Concert Register(1948)

1948

48/01/01
6.30p.m.

BBC Third
Programme

Swiss Folk Music Old songs and dances of the mountains and valleys
Dennis Brain (hr), Max Meili (T), John Francis (picc), Colin Sauer (vn), J Edward Merrett (db), Millicent Silver (harpsichord)

48/01/04
at 3 p.m.

Davis Theatre, Croydon

RPO
Norman Del Mar (1st part)
Lawrence Collingwood CBE (2nd part)

The Thomas Beecham Concerts Society in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain presents the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader - Oscar Lampe

Thomas Overture: Mignon
Berlioz The Royal Hunt and Storm "Trojans"
Bizet Suite: Carmen -
Massenet Fairy Waltz from "Cendrillon" -
Interval
Gounod Act III. The Garden Scene from "Faust" -
Marguerite - Giori Boue
Faust - Georges Nore
Mephistopheles - Roger Ricco
Siebel - Huguette Saint-Arnaud
Martha - Betty Bannerman

Horns:
Dennis Brain
I. Beers
R. White
F. Probyn

48/01/04

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart
Divertimento No.2 K.131
Symphony No.27

48/01/05

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Gounod Faust
Act I:
Rien! en vain j'interroge
Ah! paresseuse fille
Act II:Nou nous retrouverons

48/01/06

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Gounod Faust
Act III:
C'est ici?
O calamite
Vous auriez grand besoin

48/01/06
7.30-8.55p.m.

BBC Third
Programme

LSO
(Leader George Stratton)
Basil Cameron

Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Winter Series
Bach Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F
Dennis Brain (hr), John Burden (hr)

48/01/07

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Gounod Faust
Act II:
Vin ou biere
Ne permettrez-vous pas
Act IV:Allons Siebel
Act V:Pourquoi ce regard menacant

48/01/08

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Gounod Faust
Act I:D'ou vient ta surprise?
Act III:
O nature
O nuit d'amour
Act IV:
Que voulez-vous messieurs?
Voici notres heros
Act V:
Mon coeur est penetre
Oui, mon coeur se souvient

48/01/08
8.30-9.00p.m.

BBC Light
Programme

Karl Haas

Music In Miniature
Gwen Catley (S), Leon Goossens (ob), Joy Boughton (ob), Cecil James (fg), Dennis Brain (hr), Harold Jackson (tp), Norbert Brainin (vn), James Whitehead (vc), Josephine Lee (harpsichord & pf)

48/01/10

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Gounod Faust
Act I:Introduction

48/01/16

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Verdi Sleepwalking Scene, Macbeth
Margherita Grandi, Ernst Frank, Vera Terry

48/01/19
6.40-7.10p.m.

BBC Third
Programme
Recorded programme

Mozart Quintet in E flat K.452
MozartEvelyn Rothwell (ob), Reginald Kell (cl), Archie Camden (fg), Dennis Brain (hr), Denis Matthews (pf)

48/02/12
8.30-9.00p.m.

BBC Light
Programme

Music In Miniature
Denis Matthews (pf), Arthur Grumiaux (vn), David Martin (vn), Max Gilbert (va), James Whitehead (vc), Dennis Brain (hr)

48/03/03

Konzerthaus,
Wien

VSO
Josef Krips

Strauss Horn Concerto No.2
(Though it has been said that Dennis Brain made
the second public performance of this concerto,
it is not true, it was performed twice during 1944 in Dresden
by Max Zimolong.)

48/03

Kigsway Hall

Philharmonia
Otto Klemperer

Otto Klemperer's first Post-war London appearance
Bach Third Suite
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements
Beethoven Symphony No.3 Eroica

48/03/18

Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Haydn Symphony No.41
Debussy Images, Iberia
Schubert Symphony No.9

48/03/19

Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Schumann Manfred, Incidental Music
Manfred:George Rylands
Other spoken parts:Peter Cresswell, George Owen,
Lydia Scherwood, Raf de la Torre
BBC Chorus

48/03/20

No.1 Studio
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Strauss
Don Quixote
Suite, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
The Dinner

48/03/24

Royal Albert Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Haydn Symphony No.102
Elgar Symphonic Study, Falstaff
Brahms Symphony No.3
Berlioz Trojan March, The Trojans

48/03/31

Assembly Hall,
Belfast

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Tour
Mozart Symphony No.35
Sibelius En Saga
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini

48/04/01

Assembly Hall,
Belfast

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Haydn Sumphony No.93
Delius Walk to the Paradise Garden
Franck Symphony in D
Handel-Beecham Suite, The Great Elopement

48/04/02

Assembly Hall,
Belfast

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides
Berlioz Royal Hunt and Strom, The Trojans
Debussy Prelude a l'apres midi d'une faune
Franck Le Chasseur Maudit
Brahms Symphony No.2

48/04/10
9.50-10.40p.m.

BBC Third
Programme

Chamber Music
Beethoven Quintet in E flat op.16
Leon Goossens (ob), Reginald Kell (cl), Archie Camden (fg), Dennis Brain (hr), Peter Stadlen (pf)

48/04/11

Royal Albert Hall

Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan's debut with Philharmonia
R.Strauss Don Juan
Schumann Piano Concerto
(solo:Dinu Lipatti)
Beethoven Symphony No.5

48/04/18

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Gounod Faust
Act V:Va t'en! le jour va luire

48/04/19

Chelsea Town Hall

Busch Quartet

Mozart Horn Quintet K.407

48/04/20

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Haydn Symphony No.40
Strauss Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

48/04/21
8.30p.m.

BBC Third
Programme

The Boyd Neel String Orchestra
(Leader Maurice Clare)
Britten

Britten Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings op.31
Peter Pears (T), Dennis Brain (hr)

48/04/23
48/04/25

BBC Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Delius *A Village Romeo and Juliet*
Manz Marti Sali as a Boy Sali as a Man Vreli as a child Vreli as a Young Girl Dark Fiddler Gingerbread Woman Wheel of Fortune Woman Cheap Jewellery Woman Showman Shooting Gallery Man The Slim Girl The Wild Girl Poor Horn Player Hunchback Bass Fiddler BBC Theatre Chorus	Fabian Smith Frederick Sharp Sybil Hambleton Rene Soames Marion Davies Gery Terry Gordon Clinton Marion Davies Sylvia Petriss Gwladys Garside Lloyd Strauss-Smith Scott Joynt Marion Davies Gwladys Garside Lloyd Strauss-Smith Philip Hattey Organist: Herbert Dawson

48/04/30

Kingsway Hall

Busch Chamber
Players

BUSCH CONCERTS TENTH SERIES-1948
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.1
Dennis Brain (hr), Ian Beers (hr), Rothwell, Boughton (ob), Cruft (ob), Paul Draper (fg)

48/05/04

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Delius
Dance Rhapsody No.1
A Village Romeo and Juliet

48/05/06
48/05/07

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Delius A Village Romeo and Juliet

48/05/08

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Delius
Dance Rhapsody No.1
A Mass of Life Prelude to Part 3
Ian Beers, Roy White(hr)
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

48/05/12

Royal Albert Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Society
Beethoven
Symphony No.8
Symphony No.9

BBC Chorus Society
Joan Hammond Heddle Nash	Margaret MacArthur Harold Williams

48/05/13

Sheldonian Theatre
Oxford

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Elgar
Bax
Delius
Bantock

Symphonic Study, Falstaff
The Garden of Fand
Paris
Fifine at the Fair

48/05/21

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Delius A Village Romeo and Juliet

48/05/27
8.30p.m.

BBC Home
Service

The Thursday Concert
Beethoven Sonata in F for horn and piano
Mozart Quintet in E flat K.452 for piano and wind
Leon Goossens (ob), Reginald Kell (cl), Archie Camden (fg), Dennis Brain (hr), Denis Matthews (pf)
Given before an audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London

48/05/30

Wintergarden,
Bournemouth

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Bax
Delius
Bantock
Elgar

The Garden of Fand
Paris
Fifine at the Fair
Symphonic Study, Falstaff

48/06/07

Royal Albert Hall

RPO
Walter Susskind

Viennese Music
Mozart Overture The Marriage of Figaro
Haydn Symphony No4 in D
Mozart Arias Non Mi Dir (Don Giovanni) and Dove Song (Marriage of Figaro)
Schubert Symphony No8 The Unfinished Johann Strauss Selection

48/06/12

Kurhaus
Scheveningen

Hague Residentie
Orchestra
Fritz Schurmann

Dennis Brain first international festival appearance
Contemporary Music Holland Festival
Elisabeth Lutyens Horn Concerto
(first performance)
SCHUBERT Symphony No8 (The Unfinished)
JOHANN STRAUSS Selection

48/06/17

Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart Mozart	Symphony No.35 Concerto for Flute and Harp
Rene LeRoy(fl), Lily Laskine(hp)
Haydn Haydn	Symphony No.40 Spring, The Seasons
Margaret Ritchie, Richard Lewis, Trevor Anthony BBC Chorus

48/06/19

Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Haydn Haydn	Symphony No.99 Summer, The Seasons
Margaret Ritchie, Richard Lewis, Trevor Anthony BBC Chorus
Mozart	Symphony No.36

48/06/21
11.35p.m.

BBC Third
Programme

Schumann Andante and Variations op.46 for two pianos, two cellos and horn
Harry Isaacs (pf), York Bowen (pf), James Whitehead (vc), Harvey Phillips (vc), Dennis Brain (hr)
Recording of broadcast on June 21 1948

48/06/25

Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart Mozart	Symphony No.38 Sinfonia Concertante, K.364
Olive Zorian, Winifred Copperwheat
Haydn	Autumn, The Seasons
Margaret Ritchie, Richard Lewis, Trevor Anthony BBC Chorus

48/06/27

Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Haydn Haydn	Symphony No.93 Winter, The Seasons
Margaret Ritchie, Richard Lewis, Trevor Anthony BBC Chorus
Mozart Mozart	Overture, La clemenza di Tito S'altro che lagrime (La Clemenza di Tito)
Dorothy Bond
Mozart	Se altro volto (La Clemenza di Tito)
R. Giancola, Margaret Ritchie, Trevor Anthony
Mozart	Symphony No.39

48/06/27

BBC Radio
Broadcast

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart: Clemenza di Tito
S'altro che lagrima (Dorothy Bond)
Se al volto: Rosanna Giancola, Margaret Ritchie, Trevor Anthony

48/06/30

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Gounod Faust
Act I:O merveille!
Act III:
Sitot qu'elle s'eveillait
Il se fait tard

48/06/30

Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Haydn	Sinfonia Concertante
Oscar Lampe, Anthony Pini, Terence MacDonagh, Gwydion Brooke
Mozart	Canons for unaccompanied chorus Ave Maria, K.554 G'rechtelt's enk, K.556 Bona nox, K.561 Caro bel, idol mio, K.562
BBC Chorus Conductor: Leslie Woodgate
Mozart	Symphony No.40
Mozart	Idomeneo (excerpts)
Dorothy Bond, R.Giancola, Rosina Raisbeck, Richard Lewis, William Parsons, Marian Nowakowski, BBC Chorus

48/07/01

Assembly Hall,
Walthamstow

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart	La Clemenza di Tito
Handel-Beecham	Amaryllis Suite
Mozart	Piano Concerto No.24, K.491
Betty Humby
Sibelius	Symphony No.7
Delius	Summer Night on the River
Debbussy	Cortege and Air, L'Enfant Prodigue
Berlioz	Torojan March, The Trojan

48/07/03

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Delius A Village Romeo and Juliet

48/07/04
48/07/05

Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart	Thamos, Konig in Agypten (excerpts) Chorus: Hymn to the Sun Entr'acte: Act 2 Final Chorus
Roger Rico, BBC Chorus
Mozart	Symphony No.41
Mozart	Requiem Mass
F.Wend, Constance Shacklock, Ferans Vroons, R.Rico, BBC Chorus

48/07/14

Glyndebourne

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart	Overture, The Impressario
Mozart	Symphony No.27
Mozart	Piano Concerto No.23
Clifford Curzon
Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante for windK.297b
Terence MacDonagh (ob), Jack Brymer (cl), Gwydion Brooke (fg), Dennis Brain (hr)
Mozart	Entracte, Konig Thamos
Mozart	Symphony No.35

48/07/15

Glyndebourne

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart	Overture, La Clemenza di Tito
Mozart	Symphony No.31
Mozart	Divertiment No.2, K.131
Mozart	Flute Concerto, K.314
Gerald Jackson
Mozart	Symphony No.41

48/07/15

Guildford

Municipal Phi. Orch.

Mozart Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K.495

48/07/16

Glyndebourne

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart	Overture, Il Seraglio
Mozart	Adagio, Divertimento No.15, K.287
Mozart	Ruhe sanft mein holdes leben (Zaide)
Mozart	Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat K.417
Dennis Brain
Mozart	Zefferetti Lusingheri (Idomeneo)
Dorothy Bond
Mozart	Symphony No.38

48/07/17

Glyndebourne

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Norman Del Mar *

Mozart	Symphony No.36 Linz *
Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante
Jean Pougnet(vn), Frederick Riddle(va)
Mozart	Symphony No.40

48/07/20

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Delius A Village Romeo and Juliet

48/07/25
3.00-4.10p.m

BBC Home
Service

The Blech String Quartet

The Sunday Concert
Mozart Divertimento in F for string quartet, double bass and two horns K.247
Dennis Brain (hr), Ian Beers (hr), Harry Blech (vn), Lionel Bentley (vn), Keith Cummings (va), Douglas Cameron (vc), J. Edward Merrett (db)

48/08/11
8.00-8.55p.m

BBC Third
Programme

Mozart Quintet in E flat for horn and strings K.407
Dennis Brain (hr), Harry Blech (vn), Keith Cummings (va), Jean Stewart (va), Douglas Cameron (vc)

48/08/22
48/08/23

Lucerne

Zurich Collegium
Musicum
Paul Sacher

Mozart Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat K.447

48/08/31
2.00-8.30p.m.
7.00-8.00p.m.

BBC Studio 3, Broadcasting House

Recital of Dennis Brain and James Johnstone in the Latin America service, for transmission, Thursday and Friday 2 and 3 September 1948

48/09

Edinburgh

Boyd Neel Orch.

Dennis Brain first Edinburgh Festival performance
Britten Serenade for tenor,horn and strings Op.31
John Tainsh(T)

48/09

Royal Albert Hall

LSO
Stanford Robinson

Dennis Brain first Prom Performance
Mozart Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K.495

48/09/27
9.00-10.15p.m.

BBC Third
Programme

Blech String Quartet

Chamber Music
Mozart Divertimento in F for two horns, string quartet and double bass K.247
Dennis Brain (hr), Ian Beers (hr), Harry Blech (vn), Lionel Bentley (vn), Keith Cummings (va), Douglas Cameron (vc), James W Merrett (db)

48/10/02

Town Hall,
Birmingham

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Royal Philharmonic tour of Britain and Ireland

Smetana
Boccherini
Mozart
Tchaikovsky

Overture, The Bartered Bride
Symphony No.3
Symphony No.31
Symphony No.4

48/10/03

Town Hall,
Blackpool

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

48/10/04

Opera House,
Blackburn

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

48/10/05

Caird Hall,
Dundee

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

48/10/06
48/10/07

St. Andrew's Hall,
Glasgow

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

48/10/08
48/10/09

Usher Hall,
Edinburgh

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

48/10/10

Kursaal
Baden-Baden

Sudwestfunk Orch.
Paul Hindemith

Mozart Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat K.417

48/10/11

De Montfort Hall,
Belfast

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

48/10/14

Victoria Hall,
Belfast

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Brahms

Symphony No.2
Suite, Casse Noisette
Symphony No.2

48/10/15

Victoria Hall,
Belfast

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Brott	Canadian Suite, Prairies and Maritimes
Mozart	Symphony No.31
Elgar	Cello Concerto
solo:Anthony Pini
Tchaikovsky	Symphony No.4

48/10/16
48/10/17

Olympia Theatre,
Dublin

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

48/10/18

Albert Hall,
Nottingham

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

48/10/20

Royal Albert Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Society

Wagner
Boccherini
Brott
Brahms

Overture, Die Meistersinger
Symphony No.3
Canadian Suite, Maritime
Symphony No.2

48/10/20
10.10-11.40p.m.

BBC Third
Programme

Martin String Quartet

Schubert Octet, D.803, for clarinet, horn, bassoon, string quartet and double-bass
Frederick Thurston (cl), Dennis Brain (hr), Archie Camden (fg), J Edward Merrett (db)

48/10/28

Sheldonian Theatre
Oxford

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Oxford Subscription Concert

Austin
Handel-Beecham
Mozart
Beethoven

Overture, The Sea Ventures
Suite, The Faithful Shephered
Symphony No.31
Symphony No.6

48/11/07

Troxy Cinema,
Stepney

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Tchaikovsky
Suite, Swan Lake
Suite, Casse Noisette
Symphony No.6

48/11/14

Trocadero Cinema
Elephant and Castle

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Tchaikovsky
Suite, Swan Lake
Suite, Casse Noisette
Symphony No.6

48/11/17

Royal Albert Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Society

F. Austin	Overture, The Sea Venturers
Debussy	Jeux
Elgar	Cello Concerto
Anthony Pini
Beethoven	Symphony No.6

48/11/30

Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Herold	Overture, Zampa
Saint-Saens	Omphale's Spinning Wheel
Bizet	Suite L'Arlesienne
Faure	Pavane
BBC Singers
Chabrier	Rhapsody, Espana

48/12/05

Town Hall,
Leeds

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Berlioz	Overture, Roman Carnival
Debussy	Prelude a L'apres midi d'un faune
Mozart	Symphony No.41
Tchaokovsky	Symphony No.4

48/12/08

Civic Hall,
Wolverhampton

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart	Symphony No.39
Delius	Piano Concerto
Betty Humby Beecham
Tchaikovsky	Overture Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet
Vaughan Williams	In the Fen Country
Sibelius	Alla Marcia, Karelia Suite

48/12/15

Royal Albert Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Society

Berlioz	Overture, Waverley
Vaughan Williams	In the Fen Country
Mozart	Symphony No.41
Strauss	Ein Heldenleben
David McCallum(Vn)

48/12/17
6.00p.m.

BBC Third
Programme

Hummel Septet in D minor, op.74, for flute, oboe, horn, viola, cello, double-bass and piano
Gareth Morris (fl), Evelyn Rothwell (ob), Dennis Brain (hr), Max Gilbert (va), Harvey Phillips (vc), J Edward Merrett (db), Joan Davies (pf)

48/12/22
9.25-10.15p.m.

BBC Third
Programme

Brahms Trio in E flat, op.40 for horn, violin and piano
Dennis Brain (hr), Max Rostal (vn), Franz Osborn (pf)

48/12/28
9.05-9.50p.m.

BBC Third
Programme

Ducdame Written by Terence Tiller
Incidental music to the play composed and arranged by Roy Douglas