Boston Grammar School Concert 1938
From the 1938 issue of The Bostonian
The School concert was held this year on Tuesday, March 29th, and, although the audience was not as large as might have been expected, it was none the less appreciative. Mr. W. L. Alexander received much well-deserved applause for his rendering of Roger Quilter's "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" and "O Mistress Mine." The standard of the Orchestra remains as high as in former years, its performance of Percy Fletcher's "Toy Soldiers' March" being especially noteworthy. The singing of the Lower School, which remains a popular part of the Concert, was also up to its usual high standard. Mr. Bastick and Mr. Buffham again rendered a duet on the piano, and Mr. Lockwood's interpretation of the last movement of Mendelssohn's "Concerto in E minor" was such that he received an encore, as also did Mr. Root for his lively expression in "The Song of the Clock." C.W. Taylor showed that he is a pianist of promise when he delighted the audience with two of Brahms' most famous waltzes, and he, too, was encored. Mr. Buffham again conducted.
Programme
| 1 | Orchestral Item | Largo alla Siciliana and Bourrée | Handel |
| 2 | (a) Unison Song | "Gather ye Rosebuds" | Wilson Manhire |
| (b) Two-Part Song | "When Johnnie comes marching home" | Arr. Edgar Moy | |
| 3 | Pianoforte Duets | (a) "On the March" | } |
| (b) Menuet | } Paul Zilcher | ||
| 4 | (a) Unision Song | "Where e'er you walk" | Handel |
| (b) Two-part Song | "mists before the sunrise fly" | Arne | |
| 5 | Songs | (a) "Now sleeps the crimson petal" | } |
| (b) "O Mistress Mine" | } Roger Quilter | ||
| Mr. W.L. Alexander, O.B. | |||
| 6 | Unison Songs | (a) "The Brown Owl" | Alec Rowley |
| (b)"To the Nightingale" | Arr. R.H. Walthew | ||
| 7 | Painoforte Solos: | Waltzes Op. 39 | |
| (a) E Major | } | ||
| (b) A flat major | } Brahms | ||
| C.W. Taylor | |||
| 8 | Violin Solo | "Country Dance" | Frank Bridge |
| O.D. Goodwin | |||
| 9 | Orchestral Item | Percy Fletcher | |
| 10 | Unison Song | "Song of the Sea King" | Henry L. Read |
| 11 | Pianoforte Duet: | Symphony No. 12 in G | |
| (Adagio and Allegro) | Haydn | ||
| Mr. F.R.G. Bastic, Mr. V. Buffham | |||
| 12 | Round | "To Portsmouth" | Anon |
| Sea Shanties | "Bound for the Rio Grande" | Arr. Richard R. Terry | |
| "Reuben Ranzo" | Arr. John Tobin | ||
| Song | "London Birds" | Geoffrey Shaw | |
| C.D. Campbell, G.T. Hayes, P.A.C. Linney, | |||
| C.G.S. Chapman, R.B. Leafe, D.E. Norman | |||
| 13 | Violin Solo: | Concerto in W minor (Op. 64) | |
| (Allegro molto vivace) | Mendelssohn | ||
| Mr. J.W. Lockwood | |||
| 14 | Song | "Fairest Isle" | Purcell |
| D.E. Norman | |||
| 15 | Song | "The Song of the Clock" | Rex Burchell |
| 16 | Unison Song | "The Captain and the Frenchmen" | T.F. Dunhill |
| 17 | Orchestral Item | "The Rose" | |
| Selection of English Melodies | W.H. Myddleton | ||
| God Save the King |