Grand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Frieder Weissmann: Overture, Der Waldmeister (the Forest Ranger) (Johann Strauss)
Maggie Teyte (soprano): Never-more; I'll follow my secret heart (Conversation Piece) (Cotcard)
Grand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Weissmann: Selection, Poor Jonathan (Millocker, arr. Romer)
Richard Tauber (tenor): Fear Nothing (Paganini); Wayside Rose (Frederica) (Lehar)
Marek Weber and his Orchestra: Waltz, Dollar Princess (Fall)
Leader, Frank Thomas
Conductor, Idris Lewis
Clifford Deri (baritone)
Jules Massenet (1842-1912) was a distinguished French composer who exercised considerable influence during his day. In addition to a number of operas, which became very popular in France, he wrote a fair quantity of orchestral music, particularly light orchestral suites such as the 'Picturesque Scenes'. The most outstanding characteristics of Massenet's music are the grace and charm of his melodic invention and the clarity and effectiveness of his orchestration.
The Overture Phedre was written for Racine's tragedy in the production of 1900.
George C. Nash
(Northern Ireland)
from the Houldsworth Hall ,
Manchester
Maurice Hardy (violoncello)
Leonard Isaacs (pianoforte)
Faure had a great power of lyrical expression. His music abounds with beautiful and finely drawn melodies. A consummate craftsman and a harmonist of considerable range and subtlety, everything he wrote is highly polished and designed with an unerring sense of balance and clarity of style. Indeed, Debussy once said that the graceful fleeting lines of Faure's music ' may be compared to the gesture of a beautiful woman without either suffering by the comparison '. These qualities characterise the Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, which was composed in 1921 when Faure was seventy-six years of age.
(by permission of Lt.-Col. A. E. Nye ,
M.C.)
Conducted by Mr. G. Savage from the Empire Exhibition (Scotland)
Leader, Harold F. Petts
Conductor, Ernest W. Goss
Muriel Gale (contralto) from the Pavilion, Torquay
(From North)
Some Outstanding Examples of Contemporary Singing by Francis Toye
Female Voices—3
Egon Petri (pianoforte): Minuet
(Bach, arr. Petri). Sonata in E minor, Op. 90 (Beethoven)
