Directed by Guy DAINES
Quilter's Suite ' As you like it' was composed in 1922, and three of its four movements are introductions to different Acts. The fourth is a dance which comes at the end of the play.
The first, ' Shepherd's Holiday', trips along in a joyous 6-8 allegro; the second. 'Evening in the Forest', begins with a fourfold theme, clarinet, a solo horn a solo viola, and 'cellos together, bassoon and other 'cellos playing simultaneous melodies. The third movement, 'Merry Pranks', hurries along with great vivacity, and the Country Dance, which comes at the end of the play, is in a sturdy and vigorous two-beat measure, flute and clarinet beginning the rhythmic melody.
(From Edinburgh)