The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham ,
Bart.
by Millicent Silver
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
1__' Dorset '
F. G. Thomas
in her original character sketches
'On the Wharf' and ' Engaging a Servant'
with Percy Manchester
by Jane Austen
14-' The decline and fall of Mr. Wickham'
Read by Tom Chalmers
(Northern Ireland)
Leader, Harold Fairhurst
Conductor, Richard Austin
Solo violin, Zacharewitsch from the Pavilion, Bournemouth
Schumann's Symphony No. 3, in E flat was composed during 1830. It was inspired by a visit to Cologne, where Schumann was deeply impressed with the famous view of the Rhine and the Seven Hills, and above all the Cathedral. Although the Rhenish Symphony is by no means a perfect symphony, particularly from the point of view of orchestration and development of thematic material, it is, however, full of lovely music, which has a certain rustic simplicity and charm.
' If the impressive fourth movement ', says Sir Donald Tovey , ' is regarded as part of the Finale, not merely as introductory, then the final quick movement will become intelligible as the natural and almost lyric reaction from the awe inspired by the Cathedral of Cologne as described in one of the finest pieces of ecclesiastical polyphony since Bach.'
L. C. Lelard
In spite of modern developments in the means of transport and communication, there are still parts of Africa about which very little is known. One such place is Gaboon, in French Equatorial Africa.
Mr. L. C. Lelard , a member of a very large trading concern in Gaboon, is at present in England on leave. This afternoon he is going to tell us something about Gaboon, where Africa still is darkest.
