Saturday, 2 July 2016

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - 1904 - 1914

9 June 1904
Hans Richter
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


27 October 1904
Frederic Cowen
Adela Verne, piano
Wagner: A Faust Overture
Tchaikovsky: Elegy From Serenade for Strings
Cowen: A Phantasy of Life and Love
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


17 November 1904
Arthur Nikisch
Achille Rivarde, violin
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


15 December 1904
Fritz Steinbach
Louis Zimmerman, violin
Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 2
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (ed.Steinbach for strings alone)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


26 January 1905
Charles Villiers Stanford
Leonard Borwick, piano
Harry Plunket Greene, baritone
Saint-Saëns: Phaëton
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Stanford: Five Songs of the Sea*
Parry: Symphonic Variations
Stanford: Symphony No. 5, ‘L’allegro ed il peneroso’


16 February 1905
Edouard Colonne
Johannes Wolff, violin
Berlioz: Le Carnaval romain. Overture
Bach: Bourrée, Polonaise and Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No. 2
Berlioz: Three Excerpts from La Damnation de Faust
Caprice andalous for violin and orchestra*** Saint-Saëns:
Franck: Symphony


8 March 1905
Sir Edward Elgar
Ada Crossley, contralto
Elgar: In the South (Alassio)
Elgar: Funeral March from Grania and Diarmid
Elgar: Sea Pictures
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No. 3***
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town), overture
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro***
Elgar: Enigma variations



11 April 1905
George Henschel
Arthur W. Payne*
Evangeline Anthony, violin
David Ffrangcon-Davies, bass
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Prelude
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1*
Wagner: Wotans Farewell from Die Walküre
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde


6 June 1905
Arthur Nikisch
Maud McCarthy, violin
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2
Handel: Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 6 No. 10
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’



Hans Richter
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


23 November 1905
Peter Raabe
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde


14 December 1905
Fritz Steinbach
Achille Rivarde, violin
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (ed. Steinbach)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3


18 January 1906
Charles Villiers Stanford
Arthur de Greef, piano
Dvořák: In Natures Realm
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Stanford: Symphony No. 6, ‘in memoriam G.F. Watts’
Piano Solos (Schumann and Saint-Saëns)
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini


29 January 1906
Hans Richter
Chopin: Funeral March (in memoriam The King of Denmark)
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Liszt: Mazeppa
Dvořák: Symphonic Variations
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Glazunov: Symphony No. 6


12 February 1906
Hans Richter
Arthur Payne, violin
Daniel Wood, flute
H.W. Hollis, flute
Elgar: In the South (Alassio)
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
York Bowen: Symphonic Fantasia
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


22 February 1906
Wassili Safonoff
Léon Delafosse, piano
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Chopin: Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise in E major
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Piano Solos (Schumann and Liszt)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5



8 March 1906
Edouard Colonne
Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain, overture
Schumann: Overture, Entracte, Ranz des vaches and Apparition from Manfred
Wagner: Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


26 March 1906
Hans Richter
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 of Parsifal
Beethoven: Coriolan, overture
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (with additional movement by Joseph Hellmesberger)
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser


23 April 1906
Hans Richter
Marie Brema, soprano
John Harrison, tenor
Frederic Austin, baritone
Wagner: A Faust Overture
Wagner: Am stillen Herd &Fanget an from Die Meistersinger
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Wagner: Preislied from Die Meistersinger
Wagner: Wotans Farewell and Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre
Wagner: Rienzi, Overture


5 May 1906
Wassili Safonoff
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Nights Dream
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Wagner: Prelude Act 3 from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


19 May 1906
Frederic Cowen
Frederic Cowen, piano
Daniel Wood, flute
William Malsch, oboe
John Ansell, viola
B.P. Parker, cello
Schumann: Overture to Genoveva
Mozart: Adagio and Rondo in C minor
Cowen: Symphony No. 3, ‘Scandanavian’
Schubert: German Dance No. 5, D90
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3


9 June 1906
Arthur Nikisch
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Wagner: Overture to Der Fliegende Holländer
Wagner: Forest Murmurs from Siegfried
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung


25 June 1906
Arthur Nikisch
Arthur Friedheim, piano
Goldmark: Sakuntalà, Overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

5 November 1906
Hans Richter
Fanny Davies. piano
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Piano Solo (Elgar)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral’


19 November 1906
Hans Richter
Henry Coward*
Maud Perceval Allen, soprano
Alice Lakin, contralto
John Harrison, tenor
David Ffrangcon-Davies, bass
Sheffield Choir
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Bach: Singet dem Herrn, motet
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


3 December 1906
Hans Richter
Charles Clark, baritone
Ladies of the Royal Academy of Music
Liszt: A Dante Symphony
Marschner: Aria, An jenem Tag from Hans Heiling
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Wagner: Good Friday Music from Parsifal
Weber: Aria, Wo bergich mich from Euryanthe
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche


17 December 1906
Hans Richter
Donald Tovey, piano
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Donald Tovey: Piano Concerto
Berlioz: Love Scene and Queen Mab Scherzo from Roméo et Juliette
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’


21 January 1907
Hans Richter
John Coates, tenor
D.S. Wood, flute
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World
Weber: Aria, Von Jugend auf schon in Kampfgefild from Oberon
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2
Herbert Brewer: Three Elizabethan Pastorales
Elgar: In the South (Alassio)


28 January 1907
Hans Richter
Albert Spalding, violin
Wagner: Overture to Der fliegende Holländer
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Violin Solos (Bach and Sarasate)
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1



11 February 1907
Hans Richter
Agnes Nicholls, soprano
Alice Lakin, contralto
George Lloyd Chandos, tenor
Robert Radford, bass
Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Brahms: Schicksalslied
Beethoven: Missa solemnis


18 February 1907
Hans Richter
Mischa Elman, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Smetana: Vltava from Má Vlast
MacKenzie: Suite for Violin and Orchestra in E major
Berlioz: Le Carnaval romain, overture


11 March 1907
Hans Richter
Harold Bauer, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Liszt: Totentanz
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3


25 March 1907
Hans Richter
Agnes Nicholls, soprano
Wagner: Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser
Mozart: Aria, Martern aller Arten from Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Beethoven: Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin from Fidelio
Wagner: Funeral Music from Götterdämmerung
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7



13 April 1907
Arthur Nikisch
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 and Good Friday Music from Parsifal
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg


16 April 1907
Arthur Nikisch
Alexander MacKenzie*
Henry Coward**
Charles Harriss***
Agnes Nicholls, soprano
Eva Gauthier, contralto
Alice Lakin, contralto
Lloyd Chandos, tenor
Ben Ffrangcon-Davies, bass
The Sheffield Choir
MacKenzie: Britannia, Overture *
Bach: “Sing ye to the Lord, Motet”**
Charles Harriss: Coronation Mass Edward VII***
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’



27 April 1907
Arthur Nikisch
Haydn: Symphony No. 88, ‘Letter V’
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


6 May 1907
Wassili Safonoff
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve, orchestral suite
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser


13 May 1907
Wassili Safonoff
Beethoven: Coriolan, overture
Metzl: The Sunken Bell, symphonic poem
Schumann: Overture to Manfred
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


23 May 1907
Enrique Fernández Arbós
Leopold Godowsky, piano
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi dun faune
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


3 June 1907
Hans Richter
Beethoven: The Consecration of the House, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’

4 November 1907
Hans Richter
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


18 November 1907
Hans Richter
Ernst Lengyel, piano
Elgar: In the South (Alassio)
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Piano Solo (Bach)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


2 December 1907
Max Fiedler
Jacques Pintel, piano
W.M. Malsch, oboe
E. Davies, oboe
M. Gomez, clarinet
O. Hill, clarinet
E.F. James, bassoon
E.W. Hinchliff, bassoon
A. Borsdorf, horn
H. Van Dermeerschen, horn
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Rondino for Wind Instruments
Piano Solos (Mendelssohn)
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser


16 December 1907
Hans Richter
Maud Perceval Allen, soprano
Maud Santley, contralto
Webster Millar, tenor
Frederic Austin, bass
Huddersfield Festival Chorus
Bach: Mass in B minor


17 February 1908
Hans Richter
Mischa Elman, violin
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Beethoven: Romance No. 2 for violin and orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


2 March 1908
Hans Richter
Ernst Lengyel, piano
Schumann: Overture to Manfred
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Piano Solo (Bach arr. Liszt)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’



23 March 1908
Hans Richter
Ferencz Hegedus, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘Clock’
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Tartini:Concerto for Violin and Strings in D minor
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Violin Solos (Tchaikovsky and Novacek)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8


25 April 1908
Arthur Nikisch
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini


2 May 1908
Arthur Nikisch
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Ethel Smyth: Prelude to Act 2 of The Wreckers
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


9 May 1908
Arthur Nikisch
Irene Scharrer, piano
Berlioz: Le Carnaval romain, overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Piano Solos (Chopin)
Wagner: Overture to Der Fliegende Holländer



Hans Richter
Mischa Elman, violin
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Beethoven: Romance No. 1 for violin and orchestra
Glazunov: Ouverture solenelle


9 November 1908
Hans Richter
Kathleen Parlow, violin
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Violin Solos (Tchaikovsky and Paganini)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


23 November 1908
Hans Richter
Fanny Davies, piano
Alfred Hobday, viola
Wagner: Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Berlioz: Harold in Italy


7 December 1908
Hans Richter
Efrem Zimbalist, violin
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingals Cave), overture
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Berlioz: Le Carnaval romain, overture


19 December 1908
Hans Richter
Gisela Springer, piano
Cherubini: Overture to Medea
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Glinka: Kamarinskaya
Piano solos (Bach and Smetana)
Wagner: Overture to Der Fliegende Holländer


15 February 1909
Hans Richter
Alick MacLean*
Agnes Nicholls, soprano
Edna Thornton, contralto
Gervase Elwes, tenor
Robert Burnett, bass
Chorus of the Sheffield Musical Union
Alick MacLean: The Annunciation*
Symphony No. 9, Choral Beethoven:


1 March 1909
Hans Richter
Charles Clark, baritone
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
William Henry Bell: Ballad of the Bird Bride (Eskimo)
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Weber: Aria: Wo berich mich from Euryanthe
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’



22 March 1909
Hans Richter
Leonard Borwick, piano
Goldmark: In Spring, overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17
Parry: Symphonic Variations
Schumann: Introduction and Allegro appassionato
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


7 April 1909
Hans Richter
Leonard Borwick, piano
Donald Francis Tovey, piano
York Bowen, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Bach: Triple Piano Concerto
Wagner: Good Friday Music from Parsifal
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture


17 April 1909
Emil Mlynarski
Olga Samaroff, piano
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Stojowski:Scherzo from Symphony in D minor
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


1 May 1909
Wassili Safonoff
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


8 May 1909
Arthur Nikisch
Bertie Patterson Parker, cello
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2
Raff: Cello Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1


20 May 1909
Arthur Nikisch
Edgar Wollgandt, violin
Wagner: A Faust Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Dyson: Siena, symphonic poem
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


27 May 1909
Arthur Nikisch
Elena Gerhardt, soprano
Sinigaglia: Le Baruffe Chiozzotte, Overture
Schubert: Die Allmacht , song with orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
Wagner: Stehe still, Träume and Schmerzen from Wesendonck Lieder
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser


14 June 1909
Arthur Nikisch
Beethoven: Coriolan, overture
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Hans Richter
Katharine Goodson, piano
Berlioz: Le Carnaval romain, overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


8 November 1909
Hans Richter
Ignacy Paderewski, piano
Wagner: A Faust Overture
Paderewski: Symphony in B minor, ‘Polonia’, (three movements only)**
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Cherubini: Overture to Anacréon


22 November 1909
Hans Richter
Ernest Schelling, piano
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Schelling: Suite Fantastique for piano and orchestra
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6,‘Pastoral’


6 December 1909
Hans Richter
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Bantock: The Pierrot of the Minute
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Elgar: In the South (Alassio)


18 December 1909
Hans Richter
Ignacy Paderewski, piano
Weber: Overture to Der Beherrscher der Geister
Paderewski: Symphony in B minor, ‘Polonia’, (three movements only)
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3


17 January 1910
Wassili Safonoff
Ernest Lochbrunner, piano
Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
Hans Huber: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet


31 January 1910
Wassili Safonoff
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Handel: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 5
Wagner: Good Friday Music from Parsifal
Elgar: Symphony No. 1



14 February 1910
Hans Richter
Henry Coward*
Cicely Gleeson-White, soprano
Phyllis Lett, contralto
Cynlais Gibbs, tenor
Robert Radford, bass
Sheffield Musical Union Choir
Mozart: Symphony No. 33
Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, Motet*
Elgar: Go, song of mine, choral song*
Beethoven: Missa solemnis


7 March 1910
Hans Richter
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
MacKenzie: Scottish Rhapsody No. 2, ‘Burns’
Dvořák: Symphonic Variations
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


21 March 1910
Hans Richter
Maud Perceval Allen, soprano
Ada Crossley, contralto
John Harrison, tenor
Charles Knowles, bass
London Choral Society
Stanford: Ave atque vale, choral overture
Wagner: Closing Scene from Götterdämmerung
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Choral


4 April 1910
Serge Koussevitzky
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach: Concerto for strings in D major (orch. Steinberg)**
Scriabin:  The Poem of Ecstasy**


23 May 1910
Arthur Nikisch
Leon Delafosse, piano
D.S. Wood, flute
J. Wilcocks, flute
Handel: Dead March in Saul (In Memoriam Edward VII)
Beethoven: Coriolan, overture
Bach: Concerto for Piano and Strings in F major with two flutes
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Léon Delafosse: Fantasia in E major for piano and orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


30 May 1910
Arthur Nikisch
Frederic Austin, bass
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Adam von Ahn Carse: Symphony No. 2*
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Wagner: Funeral March from Götterdämmerung
Wagner: Wotans Farewell and Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre

24 October 1910
Hans Richter
Thomas Beecham*
Pablo Casals, cello
Berlioz: Le Carnaval romain, Overture*
Holbrooke: Overture to Dylan*
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Cello Solo (Bach)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40


7 November 1910
Hans Richter
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor*
Katharine Goodson, piano
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
MacKenzie: Preludes to Acts 2 and 3 of Manfred (Byron), incidental music
Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula, rhapsodic dance*
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4


21 November 1910
Hans Richter
Josef Holbrooke*
Harold Bauer, piano
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Holbrooke: Piano Concerto No. 1, ‘Gwyn-ap-Nudd ‘*
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


5 December 1910
Hans Richter
Julius Harrison*
Frederic Dawson, piano
Schumann: Overture to Genoveva
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’
Julius Harrison: Night on the Mountains*
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2


17 December 1910
Hans Richter
Cicely Gleeson-White, soprano
Maud Perceval Allen, soprano
Morgan Kingston, tenor
Charles Knowles, bass
Male voices from The London Choral Society
Wagner: Selection of orchestral excerpts from Der Ring des Nibelungen (arr. Richter)
Wagner: Prelude Act 3 from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Wagner: Pogners Address from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
Wagner: Act 1 of Tristan und Isolde


16 January 1911
Theodor Müller-Reuter
Elena Gerhardt, soprano
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Weber: Song of Nurmahal, from Thomas Moore’s Lalla Rookh (arr. Müller-Reuter)
Benedetto Marcello: Il mio bel foco, recitative and aria
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‚Eroica’
Delius: Paris (The Song of a Great City)
Vocal Solos (Wolf)
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

30 January 1911
Hans Richter
Cicely Gleeson-White, soprano
Edna Barker, soprano
Marie Stuart, contralto
John Coates, tenor
James Campbell McInnes, bass
Hallé Choir
Bach: Christmas Oratorio


13 February 1911
Hans Richter
Frank Bridge*
Tina Lerner, piano
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Berlioz: Love Scene and Queen Mab Scherzo from Roméo et Juliette
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bridge: Isabella, Symphonic Poem*
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


6 March 1911
Hans Richter
Pauline Lightstone Donalda, soprano
Walter Hyde, tenor
David Brazell, bass-baritone
Robert Burnett, bass
Chorus of the Hanley Glee and Madrigal Society
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust


20 March 1911
Hans Richter
Hamilton Harty*
Bronislaw Huberman, violin
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Haydn: Symphony No. 103, ‘Drum Roll’
Harty: With the Wild Geese*
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8


10 April 1911
Hans Richter
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


15 May 1911
Arthur Nikisch
Ernest Schelling, piano
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Holbrooke:  Queen Mab
Paderewski: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


29 May 1911
Arthur Nikisch
William Henry Bell*
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Ethel Smyth: Overture to The Wreckers
Elgar: Violin Concerto
William Henry Bell: In the Night Watches*
William Henry Bell: In the Fo’c’sle (Saucy Arethusa)*
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


8 June 1911
Sir Edward Elgar
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, overture
Handel: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 5
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Elgar: Symphony No. 2


12 June 1911
Arthur Nikisch
Josef Holbrooke*
Eleanor Spencer, piano
Susan Strong, soprano
Edith Clegg, mezzo-soprano
Walter Hyde, tenor
Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Holbrooke: Dylan, tone poem*
Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of Tristan und Isolde
Wagner: Love Duet, Act 2 from Tristan und Isolde
Wagner: Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde


15 June 1911
Sir Edward Elgar
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Elgar: Symphony No. 2

23 October 1911
Sir Edward Elgar
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Liszt: Die Ideale


6 November 1911
Sir Edward Elgar
Donald Tovey, piano
Berlioz: King Lear, overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


20 November 1911
Sir Edward Elgar
W.H. Reed*
Pablo Casals, cello
Dvořák: Hussite, concert overture
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
William Henry Reed: Variations for String Orchestra*
Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


4 December 1911
Sir Edward Elgar
Alexander MacKenzie*
Tina Lerner, piano
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
MacKenzie: Scotch Rhapsody No. 3 ‘Tam O’Shanter’ *
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Elgar: Symphony No. 2


15 January 1912
Wassili Safonoff
Wesley Weyman, piano
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Arensky: Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky
Ippolitov-Ivanov: In the Aoul and Procession of the Sardar from Caucasian Sketches
Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture


29 January 1912
Sir Edward Elgar
Hamilton Harty*
Clara Butt, mezzo-soprano
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Mozart: Non più di fiori, aria from La clemenza di Tito
Harty: With the Wild Geese*
Elgar: 3 Sea Pictures (Sea slumber, Where Corals Lie and Sabbath Morning at Sea)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40


12 February 1912
Sir Edward Elgar
Josef Holbrooke*
Jules Wertheim, piano
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Holbrooke: The Raven *
Schumann: Symphony No. 2



26 February 1912
Willem Mengelberg
Franz von Vecsey, violin
Schubert: Symphony No. 8‚ ‘Unfinished’
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture


18 March 1912
Fritz Steinbach
Adolf Busch, violin
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


20 May 1912
Arthur Nikisch
Paula Hegner, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe


3 June 1912
Arthur Nikisch
Elena Gerhardt, soprano
Paderewski: Symphony in B minor, ‘Polonia’
Richard Strauss: Two Lieder with Orchestra (Morgen! and Wiegenlied)
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Wagner: Elisabeths Prayer from Tannhäuser
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser


10 June 1912
Arthur Nikisch
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


17 June 1912
Gustave Doret
Ignacy Paderewski, piano
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, ‘Organ’
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Gluck:  Ballet Music from Orfeo ed Euridice
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town)

28 October 1912
Fritz Steinbach
Adolf Busch, violin
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Schumann: Overture to Genoveva
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


11 November 1912
Fritz Steinbach
Josef Holbrooke*
Muriel Foster, contralto
Manchester Orpheus Glee Society
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Mozart: Non più di fiori, aria from La clemenza di Tito
Holbrooke: The Raven*
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche


25 November 1912
Sir Edward Elgar
Serge Barjansky, cello
Elgar: In the South (Alassio)
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Franck: Symphony


9 December 1912
Sir Edward Elgar
Marie Hall, violin
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Enigma Variations


27 January 1913
Fritz Steinbach
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


10 February 1913
Hamilton Harty
Montague Phillips*
Paul Kochanski, violin
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
Harty:  Variations on a Dublin Air for violin and orchestra*
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Montague Phillips: Boadicea, concert overture*
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


17 February 1913
Arthur Nikisch
Donald Tovey, piano
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Arthur Somervell: Symphony in D minor, ‘Thalassia’
Arthur Somervell: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, ‘Normandy’
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini



10 March 1913
Wassili Safonoff
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’
Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor for strings (arr. Bach and Ruggero Vené)
Glazunov: Spring
Wagner: Overture to Rienzi


23 May 1913
Henry Hadley
Tina Lerner, piano
Hadley: In Bohemia, Overture
Hadley: Symphony No. 2 ‘The Four Seasons’
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Hadley: Symphonic Fantasy in E flat major


26 May 1913
Willem Mengelberg
Josef Lhevinne, piano
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


2 June 1913
Willem Mengelberg
Tina Lerner, piano
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Haydn Wood: Piano Concerto
Handel: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 5
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


9 June 1913
Arthur Nikisch
Sir Edward Elgar*
Muriel Foster, mezzo-soprano
Carrie Tubb, soprano
Alice Lakin, contralto
Alfred Heather, tenor
Thorpe Bates, bass
Leeds Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven: Coriolan, overture
Elgar: The Music Makers*
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


16 June 1913
Arthur Nikisch
Ignacy Paderewski, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


23 June 1913
Arthur Nikisch
Zygmunt Stojowski, piano
Herbert Heyner, baritone
Grand Suite No. 3, ‘Les Hommages’ Holbrooke:  
Stojowski: Piano Concerto No. 2, Prologue, Scherzo and Variations
Ethel Smyth: Three Moods of the sea
Ethel Smyth: On the Road, song
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4




27 October 1913
Fritz Steinbach
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


10 November 1913
Fritz Steinbach
Isolde Menges, violin
Wagner: A Faust Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung


24 November 1913
Fritz Steinbach
Schumann: Overture to Genoveva
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Handel: Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 6 No. 10
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


8 December 1913
Fritz Steinbach
Mark Hambourg, piano
Le Corsaire, Overture Berlioz:
Siegfried Idyll Wagner:
Piano Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky:
Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’ Beethoven:


26 January 1914
Emil Mlynarski
Paul Kochanski, violin
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’


9 February 1914
Fritz Steinbach
Bronislaw Huberman, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


30 March 1914
Wassili Safonoff
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor
Wagner: Good Friday Music from Parsifal
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg


11 May 1914
Willem Mengelberg
Agnes Nicholls, soprano
Wagner: Overture to Der Fliegende Holländer
Wagner: Prelude Act 1 of Parsifal
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
Wagner: Tannhäusers Pilgrimage (Introduction to Act III)
Wagner: Elisabeths Prayer from Tannhäuser
Wagner: Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser
Wagner: Funeral Music from Götterdämmerung
Wagner: Closing Scene from Götterdämmerung



25 May 1914
Willem Mengelberg
Bertie Patterson Parker, cello
Enid Brandt, piano
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Nights Dream
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’


8 June 1914
Arthur Nikisch
Haydn: Symphony No. 88, ‘Letter V’
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


15 June 1914
Arthur Nikisch
Ignacy Paderewski, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Paderewski: Piano Concerto
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Wagner: Overture to Rienzi


22 June 1914
Arthur Nikisch
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Handel: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 6
Richard Strauss: Don Juan 
Brahms: Symphony No. 1