BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1945 - Winter 1947

Saturday 21 July 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

National Anthem

ELGAR

Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)'

RACHMANINOV

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

IRELAND

The Forgotten Rite

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 5 in C minor

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in D minor (Handel/Wood)

VERDI

Aida - Aria 'Ritorna vincitor' Act 1 Scene 1

WALTON

Memorial Fanfare for Henry Wood

Crown Imperial

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano

Marcel Dupré, organ

Lilian Stiles-Allen, soprano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 23 July 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Marche slave, Op 31

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op 23

Symphony No 4 in F minor

RAWSTHORNE

Fantasy Overture 'Cortèges'

DELIUS

Brigg Fair

Cyril Smith, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 24 July 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

Götterdämmerung - No. 5 Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Prologue)

Tannhäuser - No. 27 Inbrunst im Herzen Act 3 Scene 3

Götterdämmerung - No. 32 Frau Sonne, sendet lichte Strahlen Act 3 Scene 1

Tristan and Isolde - No. 8c O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe Act 2 Scene 2

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - No. 1 Prelude Act 1

BERLIOZ

Symphonie fantastique

Parry Jones, tenor

Margaret Godley, soprano

Margaret Rees, soprano

Margaret Rolfe, contralto

Eva Turner, soprano

Emelie Hooke, soprano

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 25 July 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

HANDEL

Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318

BACH

Keyboard Concerto in D minor

HANDEL

Alessandro – Overture, Recitative & aria 'Ne trionfi d'Alessandro...Lusinghe più care' Act 1

Organ Concerto in B flat major 'Hallelujah'

BACH

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068

SCHUMANN

Symphony No. 4 in D minor

Frank Merrick, piano

Elsie Suddaby, soprano

Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball, organ

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 26 July 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

BERLIOZ

Beatrice and Benedict – overture

ELGAR

Three Sea Pictures, Op 37 (In haven, Where corals lie, Sabbath morning at sea)

LISZT

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major

SIBELIUS

Symphony No. 1 in E minor

DELIUS

Appalachia

Muriel Brunskill, contralto

Louis Kentner, piano

Dennis Noble, baritone

BBC Symphony Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 27 July 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

Alan Bush*, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 1 in C major

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major

Symphony No. 8 in F major

ALAN BUSH*

Fantasia on Soviet Themes, Op 24

VERDI

Rigoletto - Recitative & aria 'Povero Rigoletto!...Cortigiani, vil razza dannata' Act 2

LISZT

Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110 - No. 2 Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke

Irene Scharrer, piano

Redvers Llewellyn, baritone

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 28 July 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

Constant Lambert*, conductor

ROSSINI

The Barber of Seville – overture

MOZART

Così fan tutte, K 588 - Aria 'Un' aura amorosa' Act 1 Scene 2

BEETHOVEN

Violin Concerto in D major

DEBUSSY

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

RICHARD STRAUSS

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

CONSTANT LAMBERT*

Merchant Seamen (suite)

LISZT

Symphonic Poem No. 3 'Les Préludes', S 97

Heddle Nash, tenor

Ginette Neveu, violin

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 30 July 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

BRAHMS

Variations on the St Anthony Chorale

HAYDN

The Creation - Aria 'Nun beut die Flur das frische Grün'

BRAHMS

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor

HAYDN

Trumpet Concerto

BRAHMS

Symphony No. 2 in D major

Ada Alsop, soprano

Sir Clifford Curzon, piano

George Eskdale, trumpet

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 31 July 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

Ralph Vaughan Williams*, conductor

WEBER

Der Freischütz, Overture

ELGAR

Cello Concerto in E minor

SIBELIUS

Symphony No. 2 in D major

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS*

The Story of a Flemish Farm (suite)

RAVEL

Alborada del gracioso (for Orchestra)

Anthony Pini, cello

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 1 August 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

MOZART

Don Giovanni, Overture

The Marriage of Figaro, Recitative & aria 'E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono' Act 3

DELIUS

Violin Concerto

MOZART

Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K543

Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat major

DELIUS

A Village Romeo and Juliet - The Walk to the Paradise Garden

A Dance Rhapsody No. 1

Noël Eadie, soprano

Albert Sammons, violin

Joan Trimble, piano

Valerie Trimble, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 2 August 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

DVOŘÁK

Overture 'Carnival'

Stabat Mater - Aria 'Inflammatus et accensus'

Violin Concerto in A minor

Symphony No. 7 in D minor

FRANCK

Symphonic Variations

BERLIOZ

Benvenuto Cellini, Op 23 – Overture

Gladys Ripley, contralto

Ida Haendel, violin

Maurice Cole, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 3 August 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

Constant Lambert*, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 1, Op. 138

Scena & aria 'Ah! perfido...Per pietà non dirmi addio!', Op. 65

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major

Symphony No. 5 in C minor

HINDEMITH*

Overture 'Amor und Psyche'

BALAKIREV

Tamara

Laelia Finneberg, soprano

Angus Morrison, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 4 August 1945

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

William Walton*, conductor

ROSSINI

William Tell (Overture)

SAINT‐SAËNS

Samson et Dalila - Recitative & aria 'Samson, recherchant ma présence...Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!' Act 2

GLAZUNOV

Piano Concerto No. 1 in F minor

BARBER

Adagio for strings

MOZART

The Magic Flute (Act 1, Sc 4: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön)

ELGAR

Enigma Variations

WALTON

Façade, Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Excerpts (Fanfare, Polka, Valse, Swiss Yodelling Song, Tango-Pasodoble, Scotch Rhapsody, Popular Song, Old Sir Faulk, Tarantella Sevillana

SIBELIUS

Valse triste

BERLIOZ

The damnation of Faust - Marche hongroise

Margaret McArthur, contralto

Leff Pouishnoff, piano

David Lloyd, tenor

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 6 August 1945

Adrian Boult, conductor

IRELAND

A London Overture

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

MASSENET

Manon - Instant charmant Act 2, En fermant les yeux Act 2

DVOŘÁK

Symphony No 9 in E minor, 'From the New World'

PUCCINI

Tosca - Aria 'Recondita armonia' Act 1 and

Aria 'E lucevan le stelle' Act 3

TCHAIKOVSKY

Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55, Tema con variazioni

Dame Moura Lympany, piano

Dino Borgioli, tenor

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 7 August 1945

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

SCHUBERT

Die Zauberharfe, D 644, Overture

Fantasie in C major 'Wandererfantasie', S 366 (arr. Franz Liszt)

LISZT

Die Lorelei, S 369 (version with orchestra)

Symphonic Poem No. 11 'Hunnenschlacht', S 105

SCHUBERT

Symphony No. 9 in C major 'Great'

Louis Kentner, piano

Oda Slobodskaya, soprano

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 8 August 1945

Adrian Boult, conductor

HANDEL

Messiah (Overture, Comfort ye, Ev'ry Valley, And the Glory of the Lord)

Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor

Israel in Egypt (He spake the word, He smote all the firstborn, But as for his people, He gave them hailstones, He sent a thick darkness)

Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture: Adagio – Allegro, La paix: Largo alla siciliana, La réjouissance: Allegro)

Semele, HWV 58 - Aria 'O sleep, why dost thou leave me?' Act 2 Scene 2

Coronation Anthem 'The king shall rejoice'

HADLEY

Travellers

PURCELL

My heart is inditing, Z 30

Frank Titterton, tenor

Léon Goossens, oboe

Isobel Baillie, soprano

Watford Philharmonic Society

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 9 August 1945

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

WAGNER

The Flying Dutchman Overture

Tannhäuser - No. 10 Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder Act 2 Scene 1

Parsifal - Good Friday Music (concert version) Act 3 Scene 1

Siegfried - No. 17b Mime, der Künstler Act 1 Scene 3

Siegfried - No. 16 Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert! Act 1 Scene 3

Das Rheingold - Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (orchestral version)

Das Rheingold - No. 41 Rheingold! Rheingold!

SIBELIUS

Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55

Symphony No. 3 in C major

WAGNER

Siegfried - Forest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis) Act 2 Scene 2

SIBELIUS

Finlandia

Joy McArden, soprano

Walter Widdop, tenor

Margaret Godley, soprano

Margaret Rees, soprano

Margaret Rolfe, contralto

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 10 August 1945

Adrian Boult, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Egmont - No. 1 Overture

Piano Concerto No 1 in C major

Symphony No 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'

BAX

The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew

BLISS

The Phoenix – march

Valda Aveling, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 11 August 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

The Maid of Pskov – Overture

MOZART

Don Giovanni - Aria 'Madamina! il catalogo è questo' Act 1 Scene 5

DELIUS

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

LALO

Symphonie espagnole, Op 21 (Mvts. 1, 4 and 5)

DVOŘÁK

Symphony No 8 in G major

SAINT‐SAËNS

The Carnival of the Animals

ELGAR

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major

Owen Brannigan, bass

Alfredo Campoli, violin

Mary Peppin, piano

Geraldine Peppin, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 13 August 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Eugene Onegin - Polonaise Act 3 Scene 1

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major

Symphony No. 5 in E minor

SIBELIUS

Symphony No. 4 in A minor

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 14 August 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

Overture 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Op 21

DEBUSSY

L' enfant prodigue - Recitative & aria 'L'année en vain chasse l'année...Azaël! Azaël!'

CHOPIN

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Symphony No. 5 in D major

LISZT

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major

WEBER

Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, J138, Op 24 (orch. George Szell) No. 4 Rondo: Presto

Nancy Evans, mezzo-soprano

Witold Malcuzynski, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 15 August 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

SCHUMANN

Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op 52

MOZART

Don Giovanni - Recitative & aria 'Crudele? Ah no, mio bene!...Non mi dir' Act 2 Scene 10

Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K 466

SCHUMANN

Cello Concerto in A minor

MOZART

Symphony No 41 in C major, 'Jupiter', K 551

Elena Danieli, soprano

Denis Matthews, piano

John Shinebourne, cello

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 16 August 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

BERLIOZ

Overture 'Le carnaval romain'

MARTINŮ

Memorial to Lidice, H 296

IRELAND

Concerto for Piano in E flat major

FRANCK

Symphony in D minor

FALLA

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

BORODIN

Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances Act 2

Sir Clifford Curzon, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 17 August 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Coriolan'

Fidelio - Recitative & aria 'Abscheulicher...Komm, Hoffnung' Act 1 Scene 2

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor

Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral'

WEBER

Oberon, J306 - Overture

THOMAS TERTIUS NOBLE

Introduction and Passacaglia

WAGNER

Die Walküre - Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1

Eva Turner, soprano

Iso Elinson, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 18 August 1945

Adrian Boult, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Egmont - Overture

MOZART

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K 467

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Serenade to Music

RAVEL

La Valse

ELGAR

Symphony No. 2 in E flat major

Dame Moura Lympany, piano

Marjorie Avis, soprano

Leonard Hodgson, tenor

Margaret Godley, soprano

Margaret Rees, soprano

Margaret Rolfe, contralto

Maude Baker, contralto

Gladys Bishop, contralto

Emlyn Bebb, tenor

Stanley Riley, bass

Leonard Hubbard, bass

Victor Utting, bass

Gertrude Wood, contralto

William MacMillan, tenor

René Soames, tenor

Sybilla Marshall, soprano

Wesley Dennison, bass

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 20 August 1945

MENDELSSOHN

Overture 'The Hebrides' ('Fingal's Cave')

BRAHMS

Violin Concerto in D major

MENDELSSOHN

Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'

BRAHMS

Symphony No 1 in C minor

Ida Haendel, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Adrian Boult, conductor

Tuesday 21 August 1945

Constant Lambert, conductor

ELGAR

Introduction and Allegro, Op 47

HAYDN

The Creation ('Nun scheint in vollem Glanze der Himmel' and 'Gleich öffnet sich der Erde Schoß')

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 5 in E flat major

BERLIOZ

The Trojans - Chasse royale et orage Act 4

DEBUSSY

Images for Orchestra – Ibéria

WALTON

Sinfonia concertante

Norman Walker, bass

Phyllis Sellick, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 22 August 1945

Adrian Boult, conductor

BACH

Sonata from Cantata No. 31, 'Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubilieret', BWV 31

Violin Concerto in A minor

Aria 'Zu Tanze, zu Sprunge, so wackelt das Herz' from Cantata No. 201, 'Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde', BWV 201

Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major

Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor, BWV 1065

MAHLER

Das Lied von der Erde

Max Rostal, violin

Henry Cummings, baritone

Ernest Hall, trumpet

Gerald Jackson, flute

Horace Green, oboe

Thomas Peatfield, violin

Ronald Smith, piano

Joyce Hedges, piano

Priscilla Stoner, piano

Yvonne Catterall, piano

Mary Jarred, contralto

Parry Jones, tenor

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 23 August 1945

Adrian Boult, conductor

WAGNER

A Faust Overture, WWV 59

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein Act 3 Scene 5

Tannhäuser - Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1

Siegfried Idyll

Götterdämmerung - Starke Scheite Act 3 Scene 3

RICHARD STRAUSS

Don Quixote, Op 35

Frank Titterton, tenor

Eva Turner soprano

Eric Bray, viola

Ambrose Gauntlett, cello

BBC Singers (women's voices)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 24 August 1945

Adrian Boult, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Fidelio, Overture

Concerto for violin, cello and piano in C major, 'Triple Concerto'

Symphony No. 7 in A major

EDMUND RUBBRA

Symphony No. 3, Op 49

Kendall Taylor, piano

Frederick Grinke, violin

Florence Hooton, cello

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 25 August 1945

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

David Moule-Evans, conductor

BERLIOZ

Overture 'Le corsaire'

GLINKA

Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture and Aria 'Soon I must leave thee' Act 1

GRIEG

Piano Concerto in A minor

DAVID MOULE-EVANS

September Dusk

IRELAND

These Things Shall Be

WILLIAM SCHUMAN

A Free Song

TCHAIKOVSKY

Overture '1812'

Daria Bayan, soprano

Eileen Joyce, piano

Parry Jones, tenor

Luton Choral Society

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 27 August 1945

Adrian Boult, conductor

SCHUMANN

Genoveva, Op 81, Overture

BRAHMS

Ave Maria, Op 12

Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor

SCHUMANN

Piano Concerto in A minor

BRAHMS

Symphony No 3 in F major

Marie Wilson, violin

Eileen Croxford, cello

Leff Pouishnoff, piano

BBC Singers (women's voices)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 28 August 1945

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

SMETANA

The Bartered Bride, Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY

Eugene Onegin - Aria 'Puskay pogibnu ya' Act 1 Scene 2

MOERAN

Violin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony No 1 in F minor

CONSTANT LAMBERT

The Rio Grande

KODÁLY

Dances of Galánta

Oda Slobodskaya, soprano

Albert Sammons, violin

Gladys Ripley, contralto

Kyla Greenbaum, piano

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 29 August 1945

Constant Lambert, conductor

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Ian Whyte, conductor

MOZART

Symphony No 32 in G major, K 318

HAYDN

The Seasons - Spring, Vom Widder strahlet jetzt

and Schon eilet froh der Ackermann

MOZART

Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K 491

HAYDN

Symphony No. 104 in D major, 'London'

BRITTEN

Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes

IAN WHYTE

Festival March

George Pizzey, baritone

Kathleen Long, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 30 August 1945

Adrian Boult, conductor

MOZART

The Marriage of Figaro, Overture

GRIEG

Two Songs,  A Swan and A Dream

MENDELSSOHN

Violin Concerto in E minor

DELIUS

Sea Drift

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Five Tudor Portraits

Astra Desmond, contralto

Jean Pougnet, violin

Roy Henderson, baritone

Goldsmith's Choral Union

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 31 August 1945

Adrian Boult, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 3

Symphony No 2 in D major

Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, 'Emperor'

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 6 in D minor

Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22, Lemminkäinen's Return

Louis Kentner, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 1 September 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

GLINKA

Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture

WAGNER

Lohengrin - Einsam in trüben Tagen Act 1 Scene 2

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Francesca da Rimini

KODÁLY

Háry János – suite

WAGNER

Tannhäuser - Overture

Isobel Baillie, soprano

Colin Horsley, piano

Alexander Kolompar, cimbalom

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 3 September 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

The Sleeping Beauty - Valse Act 1 No. 2

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'

ALEXANDER VEPRIK

Song of Rejoicing

STRAVINSKY

The Firebird Suite

Alfredo Campoli, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 4 September 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

SIBELIUS

The Tempest – Prelude

En saga

Violin Concerto in D minor

Symphony No 7 in C major

BLISS

Piano Concerto

JEREMIAH CLARKE

The Prince of Denmark's March (arr. Henry Wood)

Henry Holst, violin

Shulamith Shafir, piano

Berkeley Mason, organ

Ernest Hall, trumpet

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 5 September 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

HANDEL

Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62, Overture

BACH

Concerto for Keyboard in F minor, BWV 1056

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

HANDEL

Samson - Aria 'Let the bright Seraphim' Act 3 No 26

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in F major, Op. 4 No. 4

GRANVILLE BANTOCK

2 Heroic Ballads

HOLST

The Planets (Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn)

Harriet Cohen, piano

Lilian Stiles-Allen, soprano

Ernest Hall, trumpet

Gerald Jackson, flute

Paul Beard, violin

G(eorge) D(orrington) Cunningham, organ

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 6 September 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

Rienzi, Overture

The Flying Dutchman, Aria 'Joho hoe! Traft ihr das Schiff' Act 2

Götterdämmerung, Trauermusik Act 3 Scene 2

Die Walküre, Wotan's Abschied

Die Walküre, Feuerzauber

LISZT

A Faust Symphony

Edna Hobson, soprano

Tom Williams, baritone

Emlyn Bebb, tenor

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 7 September 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture

Adelaide, Op 46 (arr. Louis Spohr)

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No. 4 in B flat major

SCHOENBERG

Piano Concerto

BUSONI

Rondò arlecchinesco, Op 46

Trefor Jones, tenor

Ida Haendel, violin

Kyla Greenbaum, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 8 September 1945

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

IRELAND

Epic March

VERDI

Nabucco - Recitative & aria 'Ben io t'invenni...Anch'io dischiuso un giorno' Act 2

BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No 4 in G major

WEBER

Invitation to the Dance (orch. Felix Weingartner)

BORODIN

Symphony No 2 in B minor

CHABRIER

España

RAVEL

Pavane pour une infante défunte (Orchestral version)

Boléro

Laelia Finneberg, soprano

Dame Myra Hess, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 10 September 1945

Adrian Boult, conductor

BRAHMS

Academic Festival Overture

Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

Symphony No 4 in E minor

THOMAS DUNHILL

Overture 'Maytime'

SMETANA

Vltava

Cyril Smith, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 11 September 1945

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Benjamin Britten, conductor

RICHARD STRAUSS

Don Juan

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor

BAX

Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

BRITTEN

Les illuminations

DEBUSSY

Images for Orchestra, Gigues

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano

Peter Pears, tenor

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 12 September 1945

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

MOZART

The Magic Flute (Overture)

SCHUBERT

Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'

MOZART

The Marriage of Figaro, Aria 'Voi che sapete' Act 2

The Marriage of Figaro, Recitative & aria 'Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni, non tardar' Act 3

Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, K 488

SCHUBERT

Ellens Gesang III, D 839

Die Forelle, D 550

MOZART

Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550

Elisabeth Schumann, soprano

Dame Myra Hess, piano

Berkeley Mason, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 13 September 1945

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

GLIÈRE

Overture 'The Friendship of the Peoples', Op 79

BORODIN

Prince Igor, Aria 'A long time has passed' Act 1 Scene 2

PROKOFIEV

Piano Concerto No 3 in C major

TCHAIKOVSKY

Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'

SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony No 5 in D minor

Oda Slobodskaya, soprano

Kendall Taylor, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 14 September 1945

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

William Walton, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'The Consecration of the House', Op 124

Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

A Song of Thanksgiving

WALTON

Henry V (choral suite arr. Malcolm Sargent)

Margaret Godley, soprano

Margaret Rees, soprano

Margaret Rolfe, contralto

Maude Baker, contralto

Emlyn Bebb, tenor

Stanley Riley, bass

Leonard Hubbard, bass

William MacMillan, tenor

Elsie Suddaby, soprano

Valentine Dyall, speaker

Thomas Coram Schools Choir

Croydon Philharmonic Society

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 15 September 1945

Basil Cameron, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

WEBER

Euryanthe, J291, Overture

HANDEL

Partenope, HWV 27 (arr. Henry Wood), Aria 'Furibondo spira il vento' Act 2

DUKAS

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

RAWSTHORNE

Piano Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY

The Maid of Orleans, Recitative & aria 'So wills the Lord!...Farewell you native hills and fields' Act 1 No. 7

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Dance of the Apprentices, Procession of the Masters, Prelude Act 3

SIR HENRY WOOD

Fantasia on British Sea-Songs

ELGAR

Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major, 'Land of Hope and Glory'

National Anthem

Norman Allin, bass

Phyllis Sellick, piano

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto

BBC Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 27 July 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

National Anthem

BEETHOVEN

Egmont, Overture

ROSSINI

La Cenerentola – 'Nacqui all' affanno ... Non più mesta'

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor

DELIUS

The Song of the High Hills

SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony No 9 in E flat major

BORODIN

Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances Act 2

Janet Howe, mezzo-soprano

Leff Pouishnoff, piano

Marjorie Avis, soprano

Leonard Hodgson, tenor

BBC Symphony Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 29 July 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Eugene Onegin, Polonaise Act 3 Scene 1

Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23

Symphony No 4 in F minor

LEIGHTON LUCAS

A Litany

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Songs of travel (The roadside fire, The vagabond)

DUKAS

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Sir Clifford Curzon, piano

George Pizzey, baritone

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 30 July 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

SIBELIUS

The Tempest – Prelude

Violin Concerto in D minor

Symphony No 2 in D major

WALTON

Viola Concerto

SZALOWSKI

Overture

Emil Telmányi, violin

William Primrose, viola

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 31 July 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

Ralph Vaughan Williams, conductor

MOZART

The Abduction from the Seraglio, Overture

ELGAR

Sea Pictures, Op 37 (The swimmer)

RACHMANINOV

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

A London Symphony (Symphony No 2)

DEBUSSY

Gigues from Images for Orchestra

RICHARD STRAUSS

Death and Transfiguration

Muriel Brunskill, contralto

Cyril Smith, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 1 August 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major

Keyboard Concerto in D minor

Aria 'Wilst du dein Herz mir schenken', BWV 518

GOTTFRIED HEINRICH STÖLZEL

Aria 'Bist du bei mir'

BACH

Aria 'Patron! Patron! das macht der Wind!' from Cantata No. 201, 'Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde', BWV 201

Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major

SCHUBERT

Geheimes, D 719

Nacht und Traüme, D 827b

Winterreise, D 911 (Die Post)

Symphony No 5 in B flat major

George Stratton, violin

John McCarthy, oboe

Gordon Walker, flute

George Eskdale, trumpet

Harriet Cohen, piano

Elisabeth Schumann, soprano

Berkeley Mason, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 2 August 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

King Stephen Overture

Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor

Symphony No 6 in F major 'Pastoral'

BRITTEN

Piano Concerto (revised version)

BERLIOZ

The Trojans, Marche troyenne (Concert version, arr. Berlioz)

Noel Mewton-Wood, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 3 August 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

ROSSINI

William Tell (Overture)

VERDI

Macbeth, Aria 'Studia il passo...Come dal ciel precipita' Act 2 Scene 2

DELIUS

In a Summer Garden

PAGANINI

Concerto for Violin No. 1 in E flat major, Op 6 (reorchestrated and arr. Fritz Kreisler in D major)

MASSENET

Le Cid, Aria 'Pleurez mes yeux' Act 3

RICHARD STRAUSS

Don Juan

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in B flat major 'No. 9' (Handel/Wood)

ELGAR

Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major, 'Land of Hope and Glory'

David Franklin, bass

Alfredo Campoli, violin

Victoria Sladen, soprano

Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball, organ

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 5 August 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

MOZART

The Magic Flute (Overture)

SIBELIUS

En saga

PUCCINI

Turandot, Aria 'Nessun dorma' Act 3 Scene 1

SCHUBERT

Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'

GRIEG

Piano Concerto in A minor

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Dance of the Apprentices, Procession of the Masters and Prelude Act 3)

HANDEL

Semele, Aria 'Where'er you walk' Act 2 Scene 2

BACH

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (orch. Henry Wood)

Parry Jones, tenor

Eileen Joyce, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 6 August 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

Tannhäuser, Overture

Tannhäuser, Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1

Parsifal, Good Friday Music (concert version) Act 3 Scene 1

Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (orchestral version)

Das Rheingold, Excerpts

LISZT

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major

Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110, Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke

Gladys Ripley, Fricka

Laelia Finneberg, Woglinde

Dennis Noble, Alberich

Emelie Hooke, Wellgunde

Tom Williams, Wotan

Bradbridge White, Froh/Loge

Edith Furmedge, Flosshilde

Frederick Harvey, Donner

Witold Malcuzynski, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 7 August 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

HANDEL

Acis and Galatea (Overture)

BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, 'Emperor'

WALTON

Symphony No 1 in B flat minor

FALLA

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

RAVEL

Alborada del gracioso (for Orchestra)

Sir Clifford Curzon, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 8 August 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

HAYDN

The Creation, Prelude 'Die Vorstellung des Chaos'

Symphony No. 73 in D major 'La chasse'

MENDELSSOHN

Violin Concerto in E minor

Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'

DOHNANYI

Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25

BERLIOZ

Beatrice and Benedict – overture

Arthur Grumiaux, violin

Leff Pouishnoff, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 9 August 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Namensfeier', Op 115

Adelaide, Op 46 (arr. Louis Spohr)

Concerto for violin, cello and piano in C major, 'Triple Concerto'

Symphony No 5 in C minor

TIPPETT

Concerto for Double String Orchestra

WEBER

Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, J138, Op 24 (orch. George Szell): Rondo: Presto

Henry Wendon, tenor

James Whitehead, cello

Leonard Hirsch, violin

Harry Isaacs, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 10 August 1946

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

DVOŘÁK

Overture 'Carnival'

WAGNER

Tannhäuser, Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder Act 2 Scene 1

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor

BORODIN

Symphony No 2 in B minor

WALTON

Façade, Excerpts

TCHAIKOVSKY

Overture '1812'

Lilian Stiles-Allen, soprano

Witold Malcuzynski, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 12 August 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Mazeppa, Gopak Act 1 No. 4a

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'

CHOPIN

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor

STRAVINSKY

Scherzo à la russe

Alan Loveday, violin

Michal Hambourg, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 13 August 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

SCHUBERT

Die Zauberharfe, D 644, Overture

MOZART

Aria with recitative 'Ch'io mi scordi di te?...Non temer, amato bene', K 505

Symphony No 35 in D major, 'Haffner', K 385

Violin Concerto No 5 in A major, K 219 'Turkish'

SCHUBERT

Symphony No 9 in C major 'Great'

Elsie Suddaby, soprano

Berkeley Mason, piano

Antonio Brosa, violin

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 14 August 1946

Constant Lambert, conductor

BERLIOZ

Benvenuto Cellini, Op 23

RAWSTHORNE

Piano Concerto No. 1

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 1 in E minor

SCHUBERT

Fantasie in C major 'Wandererfantasie', S 366 (arr. Franz Liszt)

RAVEL

La Valse

VERDI

A Masked Ball

Recitative & aria 'Alzati!...Eri tu che macchiavi' Act 3 Scene 1

Louis Kentner, piano

Dennis Noble, baritone

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 15 August 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

Handel

Music for the Royal Fireworks, Overture

Bach

Cantata No. 53, 'Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde', BWV 53

Violin Concerto in E major

Handel

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75

Vaughan Williams

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Ireland

These Things Shall Be

Mary Jarred, contralto

Jean Pougnet, violin

Frank Titterton, tenor

Ada Alsop, soprano

Trevor Anthony, bass

Luton Choral Society

BBC Singers

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 16 August 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

Beethoven

Overture 'Leonore' No. 1, Op 138

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 8 in F major

Vaughan Williams

Symphony No 3 'A Pastoral Symphony'

Max Rostal, violin

Elsie Suddaby, soprano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 17 August 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude Act 1

HANDEL

Rinaldo, Recitative & aria 'Armida, dispietata...Lascia ch'io pianga' Act 2 Scene 4

BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor

ELGAR

Enigma Variations

TCHAIKOVSKY

Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55, Tema con variazioni

IRELAND

Epic March

Astra Desmond, contralto

Denis Matthews, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 19 August 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

HAYDN

Symphony No. 88 in G major

BRAHMS

Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor

HAYDN

Keyboard Concerto in D major

BRAHMS

Symphony No 1 in C minor

Frederick Grinke, violin

Douglas Cameron, cello

Kathleen Long, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tue 20 Aug 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

The Flying Dutchman, Overture

Die Walküre, Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis) Act 3 Scene 1

Die Walküre, O süsseste Wonne! Act 1 Scene 3

Die Walküre, Leb' wohl [Wotan's Abschied] Act 3 Scene 3

Die Walküre, Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond Act 1 Scene 3

Die Walküre, Feuerzauber Act 3 Scene 3

Die Walküre, Act 1 Scene 3

MOZART

Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat major

Symphony No 41 in C major, 'Jupiter', K 551

Walter Widdop, Siegmund

Oda Slobodskaya, Sieglinde

Tom Williams, Wotan

Rae Robertson, piano

Ethel Bartlett, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 21 August 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

WEBER

Euryanthe, J291, Overture

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor

PROKOFIEV

Symphony No 5 in B flat major

MEDTNER

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor

BERLIOZ

The damnation of Faust - Marche hongroise

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 22 August 1946

Constant Lambert, conductor

DVOŘÁK

Slavonic Dances, Op 72, No. 7 in C major

Violin Concerto in A minor

Symphony No 8 in G major

FRANCK

Symphonic Variations

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 3 in C major

Ida Haendel, violin

Ivey Dickson, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 23 August 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 1 in C major

Piano Concerto No 4 in G major

Symphony No 4 in B flat major

BLOCH

Suite symphonique

BERLIOZ

Symphonie fantastique, Marche au supplice

Dame Moura Lympany, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 24 August 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

Smetana

The Bartered Bride, Overture

Mussorgsky

Boris Godunov – 'I have attained supreme power'

Bliss

Piano Concerto

Beethoven

Symphony No 5 in C minor

Creston

Poem, Op 39

Ravel

Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No 2

Harold Williams, baritone

Shulamith Shafir, piano

Sidonie Goossens, harp

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 26 August 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

BRAHMS

Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11 (Mvt 1)

Symphony No 4 in E minor

Violin Concerto in D major

Variations on the St Anthony Chorale

Ida Haendel, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 27 August 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

ELGAR

Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)'

Violin Concerto

Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20

Falstaff

Yehudi Menuhin, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 28 August 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

MOZART

The Marriage of Figaro, Overture

LENNOX BERKELEY

Nocturne, Op 25

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

A Sea Symphony

POULENC

Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor

WEBER

Der Freischütz, Overture

Isobel Baillie, soprano

Roy Henderson, baritone

Rae Robertson, piano

Ethel Bartlett, piano

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 29 Aug 1946

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

MOZART

Symphony No 32 in G major, K 318

Masonic Funeral Music

Concerto for Three Pianos in F major, K242

Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550

IRELAND

Mai-Dun

MUSSORGSKY

Song of the Flea (arr. Henry Wood)

KODÁLY

Dances of Galánta

Eric Hope, piano

Tom Bromley, piano

Mantle Childe, piano

Norman Allin, bass

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 30 August 1946

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Fidelio, Overture

Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

Symphony No 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 4 in A minor

Cyril Smith, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 31 August 1946

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

WEBER

Oberon, J306, Overture

HAYDN

Canzonetta 'Hark what I tell to thee!', Hob. XXVIa:41

SCHUBERT

Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'

PROKOFIEV

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major

TCHAIKOVSKY

Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'

BARTÓK

Two Portraits, Sz 37, Op 5, No. 1 The Ideal

LAMBERT

The Rio Grande

CHABRIER

España

Gladys Ripley, contralto

Joseph Szigeti, violin

Kyla Greenbaum, piano

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 2 September 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

The Sleeping Beauty, Valse Act 1 No. 2

Piano Concerto No 2 in G major

Symphony No 5 in E minor

MOERAN

Cello Concerto

RAWSTHORNE

Overture 'Street Corner'

Eileen Joyce, piano

Peers Coetmore, cello

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 3 September 1946

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

HANDEL

Samson, HWV 57, Overture

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major

Cantata No. 209, 'Non sa che sia dolore'

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in F major, HWV 292, Op. 4/4

BACH

Concerto for Flute, Violin and Keyboard in A minor, BWV 1044

HINDEMITH

Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

WEBER

Overture 'Der Beherrscher der Geister', J122

Lambert Flack, flute   Paul Beard, violin

Robert Boddington, flute  Jo Vincent, soprano

G(eorge) D(orrington) Cunningham, organ

James Ching, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 4 September 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 3

BARTÓK

Violin Concerto No. 2

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 5 in E flat major

SCHUMANN

Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major, Op 92

RICHARD STRAUSS

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Max Rostal, violin

Maurice Cole, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 5 September 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

WAGNER

A Faust Overture, WWV 59

Siegfried, Forest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis) Act 2 Scene 2

Siegfried, Excerpts from Act 1 Scene 3 and Act 3 Scene 3

RICHARD STRAUSS

Burleske

Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils

Eva Turner, Brünnhilde

Parry Jones, Mime

Arthur Carron, Siegfried

Donald Hargreaves, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 6 September 1946

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Coriolan'

Fidelio, Recitative & aria 'Abscheulicher...Komm, Hoffnung' Act 1 Scene 2

Symphony No 2 in D major

Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, 'Emperor'

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Edna Hobson, soprano

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 7 September 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

GLINKA

Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture

WEBER

Der Freischütz, Recitative & aria 'Wie nahte mir der Schlummer...Leise, leise' Act 1

IRELAND

Concerto for Piano in E flat major

DVOŘÁK

Symphony No 9 in E minor, 'From the New World'

KODÁLY

Háry János – suite

SIBELIUS

Finlandia

Jo Vincent, soprano

Kendall Taylor, piano

Sandor Kolompar, cimbalom

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 9 September 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

Overture 'The Hebrides' ('Fingal's Cave')

BRAHMS

Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor

MENDELSSOHN

Violin Concerto in E minor

BRAHMS

Symphony No 2 in D major

Iso Elinson, piano

Devy Erlih, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 10 September 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

MOZART

Così fan tutte, K 588, Overture

Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K 364

The Marriage of Figaro, Recitative & aria 'E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono' Act 3

Symphony No 38 in D major 'Prague', K 504

DELIUS

Piano Concerto in C minor

Brigg Fair

Jean Pougnet, violin

Frederick Riddle, viola

Elena Danieli, soprano

Iris Loveridge, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 11 September 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

BERLIOZ

The Trojans, Chasse royale et orage Act 4

SCHUMANN

Piano Concerto in A minor

BAX

Symphony No. 7

IRELAND

Overture 'Satyricon'

TCHAIKOVSKY

Francesca da Rimini

Louis Kentner, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 12 September 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

Concerto for Three Keyboards in C major, BWV 1064

Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Symphony No. 5 in D major

Lambert Flack, flute

Eric Hope, piano

Tom Bromley, piano

Mantle Childe, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 13 September 1946

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Egmont, Overture

Piano Concerto No 1 in C major

Symphony No 7 in A major

LISZT

Malédiction, S 145

DEBUSSY

Nocturnes, Fêtes and Nuages

Franz Osborn, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 14 September 1946

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

ROSSINI

Tancredi, Overture

VERDI

La traviata, Aria 'Di Provenza il mar' Act 2 Scene 1

RACHMANINOV

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

ELGAR

Symphony No 1 in A flat major

PROKOFIEV

Peter and the Wolf, Op 67

WALTON

Crown Imperial

Redvers Llewellyn, baritone

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano

George Baker, narrator

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 16 September 1946

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

BRAHMS

Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11 Mvt 4 (Two Minuets)

Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

Symphony No 3 in F major

BLISS

Adam Zero, suite

HOWELLS

Procession, Op 36

Leff Pouishnoff, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 17 September 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

MOZART

Don Giovanni, Overture

RICHARD STRAUSS

Oboe Concerto in D major

MOZART

Così fan tutte, K 588, Aria 'Ah, lo veggio' Act 2 Scene 2

Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K543

RICHARD STRAUSS

Don Quixote, Op 35

Léon Goossens, oboe

Heddle Nash, tenor

Harry Danks, viola

Pierre Fournier, cello

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 18 September 1946

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Leslie Woodgate, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

Overture 'Ruy Blas'

MOZART

Violin Concerto No 4 in D major, K 218

WALTON

Where does the uttered music go?

Belshazzar's Feast

BRITTEN

Passacaglia from Peter Grimes

HOLST

The Planets (Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn)

Ida Haendel, violin

Dennis Noble, baritone

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 19 September 1946

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

WAGNER

Lohengrin, No. 1 Prelude Act 1

Götterdämmerung, excerpts

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 6 in D minor

Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22, Lemminkäinen's Return

Eva Turner, Brünnhilde

Laelia Finneberg, Woglinde

Emelie Hooke, Wellgunde

Edith Furmedge, Flosshilde

Arthur Carron, Siegfried

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 20 September 1946

Adrian Boult, conductor

BEETHOVEN

The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture

Romance in G major, Op 40

Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

BAX

Violin Concerto

JEREMIAH CLARKE

The Prince of Denmark's March (arr. Henry Wood)

Marie Wilson, violin

Margaret Godley, soprano

Margaret Rees, soprano

Margaret Rolfe, contralto

Maude Baker, contralto

Emlyn Bebb, tenor

Stanley Riley, bass

Leonard Hubbard, bass

William MacMillan, tenor

Berkeley Mason, organ

Ernest Hall, trumpet

Goldsmith's Choral Union

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 21 September 1946

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

Basil Cameron, conductor

BERLIOZ

Overture 'Le carnaval romain'

WALTON

Sinfonia concertante

MILHAUD

Deux Marches, Op 260

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 7 in C major

ELGAR

Introduction and Allegro, Op 47

SIR HENRY WOOD

Fantasia on British Sea-Songs

National Anthem

Phyllis Sellick, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 6 January 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

National Anthem

IRELAND

Overture 'Satyricon'

DEBUSSY

L' enfant prodigue, Recitative & aria 'L'année en vain chasse l'année...Azaël! Azaël!'

BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No 4 in G major

BRITTEN

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 5 in E flat major

Janet Howe, mezzo-soprano

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 7 January 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

HANDEL

Music for the Royal Fireworks, (arr. Hamilton Harty), excerpts

BACH

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

HANDEL

Judas Maccabaeus, Recitative & aria 'Be comforted...The Lord worketh wonders' Act 2

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in B flat major 'No. 7' (Handel/Wood)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Concerto for Two Pianos in C major

HOLST

The Perfect Fool, Ballet music

Marie Wilson, violin

Olive Zorian, violin

Owen Brannigan, bass

Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball, organ

Cyril Smith, piano

Phyllis Sellick, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 8 January 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

Overture 'The Fair Melusine'

Violin Concerto in E minor

BRAHMS

Variations on the St Anthony Chorale

Symphony No 2 in D major

Alan Loveday, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 9 January 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

MOZART

Symphony No 35 in D major, 'Haffner', K 385

MAHLER

Songs of a Wayfarer

ELGAR

Cello Concerto in E minor

BERLIOZ

Symphonie fantastique

Nancy Evans, mezzo-soprano

Anthony Pini, cello

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 10 January 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Fidelio, Overture

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major

Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral'

HAYDN

Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major

DVOŘÁK

The Cunning Peasant, Op 37, Overture

Noel Mewton-Wood, piano

Terence Macdonagh, oboe

Paul Beard, violin

Ambrose Gauntlett, cello

Richard Newton, bassoon

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 11 January 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Eugene Onegin, Polonaise Act 3 Scene 1

The Maid of Orleans, Recitative & aria 'So wills the Lord!...Farewell you native hills and fields' Act 1 No. 7

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op 23

Symphony No. 4 in F minor

NIKOLAI IVANOV-RADKEVICH

Russian Overture

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

The Golden Cockerel, Introduction and Wedding March

Oda Slobodskaya, soprano

Leff Pouishnoff, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 13 January 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Excerpts

BRAHMS

Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

Academic Festival Overture

Frank Titterton, Walther

Laelia Finneberg, Eva

Owen Brannigan, Pogner

Tom Williams, Hans Sachs

Margaret Rolfe, Magdalene

René Soames, David

Dame Moura Lympany, piano

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 14 January 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

SIBELIUS

Night Ride and Sunrise, Op 55

Violin Concerto in D minor

Symphony No 7 in C major

WALTON

Sinfonia concertante

RAVEL

Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No 2

Max Rostal, violin

Kyla Greenbaum, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 15 January 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

MOZART

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, K 488

SCHUBERT

Symphony No 9 in C major 'Great'

Nina Milkina, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 16 January 1947

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

MOZART

Idomeneo (Overture)

PROKOFIEV

Piano Concerto No 3 in C major

DVOŘÁK

Symphony No 7 in D minor

LAMBERT

Summer's Last Will and Testament, Rondo burlesca 'King Pest'

GRANVILLE BANTOCK

Ferishtah's Fancies, Epilogue: Oh, love! no, love!

RICHARD STRAUSS

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Kendall Taylor, piano

Parry Jones, tenor

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 17 January 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 3

Choral Fantasy

Symphony No 7 in A major

PATRICK HADLEY

The Hills

Heddle Nash, tenor

Elsie Suddaby, soprano

Harold Williams, baritone

Franz Osborn, piano

Margaret Rees, soprano

Margaret Rolfe, contralto

Emlyn Bebb, tenor

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 18 January 1947

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Basil Cameron, conductor

ROSSINI

Semiramide, Overture

GRIEG

Piano Concerto in A minor

BAX

The Happy Forest

VERDI

Falstaff - È sogno o realtà? Act 2 Scene 1

BERLIOZ

The damnation of Faust - Marche hongroise, Ballet des sylphes, Menuet des follets

DELIUS

Paris (The Song of a Great City

BACH

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (orch. Henry Wood)

ELGAR

Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major, 'Land of Hope and Glory'

National Anthem

Eileen Joyce, piano

Redvers Llewellyn, baritone

BBC Symphony Orchestra