based on two seventeenth-century English airs, the first, a mournful one, ' As I walked forth one summer day ' (a forsaken lover's complaint), and the second, a merry one, ' Oh, oh, oh, for a husband The work is in free variation form, first slow, then quick, and finally dying away slowly and quietly. Each fresh presentation of the two themes is in a different key, but though considerable freedom is shown their essential qualities remain unimpaired.
Halffter's Sinfonietta in D
Ernesto Halffter , born in 1905, is one of the leading younger Spanish composers. His Sinfonietta, although decidedly modern in harmony and orchestration, melodically and formally reverts to the style of the old Sinfonia concertante of Haydn's day. Composed in 1924, it won the first prize in the National Competition of 1925, but was revised afterwards by Falla, under whom Halffter studied. In 1927 the Sinfonietta was performed by the Madrid Symphony Orchestra, and was then heard in several musical centres in Europe and America. The first performance in England was given by the BBC Chamber Orchestra at the ninth Annual Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music.