Frank Bridge: Divertimenti (1934-1938)

00:00 - I. Prelude: Allegro animato ma non troppo 04:37 - II. Nocturne: Poco lento 09:52 - III. Scherzetto: Allegro gajo 13:35 - IV. Bagatelle: Allegro con moto _____ Bassoon: Ashley Myall Clarinet: Nadia Wilson Flute: Julia Groves Oboe: Fiona Joyce Myall Year of Recording: 2019 _____ “Frank Bridge studied violin and composition at the Royal College of Music, graduating in 1904. A scholarship enabled him to study with Charles Villiers Stanford for four years (1899-1903). Bridge quickly established a reputation as a gifted violist and conductor. In 1906, he played with the Joachim Quartet, and he was a member of the English String Quartet through 1915. He conducted some operas at the Savoy Theatre and Covent Garden, and when Sir Thomas Beecham organized his New Symphony Orchestra in 1906, he named Bridge as his assistant. Bridge also befriended Sir Henry Wood and occasionally substituted for him as conductor at Queen’s Hall; Wood later became an important champion of B