London Philharmonic Orchestra
1960 – 1961 season
29th
Season
Programme
1
25
September 1960
Jascha
Horenstein
Peter
Katin, piano
VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS The
Wasps, Overture
BEETHOVEN
Piano
Concerto No. 4
SCHUBERT
Symphony
No. 9, ‘Great’
Programme
2
29
September 1960
Sir Adrian Boult
Isaac Stern,
violin
MOZART
The
Marriage of Figaro, Overture
BRAHMS Violin
Concerto
MAHLER Symphony
No. 1
Programme
3
4
October 1960
Jascha Horenstein
Isaac Stern,
violin
KORNGOLD Much Ado
About Nothing, Overture
VON
EINEM Meditations
for Orchestra
BERG
Violin
Concerto
TIPPETT
Fantasia
Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
SCHOENBERG
Chamber
Symphony
Programme
4
13
October 1960
Hugo Rignold
Andrés Segovia, guitar, Josephine Veasey, mezzo soprano
RICHARD
STRAUSS Don
Juan
RODRIGO
Fantasia
para un gentilhombre
FALLA
Love
the Magician, Ballet Suite
Guitar
Solos (Torroba, Turina, Albeniz)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Capriccio
Espagnol
Programme
5
23
October 1960
Hugo Rignold
Moura Lympany,
piano
WEBER
Der
Freischütz, Overture
RACHMANINOV
Piano
Concerto No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony
No. 4
Programme
6
3
November 1960
John Pritchard
Victoria de los Angeles,
soprano
BIZET
Symphony
in C major
FALLA
La
vida breve, extracts
Operatic
Arias (Rossini, Bizet)
SIBELIUS
Symphony
No. 5
Programme
7
8
November 1960
John Pritchard
Hephzibah Menuhin,
piano
JANACEK
From
the House of the Dead, Suite
MESSIAEN
Les
Offrandes Oubliées
BARTOK
Piano
Concerto No. 2
FRICKER
Symphony
No. 3
Programme
8
17
November 1960
Jaroslav Krombholc
Moura Lympany,
piano
SMETANA
Wallenstein’s
Camp
BEETHOVEN
Piano
Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
DVORAK
Symphony
No. 7
Programme
9
27
November 1960
Jaroslav Krombholc
Salvatore Accardo,
violin
WEBER
Oberon,
Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin
Concerto
DVORAK
Symphony
No. 9, ‘From the New World’
Programme
10
8
December 1960
Sir Adrian Boult
Gioconda de Vito, violin Iris Kells, soprano
BRAHMS
Variations
on a Theme by Haydn
MENDELSSOHN
Violin
Concerto
VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS Symphony
No. 7, ‘Sinfonia Antarctica’
Programme
11
13
December 1960
Jaroslav Krombholc
April Cantelo, soprano Helen Watts, contralto Richard Lewis, tenor Alfred Hallett, tenor Duncan Robertson, tenor John Carol Case, baritone Denis Dowling, baritone Owen Brannigan, bass
Marion Nowakowski, bass London Philharmonic Choir
FRANK
MARTIN The
Mystery of the Nativity
Programme
12
17
January 1961
Sir Adrian Boult
Alfredo Campoli,
violin
RAINIER
Dance
Concerto (Phalaphala)
ELGAR
Violin
Concerto
BLISS
A
Colour Symphony
Programme
13
26
January 1961
Kirill Kondrashin
Geza Anda,
piano
RAVEL
Mother
Goose, Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano
Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony
No. 9
Programme
14
5
February 1961
Kirill Kondrashin
Sergio Varella-Cid,
piano
WEBER
Abu
Hassan, Overture
BRAHMS
Piano
Concerto No. 1
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.
4, ‘Italian’
WAGNER
Tannhäuser,
Overture
Programme
15
16
February 1961
Colin Davis
Alberto Lysy, violin Ladies of the London Philharmonic
Choir
BEETHOVEN
Leonore
No. 2, Overture
KHACHATURIAN
Violin
Concerto
HOLST
The
Planets
Programme
16
21
February 1961
Colin Davis
David Oistrakh,
violin
SCHOENBERG
Theme
and Variations, Op. 43b
SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin
Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY
Symphony
in C major
Programme
17
2
March 1961
Sir Adrian Boult
Heather Harper, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Richard Lewis, tenor Richard Standen, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
BACH
Mass
in B minor
Programme
18
12
March 1961
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Beryl Kimber,
violin
IRELAND
A
London Overture
BEETHOVEN
Violin
Concerto
SIBELIUS
Symphony
No. 2
Programme
19
23
March 1961
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Wilhelm Backhaus,
piano
ROSSINI
Semiramide,
Overture
BRAHMS
Piano
Concerto No. 2
WALTON
Symphony
No. 1
Programme
20
28
March 1961
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Max Rostal, violin Mary Wells, soprano Pamela Bowden, contralto Alexander Young, soprano Ralph Downes, bass
Richard Attenborough, narrator London Philharmonic Choir
SEIBER
Fantasia
Concertante for Violin and String Orchestra
HONEGGER
King
David, symphonic psalm
Programme
21
6
April 1961
Pierre Monteux
Lili Kraus,
piano
BACH
Brandenburg
Concerto No. 3
DEBUSSY
Prélude
á l’après-midi d’un faune
BEETHOVEN
Piano
Concerto No. 3
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures
at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Programme
22
2
May 1961
Pierre Monteux
MILHAUD
Protée,
Suite
PIJPER
Symphony
No. 3
DEBUSSY
Jeux
HINDEMITH
Mathis
der Maler, Symphony
Programme
23
11
May 1961
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Arturo Benedetti
Michelangeli, piano
BERLIOZ
Benvenuto
Cellini, Overture
SIBELIUS
Tapiola
LISZT
Piano
Concerto No. 1
LISZT
Totentanz
DEBUSSY
La
mer
Programme
24
21
May 1961
Harry Newstone
Colin Horsley,
piano
HAYDN
Symphony
No. 101, ‘Clock’
MOZART
Piano
Concerto No. 23
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 5
Programme
25
30
May 1961
John Pritchard
Margaret Leighton, speaker Arda Mandikian, soprano Andrés Segovia, guitar
SKALKOTTAS
Fairy
Drama for Speaker, Voices and Orchestra
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Guitar Concerto
Guitar
Solos
SATIE
Parade
Programme
26
1
June 1961
Charles Munch
Rosalyn Tureck, keyboard Henry Daytner, flute David Sandeman, flute
HANSON
Elegy
in memory of Serge Koussevitzky
BACH
Piano
Concerto in D minor
BACH
Brandenburg
Concerto No, 5
ROUSSEL
Symphony
No. 3
Programme
27
11
June 1961
John Pritchard
Benno Moiseiwitsch,
piano
MENDELSSOHN
The
Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano
Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS
Symphony
No. 4
Programme
28
15
June 1961
Bruno Maderna
Philippe Entremont,
piano
MOZART
Symphony
No. 29
MOZART
Piano
Concerto No. 22
RAVEL
Piano
Concerto in G major
STRAVINSKY
Circus
Polka
STRAVINSKY
Tango
STRAVINSKY
Scherzo
a la Russe
Programme
29
29
June 1961
Massimo Freccia
Nathan Milstein,
violin
CHERUBINI
Anacreon,
Overture
BRAHMS
Violin
Concerto
RESPIGHI
Fountains
of Rome
STRAVINSKY
The
Firebird, Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
1961 – 1962 season
30th
Season
Programme
1
28
September 1961
Alexander Gibson
Yehudi Menuhin,
violin
BEETHOVEN
Coriolan,
Overture
BARTOK
Violin
Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS
Symphony
No. 2
Programme
2
3
October 1961
Sir Eugene Goossens
Franz Reizenstein,
piano
WALTON
Scapino,
Overture
REIZENSTEIN
Piano
Concerto No. 2
BRUCKNER
Symphony
No. 4, ‘Romantic’
Programme
3
8
October 1961
Josef Krips
Gina Bachauer,
piano
RICHARD
STRAUSS Don
Juan
BEETHOVEN
Piano
Concerto No. 4
SCHUBERT
Symphony
No. 9, ‘Great’
Programme
4
12
October 1961
Josef Krips
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano Norma Procter, contralto John Mitchinson, tenor Donald Bell, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 8
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 9, ‘Choral’
Programme
5
26
October 1961
Sir Adrian Boult
Heather Harper, soprano Thomas Hemsley, baritone London Philharmonic Choir
SCHUMANN
Symphony
No. 1, ‘Spring’
BEETHOVEN
Elegy
BRAHMS
A
German Requiem
Programme
6
5
November 1961
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Fou Ts’ong,
piano
MENDELSSOHN
A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Overture
SCHUMANN
Piano
Concerto
BRAHMS
Symphony
No. 1
Programme
7
9
November 1961
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Clifford Curzon,
piano
HAYDN
Symphony
No. 92, ‘Oxford’
MOZART
Piano
Concerto No. 24
DVORAK
Symphony
No. 7
Programme
8
13
November 1961
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Osian Ellis, harp
George Malcolm, harpsichord Colin Horsley, piano Keith Harvey, cello John Coulting, viola
STRAVINSKY
Symphony
in Three Movements
MARTIN
Petite
Symphonie Concertante for Harp, Harpsichord, Piano
and
Strings
RICHARD
STRAUSS Don
Quixote
Programme
9
23
November 1961
John Pritchard
Isaac Stern, violin, Leonard Rose, cello
STRAVINSKY
Pulcinella,
Suite
BRAHMS
Double
Concerto
NIELSEN
Symphony
No. 5
Programme
10
5
December 1961
Ferenc Fricsay
Geza Anda,
piano
BARTOK
Two
Portraits
BARTOK
Piano
Concerto No. 2
BARTOK
Concerto
for Orchestra
Peogramme
11
7
December 1961
Ferenc Fricsay
Wolfgang Schneiderhan,
violin
KODALY
Symphony
MENDELSSOHN
Violin
Concerto
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 7
Programme
12
18
January 1962
Sir Malcolm Sargent
John Coulling, viola
Owen Brannigan, bass Marjorie Thomas, soprano Ronald Dowd, tenor London
Philharmonic Choir
WALTON Gloria
in Excelsis Deo
WALTON
Viola
Concerto
WALTON
Belshazzar’s
Feast
Programme
13
30
January 1962
Sir Adrian Boult
John Carol Case, baritone Goldsmiths Choral Union
HOLST
The
Perfect Fool, Ballet Music
BLISS
Music
for Strings
BAX
The
Garden of Fand
VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS Sancta
Civitas
Programme
14
1
February 1962
John Pritchard
Moura Lympany,
piano
TIPPETT
Ritual
Dances from A Midsummer Marriage
MOZART
Piano
Concerto No. 21
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Programme
15
4
February 1962
Charles Groves
Joan Hammond,
soprano
WEBER
Der
Freischutz, Overture
VERDI
Willow
Song and Ave Maria from Otello
MASSENET
Pleurez,
pleurez mes yeux from Le Cid
MOZART
Exsultate
jubilate
BRITTEN
Young
Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade
Programme
16
15
February 1962
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Abbey Simon,
piano
WAGNER
Die
Meistersinger, Prelude
BEETHOVEN
Piano
Concerto No. 4
DELIUS
Brigg
Fair
STRAVINSKY
The
Firebird, Ballet Suite
Programme
17
20
February 1962
John Pritchard
Vlado Perlemuter, piano Donald Bell, baritone London Philharmonic Choir
DELIUS
Sea
Drift
RAVEL
Piano
Concerto for the Left Hand
STRAVINSKY
The
Rite of Spring
Programme
18
17
April 1962
Paul Hindemith
Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Thomas Hemsley, baritone London Philharmonic Choir
BRUCKNER
Mass
in E minor
HINDEMITH
An
American Requiem (When Lilacs last in the Dooryard
Bloom’d)
Programme
19
22
April 1962
John Pritchard
John Ogdon,
piano
ELGAR
Introduction
and Allegro
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano
Concerto No. 1
DVORAK
Symphony
No. 9, ‘From the New World’
Programme
20
6
May 1962
Josef Krips
Leon Fleisher,
piano
MOZART
The
Magic Flute, Overture
BRAHMS
Piano
Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 3, ‘Eroica’
Programme
21
10
May 1962
Josef Krips
Shura Cherkassky,
piano
BEETHOVEN
Leonore
No. 3, Overture
BEETHOVEN
Piano
Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
WALTON
Symphony
No. 1
Programme
22
15
May 1962
Josef Krips
Kerstin Meyer, contralto Richard Lewis, tenor
BRITTEN
Sinfonia
da Requiem
MAHLER
Das
Lied von der Erde
Programme
23
24
May 1962
Josef Krips
Robert Casadesus,
piano
BRAHMS
Symphony
No. 3
MOZART
Piano
Concerto No 27
RICHARD
STRAUSS Till
Eulenspiegel
Programme
24
3
June 1962
Paul Kletzki
Rudolf Serkin,
piano
HUMPERDINCK
Hansel
and Gretel, Overture
BRAHMS
Piano
Concerto No. 1
SIBELIUS
Symphony
No. 2
Programme
25
7
June 1962
Paul Kletzki
Alfredo Campoli,
violin
BRAHMS
Tragic
Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin
Concerto
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures
from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Programme
26
12
June 1962
Paul Kletzki
Fou Ts’ong,
piano
HONEGGER
Symphony
No. 2
STRAVINSKY
Capriccio
for Piano and Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY
Manfred
Symphony
Programme
27
21
June 1962
Sir Adrian Boult
Claudio Arrau,
piano
ELGAR
Introduction
and Allegro
BEETHOVEN
Piano
Concerto No. 3
WEBER
Concertstück
LISZT
Totentanz
London Philharmonic Orchestra
1962 – 1963 season
31st
Season
Programme
1
27
September 1962
John Pritchard
Gina Bachauer, piano London Philharmonic Choir
Symphony
for Brass and Percussion SCHULLER
Daphnis
and Chloe, Suites Nos. 1 and 2 RAVEL
Piano
Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS
Programme
2
30
September 1962
Josef Krips
Fou Ts’ong,
piano
SCHUBERT
Rosamunde,
Overture
ELGAR
Enigma
Variations
SCHUMANN Piano
Concerto
STRAVINSKY
The
Firebird, Suite (1919)
Programme
3
8
October 1962
Josef Krips
Eileen Poulter, soprano
MAHLER
Symphony
No. 4
MOZART
Symphony
No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
Programme
4
16
October 1962
John Pritchard
Zino Francescatti,
violin
STRAVINSKY
Agon
BEETHOVEN
Violin
Concerto
RICHARD
STRAUSS Also
sprach Zarathustra
Programme
5
4
November 1962
Massimo Freccia
Michael Rabin,
violin
WEBER
Oberon,
Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin
Concerto
BERLIOZ
Symphonie
Fantastique
Programme
6
6
November 1962
Bernard Haitink
Moura Lympany,
piano
BEETHOVEN
Coriolan,
Overture
RACHMANINOV
Piano
Concerto No. 3
BRUCKNER
Symphony
No. 3
Programme
7
8
November 1962
Frederic Jackson
Rae Woodland, soprano Helen Watts, contralto Duncan Robertson, tenor Donald Bell, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah
Programme
8
29
November 1962
John Pritchard
Bela Siki,
piano
HANDEL
Concerto
Grosso, Op. 3 No. 11
BARTOK
Piano
Concerto No. 3
DEBUSSY
Le
martyre de Saint Sebastien, excerpts
WALTON
Symphony
No. 2
Programme
9
2
December 1962
John Pritchard
Henryk Szeryng,
violin
BERLIOZ
Royal
Hunt and Storm from The Trojans
BRAHMS
Violin
Concerto
DVORAK
Symphony
No. 8
Programme
10
4
December 1962
Sir Adrian Boult
Peter Katin, piano Hazel Schmid, soprano London Philharmonic Choir
SCHUBERT
Symphony
No. 5
RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody
on a Theme of Paganini
VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS Symphony
No. 7, ‘Sinfonia Antarctica’
Programme
11
17
January 1963
John Pritchard
Shura Cherkassky, piano Heather Harper, soprano Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Kenneth MacDonald, tenor Owen Brannigan, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
HINDEMITH
Nobilissima
Visione
MOZART
Piano
Concerto No. 20
STRAVINSKY
Concerto
for Piano and Wind Instruments
BRITTEN
Cantata
Academica
Programme
12
20
January 1963
John Pritchard
Tamas Vasary,
piano
BRAHMS
Academic
Festival Overture
LISZT
Piano
Concerto No. 1
LISZT
Totentanz
DVORAK
Symphony
No. 9, ‘From the New World’
Programme
13
29
January 1963
Sir Adrian Boult
Yehudi Menuhin,
violin
WEBER
Der
Freischutz, Overture
BLOCH
Violin
Concerto
SCHUMANN
Symphony
No. 4
Programme
14
11
February 1963
Arthur Fiedler
Leonard Pennario, piano
MENDELSSOHN
The
Hebrides, Overture
FALLA
The
Three Cornered Hat, Dances
RACHMANINOV
Piano
Concerto No. 1
SCHUBERT
Symphony
No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
KODALY
Dances
of Galanta
Programme
15
17
February 1963
John Pritchard
Geraint Evans,
baritone
ROSSINI
Signor
Bruschino, Overture
MENDELSSOHN
Three
Excerpts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
MOZART
Arias
from The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Magic
Flute
LEONCAVALLO
Prologue
from Pagliacci
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 7
Programme
16
26
February 1963
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Louis Kentner, piano Walter Midgley, tenor London Philharmonic Choir
WAGNER
Parsifal,
Prelude
BARTOK
Scherzo
for Piano and Orchestra
BERLIOZ
Te
Deum
Programme
17
14
March 1963
John Pritchard
Robert Casadesus,
piano
BERLIOZ
King
Lear, Overture
MOZART
Piano
Concerto No. 21
RAVEL
Piano
Concerto for the Left Hand
DEBUSSY
La
Mer
Programme
18
17
March 1963
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Eric Heidsieck,
piano
WAGNER
The
Flying Dutchman, Overture
CHOPIN
Piano
Concerto No. 1
SIBELIUS
Symphony
No. 2
Programme
19
19
March 1963
Dietfried Bernet
Rosalyn Tureck, piano
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 8
BACH
Piano
Concerto in D minor
BRAHMS
Symphony
No. 1
Programme
20
25
March 1963
John Pritchard
Paul Badura-Skoda,
piano
SMETANA
The
Bartered Bride, Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano
Concerto No. 1
BERLIOZ
Harold
in Italy
Programme
21
18
April 1963
John Pritchard
Peter Pears,
tenor
SCHOENBERG
Verklärte
Nacht
BRITTEN
Nocturne
for Tenor and Orchestra
MOZART
Symphony
No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
Programme
22
21
April 1963
John Pritchard
Philippe Entremont,
piano
ELGAR
Introduction
and Allegro
BEETHOVEN
Piano
Concerto No. 4
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony
No. 4
Programme
23
30
April 1963
John Pritchard
Richard Adeney, flute Marisa Robles, harp
London Philharmonic Choir
DEBUSSY
Iberia
MOZART
Flute
and Harp Concerto
HOLST
The
Planets, Suite
Programme
24
13
May 1963
Josef Krips
Annie Fischer, piano
BEETHOVEN
Leonore
No. 3, Overture
BEETHOVEN
Piano
Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 3, ‘Eroica’
Programme
25
17
May 1963
Josef Krips
Annie Fischer,
piano
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 2
BEETHOVEN
Piano
Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 7
Programme
26
23
May 1963
Josef Krips
Wolfgang Schneiderhan,
violin
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 4
BEETHOVEN
Violin
Concerto
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 8
Programme
27
26
May 1963
Josef Krips
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
BEETHOVEN
Egmont,
Overture
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 5
Programme
28
4
June 1963
Josef Krips
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Richard Lewis, tenor Donald Bell, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 1
BEETHOVEN
Symphony
No. 9, ‘Choral’
Programme
29
16
June 1963
John Pritchard
John Ogdon,
piano
HANDEL
Love
in Bath, Suite (arr. Beecham)
SCHUMANN
Piano
Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade
London Philharmonic Orchestra
1963 – 1964 season
32nd
Season
Programme
1
22
September 1963
John Pritchard
Mattiwilda Dobbs,
soprano
RICHARD
STRAUSS Don
Juan
MOZART
Exsultate
jubilate
STRAVINSKY
The
Firebird, Suite
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Hymn to the Sun,
Aria from The Golden Cockerel
DVORAK
Symphony
No. 8
Programme
2
29
September 1963
Pablo Casals
Olga Iglesias, soprano Norma Procter, contralto John Mitchinson, tenor Delme Bryn-Jones, baritone Forbes Robinson, bass
David Sellar, boy
soprano
London Philharmonic Choir
CASALS
El
Pessebre, oratorio
Programme
3
24
October 1963
John Pritchard
Rudolf Serkin,
piano
MILHAUD
Philharmonic
Overture
BEETHOVEN
Piano
Concerto No. 3
NIELSEN
Symphony
No. 5
Programme
4
5
November 1963
Sir Adrian Boult
Peter Katin,
piano
WEBER
Euryanthe,
Overture
BRAHMS
Piano
Concerto No. 1
ELGAR
Symphony
No. 2
Programme
5
17
November 1963
Bernard Haitink
Clifford Curzon,
piano
HAYDN
Symphony
No. 102
LISZT
Piano
Concerto No. 2
SCHUBERT
Symphony
No. 9, ‘Great’
Programme
6
26
November 1963
Roberto Benzi
Fou Ts’ong, piano
PROKOFIEV
Symphony
No. 1, ‘Classical’
MOZART
Piano
Concerto No. 27
DVORAK
Symphony
No. 9, ‘From the New World’
Programme
7
5
December 1963
John Pritchard
Alexander Young, tenor Peter Lehmann Bedford, actor Eric Porter, actor
BERLIOZ
Symphonie
Fantastique
BERLIOZ
Lélio,
or the Return to Life
Programme
8
10
December 1963
Sir Adrian Boult
Moura Lympany,
piano
]
SCHUBERT
Symphony
No. 5
RACHMANINOV
Piano
Concerto No. 3
BLISS
A
Colour Symphony
Programme
9
15
December 1963
John Pritchard
Henryk Szeryng,
violin
CORELLI
Christmas
Oratorio
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin
Concerto
BRITTEN
The
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
ROBERT
RUSSELL BENNETT A Symphonic
Story of Jerome Kern
Programme
10
20
December 1963
John Pritchard
Jeannette Sinclair, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Richard Lewis, tenor John Holmes, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
HANDEL
The Messiah
Programme
11
10
January 1964
John Pritchard
Gina Bachauer,
piano
BRITTEN
Passacaglia
and Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
BRAHMS
Piano
Concerto No. 2
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures
from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Programme
12
18
January 1964
George Malcolm
Tamas Vasary,
piano
BACH Brandenburg
Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 1
MOZART Nine
Quadrilles
MOZART Symphony
No. 40
Programme
13
26
January 1964
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Shura Cherkassky,
piano
SCHUMANN Manfred,
Overture
WAGNER Siegfried
Idyll
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 4
ELGAR Enigma
Variations
Programme
14
30
January 1964
Norman del Mar
Marie Collier, soprano Andre Navarra, cello Quintin Ballardie, viola London Philharmonic Choir
BERG Wozzeck,
Fragments
STRAVINSKY Symphony
of Psalms
RICHARD
STRAUSS Don
Quixote
Programme
15
11
February 1964
Dietfried Bernet
Yan Pascal Tortelier, violin
Paul Tortelier, cello
VERDI
La
Forza del Destino, Overture
BRAHMS
Double
Concerto
RICHARD
STRAUSS Der
Rosenkavalier, Suite
KODALY Hary
Janos, Suite
Programme
16
23
February 1964
John Pritchard
Andor Foldes,
piano
HOLST The
Perfect Fool, Ballet Suite
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
Programme
17
28
February 1964
John Pritchard
Geraint Evans,
baritone
MOZART Posthorn
Serenade
BEETHOVEN Symphony
No. 5
CIMAROSA Il
Maestro di Cappella
Programme
18
12
March 1964
Jascha Horenstein
MAHLER Symphony
No. 7
Programme
19
21
March 1964
John Pritchard
Stephen Bishop,
piano
SULLIVAN Overture
Di Ballo
DUKAS The
Sorcerer’s Apprentice
SCHUMANN Piano
Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Programme
20
31
March 1964
Hermann Michael
Karl Engel,
piano
DEBUSSY Two
Nocturnes
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
BRAHMS Symphony
No. 4
Programme
21
7
April 1964
John Pritchard
Jacqueline du Pre,
cello
ENESCU Romanian
Rhapsody No. 1
ELGAR Cello
Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony
No. 2
Programme
22
16
April 1964
John Pritchard
Heather Harper, soprano William McAlpine, tenor Hans Willbrink, baritone Melos Ensemble Highgate School
Choir London Philharmonic Choir
BRITTEN War
Requiem
Programme
23
19
April 1964
John Pritchard
Ralph Izen, trumpet Alfredo Campoli, violin
PURCELL Trumpet
Tune and Air
BEETHOVEN Violin
Concerto
SCHUBERT Symphony
No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Golden Cockerel,
Suite
Programme
24
5
May 1964
John Pritchard
Annie Fischer,
piano
CHAUSSON Symphony
in B flat major
MOZART Piano
Concerto No. 23
STRAVINSKY Petrushka,
ballet suite
Programme
25
10
May 1964
John Pritchard
Malcolm Binns, piano Odo Slobodskaya, narrator
SIBELIUS Symphony
No. 7
GERSHWIN Piano
Concerto
PROKOFIEV Peter and
the Wolf
JOHANN
STRAUSS II Emperor
Waltz
Programme
26
14
May 1964
John Pritchard
Yehudi Menuhin,
violin
BURT Fantasmagoria
STRAVINSKY Violin
Concerto
WEBERN Symphony
London Philharmonic Orchestra
1964 – 1965 season
33rd
Season
The
Royal Festival Hall was closed for refurbishment from June 1964 to January
1965. The orchestra gave concerts in other venues during the closure.
Programme
1
20
September 1964 (Fairfield Hall, Croydon)
Sir Adrian Boult
Peter Katin,
piano
WAGNER The
Flying Dutchman, Overture
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto
No. 2
ELGAR Symphony
No. 1
Programme
2
20
October 1964 (Royal Albert Hall)
John Pritchard
John Ogdon, piano
BARTOK Music
for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto
No. 3
SIBELIUS Symphony
No. 2
Programme
3
24
October 1964 (Fairfield Hall)
John Pritchard
Szymon Goldberg,
violin
BEETHOVEN Leonore
No. 3, Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony
No. 4
SIBELIUS Violin
Concerto
DUKAS The
Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Programme
4
28
October 1964 (Royal Albert Hall)
Massimo Freccia
Anne Edwards, soprano John Hauxvell, baritone Francis Egerton, tenor London Philharmonic Choir
MOZART Symphony
No. 35, ‘Haffner’
STRAVINSKY The
Firebird, Suite
ORFF Carmina
Burana
Programme
5
12
November 1964 (Royal Albert Hall)
John Pritchard
Claudio Arrau,
piano
BEETHOVEN Egmont,
Overture
BRAHMS Piano
Concerto No. 1
PROKOFIEV Symphony
No. 1, ‘Classical’
LISZT Totentanz
Programme
6
14
November 1964 (Royal Albert Hall)
John Pritchard
Claudio Arrau,
piano
BEETHOVEN Symphony
No. 8
WEBER Konzertstück
for Piano and Orchestra
BRAHMS Piano
Concerto No. 2
Programme
7
29
November 1964 (Fairfield Hall)
Rudolf Schwarz
Jacqueline du Pre,
cello
BRITTEN Sinfonia
da Requiem
ELGAR Cello
Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Programme
8
14
December 1964 (Royal Albert Hall)
Hermann Michael
Vladimir Ashkenazy,
piano
WEBER Der
Freischutz, Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
SCHUBERT Symphony
No. 6
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and
Juliet
Programme
9
16
January 1965 (Fairfield Hall)
Dietfried Bernet
Stephen Bishop,
piano
FRICKER Dance
Scene
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.
6, ‘Pathetique’
Programme
10
24
January 1965 (Royal Albert Hall)
Moshe Atzmon
Louis Kentner,
piano
DVOŘÁK Carnival
Overture
MENDELSSOHN Scherzo from A
Midsummer Night’s Dream
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 4
BRAHMS Symphony
No. 1
Programme
11
2
February 1965
Sir Adrian Boult
Michael Tippett*
Yehudi Menuhin, violin Heather Harper, soprano Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Joseph Ward, tenor Forbes Robinson, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
ELGAR Violin
Concerto
TIPPETT A
Child of our Time
Programme
12
7
February 1965
Jascha Horenstein
John Browning,
piano
WEBER Oberon,
Overture
SCHUMANN Piano
Concerto
BRUCKNER Symphony
No. 3
Programme
13
9
February 1965
Jascha Horenstein
Leonard Rose,
cello
MOZART The
Magic Flute, Overture
DVORAK Cello
Concerto
BRUCKNER Symphony
No. 3
Programme
14
21
February 1965
Constantin Silvestri
Paul Badura-Skoda,
piano
WALTON Partita
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
Programme
15
26
February 1965
Rafael Frühbeck de
Burgos
John Ogdon, piano
SCHUMANN Symphony
No. 3, ‘Rhenish’
LISZT Piano
Concerto No. 1
FALLA The
Three Cornered Hat, Suites 1 and 2
Programme
16
7
March 1965
Evgeny Svetlanov
Ida Haendel,
violin
GLINKA Russlan
and Ludmila, Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin
Concerto
VAINBERG Rhapsody
on Moldavian Themes
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
Programme
17
9
March 1965
Evgeny Svetlanov
Shura Cherkassky,
piano
MUSSORGSKY Night on the
Bare Mountain
KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Programme
18
12
March 1965
John Pritchard
Heather Harper, soprano Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Alexander Young, tenor Victor Godfrey, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
BACH Mass
in B minor
Programme
19
28
March 1965
John Pritchard
Eliahu Inbal*
Vladimir Krainov,
piano
BERLIOZ Queen
Mab and Tomb Scenes from Romeo and Juliet
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto
No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Programme
20
30
March 1965
John Pritchard, Eliahu
Inbal*
Wolfgang Schneiderhan,
violin
BERLIOZ Queen
Mab and Tomb Scenes from Romeo and Juliet
MOZART Violin
Concerto No. 5
STRAVINSKY Violin
Concerto*
WALTON Symphony
No. 2
Programme
21
1
April 1965
Christoph von Dohnanyi
Fou Ts’ong,
piano
MOZART Piano
Concerto No. 23
MAHLER Symphony
No. 5
Programme
22
6
April 1965
Dietfried Bernet
Ralph Holmes, violin Rohan de Saram, cello
BEETHOVEN Egmont,
Overture
BRAHMS Double
Concerto
BARTOK Concerto
for Orchestra
Programme
23
17
April 1965
John Pritchard, Johnny
Dankworth*
Johnny Dankworth
Orchestra
BERNSTEIN Suite
from West Side Story
SEIBER/DANKWORTH Improvisations for Jazz
Band and Symphony Orchestra
Items
by the Johnny Dankworth Orchestra
GERSHWIN An
American in Paris
Programme
24
22
April 1965
John Pritchard
Andor Foldes,
piano
KODALY Peacock
Variations
BARTOK Piano
Concerto No. 1
RICHARD
STRAUSS Ein
Heldenleben
Programme
25
25
April 1965
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Geza Anda,
piano
BERLIOZ Beatrice
and Benedict, Overture
BRAHMS Piano
Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
Programme
26
30
April 1965
John Pritchard
Henryk Szeryng,
violin
BARTOK Violin
Concerto No. 2
MAXWELL
DAVIES Second
Fantasia on John Taverner’s “In Nomine”
Programme
27
2,
4 May 1965
John Pritchard
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano Loren Driscoll, tenor Hans Wilbrink, baritone London Philharmonic Choir, Melos
Ensemble, Highgate School Choir
BRITTEN War
Requiem
Programme
28
7
May 1965
Sir Adrian Boult
Martin Gatt, bassoon Malcolm Binns, piano
MOZART The
Impresario, Overture
WEBER Bassoon
Concerto
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto
No. 3
BEETHOVEN Symphony
No. 7
London Philharmonic Orchestra
1965 – 1966 season
34th
Season
Programme
1
23
September 1965
John Pritchard
John Wakefield,
tenor
PURCELL March
and Canzona for the Funeral of Queen Mary
DELIUS Brigg
Fair
BRITTEN Orpheus
Britannicus
HOLST The
Planets
Programme
2
5
October 1965
John Pritchard
Geraint Evans,
baritone
WALTON Partita
MAHLER Kindertotenlieder
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2
Programme
3
10
October 1965
Evgeny Svetlanov
Hans Richter-Haaser,
piano
PROKOFIEV Symphony
No. 1, ‘Classical’
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 4
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Programme
4
14
October 1965
Evgeny Svetlanov
Daniel Barenboim,
piano
SCHUBERT Rosamunde,
Overture
BRAHMS Piano
Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9
Programme
5
21
October 1965
Sir Adrian Boult
Heinz Medjimorec,
piano
WALTON Symphony
No. 2
BARTOK Piano
Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY The
Firebird, Suite
Programme
6
31
October 1965
John Pritchard
Rodney Friend,
violin
MASSENET Phedre,
Overture
SIBELIUS Violin
Concerto
WAGNER Prelude
and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
KODALY Hary
Janos, Suite
Programme
7
11
November 1965
John Pritchard
Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Ronald Dowd, tenor Don Garrard, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
ELGAR The
Dream of Gerontius
Programme
8
16
November 1965
Bernard Haitink
Ida Haendel,
violin
BEETHOVEN Violin
Concerto
MAHLER Symphony
No. 1
Programme
9
21
November 1965
Bernard Haitink
Gina Bachauer,
piano
BEETHOVEN Egmont,
Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN Symphony
No. 3, ‘Eroica’
Programme
10
28
November 1965
John Pritchard
Aldo Ciccolini,
piano
HOLST The
Perfect Fool, Suite
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a
Theme of Paganini
FRANCK Symphonic
Variations
DVORAK Symphony
No. 8
Programme
11
2
December 1965
John Pritchard
Shura Cherkassky,
piano
SCHULLER Seven
Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto
No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony
No. 2
Programme
12
7
December 1965
Sir Adrian Boult
Bronislav Gimpel,
violin
WILLIAMSON Santiago de
Espada, Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin
Concerto
SCHUBERT Symphony
No. 9, ‘Great’
Programme
13
16
December 1965
John Pritchard
Elizabeth Robson, soprano Yvonne Minton, mezzo soprano John Wakefield, tenor Donald Bell, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
HANDEL The
Messiah
Programme
14
20
January 1966
Sir Adrian Boult
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone London Philharmonic Choir
VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS A London
Symphony (Symphony No. 2)
WALTON Belshazzar’s
Feast
Programme
15
23
January 1966
Christoph von Dohnanyi
Christian Ferras,
violin
MOZART Symphony
No. 25
MENDELSSOHN Violin
Concerto
DVORAK Symphony
No. 9, ‘From the New World’
Programme
16
1
February 1966
Hans Gierster
Fou Ts’ong,
piano
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 1
BRUCKNER Symphony
No. 3
Programme
17
13
February 1966
Colin Davis
Daniel Barenboim,
piano
BEETHOVEN Leonore
No. 2, Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN Symphony
No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Programme
18
17
February 1966
Constantin Silvestri
Peter Frankl, piano, London Philharmonic Choir
DEBUSSY Three
Nocturnes
RAVEL Piano
Concerto in G major
STRAVINSKY Symphony
of Psalms
RAVEL Rapsodie
Espagnole
Programme
19
24
February 1966
Sir Adrian Boult
Martha Argerich,
piano
BRAHMS Academic
Festival Overture
SCHUMANN Piano
Concerto
ELGAR Symphony
No. 1
Programme
20
1
March 1966
Paul Kletzki
Henryk Szeryng,
violin
BRAHMS Violin
Concerto
MOZART Symphony
No. 39
LUTOSLAWSKI Concerto for
Orchestra
Programme
21
6
March 1966
Paul Kletzki
Radu Aldulescu,
cello
WEBER Oberon,
Overture
DVORAK Cello
Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony
No. 2
Programme
22
10
March 1966
John Pritchard
Andor Foldes,
piano
MOZART Serenata
Notturna
BRAHMS Piano
Concerto No. 1
BARTOK Concerto
for Orchestra
Programme
23
15 March 1966
Antal Dorati
Elizabeth Harwood, soprano John Wakefield, tenor John Shirley-Quirk, baritone London Philharmonic Choir
HAYDN The
Creation
Programme
24
20
March 1966
Antal Dorati
Peter Katin,
piano
MOZART Piano
Concerto No. 21
BRUCKNER Symphony
No. 5
Programme
25
27
March 1966
John Pritchard
Clifford Curzon,
piano
BRITTEN Variations
on a Theme of Frank Bridge
GRIEG Piano
Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
Programme
26
3
April 1966
John Pritchard
Johnny Dankworth and
Orchestra
GERSHWIN West
Side Story, Suite
STRAVINSKY Ebony
Concerto
BRUBECK Dialogues
for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra
ROBERT
RUSSELL BENNETT A Symphonic
Story of Jerome Kern
Programme
27
7
April 1966
John Pritchard
Maurice Gendron, cello John Ogdon, piano London Philharmonic Choir
BRITTEN Cello
Symphony
BUSONI Piano
Concerto
Programme
28
10
April 1966
Evgeny Svetlanov
Ronald Turini, piano
MUSSORGSKY Prelude to
Khovanshchina (Dawn on the Moscow River)
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto
No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.
6, ‘Pathetique’
Programme
29
12
April 1966
Evgeny Svetlanov
Bella Davidovich,
piano
WAGNER The
Flying Dutchman, Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
Programme
30
19
April 1966
Rafael Frühbeck de
Burgos
Victoria de los Angeles,
soprano
HAYDN Symphony
No. 104, ‘London’
RAVEL Shéhérazade
RICHARD
STRAUSS Four
Last Songs
RAVEL Daphnis
and Chloe, Suite No. 2
Programme
31
3
May 1966
Lamberto Gardelli
Richard Morgan, oboe
John McCaw, clarinet Keith Whitmore, horn
Martin Gatt, bassoon
ROSSINI William
Tell, Overture
MOZART Sinfonia
concertante for Winds
RESPIGHI The
Fountains of Rome
BRAHMS Symphony
No. 1
London
Philharmonic Orchestra
1966 – 1967 season
35th
Season
Programme
1
20
September 1966
Constantin Silvestri
Vladimir Ashkenazy,
piano
BRITTEN Variations
and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto
No. 2
ELGAR Enigma
Variations
Programme
2
25
September 1966
Constantin Silvestri
Ida Haendel,
violin
ELGAR In
the South
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto
No. 1
DVORAK Symphony
No. 8
Programme
3
29
September 1966
Constantin Silvestri
Norma Procter,
contralto London Philharmonic Choir Choir of Ealing Grammar School for Boys
MAHLER Symphony
No. 3
Programme
4
6
October 1966
John Pritchard
Heather Harper, soprano
Gerald English, tenor John Shaw, baritone Highgate School Choir London
Philharmonic Choir
BRITTEN War
Requiem
Programme
5
9
October 1966
John Pritchard
Gina Bachauer,
piano
BRITTEN Four
Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
GRIEG Piano
Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.
4, ‘Italian’
STRAVINSKY The
Firebird, Suite
Programme
6
18
October 1966
John Pritchard
John Ogdon,
piano
TIPPETT Ritual
Dances from Midsummer Marriage
BRAHMS Piano
Concerto No. 1
BARTOK Concerto
for Orchestra
Programme
7
17
November 1966
Georg Solti
Paul Badura-Skoda,
piano
STRAVINSKY Symphony
in Three Movements
MOZART Piano
Concerto No. 20
BRAHMS Symphony
No. 1
Programme
8
22
November 1966
Georg Solti
SCHUBERT Symphony
No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
BRUCKNER Symphony
No. 8
Programme
9
1
December 1966
Walter Susskind
April Cantelo, soprano Francis Egerton, tenor John Hauxvell, baritone London Philharmonic Choir
MUSSORGSKY Pictures
from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
ORFF Carmina
Burana
Programme
10
4
December 1966
Antal Dorati
Paul Tortelier,
cello
KODALY Concerto
for Orchestra
ELGAR Cello
Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony
No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Programme
11
11
December 1966
Antal Dorati
Henryk Szeryng,
violin
MOZART Symphony
No. 34
BEETHOVEN Violin
Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony
No. 4
Programme
12
17
January 1967
Jascha Horenstein
Daniel Barenboim,
piano
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 2
MAHLER Symphony
No. 5
Programme
13
22
January 1967
Sir Adrian Boult
Nathan Milstein,
violin
HOLST Fugal
Overture
BRAHMS Violin
Concerto
ELGAR Symphony
No. 2
Programme
14
26
January 1967
Neeme Järvi
Stephen Bishop,
piano
MOZART Symphony
No. 35, ‘Haffner’
MOZART Piano
Concerto No. 21
MOZART Symphony
No. 40
Programme
15
2
February 1967
Neeme Järvi
Vasso Devetzi,
piano
HANDEL Concerto
Grosso, Op. 3
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 1
SCHUBERT Overture
in the Italian Style in D major
SCHUBERT Symphony
No. 5
Programme
16
5
February 1967
Karl Richter
Sheila Armstrong, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Peter Pears, tenor John Carol Case, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
BACH Mass
in B minor
Programme
17
9
February 1967
Jean Martinon
Shura Cherkassky,
piano
ROUSSEL Symphony
No. 4
STRAVINSKY Concerto
for Piano and Wind Instruments
RAVEL Mother
Goose, Suite
DEBUSSY La
Mer
Programme
18
21
February 1967
Karel Ancerl
Andor Foldes,
piano
KREJCÍ Serenade
for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Symphony
No. 3, ‘Eroica’
Programme
19
23
February 1967
Karel Ancerl
Irmgard Seefried,
soprano
JANACEK Sinfonietta
RICHARD
STRAUSS Three
Lieder
RICHARD
STRAUSS Composer’s
Aria from Ariadne auf Naxos
DVORAK Symphony
No. 7
Programme
20
2
March 1967
Bernard Haitink
Elly Ameling, soprano Rodney Friend, violin Quintin Ballardie, viola
MOZART Symphony
No. 32
MOZART Sinfonia
Concertante for Violin and Viola
MAHLER Symphony
No. 4
Programme
21
5
March 1967
Bernard Haitink
Daniel Wayenberg,
piano
BERLIOZ Roman
Carnival, Overture
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto
No. 2
SCHUBERT Symphony
No. 9, ‘Great’
Programme
22
9
March 1967
Evgeny Svetlanov
Yakob Flier,
piano
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and
Juliet
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto
No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
Programme
23
14
March 1967
Evgeny Svetlanov
Igor Oistrakh,
violin
GLINKA Kamarinskaya
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin
Concerto
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 1
Programme
24
23
March 1967
Sir Adrian Boult
Anna Reynolds, contralto Ronald Dowd, tenor Forbes Robinson, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
ELGAR The
Dream of Gerontius
Programme
25
26
March 1967
Evgeny Svetlanov
Leonid Kogan,
violin
MUSSORGSKY A Night on
the Bare Mountain
BEETHOVEN Violin
Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.
6, ‘Pathetique’
Programme
26
2
April 1967
Antal Dorati
Josef Suk, violin Maurice Gendron, cello
BACH Brandenburg
Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS Double
Concerto
DVORAK Symphony
No. 5
Programme
27
11
April 1967
Antal Dorati
WAGNER A
Faust Overture
WAGNER Siegfried
Idyll
BRUCKNER Symphony
No. 9
Programme
28
16
April 1967
Sir Adrian Boult
Tamas Vasary, piano Rodney Friend, violin
LOCKE Music
for His Majesty’s Sackbuts and Cornets
PAGANINI Violin
Concerto No. 1 (arr. Wilhelmj)
CHOPIN Piano
Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony
No. 3
Programme
29
20
April 1967
Constantin Silvestri
Annie Fischer,
piano
MOZART Piano
Concerto No. 22
MAHLER Symphony
No. 1
Programme
30
23
April 1967
Lawrence Foster
Hans Richter-Haaser,
piano
MOZART Symphony
No. 26
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
BRAHMS Symphony
No. 2
Programme
31
2
May 1967
John Pritchard
Malvina Parnas, soprano Jean Bonhomme, tenor Sheila Armstrong, soprano Georgetta Psaros, contralto Raymond Myers, bass
Napoleon Bisson, bass Robert Eddison, narrator New Opera Chorus
BERLIOZ Beatrice
and Benedict (concert performance)
Programme
32
9
May 1967
John Pritchard
John Ogdon, piano Catherine Gayer, soprano Patricia Johnson, contralto Alexander Young, tenor Raymond Myers, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
MOZART Piano
Concerto No. 17
MOZART Mass
in C minor
London
Philharmonic Orchestra
1967 – 1968 season
36th
Season
Programme
1
26
September 1967
Jascha Horenstein
Ida Haendel,
violin
HAYDN Symphony
No. 101, ‘Clock’
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin
Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony
No. 5
Programme
2
5
October 1967
Jascha Horenstein
Heather Harper, soprano Kim Borg, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
MOZART Symphony
No. 39
BRAHMS A German
Requiem
Programme
3
10
October 1967
Sir Adrian Boult
Paul Tortelier, cello
HOLST Hammersmith
Prelude and Scherzo
WALTON Cello
Concerto
ELGAR Symphony
No. 1
Programme
4
22
October 1967
Sir Adrian Boult
Henryk Szeryng,
violin
MOZART The
Marriage of Figaro, overture
BRAHMS Violin
Concerto
MAHLER Symphony
No. 1
Programme
5
29
October 1967
Richard Bonynge
Joan Sutherland, soprano Monica Sinclair, contralto Peter Baillie, tenor Raymond Myers, bass
Ambrosian Singers
HANDEL The
Messiah
Programme
6
5
November 1967
Constantin Silvestri
Peter Frankl,
piano
FAURÉ Penelope,
prelude
BRAHMS Piano
Concerto No. 2
SCHUMANN Symphony
No. 4
Programme
7
9
November 1967
Bernard Haitink
Hans Richter-Haaser,
piano
BERLIOZ Benvenuto
Cellini, overture
STRAVINSKY Symphonies
of Wind Instruments
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 3
BARTOK Concerto
for Orchestra
Programme
8
12
November 1967
Bernard Haitink
Leonard Rose,
cello
BEETHOVEN Egmont,
overture
DVORAK Cello
Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony
No. 1
Programme
9
7
December 1967
Antal Dorati
Artur Rubinstein,
piano
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Programme
10
10
December 1967
Antal Dorati
Heather Harper, soprano William Blankenship, tenor Forbes Robinson, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
HAYDN The
Creation
Programme
11
19
December 1967
Carl Melles
John Ogdon,
piano
SCHUBERT Symphony
No. 5
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto
No. 4
DVORAK Symphony
No. 9, ‘From the New World’
Programme
12
18
January 1968
Brian Priestman
Yi Kwei Sze,
bass
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and
Juliet
MUSSORGSKY Three
Excerpts from Boris Godunov
BEETHOVEN Symphony
No. 7
Programme
13
23
January 1968
Bernard Haitink
Josef Suk,
violin
BEETHOVEN Violin
Concerto
BRUCKNER Symphony
No. 7
Programme
14
28
January 1968
Bernard Haitink
Elly Ameling, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Ronald Dowd, tenor London Philharmonic Choir
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
HAYDN Symphony
No. 102
BRITTEN Spring
Symphony
Programme
15
18
February 1968
Karl Richter
Sheila Armstrong, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Ernst Haefliger, tenor Ernst Gerald Schramm, bass
John Carol Case, baritone London Philharmonic Choir
BACH St.
John Passion
Programme
16
20
February 1968
Lamberto Gardelli
Rodney Friend,
violin
STRAVINSKY The
Firebird, Suite
MENDELSSOHN Violin
Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie
Fantastique
Programme
17
25
February 1968
Bernard Haitink
Clifford Curzon,
piano
BEETHOVEN Leonore
No. 3, Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 4
STRAVINSKY Petrushka
(1947)
Programme
18
29
February 1968
Bernard Haitink
Clifford Curzon,
piano
MOZART Piano
Concerto No. 27
MAHLER Symphony
No. 9
Programme
19
3
March 1968
Bernard Haitink
Nikita Magaloff,
piano
SCHUBERT Symphony
No. 3
STRAVINSKY Capriccio
for Piano and Orchestra
DVORAK Symphony
No. 8
Programme
20
10
March 1968
Bernard Haitink
Ingrid Haebler, piano Heather Harper, soprano Anna Reynolds, contralto Alexander Young, tenor Donald Bell, bass
London Philharmonic Choir
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony
No. 9, ‘Choral’
Programme
21
17
March 1968
Maxim Shostakovich
Peter Katin, piano Gordon Webb, trumpet
SHOSTAKOVICH Katerina
Ismailova, Suite
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto
No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Programme
22
21
March 1968
Christoph von Dohnanyi
Christoph Eschenbach,
piano
BARTOK The
Miraculous Mandarin, Suite
MOZART Piano
Concerto No. 23
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.
6, ‘Pathetique’
Programme
23
31
March 1968
Paul Kletzki
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
WEBER Der
Freischutz, Overture
BEETHOVEN Violin
Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony
No. 1
Programme
24
4
April 1968
Evgeny Svetlanov
Paul Tortelier,
cello
PROKOFIEV Lieutenant
Kije, Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo
Variations
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3
Programme
25
14
April 1968
Evgeny Svetlanov
Agostin Anievas,
piano
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a
Theme of Paganini
TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da
Rimini
Programme
26
18
April 1968
Evgeny Svetlanov
Rafael Orozco,
piano
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Golden Cockerel,
Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto
No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6
Programme
27
23
April 1968
John Pritchard
Dan Garrard, baritone London Philharmonic Choir
HOLST The
Planets, Suite
WALTON Belshazzar’s
Feast
Programme
28
30
April 1968
John Pritchard
Rudolf Firkusny,
piano
RICHARD
STRAUSS La
Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Suite
MOZART Piano
Concerto No. 9
NIELSEN Symphony
No. 5
Programme
29
9
May 1968
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy,
piano
BEETHOVEN Coriolan,
Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
STRAVINSKY The Rite
of Spring
Programme
30
12
May 1968
Bernard Haitink
Claudio Arrau,
piano
WAGNER Die
Meistersinger, Overture
LISZT Piano
Concerto No. 1
LISZT Piano
Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Rite
of Spring
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