Saturday, 2 July 2016

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - 1954 - 1964

Anthony Collins
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


19 October 1954
Anthony Collins
Leon Fleisher, piano
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


22 October 1954
Anthony Collins
Richard Farrell, piano
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


31 October 1954
Anthony Collins
Myra Hess, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


14 November 1954
Otto Klemperer
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel


28 November 1954
Otto Klemperer
Maria Stader, soprano
Gluck: Overture to Iphigenie en Aulis
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’
Mahler: Symphony No. 4


12 December 1954
Rudolf Kempe
Rudolf Firkusny, piano
Prokofiev: Suite from The Love of Three Oranges
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi dun faune
Richard Strauss: Don Juan


23 January 1955
Edouard van Remoortel
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Tchaikovsky:Violin Concerto
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Debussy: La Mer


28 January 1955
Royalton Kisch
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 from Die Meistersinger
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


6 February 1955
Hermann Scherchen
Jean St. Clair, speaker
Handel: Concerto Grosso in B minor, op. 6 No. 12
Searle: The Riverrun
Stravinsky: The Firebird, concert suite (1919)
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Suite


20 February 1955
Hermann Scherchen
Purcell: Suite from The Fairy Queen
Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Ravel: La Valse
Debussy: Three Nocturnes


6 March 1955
Pierino Gamba
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Rossini: Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
Martucci: Notturno
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’


14 March 1955
Walter Susskind
Pnina Salzman, piano
Berlioz: Le Carnaval romain, Overture
Mendelssohn: Nocture & Scherzo from A Midsummer Nights Dream
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8


20 March 1955
Hugo Rignold
Julius Katchen, piano
Rossini: Overture to The Silken Ladder
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Alwyn: The Magic Island
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5


3 April 1955
Charles Groves
Iso Elinson, piano
John Veale: The Metropolis, Overture
Bax: Tintagel
Ireland: Piano Concerto
Stanley Bate: Symphony No. 3


10 April 1955 (RAH)
Walter Goehr
Moura Lympany, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


13 April 1955
Anthony Collins
Magda Tagliaferro, piano
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


17 April 1955
Anthony Collins
Friedrich Gulda, piano
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’


19 April 1955
Anthony Collins
Denis Matthews, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4


25 April 1955
Anthony Collins
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


27 April 1955
Anthony Collins
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Violin Concerto


30 April 1955
Anthony Collins
Moura Lympany, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


3 May 1955
Anthony Collins
Willem de Mont, cello
Joan Hammond, soprano
Norma Proctor, contralto
William McAlpine, tenor
Owen Brannigan, bass
Alexandra Choir
Beethoven: The Consecration of the House, Overture
Beethoven: Variations on a Theme of Handel for Cello (trans for, cello & orch. Collins)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’




Muir Mathieson
Sidney Harrison, piano
Berlioz: Le Carnaval romain, Overture
Franck: Symphony
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol


16 October 1955
Hermann Scherchen
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 100, ‘Military’
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


13 November 1955
Rudolf Kempe
Eileen Joyce, piano
Mohaupt: Stadtpfeifermusik
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 3


4 December 1955 (RAH)
Muir Mathieson
Eileen Joyce, piano
Arnold: Tam O'Shanter, Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Franck: Symphonic Variations
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


11 December 1955
Sir Eugene Goossens
Gonzalo Soriano, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Debussy: Iberia


18 December 1955 (RAH)
Charles Proctor
Elsie Morison, soprano
Norma Proctor, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Norman Walker, bass
The Alexandra Choir
Handel: The Messiah


19 February 1956
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Edith Fischer, piano
Delius: Brigg Fair
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town), Overture


20 February 1956
Walter Goehr
Julius Katchen, piano
Prokofiev: Overture to War and Peace
Britten: Diversions for Piano (Left-Hand) and Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 7



18 March 1956
Sir John Barbirolli
Raoul Jobin, tenor
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Chausson: Poème de l'Amour et de la Mer
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


29 March 1956
Sir John Barbirolli
Sylvia Fisher, soprano
Constance Shacklock, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Scott Joynt, bass
Croydon Philharmonic Choir
Verdi: Messa da Requiem


15 April 1956
Anthony Collins
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 43, ‘Mercury’
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4
Elgar: Violin Concerto


13 May 1956
Walter Goehr
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin
Jeannette Sinclair, soprano
Joan Sutherland, soprano
Norma Proctor, contralto
Wilfred Brown, tenor
Peter Pears, tenor
Goldsmiths’ Choral Union
Mahler: Das Klagende Lied
Frank Martin: Violin Concerto
Monteverdi: Magnificat


19 May 1956
Bernard Herrmann
Louis Kaufmann, violin
Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Robert Russell Bennett: Violin Concerto
Borodin: March & Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor


21 May 1956
Bernard Herrmann
Peter Katin, piano
Handel: Suite from The Water Music (arr. Harty)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Copland: Suite from The Red Pony


23 May 1956
Bernard Herrmann
Friedrich Wührer, piano
Phyllis Tate: Occasional Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)


25 May 1956
Bernard Herrmann
Monique Haas, piano
Richard Arnell: Lord Byron, Symphonic Poem
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Liszt: A Faust Symphony

28 May 1956
Josef Krips
Claudio Arrau, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


30 May 1956
Josef Krips
Claudio Arrau, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


4 June 1956
Josef Krips
Claudio Arrau, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8


6 June 1956
Josef Krips
Claudio Arrau, piano
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


11 June 1956
Josef Krips
Claudio Arrau, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture


13 June 1956
Josef Krips
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Norma Proctor, contralto
Rowland Jones, tenor
Owen Brannigan, bass
Alexandra Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


27 June 1956
Walter Susskind
Denis Matthews, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 104, ‘London’
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


22 July 1956
John Russell
Peter Katin, piano
Nicolai: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Finzi: Romance for Strings
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)

 
Josef Krips
Myra Hess, piano
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


18 October 1956
Josef Krips
Isaac Stern, violin
Brahms: Serenade No. 1, three movements (Allegro molto, Adagio non troppo and Rondo)
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


21 October 1956
Josef Krips
Ida Haendel, violin
Paul Tortelier, cello
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Brahms: Double Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


22 October 1956
Josef Krips
Myra Hess, piano
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


11 November 1956
Basil Cameron
Sir Arthur Bliss*
Ida Haendel, violin
Richard Attenborough, orator
Croydon Philharmonic Choir
Michael Heming: Threnody for a soldier killed in action (arr, Anthony Collins)
Walton: Violin Concerto
Bax: The Garden of Fand
Bliss: Morning Heroes*


9 December 1956
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Max Rostal, violin
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1


23 December 1956
Charles Proctor
Elsie Morrison, soprano
Norma Proctor, contralto
William Herbert, tenor
Richard Standen, bass
Alexandra Choir
Handel: Messiah


6 January 1957
John Russell
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Finzi: Nocturne (New Year Music)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’



20 January 1957
Josef Krips
Suzanne Danco, soprano
Thomas Hemsley, baritone
Goldsmiths Choral Union
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Franz Reizenstein: Voices of the Night


17 February 1957
Edouard van Remoortel
Shura Cherkassky, piano
Creston: Symphony No. 2
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe, Suite No. 2


1 March 1957
Walter Goehr
Peter Katin, piano
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)


5 April 1957
Walter Goehr
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Hugh Maguire, violin
Roger Lord, oboe
Paul Draper, bassoon
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Denzil Floyd, horn
Highgate School Choir
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Bach: Cantata No. 56, ‘Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen’
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’


14 April 1957
Rudolf Kempe
Gioconda de Vito, violin
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche


7 May 1957
Thomas Schippers
Gary Graffman, piano
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Menotti: Ballet Suite from Sebastian
Wagner: Overture to Tannhauser


17 May 1957
Josef Krips
Claudio Arrau, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


20 May 1957
Josef Krips
Claudio Arrau, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

26 May 1957
Josef Krips
Claudio Arrau, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


28 May 1957
Josef Krips
Gioconda de Vito, violin
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


31 May 1957
Josef Krips
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Norma Proctor, contralto
Rowland Jones, tenor
Owen Brannigan, bass
Alexandra Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


5 June 1957
Charles Groves
Constance Shacklock, contralto
Ronald Dowd, tenor
Marian Nowakowski, bass
Croydon Philharmonic Choir
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius


9 June 1957
Jascha Horenstein
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


15 June 1957
Thomas Scherman
Danny Daniels, tap dancer
Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas, Overture
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Morton Gould: Tap Dance Concerto


26 June 1957
Leopold Stokowski
Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture
Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole
Debussy: Three Nocturnes
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Concert Suite (1919)


30 June 1957
Leopold Stokowski
Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8


3 July 1957
Antal Doráti
Denis Matthews, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 33
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Josef Krips
Myra Hess, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Mozart: Symphony No. 39


29 September 1957
Josef Krips
Friedrich Gulda, piano
Roger Lord, oboe
Gervase de Peyer, clarinet
Paul Draper, bassoon
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and orchestra
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26, ‘Coronation’
Mozart: Symphony No. 40


2 October 1957
Josef Krips
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 31, ‘Paris’
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’


20 October 1957
Walter Goehr
Alexander Murray, flute
Roger Lord, oboe
Dennis Clift, trumpet
Hugh Maguire, violin
Charles Spinks, harpsichord
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Bach: The Art of Fugue (concert version by Goehr and Seiber)


17 November 1957
Rudolf Kempe
Annie Fischer, piano
Beethoven: Leonore No. 2, Overture
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Debussy: La Mer
Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin


15 December 1957
Rudolf Kempe
Julius Katchen, piano
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


19 January 1958
Jascha Horenstein
Peter Katin, piano
Schumann: Overture to Manfred
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 2



23 February 1958
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Irma Kolassi, soprano
Berlioz: Overture to Beatrice and Benedict
Gluck: Recitative and Aria ‘Le Songe’ from Iphigenie en Tauride
Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5


30 March 1958
Royalton Kisch
Sibelius: Finlandia
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


10 May 1958
Sir Arthur Bliss
Edouard van Remoortel*
Roger Lord, oboe
Gervase de Peyer, clarinet
Paul Draper, bassoon
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Bliss: Meditations on a Theme of John Blow
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and orchestra *
Bartók: Dance Suite *


25 May 1958
Josef Krips
Annie Fischer, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


27 May 1958
Josef Krips
Annie Fischer, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


29 May 1958
Josef Krips
Annie Fischer, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture


1 June 1958
Josef Krips
Isaac Stern, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


3 June 1958
Josef Krips
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Norma Proctor, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Owen Brannigan, bass
Alexandra Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’



13 June 1958
Pierre Monteux
Zino Francescatti, violin
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)


16 June 1958
Pierre Monteux
Zino Francescatti, violin
Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Fauré: Suite from Pelleas et Melisande
Debussy: Images


23 June 1958
Pierre Monteux
Clifford Curzon, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Introduction and Wedding March from The Golden Cockerel
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


26 June 1958
Jascha Horenstein
Robert Casadesus, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26, ‘Coronation’
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5


27 June 1958
Jascha Horenstein
Robert Casadesus, piano
Beethoven: Overture to the Creatures of Prometheus
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’



Josef Krips
Shura Cherkassky, piano
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


26 September 1958
Josef Krips
Christian Ferras, violin
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


29 September 1958
Josef Krips
Isaac Stern, violin
Leonard Rose, cello
Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Three Movements
Brahms: Double Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


1 October 1958
Josef Krips
Gina Bachauer, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture


12 October 1958
Jean Martinon
Gervase de Peyer, clarinet
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra


9 November 1958
Jascha Horenstein
Daniel Wayenberg, piano
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


7 December 1958
Jascha Horenstein
Gyorgy Sandor, piano
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


16 January 1959
Pierino Gamba
Julius Katchen, piano
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvořák:Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’


1 February 1959
Peter Maag
Alfredo Campoli, violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K247
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’

1 March 1959
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Friedrich Wührer, piano
Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1


29 March 1959
Pierre Monteux
Julius Katchen, piano
Ladies of the Chorus of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (complete)


1 April 1959
Walter Goehr
Heather Harper, soprano
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
Lloyd Strauss-Smith, tenor
John Noble, bass
Hugh Maguire, violin
Neville Marriner, violin
Bach: Easter Oratorio
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in D minor
Bach: Ascension Oratorio


26 April 1959
Pierre Monteux
Clifford Curzon, piano
Kenneth Heath, cello
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote


20 May 1959
Josef Krips
Glenn Gould, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


22 May 1959
Josef Krips
Glenn Gould, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


25 May 1959
Josef Krips
Louis Kentner, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


30 May 1959
Josef Krips
Glenn Gould, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8



1 June 1959
Josef Krips
Glenn Gould, piano
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Norma Proctor, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Owen Brannigan, bass
Alexandra Choir
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


5 June 1959
Antal Dorati
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Purcell: Suite for Strings (arr. Barbirolli)
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’


12 June 1959
Antal Dorati
Pauline Brockless, soprano
Mozart: Two Marches (K249 and K335/1)
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Mahler: Symphony No. 4


21 June 1959
Colin Davis
Malcolm Arnold*
John Addison^
Hector Walker, bass tuba
John Addison: Ballet Suite from Carte Blanche^
Arnold:Symphony No. 3*
Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Bass Tuba
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements


30 June 1959
Leopold Stokowski
Gabrieli: Sonata pian e forte
Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


9 July 1959
John Russell
Denis Matthews, piano
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Finzi: The Fall of the Leaf
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

18 September 1959
Edouard van Remoortel
Benjamin Britten*
Peter Pears, tenor
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Britten: Nocturne For Tenor and Orchestra*
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


25 September 1959
Edouard van Remoortel
Friedrich Wührer, piano
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


6 November 1959
Peter Maag
Shura Cherkassky, piano
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Schumann: Symphony No. 2


15 November 1959
Rudolf Kempe
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra


11 March 1960
Pierino Gamba
John Ogdon, piano
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Respighi: The Fountains of Rome
Falla: Three Dances from The Three Cornered Hat


18 March 1960
Jean Martinon
Valerie Tryon, piano
Roussel: Symphony No. 3
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


19 April 1960
Aaron Copland
Julius Katchen, piano
Copland: Statements for Orchestra
Copland: Piano Concerto
Copland: Symphony No. 1
Copland: El Salon Mexico


29 April 1960
Pierre Monteux
Nadine Sautereau, soprano
Camille Maurane, baritone
Michel Roux, baritone
André Vessières, bass
Debussy: Pelleas and Melisande (concert performance)



6 May 1960
Pierre Monteux
Gina Davis, soprano
The New Opera Chorus
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (complete)


16 May 1960
Josef Krips
Artur Rubinstein, piano
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


20 May 1960
Josef Krips
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8


23 May 1960
Josef Krips
Artur Rubinstein, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


27 May 1960
Josef Krips
Artur Rubinstein, piano
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2


31 May 1960
Josef Krips
Artur Rubinstein, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


2 June 1960
Josef Krips
Artur Rubinstein, piano
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Norma Proctor, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Donald Bell, bass
Alexandra Choir
Beethoven:Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


3 June 1960
Zoltan Kodaly
Colin Davis*
Sir Arthur Bliss^
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Purcell: Set of Acts, Tunes and Dances (arr. Bliss) ^
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Kodály: Ballet Music
Kodály: Two Songs for baritone and orchestra
Kodály: Kádár Kata
Kodály: Peacock Variations


24 June 1960
Antal Dorati
Aafje Heynis, contralto
Murray Dickie, tenor
Pergolesi: Concertino No. 2 in G major
Stravinsky: Concerto in D major
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde


28 June 1960
Leopold Stokowski
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Enrique Jorda
Gonzalo Soriano, piano
Barbara Howitt, contralto
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Turina: La procession del Rocio
Falla: The Three Cornered Hat (complete)


12 November 1960
Antal Dorati
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Britten: Pas de Six from The Prince of the Pagodas Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


14 November 1960
Antal Dorati
Teresa Berganza, soprano
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs (arr. Halffter)
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


20 November 1960
Colin Davis
Mattiwilda Dobbs, soprano
Birgit Nordin, soprano
Alexander Young, tenor
Eric Shilling, baritone
Mozart: The Impresario (concert version)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


25 November 1960
Istvan Kertesz
Julius Katchen, piano
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K136
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


2 December 1960
Istvan Kertesz
Alan Loveday, violin
Kodály: Hary Janos, Suite
Berg: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


10 February 1961
Georg Solti
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


14 February 1961
Georg Solti
John Ogdon, piano
Bartók: Dance Suite
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra



24 February 1961
Paul Hindemith
Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano
Hindemith: Concert Music for Brass and Strings
Hindemith: Six Songs from Das Marienleben
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3


10 March 1961
George Malcolm
George Malcolm, piano
Jennifer Vyvyan, piano
Helen Watts, contralto
Peter Pears, tenor
Owen Brannigan, bass
London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Mozart: Coronation Mass
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Schubert: Symphony No. 3
Britten: Cantata Academica


17 March 1961
Jascha Horenstein
Lucretia West, contralto
Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 and Suite from Act 3 of The Mastersingers
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


25 March 1961
Jascha Horenstein
Una Hale, soprano
Marjorie Thomas, contralto
Charles Craig, tenor
David Ward, bass
BBC Chorus
BBC Choral Society
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


7 April 1961
Antal Dorati
William McAlpine, tenor
LSO Chorus
Berlioz: Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts)


11 April 1961
Antal Dorati
Helga Pilarczyk, soprano
Seiber: Besardo Suite No. 1
Berg: Three Fragments from Wozzeck
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)


22 April 1961
Peter Maag
Fou T’song, piano
Schumann: Overture to Manfred
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mozart: Interludes from King Thamos
Mozart: Serenata notturna
Mozart: Symphony No. 32



28 April 1961
Jascha Horenstein
Gary Graffman, piano
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


5 May 1961
Pierre Monteux
George London, baritone
Wagner: Overture and Monologue from The Flying Dutchman
Wagner: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Götterdämmerung
Wagner: Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


13 May 1961
Colin Davis
Haydn: Symphony No. 102
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


19 May 1961
Pierre Monteux
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy
Debussy: Two Images (Gigues and Rondes de Printemps)
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)


22 May 1961
Pierre Monteux
Freda Gray-Massé, soprano
Camille Maurane, tenor
André Vessières, bass
BBC Chorus
BBC Choral Society
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliette (complete)


8 June 1961
Rudolf Kempe
Roger Lord, oboe
Casella: Paganiniana
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Barber: Second Essay for Orchestra
Janacek: Taras Bulba


14 June 1961
Rudolf Kempe
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


21 June 1961
Antal Dorati
Byron Janis, piano
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5



30 June 1961
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Bach: Violin Concerto in E major
Bartók: Divertimento for Strings
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’

Lorin Maazel
Beethoven: Leonore No. 2, Overture
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


24 September 1961
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Jorge Bolet, piano
Rossini: Overture to William Tell
Delius: The Walk to The Paradise Garden
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


5 October 1961
Istvan Kertesz
Roger Lord, oboe
Gervase de Peyer, clarinet
William Waterhouse, oboe
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Mozart: Symphony No. 33
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


10 October 1961
Istvan Kertesz
Michael Rabin, violin
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra


15 October 1961
Istvan Kertesz
Tamas Vasary, piano
Verdi: Overture to The Force of Destiny
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Dvořák:Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’


7 November 1961
Georg Solti
Elsie Morison, soprano
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


12 November 1961
Jascha Horenstein
Byron Janis, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’


16 November 1961
Jascha Horenstein
Helen Watts, contralto
Highgate School Choir Orpington Junior Singers
A Section of the LSO Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 3



24 November 1961
Colin Davis
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Ravel: Tzigane
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements


1 December 1961
Colin Davis
Ingrid Haebler, piano
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Symphony No. 40


9 December 1961
Pierre Monteux
Wagner: Overture to The Mastersingers
Bizet: Suite from Carmen
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Infanta
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade


13 February 1962
Aaron Copland
Noreen Barry, mezzo-soprano
Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Lukas Foss: Song of Songs, Cantata
Carlos Chavez: Sinfonia India
Copland: Orchestral Variations
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid


18 February 1962
Paul Kletzki
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Fritz Uhl, tenor
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde


8 March 1962
Pierre Monteux
Régine Crespin, soprano
André Turp, tenor
Michel Roux, bass
John Shirley-Quirk, bass
LSO Chorus
Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust


13 March 1962
Pierre Monteux
Lili Kraus, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung



18 March 1962
Pierre Monteux
Leonid Kogan, violin
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Concert Suite (1919)
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


22 March 1962
Pierre Monteux
A Section of the LSO Chorus
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (complete ballet)


5 April 1962
Colin Davis
April Cantelo, soprano
Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
John Cameron, tenor
John Mitchinson, tenor
Eric Shilling, baritone
John Shirley-Quirk,
baritone
Vanessa Redgrave, dialogue
Ian Bannen, dialogue
Rosalind Knight, dialogue
John Barton, dialogue
LSO Chorus
Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict (concert performance)


10 April 1962
Colin Davis
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
Beethoven: The Consecration of the House, Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


15 April 1962
Antal Dorati
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


19 April 1962
Antal Dorati
Ivry Gitlis, violin
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Petrushka


3 May 1962
Antal Dorati
Andres Segovia, guitar
Boyce: Symphony No. 5
Boccherini: Guitar Concerto in E major
Guitar Solos
Brahms: Symphony No. 2



8 May 1962
Antal Dorati
Olga Szönyi, soprano
Mihály Székely, baritone
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle (concert version)


13 May 1962
Sergiu Celibidache
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Berlioz: Le Carnaval romain, Overture
Ravel: Mother Goose
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet


17 May 1962
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor
Lennox Berkeley: Violin concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4


10 June 1962
Pierre Monteux
Gervase de Peyer, clarinet
Osian Ellis, harp
Debussy: Iberia
Debussy: Clarinet Rhapsody
Debussy: Three Nocturnes
Debussy: La Mer
Debussy: Danses sacrées et profanes


14 June 1962
Pierre Monteux
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
David Ward, bass
Bach Choir
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, ‘Haffner’ Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’

George Szell
John Ogdon, piano
Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina (Dawn on the Moskva River)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


23 September 1962
George Szell
Annie Fischer, piano
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


26 September 1962
Lorin Maazel
Mozart: Notturno in D major for Four Orchestras, K286
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, 'Italian'
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


15 October 1962
Jean Martinon
William Lang, trumpet
Shura Cherkassky, piano
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Berlioz: Four Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet


18 October 1962
Igor Markevitch
Glinka: Overture to Russlan and Ludmila
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)


12 November 1962
Norman del Mar
Helen Watts, contralto
Highgate School Choir
Orpington Junior Singers
Mahler: Symphony No. 3


22 November 1962
Pierre Monteux
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


25 November 1962
Pierre Monteux
Maureen Jones, piano
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


7 December 1962
Pierre Monteux
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été
Granados: The Maiden and the Nightingale
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, 'Organ'



13 December 1962
Pierre Monteux
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome


9 January 1963 (Royal Albert Hall)
Benjamin Britten
David Willcocks
Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano
Peter Pears, tenor
Tom Krause, bass
Melos Ensemble
Highgate School Boys’ Choir
Bach Choir
Britten: War Requiem


24 January 1963
Georg Solti
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


28 January 1963
Georg Solti
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


3 February 1963
George Hurst
John Ogdon, piano
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, ‘Little Russian’


12 February 1963
Istvan Kertesz
Erich Gruenberg, violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8


21 February 1963
Istvan Kertesz
Geza Anda, piano
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 36, ‘Linz’
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


3 March 1963
Sergiu Celibidache
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919)



5 March 1963
Sergiu Celibidache
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


28 March 1963
George Hurst
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Hindemith: Symphony in E flat major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3


30 March 1963
Colin Davis
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’


6 April 1963
Pierre Monteux
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
William McAlpine, tenor
David Ward, bass
The Bach Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


9 April 1963
Carl Schuricht
Overture to Oberon Weber:
Symphony No. 40 Mozart:
Symphony No. 4 Brahms:


5 May 1963
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Enesco: Symphony No. 1 in E flat
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


7 May 1963
Pierre Monteux
Clifford Curzon, piano
Berlioz: Le Carnaval romain, Overture
Franck: Symphony
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1



14 May 1963
Colin Davis
Heather Harper, soprano
Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano
William McAlpine, tenor
Victor Godfrey, bass
RIAS Choir, Berlin
Schütz: Verleih’ uns Frieden
Schütz: Jauchzet dem Herrn
Britten: Sinfonia da requiem
Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Mozart: Kyrie in D minor
Mozart: Mass in C major, ‘Coronation’


29 May 1963 (Royal Albert Hall)
Pierre Monteux
Van Cliburn, piano
Wagner: Overture to The Mastersingers
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


24 June 1963
Antal Dorati
Peter Frankl, piano
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5


3 July 1963
Antal Dorati
Alan Schiller, piano
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Peter Katin, piano
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique


24 September 1963
Pierre Monteux
Isaac Stern, violin
Weber: Jubel Overture
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, ‘A London Symphony’


26 September 1963
Pierre Monteux
Isaac Stern, violin
Leonard Rose, cello
Simon Streatfeild, viola
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Double Concerto
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote


4 October 1963
Pierre Monteux
Gervase de Peyer, clarinet
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm from The Trojans
Beethoven: Overture to King Stephen
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


13 October 1963
George Hurst
Rodney Friend, violin
Berlioz: Le Carnaval romain, overture
Debussy: Prélude à laprès-midi dun faune
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Walton: Symphony No. 1


15 October 1963
Igor Markevitch
Julius Katchen, piano
Busoni: Suite from Turandot
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


25 October 1963
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Erich Gruenberg, violin
Berlioz: King Lear, overture
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony


29 October 1963
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Walton: Portsmouth Point, overture
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5



7 November 1963
Norman del Mar
Sylvia Fisher, soprano
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
Kenneth Neate, tenor
John Lanigan, tenor
Forbes Robinson, bass
Otakar Kraus, speaker
Goldsmiths Choral Union
Harrow Choral Society
London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder


10 November 1963
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
George London, baritone
Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina (arr. Shostakovich)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov: Five Excerpts (arr. Shostakovich) (Coronation Scene, Monologue, Hallucination Scene, Polonaise and Farewell and Death)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


21 November 1963
Colin Davis
Elizabeth Harwood, soprano
Grayston Burgess, counter tenor
John Whitworth, baritone
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone
London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Purcell: Birthday Ode for Mary II ‘Come, ye sons of art away’
Tippett: Concerto for Orchestra
Elgar: Symphony No. 1


28 November 1963
Colin Davis
April Cantelo, soprano
Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
Alexander Young, tenor
John Cameron, baritone
Eric Shilling, bass
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone
Dorothy Tutin, actor
Derek Godfrey, actor
Diana Rigg, actor
John Barton, director
Chelsea Opera Group Chorus
Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict (concert performance sung in English)


8 December 1963
Pierre Monteux
David Zinman*
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Ravel: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from Daphnis et Chloé*



12 December 1963
Benjamin Britten
Heather Harper, soprano
Peter Pears, tenor
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
LSO Chamber Ensemble
The Bach Choir
Highgate School Boys’ Choir
The London Boy Singers
Britten: War Requiem


8 January 1964
István Kertész
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2
Kodály: Dances from Galánta
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


27 January 1964
Carl Schuricht
Heather Harper, soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
William McAlpine, tenor
David Ward, bass
The Bach Choir
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


9 February 1964
Georg Solti
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


13 February 1964
Antal Doráti
John Browning, piano
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


25 February 1964
Antal Doráti
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Olga Szönyi soprano
Andras Farago bass
Bartók: Hungarian Sketches
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Bartók: Duke Bluebeards Castle, (concert performance)


8 March 1964
István Kertész
Eugene Istomin, piano
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’



13 March 1964
István Kertész
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’


26 March 1964
Lorin Maazel
György Pauk, violin
Bach: Suite No. 4
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1


5 April 1964
Lorin Maazel
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Stamitz: Symphony in E flat major
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2


10 April 1964
Lorin Maazel
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


17 April 1964
Lorin Maazel
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Ernst Haefliger, tenor
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde


24 April 1964
David Zinman
Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano
Kenneth MacDonald, tenor
David Ward, bass
The Bach Choir
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet


30 April 1964
Lorin Maazel
Clifford Curzon, piano
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


3 May 1964
Istvan Kertesz
Netania Davrath, soprano
Peter Frankl, piano
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 4



8 May 1964
Istvan Kertesz
Netania Devrath, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Alexander Young, tenor
Franz Crass, bass
London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Mozart: Requiem Mass


21 May 1964
Antal Dorati
Byron Janis, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


26 May 1964
Aaron Copland
Gervase de Peyer, clarinet
Sam Wanamaker, narrator
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Copland: A Lincoln Portrait
Stravinsky: Ode
Copland: Music for a Great City


31 May 1964
Antal Dorati
Offenbach: Overture to La Vie Parisienne
Johann Strauss II: Suite from Graduation Ball (arr. Dorati)
Falla: Three Dances from The Three Cornered Hat
Arnold: Four English Dances from Set 2
Skalkottas: Two Greek Dances (Kleftikos and Epirotikos)
Brahms: Three Hungarian Dances (Nos. 1, 7 and 5)
Dvořák: Four Slavonic Dances (Op. 72/1, Op. 46/2, Op. 46/4, Op. 46/1)


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