Friday 22 September 2017

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

SAINTSAËNS
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'

SAINTSAËNS
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

SAINTSAËNS
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

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