READING TEST
Geography
Round the World-Term 3
Africa and its Islands
Lesson 1, ' The Barbary Coast' by J. F. STEWART
(From Edinburgh)
Arranged by HERBERT WISEMAN
Lesson I. Brahms
First Symphony
Slow movement; Un poco allegretto;
Finale
(From Edinburgh)
Directed by GUY
DAINES GEORGE CUNNINGHAM (baritone)
(From Edinburgh)
(20.15) an excerpt from the dramatised version of the Oratorio, Jephtha, by Handel
Act 1, Scene 2 : A room in Jephthah's House
Act II, Scene 1 : Iphis' Apartments
Act II, Scene 2 : A Hill in Gilead
Cast :
MOVEMENT CHORUS from the DALCROSE EURHYTHMICS CLASSES
THE CHORAL SOCIETY and ORCHESTRA of THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC
(Leader, J. Peebles Conn)
Produced by PHYLLIS CRAWHALL-WILSON
Conductor, Professor W. GILLIES WHITTAKER
Relayed from The Athenaeum Theatre, Glasgow
'JEPHTHAH' was Handel's last oratorio. His blindness came on during its composition and delayed it. It was begun on January 21, and finished on August 30, 1751, and was produced for the first time at Covent Garden on February 26, 1752. The words were by Dr. Morrell.
