The BBC Concert Orchestra attracted packed houses when it gave four programmes in Jersey at Fort Regent’s Gloucester Hall and the Opera House — Friday Night is Music Night, The Gala Concert (both live broadcasts). An Evening In Vienna (recorded) and an invitation concert for Island schoolchildren.
The Gala Concert in the Gloucester Hall, attended by the Lieutenant Governor' and Lady Whiteley, included a wide selection of musical gems ranging from an electric performance of an Israeli folk song “Tzena. Tzena” to Verdi’s aria “Sempre Libera” sung by the star soprano, Moira Anderson. The programme ended with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, complete with real explosions for the cannonade at the climax.
Earlier members of the orchestra had demonstrated outside the Fort Regent entrance as the public filed in. They were protesting against the BBC's axe of five of its house orchestras involving the sacking of 172 staff musicians. Leaflets were handed out and signatures of sympathy collected.
The Gala Concert in the Gloucester Hall, attended by the Lieutenant Governor' and Lady Whiteley, included a wide selection of musical gems ranging from an electric performance of an Israeli folk song “Tzena. Tzena” to Verdi’s aria “Sempre Libera” sung by the star soprano, Moira Anderson. The programme ended with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, complete with real explosions for the cannonade at the climax.
Earlier members of the orchestra had demonstrated outside the Fort Regent entrance as the public filed in. They were protesting against the BBC's axe of five of its house orchestras involving the sacking of 172 staff musicians. Leaflets were handed out and signatures of sympathy collected.
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