Directed by A. H. Morgan
Le Petit Choeur of the Choral
Union of Lausanne
Conductor, Charles Pache
Bob Engel 's Orchestra
M. Straub (yodeller) from Lausanne
Slalom und Schus.T (Ski-ing Song)
Schabziger Manndli (The Green
Cheese Pedlar)
Rossli-Polka (The Little Horse
Polka)
Yodelling song
Plantons la vigne (Plant the vine)
Chanson du ramoneur (The
Chimney-Sweep's song)
Yodelling song
Le patre sur la montagne (The
Shepherd on the Mountain)
Chanson de la belle Julie (Fair
Julie's Song)
Le Flutiau (The Pipe) Juch-Hu
D'r Senne Jodeler (The yodelling cowherd)
Victoria Sladen (soprano)
The Philharmonic String Trio:
David Martin (violin)
Frederick Riddle (viola)
James Whitehead (violoncello)
Leader, Frank Thomas
Conductor, Idris Lewis
Gwladys Williams (contralto)
at the BBC Theatre Organ
from Claridge's Hotel
Heddle Nash (tenor): To the Queen of my Heart. Love's Philosophy (Delias). Shall I tell thee the name of thy lover? (The Barber of Seville) (Rossini). 0 loveliness coin-pare (Magic Flute) (Mozart)
The BBC Midland Orchestra
Conducted by W. K. Stanton
Charles Lynch (pianoforte)
Brahms appeared as soloist in his Second Piano Concerto on its first performance; that was in the Christmas week of 1880, in Vienna. Nearly twenty-two years had elapsed since the First Piano Concerto had appeared.
The Second Concerto, in B flat, is the largest and most elaborate of all concertos in the classical form. The essentially symphonic character of the music and the treatment of the solo piano make this concerto virtually a symphony for orchestra with piano. The slow movement with its exquisite . ' conversation between the piano and solo cello is one of Brahms's most inspired idylls, while the finale, a rondo, is a perfect answer to those who perpetuate the legend that Brahms was incapable of being light in heart and touch.
