Leader, J. Mouland Begbie
Conducted by Ian Whyte
Thibaud (violin) and Cortot (pianoforte): Sonata for violin and pianoforte (Debussy)-l Allegro vivo. 2 Fantasque et leger. 3 Finale: Tres anime
Henri Merckel (violin),
Alice Merckel (viola), Gaston Marchesini (violoncello), Eliane Zurfluh-Tenroc (pianoforte): Quartet in C minor (Fauré) -1 Allegro molto moderato. 2 Allegro vivo. 3 Adagio. 4 Allegro molto
' Dancing at Midsummer '
A gay rhapsody of Swedish melodies by Leven's Orchestra from Goteborg
Sandy Macpherson at the BBC Theatre Organ
The Three Minx in close harmony and lack Ferris and Tony Gran. on two pianos with Bob Peters-Smith at the drums
Presented by Leslie Bridgmoni
(West)
Another gramophone programme arranged by A. P. Sharpe
A fly fisherman in Shropshire
A commentary on the art of casting a fly by a well-known local fisherman and David Gretton
Recorded on the banks of a Shropshire stream by the BBC Mobile Unit
The BBC Midland Orchestra
Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by Leslie Heward
Carl Goldmark (1830-1915) was the son of a cantor in a synagogue in Hungary. He studied at the Vienna Conservatorium and began his professional career as an orchestral violinist, later becoming a piano teacher in Vienna. Goldmark wrote a considerable quantity of music, which includes an opera, several concert overtures, chamber works, a violin concerto, and two symphonies -Symphony No. 1, which is known as the ' Rustic Wedding ' Symphony, and Symphony No. 2 in E flat, to be heard this afternoon.
' Swan White'
Sibelius's ' Swan White ' suite consists of the incidental music to a charming fairy play of Strindberg, the Scandinavian dramatist, who was not as a rule given to charm. In this case, however, he got his material from the folk ballads of his country and not from his own somewhat gloomy conception of life. Sibelius has played up to the spirit of the story, and his music is full of grace and delicacy. The complete suite consists of seven pieces.
