19481947-1 1947(2)
47/07/02 Studio 1
Maida Vale
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz The Trojans at Carthage
Dido:Marisa Ferrer
Anna:Yvonne Corke
Iopas:Frans Vroons
Ascanius:Maris Branze
Pantheus:Charles Paul
Narbal:Charles Gambon
Aeneas:Jean Giraudeau
Hylas:Colin Cunnigham
Soldiers:Ernst Frank, Scott Joynt
Ghost of Cassandra:Yvonne Corke
Ghost of Chorebus:Charles Gambon
Ghost of Hector:Ernst Frank
Ghost of Priam:Scott Joynt
Mercury:Stearn Scott
BBC Theatre Chorus
47/07/03 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Air(bass):The people that walked in darkness
Recitativo accompagnato(tenor):He was cut off out of the land
Air(tenor):But Thou didst not leave
Air(soprano):If God be for us
47/07/04 Studio 1
Maida Vale
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz The Trojans at Carthage
Cast as for 47/07/02
47/07/06 Harringay Arena,
London
RPO
French National O.
Sir Thomas Beecham
Manuel Rosenthal *
London Music Festival
Rossini La Gazza Ladra
Offenbach Barcarolle, The Tales of Hoffmann
Smetana Polka, The Bartered Bride
Dukas L'Apprenti Sorcier *
Weber-Berlioz Invitation to the Dance *
Berlioz Trojan March, The Torojan *
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture *
Beethoven Symphony No.5
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
47/07/07 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mehul Overture, Les Deux Aveugles de Tolede
Mozart Ein Deutches Kriegeslied
Trevor Anthony
Paisiello Overture, Nina
47/07/08 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Recitativo accompagnato:Thus saith the Load of Hosts
Air(bass):But who may abide
Chorus:Their sound is gone out into all lands
Air(bass):Why do the nations so furiously rage
Chorus:Since by man came death
Recitativo accompagnato(bass):Behold,I tell you a mystery
Air(bass):The trumpet shall sound
Chorus:Amen
Sibelius Symphony No.6
47/07/09 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah
Air(bass):Thou art gone up on high
Air(bass):The trumpet shall sound
47/07/11 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp
(solo:Rene Leroy, Lily Laskine)
47/07/12 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart
Concerto for Flute and Harp
(solo:Rene Leroy, Lily Laskine)
Theme and Variations, Minuet,
Divertiment No.15, K.287
47/09/06 Studio 1,
Maida Vale
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Overture, King Lear
Liszt Symphonic Poem, Tasso
Sibelius Symphony No.6
Paisiello Overture, Nino o la pazzo per amore
Lalo Symphony in G minor
47/09/07 Studio 1,
Maida Vale
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel-Beecham Amaryllis Suite
Lalo Symphony in G minor
Liszt Psalm 13
Rene Soames BBC Chorus
Delius Appalachia
BBC Chorus
47/09/10 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Overture, King Lear
Sibelius Symphony No.6
47/09/11 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelssohn Overture, The Fair Melusine
47/09/15 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Dvorak The Golden Spinning Wheel
47/09/18 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozrt Symphony No.41
Beethoven Symphony No.8
Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils, Salome
Debussy Images, Iberia
Liszt Orpheus
47/09/19 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils, Salome
47/09/21 Davis Theatre,
Croydon
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelssohn Overture, The Fair Melusine
Mozart Symphony No.41
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
47/09/22 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Liszt Orpheus
Wagner Entry of the Gods, Das Rheingold
Paul Schoeffler, Parry Jones, George Chitty,
Nancy Evans, M.Field-Hyde, Gwlandys Garside,
Edith Furmedge
47/09/25 Norfolk & Norwich
Festival
LSO
Heathcote Statham
Benjamin Britten Serenade for tenor,horn and strings Op.31
Peter Pears(T)
47/09/27 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Messiah(excerpts)
47/09/29 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Verdi La luce langue(Macbeth)
Margherita Grandi
47/09/30 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
(solo:Artur Rubinstein)
47/10/02 Guildhall,
Southampton
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Symphony No.41
Liszt Orpheus
Smetana Polka and Dance of the Comedians,
The Bartered Bride
Strauss Don Quixote
(solo:Paul Tortelier)
47/10/04 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss Don Quixote
(solo:Paul Tortelier)
47/10/05 Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Norman del Mar *
Richard Strauss Festival
Suite Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Fantasie Die Frou Ohne Schatten *
Closing Scene Feuersnot
Don Quixote
(solo:Paul Tortelier)
47/10/07 Imperial Theatre,
Brighton
RPO
Norman Del Mar
Dvorak: William Tell Overture
Bizet: Carmen Suite
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Beethoven: Symphony No.5
47/10/07
47/10/08
No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss Don Quixote
(solo:Paul Tortelier)
47/10/10 Imperial Theatre Brighton RPO
Norman Del Mar
Beethoven: Leonora Overture No.3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1
(Schulamith Shafir, piano)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
47/10/12 Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Norman del Mar *
Strauss
Shinphonic poem Macbeth *
Intermezzo Entr'acte in A flat **
Ariadne auf Naxos Closing Scene
Maria Cebotari, Karl Freidrich,
Gwladys Garside, Edith Furmedge,
Margaret Field-Hyde
Ein Heldenleben Oscar Lampe (vn)
NOTE Opera After the French Revolution. Produced by Denis Stevens (programme in the series, The History of Music in Sound)
47/10/13 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss
Closing Scene Ariadne auf Naxos
Maria Cebotari, Carl Freidrich,
Gwladys Garside, Edith Furmedge,
Margaret Field-Hyde
Suite, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Minuet of Lully
47/10/14 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss Closing Scene Ariadne auf Naxos
47/10/15 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss Closing Scene Ariadne auf Naxos
Handel Messiah
Introductory Talk by Sir Thomas Beecham
Recitativo accompagnato(bass):For behold, darkness shall cover

Liszt Orpheus
Strauss
Ariadne auf Naxos, Overture
Intermezzo, entrance
Suite, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Minuet of Lully
47/10/19 Davis Theatre,
Croydon
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Overture, King Lear
Handel-Beecham Suite, Amaryllis(Sarabande)
Mussorgsky Khovantschina; Dance of the Persian Slaves
Mozart Symphony No.35
Beethoven Symphony No.3
47/10/19 Royal Albert Hall Philharmonia
Richard Strauss
Strauss
Don juan
Sifonia Domestica
Rondo Burlesque, for Piano and Orchestra
(solo:Alfred Blumen)
Rosenkavalier Waltzes
(Symphonic Version,1946)
47/10/22 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Royal Philharmonic Society
Mozart Symphony No.35
Vaughan-Williams Pastoral Symphony
Margaret Field-Hyde
Beethoven Symphony No.3
47/10/24
47/10/26
Studio 1,
Maida Vail
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss
Elektra
Elektra:Erna Schluter
Chrysothemis:Ljuba Welitsch
Clytemnestra:Elizabeth Hongen
Aegisthus:Walter Widdop
Orestes:Paul Schoeffler
Guardian of Orestes:Ernst Urbach
The Confidante:Mildred Watson
Trainbearer:Gwladys Garside
Young Servant:Eric Goldie
Overseer:Ruth Packer
Maids:Maud Heaton, Gwladys Garside, Monica Warner,
Sylvia Patriss, Marion Davies
BBC Theatre Chorus
47/10/27 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss
Closing Scene, Elektra
Erna Schluter, Ljuba Welitsch, Ernst Erbach
Walter Widdop, Paul Schoeffler, RPO Chorus
47/10/28 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss
Closing Scene, Elektra
Wagner Entry of the Gods, Das Rheingold
Walter Widdop, Margaret Field-Hyde,
Gwladys Garside, Edith Furmedge,
T. Hermann, George Chitty
47/10/29 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss
Closing Scene, Elektra
Ein Heldenleben
47/11/02 Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelssohn Commemoration Concert
Overture, The Fair Melusine
Nocturne, A Midsummer Dream
Scherzo, Octet in G minor
Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor
(solo:Albert Ferber)
Symphony No.3
47/11/05
47/11/06
No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mehul Overture, Les deux aveugles de Tolede
Mozart Symphony No.27
Strauss Suite, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Entrance and Dance of the Tailors
The Dinner
47/11/06 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Dvorak The Golden Spinning Wheel
Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Nos.44 and 45
47/11/09 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Tchaikovsky
Suite, Casse Noisette
Suite, Swan Lake
Symphony No.4
47/11/10 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Violin Concerto No.4, K.218
(solo:Jascha Heifetz)
47/11/11 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Overture, King Lear
Sibelius Symphony No.6
Mendelssohn Overture, The Fair Melusine
Smetana Polka, The Bartered Bride
47/11/16
2.30p.m.
Granada,
Tooting
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Norman Del Mar *
Rossini Overture, William Tell *
Bizet Carmen Suite *
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 *
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
47/11/16 Drury Lane Theatre
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Overture, King Lear
Sibelius The Bard
Sibelius Symphony No.6
Berlioz Royal Hunt and Strom, The Trojans
Sibelius Incidental Music, The Tempest
Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire
47/11/19 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Royal Philharmonic Society
Mendelssohn Overture, The Fair Melusine
Bach Christmas Oratorio, Pastoral Symphony
Walton Viola Concerto
(solo:Frederick Riddle)
Schumann Symphony No.3
47/11/20 Sheldonian Theatre,
Oxford
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Oxford Subscription Concert
Berlioz Overture, King Lear
Liszt Symphonic Poem, Orpheus
Mozart Symphony No.35
Sibelius Incidental Music, The Tempest (2 items)
Schumann Symphony No.3
47/11/21 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss Ein Heldenleben
47/11/24 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Wagner
Prelude, Lohengrin
Elisabeth's Prayer and Greeting (Tannhauser)
Kirsten Flagstad
Introduction, Act 3, Die Meistersinger
Narration (Lohengrin)
Set Svanholm
Holbrooke The Fairies' Midwife, Queen Mab
Wagner
Introduction, Act 3, Tannhauser
Duet, Act 1, Die Walkure
Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm
47/11/25
47/11/26
No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Gounod Faust
Act II:O sainte medaille
Act III:
Faites-lui mes aveux

Les grands seigneurs
Act IV:Seigneur, daignez permettre
Giorii-Boue, George Nore, Roger Rico
Roger Bourdin, Henrietta St. Arnaud
Ernst Frank, Betty Bannerman
RPO Chorus
47/11/27 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Gounod Faust
Act II:Merci de ta chanson
Act III:
Achevons la metamorphose
Seigneur Dieu, que vois-je

Act IV:
Quand du Seigneur

Ecoute-moi bien
Mendelssohn Overture, The Fair Melusine
47/11/28 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Mozart Divertiment No.2 in D major K.131
47/11/29 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Dvorak The Golden Spinning Wheel
Gounod Faust
Act III:Je voudrais bien savoir
Strauss Ein Heldenleben
4711/30 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Norman Del Mar
Beethoven: Symphony No.1
Beethoven: Symphony No.9
Doris Doree, Muriel Brunskill, Trefor Jones, Harold Williams, soloists
47/11/30 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Divertiment No.2 in D major K.131
47/11/30 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Beethoven
Symphony No.1
Symphony No.9
The Alexandra Choir
four well known soloists
47/12/01 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Gounod Faust
Act IV:Deposons les armes
47/12/02 Albert Hall,
Nottingham
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Overture, The Magic Flute
Handel-Beecham Amaryllis Suite
Delius Summer Night on the River
Mendelssohn Scherzo, Octet in G minor
Tchaikovsky Elegy, Serenade for Strings
Smetana Polka, The Bertered Bride
Sibelius Symphony No.6
Massenet La Vierge, Last Sleep of the Virgin
Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire
47/12/03 City Hall,
Sheffield
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Overture, The Magic Flute
Liszt Symphonic Poem, Orpheus
Dohnanyi Piano Concerto No.2(first performance)
(solo:Ernst von Dohnanyi)
Haydn Symphony No.40 in F
Sibelius Tapiola Tchaikovsky Elegy, Serenade for Strings
Chabrier March Joyeuse
47/12/04 Civic Hall,
Wolverhampton
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Same programme as Nottingham, 47/12/02
47/12/05 Town Hall,
Birmingham
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Haydn Symphony No.40 in F
Dohnanyi Piano Concerto No.2
(solo:Ernst von Dohnanyi)
Schubert Symphony No.9
NOTICE Note that although Haydn Symphony No.40 was scheduled for the programme, it was withdrawn, probably because Dennis Brain could not be present to play the difficult principal horn part.
47/12/07 Drury Lane Theatre
London
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Haydn: Symphony No.40 in F
Dohnanyi: Piano Concerto No.2
(solo: Ernst Von Dohnanyi)
Schubert: Symphony No.9
47/12/08 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelssohn Scherzo, Octet in G minor
Mozart Symphony No.27
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
(solo:Artur Rubinstein)
47/12/14 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Bax The Garden of Fand
Strauss Ein Heldenleben
47/12/15 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Bax The Garden of Fand
47/12/17 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Norman Del Mar *
Royal Philharmonic Society
Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire
Debussy Rondes de Printemps, Images
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 *
(solo:Moura Lympany)
Smetana Polka, The Bartered Bride
Beecham and Del Mar replaced an indisposed Basil Cameron
47/12/19
47/12/21
Studio 1,
Maida Vale
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Cherubini Les deux journees
Count Armand:Pierre Gianotti
Constance:Jeanne Micheau
A Water Carrier:CharlesPaul
Antonio:Eugene Regnier
Marcellina:Marion Davies
Daniel:Donald Munro
Semos:Donald Munro
Angelina:Winifred Lawson
Commandant:Fabien Smith
Lieutenant:Ernst Frank
Sergeant:Donald Campbell
Corporal:David Perrin
BBC Theatre Chorus
47/12/22 Town Hall,
Leeds
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire
Delius Eventyr
Strauss Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Sibelius Tapiola
Mozart Symphony No.35
Massenet La Vierge, Last Sleep of the Virgin
Chabrier March Joyeuse
47/12/22 Philharmonic Hall,
Liverpool
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Same programme as at Leeds, 47/12/22
47/12/19 BBC Radio
Broadcast
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Cherubini: Les Deux Journees (Complete) In 3 Acts

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