Saturday, 2 July 2016

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - 1934 - 1954

22 October 1934
Hamilton Harty
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, ‘St. Anne’, (orch: Stock)
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Weiner: Hungarian Folk Dance Suite, Op. 18


5 November 1934
Hamilton Harty
Harold Darke, organ
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Handel: Concerto for Orchestra in D major (trans. For organ and orchestra Harty)
Holbrooke: The Raven
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


19 November 1934
Albert Coates
Vera de Villiers, contralto
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Borodin: ‘Daylight is fading’, Konchakovnas Cavatina from Prince Igor
Scriabin:  The Poem of Ecstasy
Glinka: Vanya’s Song and Aria from A Life for the Tsar
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


3 December 1934
Hamilton Harty
Gordon Walker, flute
Bach: Suite No. 2 in B minor
Walton: Symphony No. 1 (First Three Movements only)
Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm from The Trojans
Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo and Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust
Glazunov: The Kremlin


28 January 1935
Hans Edgar Weisbach
Harold Darke, organ
Bach: The Art of Fugue (orch. by Wolfgang Graeser)


18 February 1935
Nikolai Malko
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


18 March 1935
Landon Ronald
Emanuel Feuermann, cello
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 9 in B flat major
Dvořák: Carnival, concert overture


8 April 1935
Hamilton Harty
Lionel Tertis, viola
Berlioz: Harold in Italy
Walton: Viola Concerto
Harty: An Irish Symphony

15 April 1935
Albert Coates
Ina Souez, soprano
Vera de Villiers, contralto
Heddle Nash, tenor
Harold Williams, bass
William Parsons, bass
The Philharmonic Choir
Bach: St. Matthew Passion




21 October 1935
Hermann Abendroth
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


4 November 1935
Nikolai Malko
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


18 November 1935
Landon Ronald
Elgar: Prelude to The Dream of Gerontius
Elgar: Falstaff
Elgar: Symphony No. 2


2 December 1935
Hamilton Harty
Mozart: Symphony No. 30
Bizet: Symphony in C major
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


27 January 1936
Hans Edgar Weisbach
Rudolf Dolmetsch, harpsichord
Elizabeth Goble, harpsichord
Harold Darke, organ
Bach: The Art of Fugue (orch. by Wolfgang Graeser)


17 February 1936
Albert Coates
Vera de Villiers, contralto
Karl Höller: Hymns on Gregorian Chants
Albert Coates: The Defence of Guinevere, three pieces for contralto and orchestra
Albert Coates: Ave Maria, based on the Chimes of the Village Church Bells at Cerro Laveno on Lake Maggiore Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


16 March 1936
Issay Dobrowen
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


6 April 1936
Hamilton Harty
William Primrose, viola
Berlioz: King Lear, overture
Henri Casadesus: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in B minor (claimed to be an arrangement of a work by Handel)
Holbrooke:  Queen Mab
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6



6 October 1936
Albert Coates
Eva Turner, soprano
Vera de Villiers, contralto
Walter Widdop, tenor
Harold Williams, bass
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
Wagner: Final Scene from Die Walküre
Wagner: Siegfrieds Rhine Journey from Götterdämmerung
Wagner: Waltrautes Scene from Götterdämmerung
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Wagner: Love Duet and Finale, Act 3 from Siegfried


16 October 1936
Hamilton Harty
Serge Rachmaninov, piano
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’


6 November 1936
Hermann Abendroth
Raya Garbousova, cello
Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde
Haydn: Cello Concerto in D major
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


26 November 1936
George Szell
Beethoven: Coriolan, overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano


11 December 1936
Albert Coates
Giula Bustabo, violin
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Nights Dream
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


21 January 1937
Hans Edgar Weisbach
Rudolf Dolmetsch, harpsichord
Elizabeth Goble, harpsichord
Harold Darke, organ
The Art of Fugue, (orch. by Wolfgang Graeser) Bach:


4 February 1937
Albert Coates
Albert Sammons, violin
Vera de Villiers, contralto
Elgar: Coronation March
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Three Sea Pictures (Sea Slumber, Where Corals Lie and The Swimmer)
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)


4 March 1937
Nikolai Malko
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’
Ravel: Tzigane
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini

8 April 1937
Leonard Walker
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 of Die Meistersinger
Debussy: Prélude à laprès-midi dun faune
Haydn: Symphony No. 104, ‘London’
Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, (orch. by Leonard Walker)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1




27 October 1937
George Szell
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


25 November 1937
Adrian Boult
Mary Jarred, contralto
Parry Jones, tenor
Roy Henderson, bass
BBC Choral Society
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius


16 December 1937
Leonard Walker
George Dyson*
Solomon, piano
George Stratton, violin
Gordon Walker, flute
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Dyson: Symphony*
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung


20 January 1938
Anthony Collins
Wanda Landowska, piano
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26, ‘Coronation’
Harpsichord Solos (Scarlatti)
Elgar: Symphony No. 1


3 February 1938
Felix Weingartner
Vera de Villiers, contralto
Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde
Beethoven: Ah! Perfido
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


3 March 1938
Charles Hambourg
Myra Hess, piano
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Rondino for Wind Instruments in E flat major
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 2



24 October 1938
George Szell
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Beethoven: Coriolan, overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


14 November 1938
Anthony Collins
Albert Sammons, violin
Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


28 November 1938
Fritz Busch
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


16 January 1939
Stanley Chapple
Alfred Cortot, piano
Cherubini: Overture to Anacréon
Franck: Symphonic Variations
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


30 January 1939
Felix Weingartner
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’


20 February 1939
Felix Weingartner
Wagner: A Faust Overture
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Wagner: Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


13 March 1939
Anthony Collins
Bronislaw Hubermann, violin
Holbrooke:  Overture to Bronwen
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Fantasia in F minor for mechanical organ (orch. by Anthony Collins)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


24 April 1939
Bruno Walter
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Nights Dream
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Brahms: Symphony No. 4



4 October 1939
Sir Henry Wood
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Elgar: Polonia
Dohnányi: Suite in F sharp minor
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


28 October 1939
Leighton Lucas
Albert Sammons, violin
Berlioz: Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’
Delius:  Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


18 November 1939
Sir Henry Wood
Myra Hess, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


2 December 1939
Charles Hambourg
Solomon, piano
Dvořák: Carnival, concert overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


27 January 1940
Heathcote Statham
Myra Hess, piano
Beethoven: Coriolan, overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Moeran: Symphony in G minor


10 February 1940
Sir Henry Wood
Sibelius: Finlandia
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music (arr. for orchestra alone)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Weber: Overture to Oberon


2 March 1940
Sir Henry Wood
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Jeremiah Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol


27 April 1940
Adrian Boult
William Henry Reed*
Gordon Walker, flute
Betty Humby, piano
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
William Henry Reed: Merry Andrew, overture *
Walton: Symphony No. 1



19 October 1948
Malcolm Sargent
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Debussy: Three Nocturnes
Dohnányi: Suite in F sharp minor


2 November 1948
Gaston Poulet
Federico Elizalde, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 31, ‘Paris’
Debussy: La Mer
Fauré: Pavane
Elizalde: Piano Concerto
Ravel: La Valse


16 November 1948
George Stratton
Witold Malcuzynski, piano
Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet suite (1947)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


7 December 1948
Josef Krips
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


25 January 1949
Malcolm Sargent
Ida Haendel, violin
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


8 February 1949
Erich Cundell
Andre Navarra, cello
Gwynne Edwards, viola
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote


22 February 1949
William Walton
Ralph Vaughan Williams*
Frederick Riddle, viola
Walton: Fanfare for Orchestra
Walton: Scapino, comedy overture
Walton: Viola Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, ‘A London Symphony’ *


8 March 1949
Malcolm Sargent
Cyril Scott, piano
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town)
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Theme
Respighi: Fontane di Roma
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Stravinsky: The Firebird, concert suite (1919)



Basil Cameron
Ginette Neveu, violin
Beethoven: Coriolan, overture
Bach: Concerto for Violin and Strings in A minor
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8


23 October 1949
Anthony Collins
Eric Harrison, piano
Thomas Arne: Suite of Dances (trans. Anthony Collins)
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1


6 November 1949
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Arthur Bliss*
Sir Ralph Richardson, orator
BBC Choral Society
Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6
Bliss: Morning Heroes*


20 November 1949
Josef Krips
Ida Haendel, violin
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


4 December 1949
Josef Krips
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


18 December 1949
Robert Jacques
Ena Mitchell, soprano
Richard Lewis, tenor
Gordon Clinton, baritone
Owen Brannigan, bass
Richard Standen, bass
The Bach Choir
Berlioz: The Childhood of Christ


15 January 1950
Anthony Collins
Alexander Hellsmann, piano
Rossini: Overture to Le siege de Cornith
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


29 January 1950
Malcolm Sargent
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Berlioz: Le Carnaval romain, overture
Walton: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8



12 February 1950
Eugene Goossens
Leon Goossens, oboe
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Haydn: Symphony No. 92, ‘Oxford’
Goossens: Oboe Concerto
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suites 1 and 2


26 February 1950
Malcolm Sargent
Ida Haendel, violin
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5


12 March 1950
Adrian Boult
Noel Mewton-Wood, piano
Mozart: Overture to Cosi fan tutte
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Britten: Piano Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’


26 March 1950
Josef Krips
Ruth Fermoy, piano
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


9 April 1950
Josef Krips
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Schumann: Symphony No. 4


23 April 1950
Josef Krips
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’


7 May 1950
Malcolm Sargent
Moura Lympany, piano
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Alwyn: Concerto Grosso No. 2 for strings
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Alwyn: Concerto Grosso No. 2 for strings
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4


21 May 1950
Josef Krips
Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5




8 October 1950
Muir Matheson
Eileen Joyce, piano
Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Vaughan Williams: Three Pieces from Story of a Flemish Farm
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bliss: Suite from Things to Come
Franck: Symphonic Variations
Bax: Music for Oliver Twist
Weber: Overture to Oberon


29 October 1950
Malcolm Sargent
Max Rostal, violin
Paul Wittgenstein, piano
Bax: The Happy Forest
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Britten: Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3


19 November 1950
Josef Krips
Richard Glas, piano
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


26 November 1950
Gaston Poulet
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Choral Group from the Royal College of Music
Lalo: Overture to Le Roi dYs
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
Debussy: Prélude à laprès-midi dun faune
Debussy: Three Nocturnes
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso


10 December 1950
Basil Cameron
Clifford Curzon, piano
Gwynne Edwards, cello
Willem de Mont, viola
Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote


14 January 1951
Josef Krips
Livia Rev, piano
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


28 January 1951
Nikolai Sokoloff
Jean Watson, contralto
Beethoven: Coriolan, overture
Mozart: Parto, parto, and Non piu di fiori Two Arias from La clemenza di Tito
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’
Dello Joio: New York Profiles
Fauré: Pavane
Falla: Love the Magician, Suite



11 February 1951
Nikolai Sokoloff
Wilfrid Parry, piano
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach: Concerto for string orchestra in D, (orch. Steinberg)
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Rabaud: La Procession Nocturne
Bloch: Concerto grosso No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1


4 March 1951
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Eileen Joyce, piano
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
Bach: Concerto for Piano and Strings in F minor
Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, (orch. Elgar)
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Theme
Debussy: Three Images


11 March 1951
Josef Krips
Denis Matthews, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


15 March 1951
Josef Krips
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


18 March 1951
Josef Krips
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


20 March 1951
Josef Krips
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8


25 March 1951
Josef Krips
Margaret Ritchie, soprano
Anne Wood, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Harold Williams, bass
Alexandra Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


20 May 1951
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Handel: The Water Music, Suite (arr. Harty)
Haydn: Symphony No. 104, ‘London’
Alwyn: Festival March
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony



27 May 1951
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Eileen Joyce, piano
Bax: Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Delius:  Brigg Fair
Ireland: Piano Concerto
Walton: Symphony No. 1


3 June 1951
Josef Krips
Jean Pougnet, violin
Frederick Riddle, viola
Haydn: Symphony No. 94, ‘Surprise’
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


8 June 1951
Josef Krips
George Stratton*
Bach: Suite No. 3 in D major*
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


17 June 1951
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Clifford Curzon, piano
Ireland: A London Overture
Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto No. 2
Elgar: Symphony No. 1


13 July 1951
Federico Elizalde
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Purcell: Three Pieces for Strings (arr. W.H. Reed)
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’
Elizalde: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Falla: Love the Magician, Suite



Josef Krips
André Navarra, cello
Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 6
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Johann Strauss II: Emperor Waltz


21 October 1951
Josef Krips
Anny Konetzni, soprano
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 of Lohengrin
Wagner: Closing Scene from Götterdämmerung
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8


4 November 1951
Josef Krips
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Andre Navarra, cello
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Double Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


18 November 1951
Josef Krips
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Richard Strauss: Suite from Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’


3 December 1951
Josef Krips
Donald Bridger, oboe
Sydney Fell, clarinet
Ronald Waller, bassoon
John Burden, horn
Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and orchestra
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’


5 December 1951
Josef Krips
Margaret Ritchie, soprano
Gladys Ripley, contralto
Peter Pears, tenor
Richard Standen, bass
Goldsmiths Choral Union
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Mozart: Requiem Mass


7 December 1951
Josef Krips
Clifford Curzon, piano
John Burden, horn
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’



9 December 1951
Josef Krips
Wilma Lipp, soprano
Marta Eitler, violin
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart: Mia speranza adorata...Ah non sai qual pena sia, recitative and rondo
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Mozart: Der Holle Rache from Die Zauberflöte
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’


31 December 1951
Josef Krips
Margaret Ritchie, soprano
Anne Wood, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Richard Standen, bass
Alexandra Choir
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


13 January 1952
Gaston Poulet
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Chausson: Poème de l’amour et de la mer
Debussy: La Mer
Roussel: Suite in F major
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


27 January 1952
Basil Cameron
Frederick Thurston, clarinet
Arnold: Beckus the Dandipratt, overture
Debussy: Prélude à laprès-midi dun faune
Hindemith: Clarinet Concerto
Bax: Tintagel
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


10 February 1952
George Weldon
Edna Iles, piano
George Eskdale, trumpet
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5


24 February 1952
George Stratton
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Berlioz: Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Adrian Cruft: Interlude for Strings
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8


9 March 1952
Josef Krips
Margaret Ritchie, soprano
Julius Patzak, tenor
Frederick Dalberg, bass
Goldsmiths Choral Union
Haydn: The Creation



23 March 1952
Anthony Collins
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Symphony No. 33
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1


6 April 1952
Hugo Rignold
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Rawsthorne: Street Corner, overture
Lennox Berkeley: Four Poems of St. Teresa of Avila
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Peter Racine Fricker: Symphony No. 2
Bliss: The Enchantress, scena for mezzo soprano and orchestra
Peter Racine Fricker: Symphony No. 2


13 April 1952
Gaston Poulet
Gerard Poulet, violin
Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Berlioz: Three Orchestral excerpts from La damnation de Faust
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol


15 April 1952
Josef Krips
Denis Matthews, piano
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


18 April 1952
Josef Krips
Denis Matthews, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


20 April 1952
Josef Krips
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


22 April 1952
 Josef Krips
Friedrich Wührer, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven:Symphony No. 8


26 April 1952
Josef Krips
Margaret Ritchie, soprano
Anne Wood, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Richard Standen, bass
Alexandra Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


12 May 1952
Josef Krips
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Andre Navarra, cello
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Double Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


16 May 1952
 Josef Krips
Denis Matthews, piano
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’


8 June 1952
George Weldon
Sullivan: Pineapple Poll, ballet (arr. Charles Mackerras)
Debussy: Prélude à laprès-midi dun faune
Rossini: La boutique fantasque, ballet (arr. Respighi)
Falla: Three Dances from The Three Cornered Hat
Stravinsky: Circus Polka
Stravinsky: The Firebird, concert suite (1919)


22 June 1952
Federico Elizalde
Ana Maria Iriarte, soprano
Albeniz: Navarra from Iberia
Halffter: Sinfonietta
Elizalde: Music for 15 instruments
Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs (orch. Halffter)
Falla: Love the Magician, Suite


6 July 1952
Anthony Collins
Colin Horsley, piano
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 of Die Meistersinger
Delius:  The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


9 July 1952
Gaston Poulet
Gerard Poulet, violin
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Dukas: L’Apprenti sorcier
Saint-Saëns: Havanaise
Fauré: Berceuse
Fritz Kreisler: Variations on a theme by Corelli in the style of Tartini
Bizet: Ballet Suite from L’Arlèsienne


13 July 1952
George Stratton
Noel Mewton-Wood, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Brahms: Symphony No. 1



2 October 1952
George Stratton
 Patricia Carroll, piano
Roland Stanbridge, violin
Vaughan Williams: Overture to The Wasps
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov: Introduction and Bridal Procession from The Golden Cockerel
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol


26 October 1952
Malcolm Sargent
Thomas Matthews, violin
Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
David Moule-Evans: Symphony in G major
Walton: Violin Concerto
Respighi: Feste Romane


3 November 1952
Eduard van Beinum
Franz Osborn, piano
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Nights Dream
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


9 November 1952
Josef Krips
Jan Damen, violin
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


23 November 1952
Josef Krips
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde


7 December 1952
Josef Krips
Clifford Curzon, piano
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


8 December 1952
Tauno Hannikainen
Henry Holst, violin
Liisa Linko, soprano
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Luonnotar
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5


16 December 1952
Royalton Kisch
Larry Adler, harmonica
Dvořák: Carnival, concert overture
Delius:  The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Vaughan Williams: Romance for harmonica, strings and piano
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Debussy: Nocturnes, Nuages et Fêtes
Graham Whettam: Concerto scherzoso, for harmonica and orchestra
Respighi: Brazilian Impressions

11 January 1953
George Stratton
Shura Cherkassky, piano
Dyson: At the Tabard Inn, overture
Grieg: Lyric Suite
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, ‘A London Symphony’


12 January 1953 (RAH)
Sir Adrian Boult
Denis Matthews, piano
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5


13 January 1953 (RAH)
George Weldon
Humphrey Searle*
Thomas Matthews, violin
Dylan Thomas, speaker
Male Voices of Morley College Choir
Schubert: Rosamunde, Overture
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Humphrey Searle: The Shadow of Cain*


14 January 1953 (RAH)
George Stratton
Amy Shuard, soprano
Willem de Mont, cello
Wagner: The Mastersingers, Overture
Weber: Ocean, thou Mighty Monster, from Oberon
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Kodály: Dances of Galanta


15 January 1953 (RAH)
George Weldon
Colin Horsley, piano
Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict, Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Sullivan:  Pineapple Poll, Suite (arr. Mackerras)


16 January 1953 (RAH)
George Stratton
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Overture
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Dohnányi: Suite in F sharp minor


17 January 1953 (RAH)
George Stratton
George Weldon*
George Eskdale, trumpet
Eileen Ralf, piano
Ronald Waller, bassoon
Elgar: Cockaigne, Overture
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto*
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2*
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice*
Godfrey: Variations for Bassoon, ‘Lucy Long’
Tchaikovsky: Theme and Variations from Suite in G major

25 January 1953
Eduard van Beinum
Nancy Evans, contralto
Beethoven: Coriolan, overture
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Hendrik Andriessen: Ricercare
Debussy: Images
Ravel: La Valse


6 February 1953
Gaston Poulet
Gerard Poulet, violin
Ambroise Thomas: Overture to Mignon
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
Franck: Symphony


8 February 1953
Gaston Poulet
Magda Tagliaferro, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 36, ‘Linz’
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26, ‘Coronation’
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Ravel: Piano Concerto
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé


22 February 1953
John Barbirolli
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Alwyn: Symphony No. 1
Delius: A Song of Summer
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)


24 February 1953
Royalton Kisch
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingals Cave), overture
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Dennis Matthews, piano


28 February 1953
George Weldon
Borodin: Prince Igor, overture
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Edna Iles, piano


8 March 1953
Anthony Collins
Louis Kaufman, violin
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, overture
Schubert: Gran Duo (orch by Anthony Collins)
Anthony Collins: Violin Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7


22 March 1953
Josef Krips
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’



5 April 1953
Josef Krips
Mendelssohn: Overture, Nocturne, Scherzo and Wedding March from A Midsummer Nights Dream
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


7 April 1953
Josef Krips
Denis Matthews, piano
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


9 April 1953
Josef Krips
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


12 April 1953
Josef Krips
Magda Tagliaferro, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


16 April 1953
Josef Krips
Friedrich Wührer, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8


19 April 1953
Josef Krips
Margaret Ritchie, soprano
Anne Wood, contralto
William Herbert, tenor
Frederick Dalberg, bass
Alexandra Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


6 May 1953
Royalton Kisch
Shura Cherkassky, piano
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


17 May 1953
Tauno Hannikainen
Sibelius: En Saga
Sibelius: Suite from Pelleas and Melisande
Sibelius: Tapiola
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2



19 May 1953
Tauno Hannikainen
Tauno Pylkkänen: Ultima Thule
Aarre Merikanto: Symphonic Fantasy
Ahti Sonninen: Autumn Scene from Pessi and Illusia
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1


21 June 1953
Federico Elizalde
Eric Harrison, piano
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Granados: Intermezzo from Goyescas
Elizalde: Sinfonia Concertante for Piano and Orchestra
Falla: Three Dances from The Three Cornered Hat


28 June 1953
George Stratton
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7





11 October 1953
Josef Krips
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Annie Hermes, mezzo-soprano
Goldsmith Choral Union
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’


16 October 1953
Josef Krips
Haydn: Symphony No. 92, ‘Oxford’
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


25 October 1953
 Josef Krips
Clifford Curzon, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’


8 November 1953
Eugene Goossens
Richard Farrell, piano
Bax: Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Richard Strauss: Symphonic Fragment from The Legend of Joseph
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Stravinsky: The Firebird Concert Suite (1919)


22 November 1953
Eugene Goossens
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Brahms: Serenade No. 2
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


27 November 1953
Clarence Raybould
Edna Iles, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


6 December 1953
Leighton Lucas
Cyril Smith, piano
Berlioz: Le carnaval romain, Overture
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


8 December 1953
Anthony Collins
Ida Haendel, violin
Sibelius: En Saga
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1


24 January 1954
Hermann Scherchen
Peter Katin, piano
Ravel: Bolero
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

29 January 1954
Clarence Raybould
Edna Iles, piano
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3 Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Serge Lancen: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)


7 February 1954
Edouard van Remoortel
José Iturbi, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22
Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy
Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole


21 February 1954
Sir Adrian Boult
Thomas Matthews, violin
Arnold: Beckus the Dandipratt, Overture
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6


7 March 1954
Fernando Previtali
Rossini: Overture to The Siege of Corinth
Boccherini: Symphony No. 2, Op 16
Ravel: Suite from Mother Goose
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, ‘Scottish’


20 March 1954
Leighton Lucas
Peter Katin, piano
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


21 March 1954
Sir Adrian Boult
Harriet Cohen, piano
Rawsthorne: Street Corner, Overture
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
Peter Racine Fricker: Piano Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4


4 April 1954
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Sidney Fell, clarinet
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings
John Veale: Clarinet Concerto
Respighi: Overture to Belfagor
Walton: Symphony No. 1


18 April 1954
Walter Goehr
Rimsky-Korsakov: Introduction and Wedding March from The Golden Cockerel
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
Stravinsky: The Firebird Concert Suite (1919)

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