1950(1)
50/01/25	Royal Albert Hall	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Royal Philharmonic Society Berlioz Sibelius Moeran Delius Overture, King Lear Symphony No.4 Sinfonietta Dance Rhapsody No.1
50/01/27	No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Recording Session	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Haydn Symphony No.102
50/02/02	Royal Albert Hall	Philharmonia Alceo Galliera	Brahms Variations on a theme of Haydn Medtner Piano Concerto No.3 (solo:Nicholas Medtner) Beethoven Symphony No.7
50/02/06	No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Recording Session	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Bizet Suite, The Fair Maid of Perth
50/02/07	No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Recording Session	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Delius Mendelsshon Strauss Over the Hills and Far Away Overture, The Hebrides Waltz, Moning Papers
50/02/09	Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Oxford Subscription Concert Mozart Mozart Handel-Beecham Delius Delius Debussy Mozart Serenade in D, Haffner Symphony No.38 Suite, The Great Elopement Summer Evening Marche Caprice Petite Suite March in D
50/02/20	Royal Albert Hall	Philharmonia Rafael Kubelik	Mozart Symphony No.39, 40 Motet : Jubilate Esultate (solo:Elisabeth Schwarzkopf) Symphony No.41
50/02/22	Kingsway Hall Recording Session	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Mozart Mozart Symphony No.41 March in D
50/03/01	Royal Albert Hall	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Royal Philharmonic Society Mozart Mozart Mozart Haydn Overture, The Magic Flute Serenade in D, Haffner Symphony No.38 Sinfonia Concertante David McCallum Terence McDonagh Anthony Pini Gwidion Brooke Dvorak Slavonic Rhapsody No.3
50/03/03	Studio 1, Maida Vale	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	History in Sound of European Music Cherubini Boieldieu Isouard Overture, Medee Unidentified item Aria Joconde Dans un delire extreme Richard Lewis Cherubini Spontini Les deux journees Act II finale Fernando Cortez Act III Opening John Alexander, Richard Lewis, Fisher Morgan BBC Chorus Lesueur Ossian Love Duet Marjorie Avis, Richard Lewis Mehul Joseph Experts Ensemble, Act 1 Entracte, Act 2 Chorus, 'di Israel' Duet, Act 3 Cantique, Maidens of Memphis Marjorie Avis, BBC Chorus Spontini Scene and Duet, La Vestale Act 2 Joan Alexander, Fisher Morgan Mehul Le Tresor Suppose Overture, Romance Joan Aexander Timoleon Overture
50/03/07	Studio 1, Maida Vale	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Mehul Debussy Gretry Berlioz Chabrier Overture, Le Jeune Henri Printemps Air de Ballet, Zemire et Azor Deux Morceaux de Ballet, The Trojans at Carthage Marche Joyeuse
50/03/08	Baths Hall, Cheam	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Wagner: Overture, Tannhauser Brahms: Haydn Variations Delius: In a Summer Garden Sibelius: Symphony No.2 * NOTE * Sir Thomas collapsed as he brought Delius's In a Summer garden to a close and was ill with Influenza for a few days. David McCallum took over the concert and managed without a score. There may have been another short piece performed prior to the interval.
50/03/10	Central Hall, Newport	RPO Norman Del Mar *	Berlioz: Le Corsair Mozart: Symphony No.38 Prague Bizet: The Fair Maid of Perth Suite Sibelius: Symphony No.7 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini NOTE * Norman Del Mar conducted as Sir Thomas had influenza. The programme was unaltered.
50/03/17	Queen's Hall, Hull	RPO Norman Del Mar	Berlioz: Le Corsair Mozart: Symphony Prague Bizet: The Fair Maid of Perth Suite Sibelius: Symphony No.7 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini NOTE* Norman Del Mar conducted as Sir Thomas had influenza.
50/04/07	Odeon Theatre, Southend-on-sea	RPO Clarence Raybold *	Chabrier: Espana Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo Elgar: Cello Concerto (Anthony Pini, cello) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 Pathetique NOTE* Clarence Raybold conducted as Sir Thomas was indisposed.
50/04/09	Winter Gardens, Eastbourne	RPO Clarence Raybold *	Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo Elgar: Cello Concerto (Anthony Pini, cello) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 Pathetique NOTE * Clarence Raybold conducted as Sir Thomas was still indisposed.
50/04/13	Royal Albert Hall	Philharmonia Sir Adrian Boult	Schubert Unfinished Symphony Chopin Concerto No.2 (solo:Alfred Cortot) Frank Variations Symphoniques Balakirev Symphony No.1
50/04/18	Kingsway Hall Recording Session	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Mozart Symphony No.38
50/04/19 50/04/20	Berlin	RIAS SO Paul Sacher	Benjamin Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op.31 Ernst Haefliger(T)
50/04/20	West German Radio Berlin	-	Beethoven Horn Sonata in F op.17 Hindemith Sonata for horn and piano Conrad Hansen(pf)
50/04/24	Kingsway Hall Recording Session	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Chabrier Haydn Suppe Rhapsody, Espana Symphony No.93 Overture, Morning, Noon and Night
50/04/25	Kingsway Hall Recording Session	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Handel-Beecham Suite, The Faithful Shepherd
50/04/27	Royal Albert Hall	Philharmonia Paul Kletzki	Schnabel Rhapsody (First European Performance) Beethoven Violin Concerto (solo:Yehudi Menuhin) Moussorgsky-Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
50/05/17	Royal Albert Hall	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Royal Philharmonic Society Handel Solomon Margaret Ritchie, Victoria Sladen Richard Lewis, Bruce Dargavel LPO Choir
50/05/22	Royal Albert Hall	Philharmonia Wilhelm Furtwangler	Wagner Meistersinger Prelude Siegfried Idyll R.Strauss Vier letzte Lieder (world premiere) Wagner Tristan Prelude and Liebestod Gotterdammerung Siegfried's Rhine Journey Closing Scene Tristan Prelude(encore) (solo:Kirstein Flagstad)
50/05/31	Kingsway Hall Recording Session	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Arnell Punch and the Child
50/06/01	Kingsway Hall Recording Session	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Mendelsshon Haydn Overture, The Hebrides Symphony No.93
50/06/08	Kurhaus Theatre Baden-Baden	Sudwestfunk Orch. Paul Hindemith	Hindemith Horn Concerto (first performance)
50/06/11	Winter Gardens, Eastbourne	RPO Norman Del Mar	Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture Haydn: Symphony No.93 Smetana: Bartered Bride Polka and Comedians' Dance Weber: Bassoon Concerto Gwydion Brooke Handel-Beecham: Faithful Shepherd Suite Berlioz: Le Corsair Overture
50/06/15	Barber Institute Birmingham	unknown	Gordon Bryan Horn Concerto Mozart Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat K447
50/06/22	Studio 1, Maida Vale	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Lalo Debussy Mozart Symphony in G Jeux Flute Concerto No.2, K.314 Gerald Jackson Sibelius Tapiola
50/06/24 50/06/25	Studio 1, Maida Vale	RPO Sir Thomas Beecham	Haydn The Creation Dorothy Bond, Olive Groves, John Mauxvell Rene Soames, Norman Walker, BBC Chorus

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