The Older Mersey Sound
The Mersey sound is now 125 years old and the occasion was marked last month with a special “centenary” concert.
The band was the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, second in seniority in Britain to the Royal Philharmonic, and the celebration was to make up for the lack of worthy jubilation during the wartime centenary. Charles Groves conducted a programme of twentieth-cen-
tury music, chosen for its special significance:—
Walton’s “Belshazzar’s Feast” because the local choral societies had to be represented, because Walton is a Lancastrian, and because the orchestra has twice recorded the work, once under Walton himself, and once with the Huddersfield Choral Society under Sargent. Delius’s “Brigg Fair” because its first British perform-
ance, a year after its premiere in Basel, was at Liverpool under Bantock. Elgar’s "Pomp and Circumstance” March No. 1 because it was written for Alfred E. Rodewald, a Liverpool businessman and musician, and first performed there in October, 1901. Rawsthorne’s Third Symphony, first performed last year, but revised in the meantime by the 59-year-old composer.
The Older Mersey Sound
Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30712, 30 March 1965, Page 11
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