May 1954

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Miss Pamela Naylor, Mr. Arthur Millington and Mr. Michael Sykes, who all brought understanding to the interpretation of their arias. Our thanks are due to them as well as to Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. Procter, and Mr. Lawrence who so kindly came to play in the orchestra. Mr. Wicks played the continuo and Mr. Waine conducted.

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PROGRAMME THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

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PART I

Unfinished Symphony in B minor 1st movement Viola and Pianoforte Concerto in B minor 3rd movement—Allegro molto W. B. Hawkins Two Violins and Pianoforte Concerto in D minor .. 2nd movement—Adagio M. A. Jones and E. H. N. Turner Solo Pianoforte Study No. 47 in A ... A. Bloomfield Solo Violin Melodie R. Atkinson INTERVAL OF

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Schubert Handel

... Bach

Cramer Tchaikovsky

MINUTES

PART II Selected numbers from SAMSON Words after Milton's Samson Agonistes, by Newburgh Hamilton Music, written 1741-2, by George Frederic Handel

EASTER TOUR TO THE CONTINENT This year some difficulty was met in arranging a centre for the Easter tour to the Continent, but accommodation was ultimately found at Niederlahnstein, a small commercial and industrial town on the right bank of the Rhine a few miles from Coblenz. It is thus ideally situated, being at the "cross-roads" of the Rhine, Lahn and Moselle valleys, though in itself a place of no particular attraction. The more popular tourist centres, like Bad Ems and Konigswinter, are, however, rather lifeless at this time of year, and Niederlahnstein, with its nonseasonal activities, had the advantage of giving us a more typical picture of German life than would have been obtained at places of the usual holiday type. Nor was it lacking in local attractions, and one of the pleasantest mornings was that of the Sunday, when. in 37

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