19471945 1946
46/01/08 Kingsway Hall
Recording Session
National S.O.
Malcolm Sargent
Grieg
Suppe
Lyric Suite
Poet and Peasant Overture
46/01/09 Kingsway Hall
Recording Session
National S.O.
Enrique Jorda
Haydn Symphony No.88 in G
46/01/24 Kingsway Hall
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Constant Lanbert
Borodin
Glinka
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Jota
(Caprice brillant)
46/01/30 Kingsway Hall
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Constant Lanbert
Rimsky-Korsakov
Dvorak
Dvorak
Skazka
The Peasant a Rouge
, Overture
Scherzo Capriccioso
46/02/05 Kingsway Hall
Recording Session
National S.O.
Malcolm Sargent
Handel-Harty Music for Royal Fireworks
46/02/06 Kingsway Hall
Recording Session
National S.O.
Malcolm Sargent
Berlioz Beatrice and Benedict Overture
46/02/09

unknown

Philharmonia
John Barbirolli
Mendelssohn Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream
46/02/18 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Maurice Miles
Butterworth Banks of Green Willow
46/02/25 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Walter Susskind
Donizetti
Gounod
Down her pale cheek (L'Elisir d'amore)
'Tis love, 'tis love (Romeo and Juliet)
Heddle Nash (T)
46/02/27 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Walter Susskind
Verdi
Puccini
How wondrous..oh, folly (La Traviata)
Oh, you've no notion (La Fanciulla del West)
Joan Hammond (sop)
46/03/12 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Walter Susskind
Weber
Weber
Der Freischutz Overture
Ruler of the Spirits Overture
46/03/23

unknown

Philharmonia
Walter Susskind
Mozart Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat K.447
46/03/25 National Gallery LBE
Karl Haas
C.P.E.Bach Wind Sonatas
Haydn
March for the Prince of Wales
March for the Derbyshire Volunteer
Divertimento in Es for horn,violin,and cello
46/03/27 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Walter Susskind
Mozart Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat K.417
46/03/28
46/03/29
No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Constant Lambert
Rawthorne Symphonic Studies
46/03/29 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Constant Lambert
Rawthorne
Bliss
Street Corner Overture
Phoenix March
46/05 Royal Albert Hall Philharmonia
Issay Dobrowen
Alceo Galliera
Schnabel concerts
Beethoven
Piano Concertos
Arthur Schnabel(pf)
Triple Concerto
Arthur Grumiaux(vn), Pierre Fournier(vc)
46/09/15 Davis Theatre,
Croydon
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra first public concert
Rossini Overture, William Tell
Mozart Symphony No.36 Linz
Delius Over the Hills and Far Away
Tchaikovsky Overture Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet
Bizet Suite, Carmen
46/09/17 Lees Cliff Hall,
Folkestone
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Rossini Overture, William Tell
Mozart Symphony No.36 Linz
Bizet Suite, Carmen
Delius Over the Hills and Far Away
Tchaikovsky Overture Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet
46/09/18 Winter Garden,
Eastbourne
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Rossini Overture, William Tell
Mozart Symphony No.36 Linz
Delius Over the Hills and Far Away
Tchaikovsky Overture Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet
Bizet Suite, Carmen
46/09/19 Kingsway Hall Philharmonia
Walter Susskind
Mozart Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat K.447
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5
(solo:Denis Matthews)
46/09/26 BBC DBWQ Dennis Brain Wind Quintet first broadcast
Hindemith Kleine Kammermusik
46/09/28 Winter Garden,
Margate
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Wagner Overture, Die Meistersinger
Franck Symphony in D
Delius In a Summer Garden
Handel-Beecham Suite, The Great Elopement
Hadley Morning in Spring
Chabrier Marche Joyeuse
46/09/29 Davis Theatre,
Croydon
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Wagner Overture Die Meistersinger
Franck Symphony in D
Mozart Violin Concerto No.4 K.218
Sibelius Tapiola
Chabrier Marche Joyeuse
46/10/03 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius Dance Rhapsody No.2
46/10/06 BBC Studio RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Schubert Symphony No.5
Sibelius Suite Pelleas and Melisande
Debussy Cortege and Air, L'enfant Prodigue
Mozart Overture, The Impresario
46/10/10
8.30 p.m.
BBC Light Programme   Music In Miniature
A musical entertainment given by Nicolas Orloff, (piano), Reginald Kell (clarinet), Cecil James (bassoon), Dennis Brain (horn), David Martin and Lorraine du Val (violins), Max Gilbert and Jean Stewart (violas), James Whitehead (cello), and J.Edward Merrett (bass).
Programme arranged by Basil Douglas
46/10/13 Davis Theatre,
Croydon
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Haydn Symphony No.104 London
Handel-Beecham Suite, The Great Elopement
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
(solo:Cyril Smith)
Saint-Saens Omphale's Spinning Wheel
Dvorak Slavonic Rhapsody No.3
46/10/16 Sheldonian Theatre
,Oxford
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Schubert Symphony No.5
Delius Piano Concerto
(solo:Betty Humby)
Sibelius Symphony No.2
46/10 Chelsea Town Hall Boyd Neel Orch. Brandenburg Concertos complete
46/10/26 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Royal Philharmonic Society
Delius Festival Concert

Over the Hills and Far Away
The Song of the High Hills
Freda Hart, Leslie Jones, Luton Choral Society
Suite, Hassan
Appalachia
Bruce Clark, Luton Choral Society
46/10/27 Davis Theatre,
Croydon
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire
Debussy Printemps
Wagner Prelude and Liebestod, Tristan und Isolde
Delius Violin Concerto
(solo:Jean Pougnet)
Bizet Suite, The Fair Maid of Perth
46/10/30 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius
Piano Concerto
(solo:Betty Humby)
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
46/10/31
46/11/01
No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius
Violin Concerto
(solo:Jean Pougnet)
46/11/02 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Violin Concerto
(solo:Alfredo Capmpoli)
Symphony No.2
46/11/02
11.05 p.m.
BBC Third Programme LBE
Karl Haas
Lully Five Marches
Mozart Three Canzonets for 2 sopranos, bassoon, two clarinets, three basset-horns K.439, K.438, K.346
Haydn Divertimento in B flat, Chorale St Antonii
Mozart Adagio for two clarinets and three basset horns K.411
Mozart Three Canzonets for two sopranos, bass, two clarinets, and three basset-horns K.436, K.437, K.549
Bach March in E flat
Haydn Second March for the Derbyshire Cavalry
Handel March in D
Beethoven March in B flat

London Baroque Ensemble
Natalie James and Marian Attwood (oboes), Edward Selwyn (oboe and cor anglais), Frederick Thurston and Sidney Fell (clarinets), Walter Lear, Richard Temple-Savage, and Francis Reidy (basset horns), Cecil James, Tom Wightman and Val Kennedy (bassoons), Anthony Baines (double bassoon), Dennis Brain and Norman Del Mar (horns), Malcolm Arnold (trumpet).
Gwen Catley (soprano) Nora Gruhn (soprano) Robert Irwin (baritone)
46/11/04 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius Festival Concert
Paris
Piano Concerto
(solo:Betty Humby)
Sea Drift
Redvers Llewellyn, BBC Choral Society
46/11/06 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire
Delius Dance Rhapsody No.1
Chabrier Marche Joyeuse
46/11/08 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Richard Austin *
Delius Festival Concert
Symphonic Poem, Paa Vidderne
(first performance)
In a Summer Garden
Violin Concerto
(solo:Jean Pougnet)
Koanga Act III and Epilogue *
Oda Slobodskaya, Leslie Jones, Roderick Jones,
Victoria Sladen, Trevor Anthony, Bruce Clark
Croydon Philharmonic Society
Stock Exchange Choir (male voices)
46/11/10 Davis Theatre,
Croydon
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelssohn Overture, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mozart Symphony No.40
Rimsky-Korsakov Prelude and Cortege,
Le Coq d'Or
Schumann Piano Concerto
(solo:Moura Lympany)
Berners The Triumph of Neptune
Trevor Anthony
46/11/11 Chelsea Town Hall
King's Road S.W.3
The London Wind Players
Harry Blech
Series of Twelve Concerts by the Boyd Neel Orchestra
Mozart Serenade in B flat major K361
Beethoven Octet in E flat, Op.103
46/11/15 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Richard Austin *
Delius Festival Concert
Eventyr
Brigg Fair
Songs of Sunset
Nancy Evans, Redvers Llewellyn
BBC Choral Society
Act 3, A Village Romeo and Juliet *
Freda Hart, Estelle Applin, Ethyl Lyon,
Eileen Pilcher, Heddle Nash, Leslie Jones,
George Pragnell, Bruce Clark, Redvers Llewellyn
46/11/16 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire
Mozart Symphony No.35 Haffner
Berners Suite, The Triumph of Neptune
Trevor Anthony
Debussy Printemps
Sibelius Tapiola
Chabrier Marche Joyeuse
46/11/18 Central Hall,
Westminster
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Richard Austin *
Delius Festival Concert
Dance Rhapsody No.2
Idyll *
Elsie Suddaby, Roderick Jones
Songs of Farewell (last movement omitted)
Croydon Philharmonic Society
Three Symphonic Poems (first performance) *
Songs with Orchestra : The Violet; Autumn;
Twilight Fancies; Il pleure dans mon coeur;
The bird's story

Elsie Suddaby
Summer Night on the River
A Song before Sunrise
Cynara

Roderick Jones
Double Concerto *
Paul Beard, Anthony Pini
46/11/21 Central Hall,
Westminster
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Richard Austin *
Arthur Davies **
Delius Festival Society
North Country Sketches
Three Unaccompanied Choruses **
Luton Choral Society
Arabesque *
Gordon Clinton, Luton Choral Society
Songs with Orchestra *
Marjorie Thomas
Prelude, Irmelin
Marche Caprice
Songs with Orchestra
John Kentish
La Calinda, Koanga
Prelude, Act 3, Folkeraadet
46/11/22 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
The Songs of the High Hills
Freda Hart, Leslie Jones
Luton Choral Society
46/11/23 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Overture, Il Seraglio
Mozart Symphony No.40
Schubert Symphony No.8
Sibelius Symphony No.2
46/11/24 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Victor Olof

(Sir Thomas Beecham had gout
and was unable to conduct.)
Weber Overture, Oberon
Mozart Deh Vieni (The Marriage of Figaro)
Donizetti O luce di quest'anima (Linda di Chamonix)
Mozart Violin Concerto No.5, K.219
(solo:John Pennington)
Sibelius Symphony No.2
46/11/25 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Debussy Printemps
Sibelius Tapiola
46/11/26 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius Brigg Fair
Delius On the Mountains, Paa Viderne
46/11/26 Chelsea Town Hall Chelsea S.O.
Norman Del Mar
R.Strauss Horn Concerto No.1
Wagner Siegfried Act II extract
46/11/28 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelsshon Overture, A Midsummer Night's Dream
46/11/30 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius Songs of Sunset
Nancy Evans, Redvers Llewellyn
BBC Chorus
46/12/01 De Montfort Hall,
Leicester
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Rossini Overture, William Tell
Mozart Symphony No.36 Linz
Delius Over the Hills and Far Away
Tchaikovsky Overture Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet
Bizet Suite, Carmen
46/12/02 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Tchaikovsky Overture Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet
46/12/03 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Tchaikovsky
Suite, Swan Lake
Suite, Casse Noisette
Symphony No.6 Pathetique
46/12/04 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius Piano Concerto
(solo:Betty Humby)
46/12/07 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Royal Philharmonic Society
Haydn Symphony No.104 London
Rawsthorne Piano Concerto No.1
(solo:Phyllis Sellick)
D'Indy Jour d'ete sur la Montagne
Berlioz Overture, Roman Carnival
46/12/08 Davis Theatre,
Croydon
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Schubert Symphony No.5
Mozart Piano Concerto No.24
(solo:Betty Humby)
Brahms Symphony No.2
46/12/14 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Beethoven Overture, Leonora No.3
Beethoven Symphony No.8
Mozart Piano Concerto No.24
(solo:Betty Humby)
Mozart Symphony No.31 Paris
NOTE
This programme is not the same as the following which were advertised as 'forthcoming concerts' on the back page of the concert programme November 2, 1946.

Haydn Symphony No.102 in B flat
Mozart Piano Concerto No.24 in G minor
(Soloist: Betty Humby Beecham)
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F
46/12/16 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius Piano Concerto
(solo:Betty Humby)

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