ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY

Evening Star, Issue 22067, 28 June 1935, Page 11

ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY

The second concert of the 1935 season will be held in the Concert Chamber, Town Hall, to-morrow evening at 8. An important work in the programme is Schubert’s ‘ Rosamunds , Overture, Op. 26,’ which was composed in 1820 for a melodrama entitled ‘ The Magic Harp.’ Clear melodies and simple construction make this work a delight to listeners. Maurice Besly’s ‘ Chelsea China ’ suite is a very pleasing work which was written for the Eastbourne musical festival {November, 1923).' Two movements Pastoral ’ and ‘ Sol- . diers ’) have been selected for performance. ‘ Soldiers -’ is a particularly vivid movement with its lilting march-rhythm and its bright flashes of striking harmonic colour. H. Mouton’s ‘ Festival Overture ’ is an effective work which, abates its vigour in the middle sectionto give opportunity for a pleasing violin; solo accompanied by the orchestra. Another suite of pleasingly fresh and tuneful music is that on English folk songs,by Dr H. Vaughan Williams. It is in three movements ‘ Intermezzo.’ and two marches. The orchestra, has recently played the last movement of Eric Coates’s suite ‘ From the Countryside.’ To-morrow evening the whole of this suite will be played. The first movement, ‘ In the Meadows,’ has a decided Edward German flavour and a most engaging lilt. The second piece, ‘ Among the Poppies,’ has the characteristics of the waltz, and the third, * At the Fair,’is full or vivacity and gay melody.Edward German’s ‘ Nell Gwyn ’ dances are also included in the programme. Giacomo Meyerbeer. is represented by the ‘ Coronation March ’ from his opera ‘L© Prophete.’ The soloists will be Mp Alfred Walmsley and Mr Don M‘Lines. who will sing the duet from * Othello, ■ act 2 (Verdi), and the rejuvenation scene from ‘ Faust,’ act 1 (Gounod) .