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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)

SAINTSAËNS
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

SAINTSAËNS
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

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