BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Winter 1949

Saturday 19 July 1947

National Anthem

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Basil Cameron, conductor

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

SMETANA

The Bartered Bride, Overture

HANDEL

Atalanta, Aria 'Riportai gloriosa palma' Act 1

DELIUS

Brigg Fair

RACHMANINOV

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

BORODIN

Symphony No 2 in B minor

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

BERLIOZ

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

Elena Danieli, soprano

Eric Harrison, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 21 July 1947

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Alan Rawsthorne, conductor

WAGNER

Tristan and Isolde, excerpts

RAWSTHORNE

Oboe Concerto

RAVEL

Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No 2

Janet Howe, Brangäne

Mary Bothwell, Isolde

Torsten Ralf, Tristan

Evelyn Rothwell, oboe

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 22 July 1947

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

DELIUS

Koanga, La Calinda

A Song Before Sunrise

A Mass of Life, Erhebt eure Herzen, meine Brüder and Süsse Leier! Ich liebe deinen Ton

Violin Concerto

A Dance Rhapsody No. 1

Sea Drift

SCHUBERT

Symphony No 5 in B flat major

DVOŘÁK

Overture 'Carnival'

Redvers Llewellyn, baritone

Jean Pougnet, violin

BBC Symphony Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 23 July 1947

Adrian Boult. conductor

BRAHMS

Tragic Overture

HAYDN

Symphony No. 94 in G major 'The Surprise'

BRAHMS

Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor

HAYDN

Organ Concerto in C major

BRAHMS

Variations on the St Anthony Chorale

Katharine Goodson, piano

Susi Jeans, organ

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 24 July 1947

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BERLIOZ

Benvenuto Cellini, Op 23, Overture

VERDI

Simon Boccanegra, Aria 'A te l'estremo addio' and

'Il lacerato spirito'

ELGAR

Cello Concerto in E minor

SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony No 1 in F minor

LISZT

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major

TCHAIKOVSKY

Francesca da Rimini

Trevor Anthony, bass

Anthony Pini, cello

Kyla Greenbaum, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 25 July 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 1, Op 138

Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor

Symphony No 2 in D major

HELY-HUTCHINSON

Symphony

Denis Matthews, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 26 July 1947

Stanford Robinson, conductor

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

ROSSINI

William Tell (Overture)

SIBELIUS

Valse triste

LALO

Symphonie espagnole, Mvts 1, 4 and 5

DVOŘÁK

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

FRANÇAIX

Concerto for Piano

TCHAIKOVSKY

Eugene Onegin, Aria 'Kuda, kuda vï udalilis' Act 2 Scene 2

GLINKA

Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture

Alfredo Campoli, violin

Margaret Good, piano

Henry Wendon, tenor

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 28 July 1947

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Eugene Onegin, Polonaise Act 3 Scene 1

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major

Symphony No. 5 in E minor

JOHN ANTILL

Corroboree (suite)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Capriccio espagnol, Op 34

Eileen Joyce, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 29 July 1947

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Stanford Robinson, conductor

Mozart

Così fan tutte, K 588, Overture

Symphony No 25 in G minor

Richard Strauss

Oboe Concerto in D major

Don Quixote, Op 35

Ireland

Concerto for Piano in E flat major

Sibelius

Finlandia

Léon Goossens, oboe

Zara Nelsova, cello

Harry Danks, viola

Kendall Taylor, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 30 July 1947

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

HANDEL

Overture in D minor (arr. Edward Elgar)

Coronation Anthem 'The king shall rejoice'

Water Music Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty)

Judas Maccabaeus, Recitative & aria 'I feel the Deity within...Arm, arm, ye brave' Act 1

Organ Concerto in G minor/major- cadenza by G.D. Cunningham

Israel in Egypt, Choruses

ELGAR

The Music Makers, Op 69

David Franklin, bass

G(eorge) D(orrington) Cunningham, organ

Mary Jarred, contralto

Alexandra Choir

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 31 July 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Grosse Fuge, Op 133 (arr. Felix Weingartner for string orchestra)

MOZART

Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K 364

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Symphony No. 5 in D major

BERG

Three Fragments from 'Wozzeck'

BACH

Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (orch. Ottorino Respighi)

Jean Pougnet, violin

Frederick Riddle, viola

Joan Alexander, soprano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 1 August 1947

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BEETHOVEN

EgmontNo. 1 Overture

Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

Symphony No 7 in A major

SIR ANTHONY LEWIS

Elegy and Capriccio

SMETANA

From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

Solomon, piano

George Eskdale, trumpet

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 2 August 1947

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

HOLST

The Perfect Fool, Ballet music

BORODIN

Notturno from String Quartet No. 2 in D major (orch. Malcom Sargent)

WAGNER

Rienzi, Aria 'Gerechter Gott! So ist's entschieden schon!' Act 3 Scene 2

DUKAS

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

LISZT

Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat major

TCHAIKOVSKY

Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'

RAVEL

La Valse

BIZET

L' Arlésienne, Suites, excerpts

Janet Howe, mezzo-soprano

Leff Pouishnoff, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 4 August 1947

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Stanford Robinson, conductor

WAGNER

The Flying Dutchman, Overture

PUCCINI

Turandot, Aria 'Nessun dorma' Act 3 Scene 1

CHOPIN

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 5 in C minor

KODÁLY

Háry János – suite

WALTON

Crown Imperial

Parry Jones, tenor

Michal Hambourg, piano

Sandor Kolompar, cimbalom

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 5 August 1947

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

DVOŘÁK

Overture 'In Nature's Realm', Op 91

Violin Concerto in A minor

Symphony No 7 in D minor

PROKOFIEV

Allegro from Symphony No 1 in D major 'Classical'

RESPIGHI

La boutique fantasque (suite)

Ida Haendel, violin

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 6 August 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

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

BRAHMS

Violin Concerto in D major

MENDELSSOHN

Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'

BRAHMS

Symphony No 2 in D major

Maurice Raskin, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 7 August 1947

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

GLUCK

Alceste, Overture

MOZART

Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat major

ELGAR

Symphony No 1 in A flat major

BRITTEN

Moonlight, Storm and Passacaglia from Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

RESPIGHI

Fountains of Rome

Joan Trimble, piano

Valerie Trimble, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 8 August 1947

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Stanford Robinson, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Fidelio, Overture

MOZART

Clarinet Concerto in A major

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'

DURUFLÉ

Trois danses, Op 6

BERLIOZ

Marche au supplice from Symphonie fantastique

Frederick Thurston, clarinet

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 9 August 1947

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Stanford Robinson, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

Overture 'Ruy Blas'

HANDEL

Theodora, Recitative and Aria, 'Oh, worse than death indeed!...Angels, ever bright and fair'

SCHUBERT

Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor

WAGNER

Traüme, WWV 91b (arr. Johan Svendsen)

Die Walküre, Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis)

PROKOFIEV

Peter and the Wolf, Op 67

CHABRIER

España

Lilian Stiles-Allen, soprano

Dame Moura Lympany, piano

George Baker, narrator

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 11 August 1947

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Marche slave, Op 31

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 4 in F minor

IRELAND

Overture 'Satyricon'

MIKHAIL STAROKADOMSKY

Concerto for Orchestra

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

The Golden Cockerel, Introduction and Wedding March

Max Rostal, violin

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 12 August 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The Wasps – overture

Benedicite

The Lark Ascending

Five Tudor Portraits

HAYDN

Symphony No. 96 in D major 'Miracle'

HUMPERDINCK

Hansel and Gretel, Overture

Elsie Suddaby, soprano

Nona Liddell, violin

Astra Desmond, contralto

Roy Henderson, baritone

BBC Singers

Croydon Philharmonic Society

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 13 August 1947

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BACH

Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066

HANDEL

Alexander's Feast, Aria 'Revenge, revenge! Timotheus cries' Act 2 No. 2

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

Keyboard Concerto in D minor

HANDEL

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (arr. Hamilton Harty), excerpts

BAX

Morning Song

BRITTEN

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Norman Walker, bass

George Eskdale, trumpet

Harriet Cohen, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 14 August 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

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

BLISS

Piano Concerto

DVOŘÁK

Symphony No 8 in G major

HAYDN

Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major

DEBUSSY

Printemps (orch. Henri Büsser)

Solomon, piano

Paul Beard, violin

Edward Selwyn, oboe

Ambrose Gauntlett, cello

Richard Newton, bassoon

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 15 August 1947

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Coriolan'

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 4 in B flat major

MOERAN

Rhapsody No. 3 in F sharp major

DELIUS

Summer Night on the River

ELGAR

Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)'

Ida Haendel, violin

Irene Kohler, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 16 August 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

JEREMIAH CLARKE

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

DELIUS

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

FRANCK

Symphonic Variations

GRIEG

A Swan and Jeg elsker dig

TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in B flat major 'No. 9' (Handel/Wood)- cadenza by Thalben-Ball

BORODIN

Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances Act 2

Malcolm Arnold, trumpet

Arnold Greir, organ

Cyril Smith, piano

Joan Alexander, soprano

Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball, organ

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Monday 18 August 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

WAGNER

Götterdämmerung, excerpts

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 1 in E minor

Eva Turner, Brünnhilde

Emelie Hooke, Wellgunde

Edith Furmedge, Flosshilde

Arthur Carron, Siegfried

Olive Groves, Woglinde

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 19 August 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

BERLIOZ

Beatrice and Benedict – overture

MOZART

Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467

La finta giardiniera, K 196 - Aria 'Noi donne poverine' Act 1

BERLIOZ

Harold in Italy, Op 16

MOZART

Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550

BERLIOZ

The Trojans, Chasse royale

Dame Moura Lympany, piano

Isobel Baillie, soprano

Lionel Tertis, viola

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday 20 August 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

SCHUMANN

Genoveva, Overture

Piano Concerto in A minor

BRAHMS

Symphony No 3 in F major

GORDON JACOB

Bassoon Concerto

CYRIL SCOTT

Festival Overture

Maurice Cole, piano

Archie Camden, bassoon

Thursday 21 August 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

MUSSORGSKY

Khovanchina (Prelude 'Dawn on the Moscow River', orch Rimsky Korsakov)

VERDI

Macbeth - Scena & cavatina 'Ambizioso spiro tu sei...Vieni! t'affretta! Act 1 Scene 2

BEETHOVEN

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

STRAVINSKY

The Rite of Spring

DELIUS

Paris (The Song of a Great City)

BERLIOZ

Overture 'Le carnaval romain'

Laelia Finneberg, soprano

Solomon, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Friday 22 August 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 3

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

Symphony No 1 in C major

Piano Concerto No 4 in G major

PISTON

Symphony No. 2

BUSONI

Lustspielouvertüre, K245, Op 38

Joan Hammond, soprano

Leff Pouishnoff, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 23 August 1947

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

Stanford Robinson, conductor

BORODIN

Prince Igor, Overture

ELGAR

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

MENDELSSOHN

Violin Concerto in E minor

DEBUSSY

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

RICHARD STRAUSS

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

LAMBERT

The Rio Grande

STRAVINSKY

The Firebird Suite

Gladys Ripley, contralto

Alan Loveday, violin

Kyla Greenbaum, piano

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 25 August 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Gopak from Mazeppa

Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23

Symphony No 3 in D major, 'Polish'

EUGENE GOOSSENS

Three Pictures, Op 55

DEBUSSY

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

MOERAN

Overture for a Masque

Shulamith Shafir, piano

Geoffrey Gilbert, flute

Betsy Porte, mezzo-soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tuesday 26 August 1947

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

William Walton, conductor

WALTON

Overture 'Scapino'

In Honour of the City of London

Sinfonia concertante

Belshazzar's Feast

ELISABETH LUTYENS

Petite Suite

RAVEL

Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No 2

Ernest Lush, piano

Dennis Noble, baritone

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 27 August 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

Mozart

Aria with recitative 'Ombra felice!...Io ti lascio', K 255

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

Brahms

Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

Alto Rhapsody

Academic Festival Overture

Mozart

The Magic Flute (Overture)

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto

Denis Matthews, piano

BBC Chorus

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Thursday 28 August 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major

BARTÓK

Piano Concerto No 3

BRAHMS

Symphony No 1 in C minor

LENNOX BERKELEY

Divertimento in B flat major

SIBELIUS

Pohjola's Daughter

Lambert Flack, flute

Paul Beard, violin

Edward Selwyn, oboe

Jack Mackintosh, trumpet

Louis Kentner, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 29 August 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture

Piano Concerto No 1 in C major

Symphony No 6 in F major 'Pastoral'

BAX

Violin Concerto

BERLIOZ

The Trojans, Marche troyenne

Marjorie Blackburn, piano

Marie Wilson, violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 30 August 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

The Maid of Pskov, Overture

PURCELL

From silent shades, Z 370

MENDELSSOHN

Scherzo in G minor, from Octet, Op 20 (orchestral version)

GRIEG

Piano Concerto in A minor

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 5 in E flat major

GERSHWIN

An American in Paris

KODÁLY

Dances of Galánta

Muriel Brunskill, contralto

Lance Dossor, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Monday 1 September 1947

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Stanford Robinson, conductor

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, excerpts

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Scheherazade

Tom Williams, Hans Sachs

Victoria Sladen, Eva

David Lloyd, David

Frank Titterton, Walter

Janet Howe, Magdalene

George James, Pogner

Paul Beard, violin

BBC Chorus

Goldsmith's Choral Union

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 2 September 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

SIBELIUS

Tapiola

Violin Concerto in D minor

The Swan of Tuonela

Symphony No 7 in C major

FRANCIS CHAGRIN

Prelude and Fugue

TCHAIKOVSKY

Suite No. 3 in G major, Tema con variazioni

Henry Holst, violin

Peter Graeme, cor anglais

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday 3 September 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046

Violin Concerto in A minor

Aria 'Mein gläubiges Herze' from Cantata No. 68,

STÖLZEL

Aria 'Bist du bei mir', BWV 508

BACH

Aria 'Patron! Patron! das macht der Wind!'from Cantata No. 201

Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major

MAHLER

Symphony No 4 in G major

Winifred Roberts, violin

Elisabeth Schumann, soprano

Ambrose Gauntlett, cello

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 4 September 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

WEBER

Oberon, J306, Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY

The Maid of Orleans, Recitative & aria 'So wills the Lord!...Farewell you native hills and fields'

MOZART

Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, K 488

BAX

Symphony No. 7

DEBUSSY

La mer

RAVEL

Alborada del gracioso (for Orchestra)

Edna Hobson, soprano

Sir Clifford Curzon, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Friday 5 September 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 2

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

Symphony No 8 in F major

NOVÁK

St Wenceslas Triptych, Op 70

ETHEL SMYTH

The Wreckers, Overture

Dame Myra Hess, piano

Arnold Greir, organ

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 6 September 1947

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Stanford Robinson, conductor

MOZART

The Marriage of Figaro, Overture

VERDI

La forza del destino, Recitative & aria 'Son giunta!...Madre, pietosa Vergine'

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor

ELGAR

Enigma Variations

WALTON

Façade, Suites, excerpts

TCHAIKOVSKY

Overture '1812'

Victoria Sladen, soprano

Cyril Smith, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 8 September 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

Lohengrin, (Prelude Act 1, Das süsse Lied verhallt, Atmest du nicht mit mir die süssen Düfte, Höchstes Vertraun hast du mir schon zu danken)

Parsifal, Good Friday Music (concert version)

Die Walküre, excerpts from Act 1

SIBELIUS

En saga

STRAVINSKY

Petrushka (1947 version), excerpts

Walter Widdop, Lohengrin/Siegmund

Mary Bothwell, Elsa/Sieglinde

Ernest Christensen, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tuesday 9 September 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

SCHUBERT

Alfonso und Estrella, Overture

LISZT

Rhapsodie espagnole, S 254 (orch. Ferruccio Busoni)

Die Lorelei, S  369 (version with orchestra)

SCHUBERT

Symphony No 9 in C major 'Great'

TIPPETT

Concerto for Double String Orchestra

BACH

Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, Op 86 (orch. Edward Elgar)

Louis Kentner, piano

Emelie Hooke, soprano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 10 September 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

BRAHMS

Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11, First movement

Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor

Symphony No 4 in E minor

WILLIAM SCHUMAN

Concerto for Piano

WEBER

Der Freischütz, Overture

Laurance Turner, violin

Haydn Rogerson, cello

Iris Loveridge, piano

Thursday 11 September 1947

Adrian Boult, conductor

ELGAR

Introduction and Allegro, Op 47

HUMPHREY SEARLE

Piano Concerto No. 1

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 2 in D major

WAGNER

Siegfried Idyll

RICHARD STRAUSS

Don Juan

Noel Mewton-Wood, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 12 September 1947

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'The Consecration of the House', Op 124

Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

RUBBRA

Festival Overture, Op 62

IRELAND

These Things Shall Be

Isobel Baillie, soprano

Gladys Ripley, contralto

Parry Jones, tenor

Harold Williams, baritone

BBC Symphony Chorus

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 13 September 1947

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Stanford Robinson, conductor

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Basil Cameron, conductor

WEBER

Euryanthe, J291, Overture

MOZART

Symphony No 32 in G major, K 318

GIORDANO

Aria 'Un dì all'azzurro spazio' from Andrea Chénier

HUMPERDINCK

Hansel and Gretel, Dream Pantomime

MENDELSSOHN

Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor

HOLST

The Planets (Mars and Jupiter)

IBERT

Escales

SIR HENRY WOOD

Fantasia on British Sea-Songs

National Anthem

Trefor Jones, tenor

Natasha Litvin, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 5 January 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

National Anthem

Tchaikovsky

Eugene Onegin, Polonaise Act 3 Scene 1

Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23

Symphony No 4 in F minor

Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op 33

Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'

Eileen Joyce, piano

William Pleeth, cello

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 6 January 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046

Aria 'Mein gläubiges Herze' from Cantata No. 68

Aria 'Patron! Patron! das macht der Wind!' from Cantata No. 201

Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major

Keyboard Concerto in D minor

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

MOZART

Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major

Symphony No 36 in C major 'Linz', K 425

BACH

Aria 'Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not' from Cantata No. 21

Elsie Suddaby, soprano

Willem Mont, cello

Edward Walker, flute

George Stratton, violin

John McCarthy, oboe

George Eskdale, trumpet

Kathleen Long, piano

Dennis Brain, horn

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 7 January 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

BERLIOZ

Overture 'Le carnaval romain'

SCHUMANN

Piano Concerto in A minor

BRAHMS

Symphony No 4 in E minor

WAGNER

Siegfried Idyll

RICHARD STRAUSS

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Kendall Taylor, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 8 January 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

William Walton, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

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

DELIUS

Violin Concerto

WALTON

Symphony No 1 in B flat minor - 2nd and 3rd movements were performed in reverse order

SIBELIUS

En saga

RAVEL

Pavane pour une infante défunte (Orchestral version)

Alborada del gracioso (for Orchestra)

Jean Pougnet, violin

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 9 January 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

Beethoven

Symphony No 1 in C major

Piano Concerto No 4 in G major

Symphony No 8 in F major

Bax

The Garden of Fand

Dvořák

Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in A flat major

Denis Matthews, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 10 January 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

ROSSINI

The Barber of Seville – overture

BANTOCK

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

SCHUBERT

Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'

GRIEG

Piano Concerto in A minor

DELIUS

A Dance Rhapsody No. 1

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in B flat major 'No. 9' (Handel/Wood)- cadenza by Thalben-Ball

BORODIN

Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances Act 2

Parry Jones, tenor

Iris Loveridge, piano

Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball, organ

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 12 January 1948

Stanford Robinson, conductor

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude Act 1

Tannhäuser, Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder

Siegfried, Forest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis)

Lohengrin, Das süsse Lied verhallt, Atmest du nicht mit mir die süssen Düfte? and Höchstes Vertraun hast du mir schon zu danken

Götterdämmerung, Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt

Die Walküre, Wotan's Abschied

Die Walküre, Feuerzauber

BEETHOVEN

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

Egmont, Overture

Maria Reining, Elsa

Ludwig Suthaus, Lohengrin

Tom Williams, baritone

Cyril Smith, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 13 January 1948

Adrian Boult, conductor

MOZART

Serenade in D major 'Notturno', K 286

Piano Concerto No 26 in D major, K 537 'Coronation'

Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550

RICHARD STRAUSS

Ein Heldenleben

Louis Kentner, piano

Paul Beard, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 14 January 1948

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Stanford Robinson, conductor

HAYDN

Symphony No. 88 in G major

BRAHMS

Violin Concerto in D major

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 7 in C major

DEBUSSY

Nocturnes

WAGNER

The Flying Dutchman, Overture

Frederick Grinke, violin

BBC Chorus (women's voices)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 15 January 1948

Adrian Boult, conductor

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049

Concerto for Keyboard in F minor, BWV 1056

Aria 'Bäche von gesalznen Zahren' from Cantata No. 21

Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major

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

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Job: A Masque for Dancing

Lambert Flack, flute

Paul Beard, violin

Robert Boddington, flute

Harriet Cohen, piano

William Herbert, tenor

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 16 January 1948

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Stanford Robinson, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 3

Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor

Symphony No 4 in B flat major

IRELAND

The Forgotten Rite

STRAVINSKY

The Firebird Suite

Solomon, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 17 January 1948

Stanford Robinson, conductor

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

WEBER

Der Freischütz, Overture

VERDI

Scena & cavatina 'Ambizioso spiro tu sei...Vieni! t'affretta! From Macbeth

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor

ELGAR

Enigma Variations

BERLIOZ

The Trojans, Chasse royale et orage

PUCCINI

Aria 'Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore' from Tosca

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Capriccio espagnol, Op 34

National Anthem

Margherita Grandi, soprano

Leff Pouishnoff, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 24 July 1948

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Stanford Robinson, conductor

Basil Cameron, conductor

National Anthem

BERLIOZ

Overture 'Le carnaval romain'

MOZART

Aria 'Il mio tesoro' from Don Giovanni

SAINT‐SAËNS

Le rouet d'Omphale, Op 31

BEETHOVEN

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

HOLST

The Perfect Fool, Ballet music

DUKAS

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

PROKOFIEV

Peter and the Wolf, Op 67

CHABRIER

Joyeuse marche

Heddle Nash, tenor

Sir Clifford Curzon, piano

Constance Cummings, narrator

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 26 July 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Marche slave, Op 31

Recitative & aria 'So wills the Lord!...Farewell you native hills and fields' from The Maid of Orleans

Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op 33

Symphony No 5 in E minor

RICHARD STRAUSS

Don Quixote, Op 35

Oda Slobodskaya, soprano

Paul Tortelier, cello

Harry Danks, viola

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 27 July 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BACH

Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068

Concerto for Keyboard in F minor, BWV 1056

Aria 'Stein, der über alle Schätze' from Cantata No. 152

Aria 'Mein gläubiges Herze' from Cantata No. 68

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (orch. Ottorino Respighi)

HOLST

Concerto for Two Violins

The Planets (Mars, Venus and Jupiter)

Ronald Smith, piano

Joan Alexander, soprano

Harry Danks, viola

Geoffrey Gilbert, flute

Peter Muscant, cello

Frederick Grinke, violin

David Martin, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 28 July 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

MOZART

The Abduction from the Seraglio, Overture

Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major

BRAHMS

Symphony No 1 in C minor

MOZART

Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K 364

BRAHMS

Academic Festival Overture

Denis Matthews, piano

Jean Pougnet, violin

Frederick Riddle, viola

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 29 July 1948

Stanford Robinson, conductor

Ralph Vaughan Williams, conductor

Weber

Euryanthe, J291, Overture

Elgar

Sea Pictures, Sabbath morning at sea

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor

Sibelius

Symphony No 2 in D major

Vaughan Williams

Partita

Ravel

Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No 2

Gladys Ripley, contralto

Albert Ferber, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 30 July 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Beethoven

Overture 'Coriolan'

Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor

Symphony No 6 in F major 'Pastoral'

Rachmaninov

Symphony No 3 in A minor

Solomon, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 31 July 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

ROSSINI

The Barber of Seville – overture

MOZART

Recitative & aria 'Crudele? Ah no, mio bene!...Non mi dir' from Don Giovanni

DELIUS

Walk to the Paradise Garden

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor

RICHARD STRAUSS

Don Juan

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in G minor/major

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Capriccio espagnol, Op 34

Elena Danieli, soprano

Irene Kohler, piano

Jeanne Demessieux, organ

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 2 August 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

JEREMIAH CLARKE

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

GRIEG

Piano Concerto in A minor

VERDI

Aria 'Pace, pace mio Dio!' from La forza del destino

DVOŘÁK

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

RAVEL

Mother Goose – suite

PUCCINI

Aria 'Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore' from Tosca

BORODIN

Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances

George Eskdale, trumpet

Arnold Greir, organ

Eileen Joyce, piano

Margherita Grandi, soprano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 3 August 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

SCHUBERT

Die Zauberharfe, D 644, Overture

MOZART

Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K 491

SCHUBERT

Aria 'Der Vater mag wohl immer Kind mich nennen' from Die Zwillingsbrüder, D 647

Symphony No 5 in B flat major

MOZART

Oboe Concerto in C major, K314

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

Sir Clifford Curzon, piano

Daria Bayan, soprano

Evelyn Rothwell, oboe

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 4 August 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

MOZART

The Marriage of Figaro, Overture

WEBER

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

SCHUMANN

Piano Concerto in A minor

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Symphony No. 6 in E minor

LISZT

Hungarian Fantasia, S 123

DEBUSSY

La mer

Emelie Hooke, soprano

Solomon, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 5 August 1948

Stanford Robinson, conductor

DVOŘÁK

Overture 'Carnival'

Violin Concerto in A minor

Symphony No 8 in G major

MARTINŮ

Concertino for Piano, H 269

SMETANA

Vltava

Max Rostal, violin

Liza Fuchsova, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 6 August 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture

Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

Symphony No 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'

SIBELIUS

En saga

GRIEG

Ragnhild from Reminiscences from Mountain and Fjord

Peer Gynt (Solveig's cradle song)

HUMPHREY SEARLE

Fuga giocosa, Op 13

Kendall Taylor, piano

Astra Desmond, contralto

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 7 August 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

WEBER

Der Freischütz, Overture

BACH

Concerto for Two Keyboards in C major, BWV 1061

SCHUBERT

Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'

VERDI

Aria 'Tu che le vanità' from Don Carlos

TCHAIKOVSKY

Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'

SAINT‐SAËNS

The Carnival of the Animals

RAVEL

Boléro

Rae Robertson, piano

Ethel Bartlett, piano

Eva Turner, soprano

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 9 August 1948

Stanford Robinson, conductor

Constant Lambert, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Gopak from Mazeppa

Piano Concerto No 2 in G major

Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'

CONSTANT LAMBERT

Horoscope

SIBELIUS

The Swan of Tuonela

Lemminkäinen's Return

Noel Mewton-Wood, piano

Helen Gaskell, cor anglais

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 10 August 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

DELIUS

A Dance Rhapsody No. 1

Piano Concerto in C minor

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Appalachia

HAYDN

Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major

SMETANA

From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

Sir Clifford Curzon, piano

George Pizzey, baritone

Peter Muscant, cello

Paul Beard, violin

Edward Selwyn, oboe

Richard Newton, bassoon

Alexandra Choir

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 11 August 1948

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

HANDEL

Water Music Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty)

BACH

Concerto for Two Keyboards in C minor, BWV 1060

HANDEL

Theodora, Recitative 'O thou bright Sun!',Recitative 'But why art thou disquieted', Symphony of Soft Musick, Air 'With darkness deep', Symphony Act 2 Scene 2, Air 'Oh that I on wings could rise'

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in G minor (Handel/Wood)

STRAVINSKY

Concerto for Two Solo Pianos

IRELAND

A London Overture

Vitya Vronsky, piano

Victor Babin, piano

Jo Vincent, soprano

Geoffrey Gilbert, flute

Paul Beard, violin

Edward Selwyn, oboe

Jack Mackintosh, trumpet

Arnold Richardson, organ

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 12 August 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

WAGNER

Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

WALTON

Violin Concerto

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 1 in E minor

DOHNANYI

Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25

BERLIOZ

Benvenuto Cellini, Op 23, Overture

Alfredo Campoli, violin

Ivey Dickson, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 13 August 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 1 in C major

Piano Concerto No 4 in G major

Symphony No 8 in F major

BERNARD GEORGE STEVENS

Fugal Overture, Op 9

DVOŘÁK

Symphonic Variations, Op 78

Cyril Preedy, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 14 August 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

SULLIVAN

Overture di ballo

DYSON

The Wife of Bath from The Canterbury Pilgrims

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor

BORODIN

Symphony No 2 in B minor

JOHANN STRAUSS II

By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz

GRIEG

Two Elegiac Melodies, Op 34

BRITTEN

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Isobel Baillie, soprano

Colin Horsley, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 16 August 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, excerpts

TCHAIKOVSKY

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major

Fantasy-Overture 'Hamlet'

Joan Cross, Eva

Frank Titterton, Walther

Tom Williams, Hans Sachs

George James, Pogner

Constance Shacklock, Magdalene

Alfred Hepworth, David

Iris Loveridge, piano

BBC Singers

Goldsmith's Choral Union

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 17 August 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

BRAHMS

Variations on the St Anthony Chorale

Alto Rhapsody

Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

Symphony No 4 in E minor

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto

Solomon, piano

BBC Chorus (men's voices)

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 18 August 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

MOZART

Divertimento No 11 in D major, K251

Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467

Aria 'Ha! wie will ich triumphieren' from The Abduction from the Seraglio Act 3 Scene 5

Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550

DVOŘÁK

Cello Concerto in B minor

Slavonic Dance No. 3 in A flat major, Op 46

Nina Milkina, piano

Trevor Anthony, bass

Pierre Fournier, cello

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 19 August 1948

Stanford Robinson, conductor

BERLIOZ

Overture 'Le corsaire'

ELGAR

Violin Concerto

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 7 in C major

CONSTANT LAMBERT

The Rio Grande

RAVEL

Rapsodie espagnole

Jean Pougnet, violin

Gladys Ripley.contralto

Eric Harrison, piano

BBC Singers

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 20 August 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Egmont, Overture

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

Symphony No 7 in A major

ARNOLD COOKE

Concert Overture No. 2

REGER

Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart

James Whitehead, cello

Leonard Hirsch, violin

Harry Isaacs, piano

Saturday 21 August 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

BORODIN

Prince Igor, Overture

VERDI

Recitative & aria 'Ecco l'orrido campo...Ma dall' arido stelo divulsa' from A Masked Ball

MENDELSSOHN

Scherzo in G minor, from Octet, Op 20 (orchestral version)

PROKOFIEV

Piano Concerto No 3 in C major

ELGAR

Enigma Variations

PERCY GRAINGER

Danish Folk-Music Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY

Overture '1812'

Victoria Sladen, soprano

Kendall Taylor, piano

Percy Grainger, piano

Thomas Best, Organ

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 23 August 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Valse from The Sleeping Beauty

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 4 in F minor

KABALEVSKY

Concerto for Piano No. 2 in G minor, Op 23

BERLIOZ

Marche hongroise and Menuet des follets from The damnation of Faust

Ida Haendel, violin

Noel Mewton-Wood, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 24 August 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BACH

Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066

Keyboard Concerto in D minor

TELEMANN

Aria 'Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt' from Cantata 'Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt', (arr. Henry Wood)

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

Fugue from Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (orch. Edward Elgar)

ELGAR

Symphony No 2 in E flat major

Eric Hope, piano

William Herbert, tenor

Paul Beard, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 25 August 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

WEBER

Oberon, J306, Overture

FAURÉ

Pavane

.

RAWSTHORNE

Violin Concerto No. 1

ELGAR

Falstaff

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 5 in C minor

Theo Olof, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 26 August 1948

Stanford Robinson, conductor

BRAHMS

Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op 11 (Mvt 6)

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 3 in F major

BARTÓK

Piano Concerto No 3

KODÁLY

Dances of Galánta

Ida Haendel, violin

Monique Haas, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 27 August 1948

Stanford Robinson, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 3

Piano Concerto No 1 in C major

Symphony No 4 in B flat major

BLISS

Music for Strings

RAVEL

La Valse

Denis Matthews, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 28 August 1948

Stanford Robinson, conductor

Zoltán Kodály, conductor

ROSSINI

William Tell (Overture)

PUCCINI

Aria 'In quelle trine morbide' and Aria 'Sola, perduta, abbandonata' from Manon Lescaut

SIBELIUS

Valse triste

MENDELSSOHN

Violin Concerto in E minor

KODÁLY

Háry János – suite

GEORGES AURIC

Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY

The Nutcracker, Suite, Op 71a

Joan Hammond, soprano

Alan Loveday, violin

Sandor Kolompar, cimbalom

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 30 August 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

The Flying Dutchman, Overture

Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder from Tannhäuser

Good Friday Music (concert version) from Parsifal

O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe from Tristan and Isolde

Frau Sonne, sendet lichte Strahlen from Götterdämmerung

Wotan's Abschied and Feuerzauber from Die Walküre

LISZT

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major

RESPIGHI

Fountains of Rome

Mary Bothwell, Isolde

Walter Widdop, Tristan

Constance Shacklock, Brangäne

Margaret Godley, soprano

Margaret Rees, soprano

Margaret Rolfe, contralto

Harold Williams, baritone

Louis Kentner, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 31 August 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

MOZART

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

LENNOX BERKELEY

Piano Concerto in B flat major

DVOŘÁK

Symphony No 7 in D minor

CHAUSSON

Poème

BERLIOZ

Chasse royale et orage and Marche troyenne from The Trojans

Colin Horsley, piano

Yfrah Neaman, violin

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 1 September 1948

Stanford Robinson, conductor

Ralph Vaughan Williams, conductor

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046

Violin Concerto in E major

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

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049

Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor, BWV 1065

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

A London Symphony (Symphony No 2)

Marie Wilson, violin

Nancy Evans, mezzo-soprano

Edward Walker, flute

George Stratton, violin

Gordon Walker, flute

Eleanor Pembridge, piano

Christine Pembridge, piano

Violet Graham, piano

Ruth Harte, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 2 September 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

SIBELIUS

Tapiola

Violin Concerto in D minor

Symphony No 5 in E flat major

MOERAN

Serenade in G major

BAX

Overture to a Picaresque Comedy

Henry Holst, violin

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 3 September 1948

Basil Cameron. conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 1, Op 138

Symphony No 2 in D major

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

BAX

Symphony No. 7

Dame Myra Hess, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 4 September 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

SMETANA

The Bartered Bride, Overture

DEBUSSY

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

BORODIN

Recitative & aria 'Slowly the day died away...Come, give answer!' from Prince Igor

MOZART

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

WALTON

Sinfonia concertante

RICHARD STRAUSS

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in D minor (Handel/Wood)

WAGNER

Traüme, WWV 91b (arr. Johan Svendsen)

Die Walküre, Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis)

Parry Jones, tenor

Phyllis Sellick, piano

Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball, organ

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 6 September 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Polonaise, and Aria 'Puskay pogibnu ya' from Eugene Onegin

Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23

Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55 (Tema con variazioni, Elegie and Valse melancolique)

WALTON

Symphony No 1 in B flat minor

Oda Slobodskaya, soprano

Cyril Smith, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 7 September 1948

Stanford Robinson, conductor

MOZART

Symphony No 29 in A major, K 201

HAYDN

Keyboard Concerto in D major

MOZART

Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major

HAYDN

Symphony No. 94 in G major 'The Surprise'

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The Lark Ascending

BRITTEN

Moonlight from Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

Kathleen Long, piano

Dennis Brain, horn

Frederick Grinke, violin

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 8 September 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

Overture 'Ruy Blas'

Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'

BRAHMS

Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor

Symphony No 2 in D major

Dame Myra Hess, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 9 September 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

MOZART

Così fan tutte, K 588, Overture

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Serenade to Music

ELGAR

Cello Concerto in E minor

HINDEMITH

Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'

BERLIOZ

Symphonie fantastique

Marjorie Avis, soprano

Margaret Godley, soprano

Margaret Rees, soprano

Margaret Rolfe, contralto

Betty Hutchings, soprano

Maude Baker, contralto

Gladys Bishop, contralto

Kathleen Kay, contralto

Bradshaw Macmillan, tenor

Emlyn Bebb, tenor

John Duncan, tenor

Reginald Mitchell, tenor

Stanley Riley, bass

Leonard Hubbard, bass

Victor Utting, bass

Roland Izzard, bass

Anthony Pini, cello

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 10 September 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Fidelio, Overture

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 5 in C minor

IRELAND

Legend

DELIUS

Paris (The Song of a Great City)

Ida Haendel, violin

Kyla Greenbaum, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 11 September 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

Tannhäuser, Overture

MOZART

Aria 'Madamina! il catalogo è questo' from Don Giovanni

RACHMANINOV

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

FRANCK

Symphony in D minor

MAURICE JAUBERT

Suite française, Op 36a

SAINT‐SAËNS

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

TCHAIKOVSKY

Capriccio italien, Op 45

Owen Brannigan, bass

Cyril Smith, piano

Muriel Brunskill, contralto

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 13 September 1948

Stanford Robinson, conductor

WAGNER

Siegfried, Act 1 Scene 3

Siegfried, Forest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis) Götterdämmerung, excerpts

CYRIL SCOTT

Oboe Concerto

RICHARD STRAUSS

Death and Transfiguration

Torsten Ralf, Siegfried

Hubert Norville, Mime

Mary Bothwell, Brünnhilde/soprano

Léon Goossens, oboe

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 14 September 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

ELGAR

Introduction and Allegro, Op 47

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

A Sea Symphony

DELIUS

Violin Concerto

IRELAND

These Things Shall Be

Elsie Suddaby, soprano

Harold Williams, baritone

Jean Pougnet, violin

Gordon Clinton, baritone

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 15 September 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Schubert

Overture in C major in the Italian Style

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

Symphony No 9 in C major 'Great'

Liszt

Rhapsodie espagnole, S 254 (orch. Ferruccio Busoni)

Schubert
Erlkönig, D 328 (arr. unknown)

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

Louis Kentner, piano

Owen Brannigan, bass

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Composers

Thursday 16 September 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

MOZART

The Magic Flute (Overture)

Canzonetta 'Deh vieni alla finestra' from Don Giovanni

Recitative & aria 'Tutto è disposto...Aprite un po' quegl' occhi' from The Marriage of Figaro

Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat major

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

MILHAUD

Suite française, Op 254

STRAVINSKY

The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)

Roy Henderson, baritone

Cyril Smith, piano

Phyllis Sellick, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 17 September 1948

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Gluck

Overture to Alceste

Beethoven
Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Parry
Blest Pair of Sirens

Mary Jarred, contralto

Norman Walker, bass

Parry Jones, tenor

Joan Hammond, soprano

Royal Choral Society

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 18 September 1948

Basil Cameron, conductor

Stanford Robinson, conductor

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Wasps - overture

IRELAND
Concerto for Piano in E flat major

DELIUS
Brigg Fair

RUTLAND BOUGHTON
In the days of the great fires Act 2 and How beautiful they are from The Immortal Hour

WALTON
Crown Imperial

ELGAR
Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)'
Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20
Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major, 'Land of Hope and Glory'

SIR HENRY WOOD

Fantasia on British Sea-Songs

National Anthem

Eileen Joyce, piano

Marie Goossens, harp

Trefor Jones, tenor

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 10 January 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

National Anthem

DVOŘÁK
Overture 'Carnival'

VERDI
Una macchia è qui tuttora! From Macbeth

SCHUBERT
Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'

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

RESPIGHI
La boutique fantasque (suite)

PUCCINI
Aria 'Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore' from Tosca

WAGNER
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude Act 1

Margherita Grandi, soprano

Solomon, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 11 January 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

MOZART

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

Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K 216

Aria 'Un' aura amorosa' and Aria 'Ah, lo veggio' from Così fan tutte, K 588

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

RICHARD STRAUSS
Don Juan
Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
Der Rosenkavalier, Waltz Sequence No. 1   

Antonio Brosa, violin

Heddle Nash, tenor

Dennis Brain, horn

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 12 January 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

WEBER

Oberon, J306, Overture

MOZART

Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, K 488

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

A London Symphony (Symphony No 2)

BRAHMS
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op 121 (orch. Malcolm Sargent)

TCHAIKOVSKY
Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'

Denis Matthews, piano

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 13 January 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

ELGAR
Cello Concerto in E minor

BRAHMS
Symphony No 2 in D major

DELIUS
A Dance Rhapsody No. 1

RICHARD STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Anthony Pini, cello

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 14 January 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Egmont, Overture

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 7 in A major

WALTON

Sinfonia concertante

BORODIN

Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances

Jean Pougnet, violin

Noel Mewton-Wood, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 15 January 1949

Stanford Robinson, conductor

ROSSINI

Semiramide, Overture

MOZART
Aria 'Madamina! il catalogo è questo' from Don Giovanni

DEBUSSY
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

TCHAIKOVSKY

Recitative & aria 'So wills the Lord!...Farewell you native hills and fields' from The Maid of Orleans

HOLST
The Planets (Mars, Mercury and Jupiter)

SIBELIUS
En saga

RAVEL
Boléro

Owen Brannigan, bass

Cyril Smith, piano

Janet Howe, mezzo-soprano

Monday 17 January 1949

Stanford Robinson, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY
Valse from The Sleeping Beauty

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 5 in E minor

IBERT

Flute Concerto

STRAVINSKY

Petrushka (1947 version), excerpts

Alfredo Campoli, violin

Geoffrey Gilbert, flute

Sidney Harrison, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 18 January 1949

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BACH

Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068

HANDEL

Recitative & aria 'Armida, dispietata...Lascia ch'io pianga' from Rinaldo

Recitative 'Or lulled with grief' and Air 'Sweet rose and lily' from Theodora

BACH
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

HANDEL

Israel in Egypt, Choruses

Chandos Anthem No. 2 (arr. Edward Elgar) Overture in D minor

BACH
Concerto for Keyboard in F minor, BWV 1056
Chorale Prelude 'Valet will ich dir geben', BWV 736
Chorale Prelude 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ', BWV 639
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543

HANDEL
Coronation Anthem 'Zadok the Priest'

Nancy Evans, mezzo-soprano

Frederick Grinke, violin

David Martin, violin

Kathleen Long, piano

Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball, organ

Goldsmith's Choral Union

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 19 January 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

MENDELSSOHN
Overture, Scherzo, Wedding March and Nocturne from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Op 21

BRAHMS

Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

MENDELSSOHN

Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'

BRAHMS

Academic Festival Overture

Solomon, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 20 January 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BERLIOZ

Beatrice and Benedict – overture

DELIUS
A Village Romeo and Juliet

FRANCK
Symphonic Variations

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 5 in D major

KHACHATURIAN
Piano Concerto

SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela

Finlandia

Dame Moura Lympany, piano

Helen Gaskell, cor anglais

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 21 January 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Coriolan'

Symphony No 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'

Piano Concerto No 4 in G major

Overture 'Leonore' No. 3

Cyril Preedy, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 22 January 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

IRELAND
A London Overture

GRIEG
Piano Concerto in A minor

VERDI
Recitative & aria 'Alzati!...Eri tu che macchiavi' from A Masked Ball

ELGAR
Enigma Variations

GORDON JACOB
Music for a Prince - Festal March

HOWELLS

Music for a Prince - Corydon's Dance and Scherzo in Arden

TIPPETT
Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles

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