BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - 1950

Saturday 23 July 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

National Anthem

ELGAR

Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)'

SCHUBERT
Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'

GOUNOD

Scena 'Il était un roi de Thulé' and Recitative & aria 'O Dieu! que de bijoux!...Ah! je ris de me voir' from Faust

SAINT‐SAËNS

Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor

DUKAS

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

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

TCHAIKOVSKY
Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'

Joan Hammond, soprano

Dame Moura Lympany, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 25 July 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

The Nutcracker, Suite, Op 71a

Eugene Onegin, Letter Scene

Symphony No 5 in E minor

Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23

Eugene Onegin, Polonaise

Gré Brouwenstijn, soprano

Julius Katchen, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 26 July 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

HUMPERDINCK
Hansel and Gretel, Overture

GRIEG

Piano Concerto in A minor

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
A London Symphony (Symphony No 2)

FAURÉ
Pavane

DOHNANYI
Suite in F sharp minor, Op 19

Iris Loveridge, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 27 July 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

HAYDN

Symphony No. 86 in D major
Aria 'Nun beut die Flur das frische Grün' from The Creation

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

Symphony No 4 in E minor

Elsie Morison, soprano

Dame Moura Lympany, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 28 July 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BORODIN

Prince Igor, Overture

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor

SIBELIUS
Symphony No 1 in E minor

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

RESPIGHI

Fountains of Rome

Colin Horsley, piano

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 29 July 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

MOZART

The Magic Flute (Overture)

Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, K 488

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'

RICHARD STRAUSS

Duet Concertino

HOLST
The Perfect Fool, Ballet music

Denis Matthews, piano

Frederick Thurston, clarinet

Archie Camden, bassoon

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 30 July 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

SMETANA

The Bartered Bride, Overture

DOHNANYI
Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25

SAINT‐SAËNS
Le rouet d'Omphale, Op 31

HANDEL
Aria 'Waft her, angels, through the skies' and Recitative 'Deeper, and deeper still' from Jephtha,

ELGAR
Enigma Variations

SULLIVAN
Overture di ballo

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR

Aria 'Onaway! awake, belovèd!' from 'The Song of Hiawatha', Op 30

BIZET

L' Arlésienne, Suites, excerpts

James Gibb, piano

Heddle Nash, tenor

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 1 August 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

HÉROLD

Zampa, Overture

HANDEL
Serse (Act 1: Ombra mai fù)

DELIUS
Irmelin Prelude

Koanga, La Calinda Act 1

MENDELSSOHN

Violin Concerto in E minor

BORODIN

Symphony No 2 in B minor

CONSTANT LAMBERT

The Rio Grande

TCHAIKOVSKY

Tema con variazioni from Suite No. 3 in G major,

Nancy Evans, mezzo-soprano

Alfredo Campoli, violin

Eric Harrison, piano

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 2 August 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

IRELAND

Overture 'Satyricon'

PROKOFIEV

Piano Concerto No 3 in C major

TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No 4 in F minor

SIBELIUS

En saga

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Capriccio espagnol, Op 34

Kendall Taylor, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 3 August 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

HANDEL
Water Music Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty)
Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor

BACH
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068

HANDEL

Act 1: Love in her eyes sits playing from Acis and Galatea

Organ Concerto in B flat major, HWV 306, Op. 7 No. 1 (arr. Gordon Jacob)

WALTON

The Wise Virgins, suite

BACH

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

Léon Goossens, oboe

William Herbert, tenor

Arnold Richardson, organ

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 4 August 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BERLIOZ

Overture 'Le carnaval romain'

MOZART

Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K 466

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Symphony No. 6 in E minor

BARTÓK

Piano Concerto No 3

DEBUSSY

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

SIBELIUS

Finlandia

Monique Haas, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 5 August 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 2 in D major
Recitative & aria "Abscheulicher...Komm, Hoffnung"from Fidelio
Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, 'Emperor'

HUMPHREY SEARLE
Overture to a Drama, Op 17

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird (1945 suite)

Emelie Hooke, soprano

Solomon, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 6 August 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

DVOŘÁK

Overture 'Carnival'

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

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 1 in F minor

RESPIGHI

La boutique fantasque (suite)

PUCCINI

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

KHACHATURIAN

Dance of the Rosemaidens and Sabre Dance from Gayaneh

Margherita Grandi, soprano

Louis Kentner, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 8 August 1949

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

Rienzi, Overture

Frau Sonne, sendet lichte Strahlen from Götterdämmerung
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, excerpts

Die Walküre, Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis)

TCHAIKOVSKY

Piano Concerto No 2 in G major

Overture '1812'

Marjorie Avis, soprano

Betty Hutchings, soprano

Kathleen Kay, mezzo-soprano

Tom Williams, Hans Sachs

Victoria Sladen, Eva

Marjorie Thomas, Magdalene

Murray Dickie, David

James Johnston, Walter

Leslie England, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 9 August 1949

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 1, Op 138

BLISS

Piano Concerto

BRAHMS

Symphony No 3 in F major

SIBELIUS
Tapiola

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole

Noel Mewton-Wood, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 10 August 1949

Basil Cameron, conductor

SCHUBERT

Die Zauberharfe, D 644, Overture

MOZART

Aria 'L'amerò, sarò costante' from Il re pastore, K 208

Aria, 'Non so più cosa son' from The Marriage of Figaro

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

SCHUBERT
Symphony No 5 in B flat major

RICHARD STRAUSS
Don Quixote, Op 35

Isobel Baillie, soprano

George Stratton, violin

Antonio Brosa, violin

Paul Tortelier, cello

Gwynne Edwards, viola

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 11 August 1949

Basil Cameron, conductor

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

The Maid of Pskov, Overture

SCHUMANN

Piano Concerto in A minor

BAX

Symphony No. 4

RAWSTHORNE

Concerto for String Orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKY

Francesca da Rimini

Cyril Preedy, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 12 August 1949

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 1 in C major

Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

Symphony No 8 in F major

ALWYN

Oboe Concerto

MOERAN

Serenade in G major

Ronald Smith, piano

Evelyn Rothwell, oboe

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 13 August 1949

Basil Cameron, conductor

ROSSINI

William Tell (Overture)

VERDI

Aria from 'Ritorna vincitor'

RACHMANINOV

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 5 in C minor

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in B flat major 'Hallelujah', HWV308, Op. 7, No. 3 (arr. Gordon Jacob)

TCHAIKOVSKY

Capriccio italien, Op 45

Edna Hobson, soprano

Colin Horsley, piano

Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball, organ

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 15 August 1949

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Sir Eugene Goossens, conductor

SIBELIUS

The Tempest – Prelude

The Swan of Tuonela

Violin Concerto in D minor

Symphony No 5 in E flat major

SIR EUGENE GOOSSENS

Phantasy Concerto for Piano

Sinfonietta, Op 34

John Wolfe, cor anglais

Ida Haendel, violin

Irene Kohler, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 16 August 1949

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

John Hollingsworth, conductor

BERLIOZ

Beatrice and Benedict – overture

LISZT

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major

ELGAR

Symphony No 1 in A flat major

GORDON JACOB

Fantasia on the Alleluia Hymn

FALLA

El amor brujo, excerpts

Louis Kentner, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 17 August 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

DVOŘÁK

Slavonic Dances, Op 46 No. 2 in E minor

Cello Concerto in B minor

Symphony No 8 in G major

DEBUSSY

Nocturnes

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Prelude Act 1

Anthony Pini, cello

BBC Chorus (women's voices)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 18 August 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

WEBER

Der Freischütz, Overture

ELGAR

Cello Concerto in E minor

RACHMANINOV

Symphony No 3 in A minor

PROKOFIEV

Allegro from Symphony No 1 in D major 'Classical'

RICHARD STRAUSS

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Pierre Fournier, cello

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 19 August 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Egmont Overture

Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor

Symphony No 7 in A major

BARTÓK

Concerto for Orchestra

Kendall Taylor, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 20 August 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

SUPPÉ

Dichter und Bauer, Overture

MOZART

Aria 'Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden' and Aria 'Solche hergelaufne Laffen' from The Abduction from the Seraglio

DELIUS

A Dance Rhapsody No. 1

CHOPIN

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor

RICHARD STRAUSS

Don Juan

PROKOFIEV

Peter and the Wolf, Op 67

JOHANN STRAUSS II

Perpetuum mobile, Op 257

Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op 325

Owen Brannigan, bass

Iso Elinson, piano

Constance Cummings, narrator

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 22 August 1949

Basil Cameron, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Swan Lake, Suite

Elegy from Serenade for Strings in C major, Op 48

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

Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'

Violin Concerto in D major

Marche slave, Op 31

Sylvia Fisher, soprano

Ida Haendel, violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tuesday 23 August 1949

Basil Cameron, conductor

WEBER

Euryanthe, J291, Overture

VERDI

Aria 'Il lacerato spirito' and Recitative 'A te l'estremo addio from Simon Boccanegra

WALTON

Viola Concerto

STRAVINSKY

Symphony of Psalms

BERLIOZ

Symphonie fantastique

Geraint Evans, baritone

Frederick Riddle, viola

Ernest Christensen, piano

Thomas Best, piano

BBC Symphony Chorus

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday 24 August 1949

Basil Cameron, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

Overture 'Ruy Blas'

BRAHMS

Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor

MENDELSSOHN

Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'

BRAHMS

Variations on the St Anthony Chorale

Solomon, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Thursday 25 August 1949

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 3

ALAN BUSH

Concerto for Violin, Op 32

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 2 in D major

SHOSTAKOVICH

Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra no. 1 in C minor, op. 35

RICHARD STRAUSS

Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils

Max Rostal, violin

Eric Bravington, trumpet

Noel Mewton-Wood, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Friday 26 August 1949

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Fidelio – overture

Piano Concerto No 1 in C major

Symphony No 6 in F major 'Pastoral'

HONEGGER

Symphony No. 3 'Liturgique'

Lance Dossor, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 27 August 1949

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

Tannhäuser, Overture

HANDEL

Recitative & aria 'My arms!...Sound an alarm' from Judas Maccabaeus

LISZT

Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat major

DVOŘÁK

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

SAINT‐SAËNS

The Carnival of the Animals

RAVEL

Boléro

Frank Titterton, tenor

Cyril Smith, piano

Phyllis Sellick, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Monday 29 August 1949

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BRAHMS

Academic Festival Overture

Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor

Symphony No 2 in D major

LEIGHTON LUCAS

Chaconne in C sharp minor

DVOŘÁK

Symphonic Variations, Op 78

Zara Nelsova, cello

Jean Pougnet, violin

Leighton Lucas, conductor

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 30 August 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BERLIOZ

Benvenuto Cellini, Op 23, Overture

Le spectre de la rose and Absence from  Les nuits d'été

Harold in Italy, Op 16

RICHARD STRAUSS

Oboe Concerto in D major

Death and Transfiguration

Nancy Evans, mezzo-soprano

Harry Danks, viola

Léon Goossens, oboe

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 31 August 1949

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Leslie Woodgate, conductor

BACH

Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066

HANDEL

Recitative & aria 'Thanks to my brethren...How vain is man who boasts in fight' from Judas Maccabaeus

BACH

Keyboard Concerto in D minor

HANDEL

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

Coronation Anthem 'Zadok the Priest'

BACH

Komm, Jesu, komm!, BWV 229

Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Motet 'Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden', BWV 230

Richard Lewis, tenor

Dame Myra Hess, piano

Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball, organ

Arnold Greir, organ

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 1 September 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

ROSSINI

Semiramide, Overture

MOZART

Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat major

DVOŘÁK

Symphony No 7 in D minor

SIR LENNOX BERKELEY

Concerto for Two Pianos, Op. 30

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Introduction and Wedding March from The Golden Cockerel

Cyril Smith, piano

Phyllis Sellick, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 2 September 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Coriolan'

Piano Concerto No 4 in G major

Symphony No 4 in B flat major

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

HOLST

Mars, Venue and Jupiter from The Planets

Dame Myra Hess, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 3 September 1949

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

ROSSINI

The Barber of Seville – overture

DONIZETTI

Recitative & aria 'Fia dunque vero...O mio Fernando' from La favorita

GRIEG

Lyric Suite, Op 54

LALO

Symphonie espagnole, Op 21 (Mcts 1, 4 and 5)

VERDI

Finale Act 2 Scene 2 from Aida

JOHANN STRAUSS II

By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz

DELIUS

The Walk to the Paradise Garden

BRITTEN

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Gladys Ripley, contralto/Amneris

Ida Haendel, violin

Victoria Sladen, Aida

Trevor Anthony, Ramfis

George James, King of Egypt

James Johnston, Radamès

Roderick Jones, Amonasro

Royal Choral Society

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 5 September 1949

Adrian Boult, conductor

WAGNER

The Flying Dutchman, Overture

Parsifal Good Friday Music (concert version) 22 Mein lieber Schwan! From Lohengrin

Siegfried Idyll

Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder and Allmächt'ge Jungfrau from Tannhäuser

Götterdämmerung, Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt

FALLA

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

BERLIOZ

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

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Walter Widdop, tenor

Larra Browning, soprano

Gonzalo Soriano, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tuesday 6 September 1949

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Ernest Bloch, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

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

BLOCH

Concerto symphonique

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Symphony No 3 'A Pastoral Symphony'

ELGAR

Introduction and Allegro, Op 47

RAVEL

Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No 2

Corinne Lacomblé, piano

Dorothy Bond, soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday 7 September 1949

Adrian Boult, conductor

WEBER

Oberon, J306, Overture

ALAN RAWSTHORNE

Piano Concerto No. 1

ELGAR

Symphony No 2 in E flat major

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The Lark Ascending

BERLIOZ

Chasse royale et orage and Marche troyenne from The Trojans

Kyla Greenbaum, piano

Marie Wilson, violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Thursday 8 September 1949

Trevor Harvey, conductor

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

MOZART

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Duet 'Ah guarda, sorella' and Duet 'Prenderò quel brunettino' from Così fan tutte, K 588

Symphony No 32 in G major, K 318

Piano Concerto No 15 in B flat major, K 450

SCHUBERT

Symphony No 9 in C major 'Great'

Elsie Morison, soprano

Marjorie Shires, soprano

Solomon, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Friday 9 September 1949

Adrian Boult, conductor

BEETHOVEN

The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 5 in C minor

HOLST

A Fugal Overture, Op 40.1

RUBBRA

Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op 63

Alfredo Campoli, violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 10 September 1949

Adrian Boult, conductor

IRELAND

A London Overture

The Forgotten Rite

Concerto for Piano in E flat major

These Things Shall Be

KODÁLY

Háry János – suite

VERDI

Aria 'Credo in un Dio crudel' from Otello

BORODIN

Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances

Eileen Joyce, piano

Redvers Llewellyn, baritone

Gilbert Webster, cimbalom

Luton Choral Society

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Monday 12 September 1949

Adrian Boult, conductor

MOZART

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

Masonic Funeral Music

Exsultate, jubilate

BRAHMS

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 1 in C minor

Joan Alexander, soprano

Ida Haendel, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 13 September 1949

Trevor Harvey, conductor

Leslie Woodgate, conductor

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

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

SIR LENNOX BERKELEY

Colonus' Praise, Op 31

DELIUS

Violin Concerto

FRANCK

Symphony in D minor

KODÁLY

Psalmus hungaricus, Op 13

Jean Pougnet, violin

Parry Jones, tenor

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 14 September 1949

Adrian Boult, conductor

MOZART

Così fan tutte, K 588, Overture

HAYDN

Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major

MOZART

Piano Concerto No 19 in F major, K 459

HAYDN

Symphony No. 94 in G major 'The Surprise'

SCHUMANN

Symphony No 4 in D minor

Peter Muscant, cello

Paul Beard, violin

Edward Selwyn, oboe

Joseph Castaldini, bassoon

Dame Myra Hess, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 15 September 1949

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

William Walton, conductor

HAYDN

Symphony No. 102 in B flat major

PROKOFIEV

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major

DEBUSSY

La mer

WALTON

Symphony No 1 in B flat minor

Theo Olof, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 16 September 1949

Adrian Boult, conductor

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Serenade to Music

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Suite from Act 3

Mary Jarred, contralto

Norman Walker, bass

William Herbert, tenor

Sylvia Fisher, soprano

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

Goldsmith's Choral Union

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 17 September 1949

Adrian Boult, conductor

BAX

Overture to a Picaresque Comedy

SAINT‐SAËNS

Aria 'Monday coeur s'ouvre à ta voix' from Samson et Dalila

BEETHOVEN

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

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 7 in C major

STANFORD

Songs of the Sea, Op 91

WOOD

Fantasia on British Sea-Songs

National Anthem

Janet Howe, mezzo-soprano

Denis Matthews, piano

Dennis Noble, baritone

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 9 January 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

National Anthem

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude Act 1

GRIEG

Piano Concerto in A minor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No 4 in F minor

RICHARD STRAUSS

Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major

STRAVINSKY

The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)

Cyril Smith, piano

Dennis Brain, horn

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 10 January 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

WEBER

Oberon, J306, Overture

BERLIOZ

Le spectre de la rose and Absence from Les nuits d'été, Op 7

DELIUS

Violin Concerto

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Symphony No. 6 in E minor

BARTÓK

Divertimento, Sz 113

BORODIN

Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances Act 2

Nancy Evans, mezzo-soprano

Jean Pougnet, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 11 January 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BERLIOZ

Overture 'Le carnaval romain'

MUSSORGSKY

Boris Godunov – 'I have attained supreme power'

IRELAND

Concerto for Piano in E flat major

DVOŘÁK

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

FRANCK

Symphonic Variations

RICHARD STRAUSS

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Harold Williams, baritone

Kendall Taylor, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 12 January 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BALFOUR GARDINER

Shepherd Fennel's Dance

SCHUMANN

Piano Concerto in A minor

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 2 in D major

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Flos campi

WAGNER

Götterdämmerung, Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt

Phyllis Sellick, piano

Harry Danks, viola

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 13 January 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 3

Adelaide, Op 46 (arr. Louis Spohr)

Piano Concerto No 4 in G major

Symphony No 8 in F major

Symphony No 5 in C minor

Heddle Nash, tenor

Denis Matthews, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 14 January 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

DVOŘÁK

Overture 'Carnival'

VERDI

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

RACHMANINOV

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

GRIEG

Two Elegiac Melodies, Op 34

BORODIN

Symphony No 2 in B minor

ELGAR

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

KODÁLY

Háry János - suite

Redvers Llewellyn, baritone

Colin Horsley, piano

Constance Shacklock, mezzo-soprano

Gilbert Webster, cimbalom

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Monday 16 January 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

MENDELSSOHN

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

Violin Concerto in E minor

BRAHMS

Symphony No 2 in D major

MENDELSSOHN

Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor

BRAHMS

Academic Festival Overture

Alan Loveday, violin

Cyril Preedy, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 17 January 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

MOZART

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

HAYDN

Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major

MOZART

Exsultate, jubilate

HAYDN

Symphony No. 86 in D major

DELIUS

Piano Concerto in C minor

FALLA

The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2

Peter Muscant, cello

Paul Beard, violin

Edward Selwyn, oboe

Richard Newton, bassoon

Joan Alexander, soprano

Iris Loveridge, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 18 January 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BACH

Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068

HANDEL

Overture and Recitative & aria 'Ne trionfi d'Alessandro...Lusinghe più care' from Alessandro

Organ Concerto in B flat major 'Hallelujah', HWV308, Op. 7, No. 3 (arr. Gordon Jacob)

BACH

Violin Concerto in E major

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

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

HOLST

The Planets (Jupiter and Saturn)

Elsie Morison, soprano

Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball, organ

Max Rostal, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 19 January 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Sir John Hollingsworth, conductor

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The Wasps – overture

ELGAR

Cello Concerto in E minor

WALTON

Symphony No 1 in B flat minor

SCHUBERT

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

DUKAS

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Anthony Pini, cello

Leslie England, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 20 January 1950

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

John Hollingsworth, conductor

GLUCK

Alceste, Overture

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

SIBELIUS

En saga

BERLIOZ

The Trojans (Chasse royale et orage and Marche troyenne) (Concert version, arr. Berlioz)

Mary Jarred, contralto

Norman Walker, bass

Sylvia Fisher, soprano

Richard Lewis, tenor

Royal Choral Society

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 21 January 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

SMETANA

The Bartered Bride, Overture

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No 5 in E minor

IRELAND

A London Overture

DELIUS

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

ELGAR

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

National Anthem

Iso Elinson, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 22 July 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

National Anthem

ELGAR

Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)'

DELIBES

'Où va la jeune Hindoue?' from Lakmé

FRANCK

Symphonic Variations

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

A London Symphony (Symphony No 2)

SAINT‐SAËNS

The Carnival of the Animals

THOMAS

Recitative & aria 'Oui! Pour ce soir...Je suis Titania' from Mignon

BERLIOZ

Overture 'Le carnaval romain'

Gwen Catley, soprano

Phyllis Sellick, piano

Cyril Smith, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 24 July 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BRAHMS

Variations on the St Anthony Chorale

HAYDN

Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major

Aria 'Rollend in schaumenden Wellen' from The Creation

BRAHMS

Symphony No 3 in F major

HAYDN

Prelude 'Die Vorstellung des Chaos' from The Creation

Keyboard Concerto in D major

BRAHMS

Hungarian Dances No. 5 in G minor and No. 6 in D major (orch. Albert Parlow)

Peter Muscant, cello

Paul Beard, violin

Edward Selwyn, oboe

Richard Newton, bassoon

Hervey Alan, bass-baritone

Nina Milkina, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 25 July 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

ELGAR

Introduction and Allegro, Op 47

BEETHOVEN

Adelaide, Op 46 (arr. Louis Spohr)

BAX

Concertante

DVOŘÁK

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

PROKOFIEV

Allegro from Symphony No 1 in D major 'Classical'

RAVEL

Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No 2

Heddle Nash, tenor

Harriet Cohen, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 26 July 1950

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Joseph Post, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Gopak from Mazeppa

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 5 in E minor

CLIVE DOUGLAS

Warra-Wirrawaal

RICHARD STRAUSS

Death and Transfiguration

Alan Loveday, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 27 July 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

Charles Proctor, conductor

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major

Concerto for Keyboard in F minor, BWV 1056

Aria 'Klein-Zschocher müsse' from Cantata No. 212, 'Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet' 'Peasant Cantata', BWV 212

Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major

Aria 'Es ist vollbracht' from Cantata No. 159, 'Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem', BWV 159 (arr. Henry Wood)

Chorale 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott', BWV 302

Chorus 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott' and Chorale 'Das Wort sie sollen lassen strahn' from Cantata No. 80, 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott'

Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, 'The Great'

Cantata No. 50, 'Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft', BWV 50

George Malcolm, piano

Edward Walker, flute

Alec Whittaker, oboe

George Stratton, violin

George Eskdale, trumpet

Cyril Preedy, piano

Joan Alexander, soprano

Arnold Greir, organ

William Parsons, bass

Geraint Jones, organ

Alexandra Choir

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 28 July 1950

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'

RAWSTHORNE

Concerto for String Orchestra

RAVEL

Pavane pour une infante défunte (Orchestral version)

Alborada del gracioso (for Orchestra)

Cyril Smith, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 29 July 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

GLINKA

Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture

BORODIN

Aria 'No sleep, no rest' from Prince Igor

LYADOV

Kikimora, Op 63

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Entr'acte Act 3 Scene 2

KHACHATURIAN

Piano Concerto

PROKOFIEV

Peter and the Wolf, Op 67

GLIÈRE

Russian Sailors' Dance from The Red Poppy, Suite, Op 70a

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Dance of the Clowns from The Snow Maiden

Redvers Llewellyn, baritone

Noel Mewton-Wood, piano

Constance Cummings, narrator

London Symphony Orchestra

Monday 31 July 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

SIBELIUS

Finlandia

Violin Concerto in D minor

Symphony No 2 in D major

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Scheherazade

Max Rostal, violin

Paul Beard, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 1 August 1950

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

MOZART

The Abduction from the Seraglio (Overture)

Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major

Serenade in C minor, K388

Crudele? Ah no, mio bene!...Non mi dir from Don Giovanni

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

DELIUS

Paris (The Song of a Great City)

A Dance Rhapsody No. 1

Denis Matthews, piano

Jesse Pantling, oboe

Edward Selwyn, oboe

Richard Newton, bassoon

Ralph Clarke, clarinet

Douglas Moore, horn

Herbert New, clarinet

Harry Watson, horn

James Richens, bassoon

Elsie Morison, soprano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 2 August 1950

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor/piano/director

MENDELSSOHN

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

BRAHMS

Violin Concerto in D major

MENDELSSOHN

Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'

BRAHMS

Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op 52 (version with piano duet)

MENDELSSOHN

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo, Wedding March, Nocturne)

Jean Pougnet, violin

Ernest Lush, piano

Margaret Godley, soprano

Margaret Rees, soprano

Margaret Rolfe, contralto

Maude Baker, contralto

Bradshaw Macmillan, tenor

Emlyn Bebb, tenor

Stanley Riley, bass

Leonard Hubbard, bass

Grace Reynolds, soprano

Gertrude Wood, contralto

Kathleen Ewart, contralto

Lawrence Watts, tenor

Kenneth Tudor, bass

William Brown, bass

Eileen McLoughlin, soprano

Alpha Newby, tenor

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 3 August 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

HAYDN

L'isola disabitata, Hob. XXVIII:9, Overture

MOERAN

Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No 4 in F minor

BAX

Tintagel

DONIZETTI

Recitative & aria 'Ma de' malvagi invan...Vien, Leonora, a piedi tuoi' from La favorita

Act 2

SIBELIUS

Valse triste

Lemminkäinen's Return

Antonio Brosa, violin

Dennis Noble, baritone

London Symphony Orchestra

Friday 4 August 1950

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'

HONEGGER

Prelude, Fugue and Postlude, H 71a

FRANCK

Le chasseur maudit

Kathleen Long, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 5 August 1950

Stanford Robinson, conductor

ROSSINI

The Thieving Magpie, Overture

VERDI

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

MASCAGNI

Cavalleria rusticana, Intermezzo

WOLF-FERRARI

I gioielli della Madonna, Intermezzo Act 3

VERDI

Recitative & aria 'Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aïda' from Aida

ZANDONAI

Torch Dance and Cavalcade from Giulietta e Romeo

PUCCINI

Madama Butterfly, Duets

Turandot, Choruses

BORODIN

Prince Igor, Overture

PROKOFIEV

Cinderella, Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY

The Sleeping Beauty, Suite

Joan Hammond, soprano

James Johnston, tenor

BBC Opera Chorus

BBC Opera Orchestra

Monday 7 August 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

Polonaise from Eugene Onegin (Act 3, Sc 1:)

Blagoslavlyayu vas, lesa from 7 Romances, Op 47

Serenada Don-Zhuana from 6 Romances, Op 38

Elegy and Valse from Serenade for Strings in C major, Op 48

Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23

Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'

Swan Lake, Suite

Overture '1812'

Harold Williams, baritone

Dame Moura Lympany, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 8 August 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

Trevor Harvey, conductor

HANDEL

Concerto grosso in D major, HWV 323

BACH

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

TELEMANN

Aria 'Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt' from Cantata 'Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt', TWV 1:877 (arr. Henry Wood)

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in B flat major 'Hallelujah', HWV308, Op. 7, No. 3 (arr. Gordon Jacob)

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH

Sinfonia in B flat major, G 9

CONSTANT LAMBERT

Comus

Frederick Grinke, soloist

David Martin, violin

William Herbert, tenor

George Stratton, violin

Edward Walker, flute

Gordon Walker, flute

Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball, organ

London Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 9 August 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

SCHUMANN

Manfred, Op 115, Overture

MOZART

Piano Concerto No 17 in G major, K 453

Madamina, il catalogo è questo from Don Giovanni

SCHUMANN

Symphony No 4 in D minor

Cello Concerto in A minor

MOZART

Symphony No 31 in D major 'Paris', K 297

Iris Loveridge, piano

Martin Lawrence, bass

John Shinebourne, cello

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 10 August 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

HAYDN

Symphony No. 88 in G major

ROSSINI

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

WALTON

Violin Concerto

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 7 in C major

DEBUSSY

Nocturnes

HOLST

The Perfect Fool, Ballet music

Janet Howe, mezzo-soprano

Alan Loveday, violin

BBC Chorus (women's voices)

Friday 11 August 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Egmont, Overture

Piano Concerto No 1 in C major

Symphony No 7 in A major

SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony No 1 in F minor

James Gibb, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 12 August 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

ROSSINI

William Tell (Overture)

DONIZETTI

Recitative & aria 'Fia dunque vero...O mio Fernando' from La favorita

DELIUS

Irmelin Prelude

Koanga, La Calinda

MENDELSSOHN

Violin Concerto in E minor

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Capriccio espagnol, Op 34

BIZET

L' Arlésienne, Suite

BORODIN

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

TCHAIKOVSKY

Marche slave, Op 31

Marjorie Thomas, contralto

Antonio Brosa, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 14 August 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music

Das Rheingold, Rhinemaiden Music

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, excerpts

RICHARD STRAUSS

Don Quixote, Op 35

Margaret Godley, soprano

Margaret Rees, soprano

Margaret Rolfe, contralto

Tom Williams, Hans Sachs

Constance Shacklock, Magdalene

Alfred Hepworth, David

Amy Shuard, Eva

Robert Thomas, Walter

Paul Tortelier, cello

Gwynne Edwards, viola

London Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 15 August 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

DVOŘÁK

Overture 'Carnival'

BRAHMS

Alto Rhapsody

DVOŘÁK

Symphonic Variations, Op 78

BRAHMS

Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor

Symphony No 1 in C minor

Mary Jarred, contralto

Jean Pougnet, violin

Zara Nelsova, cello

BBC Chorus (men's voices)

Wednesday 16 August 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

BERLIOZ

Overture 'Le carnaval romain'

WEBER

Aria 'Ocean, thou mighty monster' from Oberon, J306

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Symphony No. 6 in E minor

RAVEL

Tzigane

STRAVINSKY

The Firebird Suite

Amy Shuard, soprano

Kendall Taylor, piano

Tibor Varga, violin

London Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 17 August 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

HAYDN

Symphony No. 86 in D major

MOZART

Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, K447

HAYDN

Nun beut die Flur das frische Grun and Und Gott sprach: Es bringe die Erde Gras hervor from The Creation

MOZART

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

SCHUMANN

Piano Concerto in A minor

RICHARD STRAUSS

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Dennis Brain, horn

Isobel Baillie, soprano

Georges Théméli, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 18 August 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Leonore' No. 3

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony No 8 in F major

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

ELGAR

The Kingdom, Prelude

HANDEL

Overture in D minor (arr. Edward Elgar)

Ida Haendel, violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 19 August 1950

Stanford Robinson, conductor

AUBER

Fra Diavolo, S 18, Overture

CHARPENTIER

Aria 'Depuis le jour' from Louise

BIZET

The Fair Maid of Perth, Suite

Aria 'La fleur que tu m'avais jetée' from Carmen

MASSENET

Manon, excerpts

BERLIOZ

The Trojans, Chasse royale et orage and Marche troyenne (Concert version, arr. Berlioz)

CONSTANT LAMBERT

The Rio Grande

WALTON

Façade, Suite, excerpts

BLISS

Checkmate, Suite

Janine Micheau, soprano/Manon

Heddle Nash, tenor/des Grieux

Gladys Ripley, contralto

Eric Harrison, piano

BBC Opera Chorus

BBC Opera Orchestra

Monday 21 August 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

The Sleeping Beauty, Waltz

Piano Concerto No 2 in G major

Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'

GORDON JACOB

Suite No. 2

BERLIOZ

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

Irene Kohler, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 22 August 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

RESPIGHI

La boutique fantasque (suite)

RACHMANINOV

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

ELGAR

Falstaff

IRELAND

Concerto for Piano in E flat major

RAVEL

La Valse

Colin Horsley, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 23 August 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

HANDEL

Water Music Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty)

BACH

Aria 'Mein Seelenschatz ist Gottes Wort' from Cantata No. 18, 'Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt', BWV 18

HANDEL

Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor

BACH

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

HANDEL

Organ Concerto in D minor

BACH

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

LEO SOWERBY

Concerto for Organ No. 1 in C major

Elsie Suddaby, soprano

Léon Goossens, oboe

E. Power Biggs, organ

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 24 August 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

MOZART

The Magic Flute (Overture)

RICHARD STRAUSS

Ständchen from 6 Songs, Op 17 (orch. Felix Mottl)

Morgen! And Cäcilie from Four Songs, Op. 27

ELGAR

Cello Concerto in E minor

DVOŘÁK

Symphony No 8 in G major

GOUNOD

Scena 'Il était un roi de Thulé' and Recitative & aria 'O Dieu! que de bijoux!...Ah! je ris de me voir' from Faust

TCHAIKOVSKY

Francesca da Rimini

Victoria de los Ángeles, soprano

David Wise, violin

Anthony Pini, cello

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Friday 25 August 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Fidelio, Overture

Piano Concerto No 4 in G major

Symphony No 6 in F major 'Pastoral'

BENJAMIN FRANKEL

Overture 'May Day', Op 22

IRELAND

Concertino pastorale

BACH

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

Dame Moura Lympany, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 26 August 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

IRELAND

A London Overture

SIR GEORGE DYSON

The Wife of Bath from The Canterbury Pilgrims

DUKAS

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor

KODÁLY

Háry János – suite

RAVEL

Boléro

Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano

Cyril Smith, piano

Gilbert Webster, cimbalom

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Monday 28 August 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BACH

Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066

Violin Concerto in E major

Concerto for Two Keyboards in C major, BWV 1061

Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068

MOZART

Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat major

SMETANA

From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

Marie Wilson, violin

Cyril Smith, piano

Phyllis Sellick, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday 29 August 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

MOZART

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

The Marriage of Figaro (Act 2, Sc 2: Voi che sapete)

Laudate Dominum from Vesperae de Dominica, K 321

Mozart

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

Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K543

FALLA

Aria 'Vivan los que ríen' and Aria 'Allí está riyendo' from La vida breve

GRANADOS

Aria 'La Maja y el Ruiseñor' from Goyescas

FALLA

The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2

Victoria de los Ángeles, soprano

Robert Casadesus, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 30 August 1950

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

John Hollingsworth, conductor

WAGNER

Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

RAVEL

Shéhérazade

ELGAR

Symphony No 2 in E flat major

LISZT

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major

DUPARC

Phidylé

BERLIOZ

Benvenuto Cellini, Op 23, Overture

Suzanne Danco, soprano

Louis Kentner, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 31 August 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

The Flying Dutchman, Overture

Götterdämmerung, Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt

Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder and Allmächt'ge Jungfrau from Tannhäuser

Parsifal, Good Friday Music (concert version)

Die Walküre, Wotan's Abschied and Feuerzauber

BERLIOZ

Symphonie fantastique

Joan Hammond, soprano

Harold Williams, baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Friday 1 September 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 1 in C major

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

Romance in G major, Op 40

Symphony No 5 in C minor

BAX

Violin Concerto

LORD BERNERS

Fugue in C minor

Emelie Hooke, soprano

Frederick Grinke, violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 2 September 1950

Stanford Robinson, conductor

WEBER

Der Freischütz, Overture

DVOŘÁK

O silver moon from Rusalka, Op 114

WEINBERGER

Schwanda the Bagpiper, Suite

MOZART

Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden and Solche hergelauf'ne Laffen from The Abduction from the Seraglio

RICHARD STRAUSS

Der Rosenkavalier, Closing Scene

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Excerpts from Act 3

JOHANN STRAUSS I

Radetzky March, Op 228

SUPPÉ

Die schöne Galathee, Overture

MOZART

3 German Dances, K605

JOSEF STRAUSS

Sphären-Klänge – waltz

JOHANN STRAUSS II

Perpetuum mobile, Op 257

Pizzicato Polka

Emperor Waltz

Gré Brouwenstijn, soprano/Marschallin

Owen Brannigan, bass/Faninal

Victoria Sladen, Octavian

Adele Leigh, Sophie

William Biggs, tenor

Jack Mackintosh, post horn

BBC Opera Chorus

BBC Opera Orchestra

Monday 4 September 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

SCHUBERT

Die Zauberharfe, D 644, Overture

Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'

BRAHMS

Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

Symphony No 2 in D major

Dame Myra Hess, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tuesday 5 September 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

WEBER

Oberon, J306, Overture

DEBUSSY

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

BARTÓK

Viola Concerto

SIBELIUS

Symphony No 5 in E flat major

DEBUSSY

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

ELGAR

Enigma Variations

Nancy Evans, mezzo-soprano

William Primrose, viola

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday 6 September 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

A Faust Overture

Siegfried, Forest Murmurs (orchestral synthesis)

Inbrunst im Herzen from Tannhäuser

Siegfried Idyll

Frau Sonne, sendet lichte Strahlen from Götterdämmerung

Einsam in trüben Tagen from Lohengrin

Die Walküre, Walkürenritt (orchestral synthesis)

BEETHOVEN

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

King Stephen, Overture

Parry Jones, tenor

Margaret Godley,  soprano

Margaret Rees, soprano

Margaret Rolfe, contralto

Sylvia Fisher, soprano

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Thursday 7 September 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

HANDEL

Music for the Royal Fireworks, excerpts

Coronation Anthem 'Zadok the Priest'

Concerto Grosso in D minor, HWV 328, Op. 6, No. 10

Organ Concerto in B flat major, HWV 306, Op. 7 No. 1 (arr. Gordon Jacob)

Aria 'Revenge, revenge! Timotheus cries' from Alexander's Feast, HWV 75

Israel in Egypt, excerpts

ELGAR

The Music Makers, Op 69

Jeanne Demessieux, organ

William Overton, trumpet

Trevor Anthony, bass

Mary Jarred, contralto

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 8 September 1950

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Overture 'Coriolan'

Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor

Symphony No 4 in B flat major

ELISABETH LUTYENS

Concerto for Viola, Op 15

LISZT

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

Dame Myra Hess, piano

John Hollingsworth, conductor

Frederick Riddle, viola

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 9 September 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

SMETANA

The Bartered Bride, Overture

DELIUS

A Song Before Sunrise

GRIEG

Piano Concerto in A minor

VERDI

Aida, Finale Act 2 Scene 2

DOHNANYI

Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25

TCHAIKOVSKY

Andante cantabile, Op 11a

BORODIN

Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances Act 2

Eileen Joyce, piano

Victoria Sladen, Aida

Gordon Clinton, Amanasro

James Johnston, Radamès

Edith Coates, Amneris

Bernard Steel, Ramfis/King of Egypt

Royal Choral Society

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Monday 11 September 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

Ralph Vaughan Williams, conductor

WEBER

Euryanthe, J291, Overture

BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No 4 in G major

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Symphony No. 5 in D major

IRELAND

The Forgotten Rite

KODÁLY

Dances of Galánta

Sir Clifford Curzon, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tuesday 12 September 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

SCHUBERT

Overture in D major 'In the Italian Style', D 590

Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D 965 (arr. Carl Reinecke)

LISZT

Totentanz

SCHUBERT

Symphony No 9 in C major 'Great'

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

LISZT

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

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano

Maurice Cody, clarinet

Louis Kentner, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday 13 September 1950

Basil Cameron, conductor

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude Act 1

MOZART

Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K 491

WALTON

Symphony No 1 in B flat minor

FALLA

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

CHABRIER

España

Sir Clifford Curzon, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Thursday 14 September 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

BRAHMS

Academic Festival Overture

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

Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor

Symphony No 4 in E minor

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto

Solomon, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Friday 15 September 1950

Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Trevor Harvey, conductor

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Fantasia (quasi variazioni) on the 'Old 104th'

BEETHOVEN

Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

SIBELIUS

En saga

WAGNER

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Suite from Act 3

Michael Mullinar, piano

Marjorie Avis, soprano

Gladys Ripley, contralto

Richard Lewis, tenor

Norman Walker, bass

Royal Choral Society

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 16 September 1950

Malcolm Sargent, conductor

SUPPÉ

Dichter und Bauer, Overture

VERDI

Aria 'O don fatale' from Don Carlos

TCHAIKOVSKY

The Nutcracker, Suite, Op 71a

LISZT

Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat major

BRITTEN

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

JOHANN STRAUSS II

By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz

ELGAR

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

SIR HENRY WOOD

Fantasia on British Sea-Songs

National Anthem

Constance Shacklock, mezzo-soprano

Kendall Taylor, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra