1947-21946 1947(1)
47/01/02 Abbey Road Studios
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Lawrence
Collingwood
Mozart Cosi fan tutte
Ah, my love

Joan Cross(sop)
47/02/02 Davis Theatre,
Croydon
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Beethoven
Overture, Leonora No.3
Symphony No.7
Symphony No.5
47/02/03 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel-Beecham Amaryllis Suite
Smetana Overture and Dance of the Comedians,
The Bartered Bride
47/02/05 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mehul Overture, Les deux aveugles de Tolede
Mussorgsky Dance of the Persian Slaves, Khovantschina
Smetana Overture and Dance of the Comedians,
The Bartered Bride
Wagner Introduction, Act 3, Tannhauser
47/02/08 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Tchaikovsky Overture Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet
Wagner Introduction, Act 3, Tannhauser
Dvorak The Golden Spinning Wheel
Sibelius Symphony No.2
47/02/09 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Dvorak The Golden Spinning Wheel
Sibelius Symphony No.2
47/02/22 People's Palace,
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Paisiello Overture, Nina
Sibelius Symphony No.6
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 (solo:Solomon)
Strauss Suite, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Franck Le Chasseur Maudit
47/02/23 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel The Messiah
Sinfonia
Pifa(Sinfonia pastorale)

Elsie Suddaby, Marjorie Thomas,
Heddle Nash, Trevor Anthony,
Luton Choral Society, Special Chorus
Paisiello Overture, Nina
Strauss Suite, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Overture to Act 1
Minuet
The Fencing Master
Entrance and Dance of the Tailors
47/02/24 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss Suite, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Overture to Act 1
Minuet
The Fencing Master
Entrance and Dance of the Tailors
47/02/28 Royal Albert Hall Philharmonia
Alceo Galliera
Grieg Piano Concerto
(solo:Dinu Lipatti)
47/03/03 Walthamstow
Assembly Hall
Philharmonia
Karl Rankl
Mozart Piano Concerto K.467 in C major
(solo:Dinu Lipatti)
47/03/04 Wigmore Hall Dennis Brain
Wind Quintet
Poulenc Sextet for piano and wind
Francis Poulenc(pf)
Roberto Gerhard Wind Quintet
47/03/06 unknown National S.O.
Boyd Neel
Thomas Overture Raymond
47/03/21 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Chorus:Behold the Lamb of God
47/03/24 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss Incidental Music, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Prelude to Act 2(Intermezzo)
The Dinner
47/03/26 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Recitativo(contralto):Behold a virgin shall conceive
Air(contralto) and Chorus:O thou that tellest good tidings
Air(contralto):He was despied
47/03/28 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Elsie Suddaby, Marjorie Thomas,
Heddle Nash, Trevor Anthony
(This concert may have been cancelled.)
47/03/29 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mehul Overture, Les deux aveugles de Tolede
Mussorgsky Dance of the Persian Slaves, Khovantshina
Smetana Overture, The Bartered Bride
Strauss Incidental Music, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
The Dinner
47/03/30 Davis Theatre,
Croydon
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Wagner
Overture and Venusberg Music, Tannhauser
Introduction, Act 3, Tannhauser
Prelude, Lohengrin
Ride of the Valkyries, Die Walkure
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3
47/03/31 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Chorus:His yoke is easy
Strauss Incidental Music, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
47/04/01 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Recitativo(contralto):Then shall the eyes
Air(contralto/soprano):He shall feed His flock; Come unto Him

Sibelius Symphony No.2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3
47/04/03 People's Palace
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Brahms
Symphony No.3
Variations on a theme by Haydn
Symphony No.2
47/04/04 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3
47/04/04 Odeon Theatre
Southend-On-Sea
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Wagner
Introduction, Act 3, Tannhauser
Prelude, Lohengrin
Ride of the Valkyries, Die Walkure
Massenet Last Sleep of the Virgin
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3
47/04/08 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3
47/04/09 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Sibelius
Tapiola
Symphony No.1
Symphony No.6
47/04/10 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Air(contralto) and Chorus:O thou that tellest good tidings
47/04/11 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Massenet Last Sleep of the Virgin
Strauss Love Scene, Feuersnot
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3
47/04/12 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Chorus:For unto us a child is born
Recitativo(soprano):There were shepherds abiding
Chorus:Glory to God in the highest
Chorus:Hallelujah!
47/04/14 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Bach Christmas Oratorio
Debussy Printemps
47/04/15 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Recitativo accompagnato(tenor):Comfort ye, my people
Air(tenor):Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
Recitativo accompagnato(tenor):Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
Air(tenor):Behold, and see if there be
47/04/16 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Rimsky-Korsakov Overture, May Night
47/04/16 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire
D'Indy La Foret Enchantee
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
(solo:Ida Haendl)
Massenet Last Sleep of the Virgin
Smetana Circus Music, The Bartered Bride
47/04/17 People's Palace
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Haydn Symphony No.102
Sibelius Scenes Historiques
Delius Violin Concerto
(solo:Jean Pougnet)
Saint-Saens Symphony No.3
47/04/18 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Air(soprano):I know that my Redeemer liveth
Saint-Saens Omphale's Spinning Wheel
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3
47/04/21 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Beethoven
Symphony No.8
Symphony No.9
Audrey Bowman, Marjorie Thomas,
Heddle Nash, Harold Williams,
The Alexandra Choir
47/04/22 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Debussy Printemps
Saint-Seans Omphale's Spinning Wheel
47/04/26 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Royal Philharmonic Society concert
Ireland Overture, Satyricon
Mozart Symphony No.27
Moeran Sinfonietta
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3
47/04/29 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Smetana Overture, The Bartered Bride
Wagner Forest Murmurs, Siegfried
Haydn Symphony No.102
Saint-Saens Symphony No.3
47/05/02 Studio 1,
Maida Vale
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
D'Indy Jour d'ete sur la Montagne
Brahms Four part songs for women's chorus, horns and harp
BBC Women's Chorus
Handel-Beecham Piano Concerto (solo:Betty Humby)
Balakirev Symphony No.1
47/05/05
No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Chorus:And the glory the Load
Chorus:He hath borne our griefs
Chorus:All we like sheep have gone astray
47/05/06 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Chorus:He hath borne our griefs
Chorus:Lift up your heads
Chorus:Worthy is the Lamb
47/05/09 Studio 1,
Maida Vale
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Requiem
Rene Soames, BBC Choral Society
47/05 Royal Albert Hall Philharmonia
Issay Dobrowen
Alceo Galliera
Schnabel concerts
47/05/11 Drury Lane Theatre
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Festival Concert
Symphony No.31
Clarinet Concerto K.622(solo:Reginald Kell)
Divertiment No.2 K.131
Concertante quartet for oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon
With Peter Newberry, Reginald Kell, Dennis Brain, Archie Camden
47/05/12 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Bach Sinfonia, Christmas Oratorio
Handel-Beecham Gavotte and Scherzo, Amaryllis Suite
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3
47/05/13 Studio 1,
Maida Vale
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Requiem
Rene Soames, BBC Choral Society
Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale
47/05/14 Abbey Road Studios
Recording Session

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Wagner Siegfried's Horn Call
47/05/18 Drury Lane Theatre
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Festival Concert
Overture, The Magic Flute
Symphony No.27, K.199
Symphony No.40, K.550
Divertiment No.15, K.287
Symphony No.38, K.504
47/05/21 Kingsway Hall
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Alceo Galliera
Strauss Horn Concerto No.1
47/05/24 City Hall,
Newcastle-on-tyne
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire
Smetana Dance of the Comedians, The Bartered Bride
Mozart Symphony No.38, K.504
Beethoven Symphony No.7
47/05/25 City Hall,
Newcastle-on-tyne
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Wagner Overture, Tannhauser
Haydn Symphony No.102
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6
47/05/27 Kingsway Hall
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Sibelius Symphony No.6
47/05/28 Town Hall,
Birmingham
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Tour(Continued)
Haydn Symphony No.102
Wagner Overture and Venusberg Music, Tannhauser
Brahms Symphony No.2
Other places visited on this tour:Dundee and Glasgow.
47/05/29 City Hall,
Sheffield
RPO
Victor Olof *
Berlioz: Le Corsaire
Mozart: Symphony (Prague)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Brahms: Symphony No.2.
* NOTE Conducted by Olof because Sir Thomas had been recalled to London at 12.00 noon. This was because Lady Betty Humby Beecham was recovering from an operation.
47/06/01 Drury Lane Theatre,
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Festival Concert
Mass in C, K.427
Olive Groves, Margaret Ritchie,
David Lloyd, Trevor Anthony, The Alexandra Choir
Aria, Zaide
Rivolgete a lui, K.584
Symphony No.41
47/06/03 Studio 1
Maida Vale
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz The Capture of Troy, The Trojans
Cassandra:Marisa Ferrer
Chorebus:Charles Gambon
Aeneas:Colin Cunningham
Helenus:Irene Joachim
Hecuba:Yvonne Corke
Pantheus:Charles Paul
Priam:Scott Joynt
Ghost of Hector:Ernst Frank
Greek Captain:Denis Dowling
Trojan Soldier:Denis Dowling
BBC Theatre Chorus
47/06/04 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Chorus:Let us break their bonds asunder
Recitativo(tenor):He that dwelleth in heaven
Air(tenor):Thou shalt break them
Recitativo(contralto):Then shall be brought to pass
Duet(contralto and tenor):O death, where is thy sting?
Chorus:But thanks be to God
47/06/06 Studio 1
Maida Vale
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz The Capture of Troy, The Trojans
Cast as for 47/06/03
47/06/07 Harringay Arena,
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
London Music Festival
Rossini Overture, William Tell
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 (solo:Solomon)
Various Arias
Silveri
Wagner Overture and Venusberg Music, Tannhauser
47/06/08 Harringay Arena,
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Symphony No.38
Saint-Saens Omphale's Spinning Wheel
Various Arias
Jennie Tourel
Smetana Dance of the Comedians, The Bartered Bride
Schubert Symphony No.8
Massenet La Vierge, Last Sleep of the Virgin
Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire
47/06/09 Harringay Arena,
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Haydn Symphony No.102
Delius Piano Concerto (solo:Betty Humby)
Mussorgsky Dance of the Persian Slaves, Khovantschina
Wagner Siegfried's Funeral March, Gotterdammerung
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
47/06/10 Harringay Arena,
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel-Beecham Suite, The Great Elopement
Wagner Liebestod, Tristan und Isolde
Bizet Suite, Carmen
Sibelius Symphony No.2
47/06/11 Harringay Arena,
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Wagner Overture, Die Meistersinger
D'Indy La Foret Enchantee
Some unidentified arias were sung by Nino Martini
Wagner Prelude, Tristan und Isolde
Brahms Symphony No.2
47/06/12 Harringay Arena,
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Weber Overture, Oberon
Bach Angel's Messenger
Some unidentified arias were sung by Mimi Benzel
Sibelius Scenes Historiques
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
(solo:Cyril Smith)
Mozart Basoon Concerto (solo:Archie Camden)
Tchaikovsky Suite, Swan Lake
Strauss Waltz, Voice of Spring
47/06/14 Harringay Arena,
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelssohn Overture, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tchaikovsky Overture Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet
Chabrier Marche Joyeuse
Bizet Suite, The Fair Maid of Perth
An unidentified aria were sung by Oscar Natzka
Strauss Closing Scene, Feuersnot
47/06/15 Harringay Arena,
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Beethoven Overture, Leonora No.3
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6
Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 (solo:Katherine Goodson)
47/06/16 Harringay Arena,
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Smetana Overture, The Bartered Bride
Debussy Printemps
Some unidentified arias were sung by Torsten Ralf
Beethoven Symphony No.7
47/06/17 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Air(soprano):Rejoice greatly, O daughter
Air(contralto/soprano):He shall feed His flocks; Come unto Him
47/06/18 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Chorus:And He shall purify
Recitativo accompagnato(tenor):All they that see Him
Chorus:He trusted in God
47/06/19 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Chorus:And with His stripes we are healed
Recitativo(soprano):Unto which of the angels
Chorus:Let all the angels of God worship Him
Air(soprano):How beautiful are the feet
Air(soprano):If God be for us
47/06/21 Studio 1
Maida Vale
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelsshon Overture, The Fair Melusine
Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp
(solo:Rene LeRoy, Lily Laskine)
Arnell Symphony No.1
Blanchet Piano Concerto (solo:Clara Haskil)
Dvorak The Golden Spinning Wheel

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