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Death Of Ase (Ases Tod) from Peer Gynt by the Hastings Municipal Orchestra, 1929

21 Dec 1929 GRIEG Ases Tod : Op.46 MA784
Conducted by Basil Cameron

Hastings has always been a musical town but after the first world war Hastings Borough Council decided to fund an orchestra to encourage wealthy visitors to stay in the town for the winter season. It was arranged that the Harrogate Municipal Orchestra would come to Hastings each year to become the Hastings Municipal Orchestra, before returning to Harrogate for the summer.
In 1925, the relocation of the Royal East Sussex Hospital provided an opportunity to build a Concert Hall on the site. The White Rock Pavilion, as it was originally called, was designed by an acoustically trained architect and was the first of its kind in the UK. Not even London could match it until the Royal Festival Hall opened in 1951. It was opened in 1927 by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII.
Because of its superb acoustics, the White Rock was for many years a favourite recording studio for the Decca Record Label. The Municipal Orchestra, although relatively small, was frequently used for these recordings because of its quality: 20 of the 32 regular members were acknowledged soloists.
The Hastings orchestra also built up a strong relationship with the BBC. In the early years of the 1930s, up to eight concerts a year were broadcast from the White Rock Pavilion. In 1935, a two hour live concert was broadcast from the White Rock on Christmas Day after the King’s Speech.

The sides are sometimes recorded at rather a high level, and the the pressing material that Decca used hasn't helped with the quality of the transfer.

Taken from the original Decca record