1951-21950-3 1951(1)
51/01/09 Kingsway Hall
Recording session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Rimsky-Korsakov Suite, Le Coq d'Or
51/01/12 Kingsway Hall
Recording session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Delius Eventyr
51/01/15 Kingsway Hall
Recording session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Schubert
Rimsky-Korsakov		 Symphony No.8
Suite, Le Coq d'Or
51/01/22 WDR
Cologne		 WDR Orch.
Josepf Keilberth		 Hindemith Horn Concerto
51/01/23 WDR
Cologne		 WDR Orch.
Gunter Wand		 Mozart Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat K.447
51/01/26 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius Closing Scene, Koanga
RPO Chorus
Delius Sea Drift
Gordon Clinton, RPO Chorus
51/01/29 Kingsway Hall
Recording session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Haydn Symphony No.103
51/01/31 Manchester Halle Orch.
Paul Kletzki		 Britten Serenade for tenor,horn and strings Op.31
Peter Pears(T)
51/02/01 Kingsway Hall
Recording session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Haydn Symphony No.103
51/02/05 BBC BBC Welsh Orch.
Rae Jenkins		 R.Strauss Horn Concerto No.2
51/02/07 Chelsea Town Hall LMP
Harry Blech		 Haydn Horn Concerto No.1
NOTE Though it has been said Dennis Brain made the first
performance in modern times of this concerto, it is not true,
it was performed in Germany in the 1930's.
The existence of recorded tape from 1938 is confirmed.
51/02/22

unknown

 Philharmonia
Wilhelm Furtwangler		 Weber Der Freischutz Overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5
(solo:Edwin Fischer)
51/02/26 Kingsway Hall

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 Philharmonia Chamber Music Concert
Beethoven Sonata in A, Op.47 Kreutzer
Brahms Folk Songs
Brahms Horn Trio
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf(s), Denis Matthews(pf), Arthur Grumiaux(vn)
51/03/03 BBC

unknown

 Hindemith Horn Concerto
(first broadcast performance)
51/03/07 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Royal Philharmonic Society
Berlioz
Brahms
Franck
Tchaikovsky		 Overture, Le Corsaire
Variations on a theme by Haydn
Le Chasseur Maudit
Symphony No.6
51/03/09 Kingsway Hall
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Franck Le Chasseur Maudit
51/03/09

unknown

 Philharmonia
Wilhelm Furtwangler		 Wagner
Der Fliegende Hollander Ouverture
Good Friday Music from Parsifal
Die Walkure Act I extract(concert style)
51/03/16 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelssohn
Handel-Beecham		 Overture, Ruy Blas
March and Serenade, The Great Elopement
51/03/20 BBC RPO
Carl Schuricht		 Frank Martin
Concerto for seven wind instruments
(first London performance)
51/03/28 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Royal Philharmonic Society
Mozart
Mozart		 Overture, The Impresario
Sinfonia Concertante, K.297b
Terence MacDonagh, Jack Brymer
Gwydion Brooke, Dennis Brain
Mozart
Sibelius		 Symphony No.40
Symphony No.1
NOTE The second work was to have been Mozart's
Piano Concerto No.19, soloist Betty Humby.
51/04/03 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius
Delius		 Eventyr
Twilight Fancies
Elsie Suddaby
Handel-Beecham Suites 1 & 2, The Great Elopement
(excerpts)
51/04/16 Kingsway Hall Philharmonia
Norman Del Mar		 Hindemith Horn Concerto
(first London public performance)
Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op.31
Peter Pears(T)
51/04/19 SDR

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 Beethoven Horn Sonata in F Op.17
Hindemith Horn Sonata in F(1939)
Conrad Hansen(pf)
51/04/24 Studio 1,
Maida Vale		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Meyerbeer
Coppolo		 Overture, Struensee
Ah no la rosa e mia (La festa della Rosa)
Soloist not known
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4
Weber Overture, Der Freischutz
Rossini Soave conforto (Zelmire)
R. Giancola, Constance Shacklock, Owen Brannigan
Cherubini Overture, Lodoiska
51/04/27 Colston Hall,
Bristol		 RPO
Leopold Stokowski		 Stokowski conducts RPO
Wagner Tannhauser
Overture & Venusberg Music
Villa-Lobos Impressao Moura
Falla El amor brujo
Brahms Symphony No.4
51/04/28 Bournemouth RPO
Leopold Stokowski		 Berlioz Carnaval Romain Overture
Carl Ruggles Organum
Debussy Prelude a l'apres-midi
Stravinsky Firebird Suite
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
51/04/29 Empire Theatre,
Cardiff		 RPO/Stokowski

from the concert programme cover
Dr. Stephen Gamble Collection		 The Thomas Beecham Society presents
Leopold Stokowski Conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader - David McCallum

Horns:
Dennis Brain, Principal
I. Beers
E. Borsdorf
F. Probyn

Wagner Overture and Venusberg Music (Tannhauser)
Villa-Lobos Impressao Moura (Descobrimento do Brasil)
De Fala El Amor Brujo (Complete Ballet)

INTERVAL

Brahms Symphony No.4 in E minor
51/04/30 Birmingham RPO/Stokowski

unknown
51/05/01 Leicester RPO/Stokowski

unknown
51/05/02 Hanley RPO/Stokowski

unknown
51/05/03 Royal Festival Hall Royal Festival O.
Dykes Bower *
Sir Adrian Boult
Sir Malcolm Sargent		 Royal Festival Hall inaugural concert
Bourgeois All people that on earth *
Purcell Soul of the world
Handel Zadok the Priest
Elger Pomp and Circumstance No.1
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Handel Hallelujah Chorus;
Amen Chorus(Messiah)
51/05/04 Victoria Hall,
Halifax		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart
Mozart
Handel-Beecham
Sibelius
Berlioz		 Overture, The Impresario
Symphony No.38
Suite, The Great Elopement
Symphony No.4
Overture, Le Corsaire
51/05/05 Spa Royal,
Bridlington		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Handel-Beecham
Sibelius
Massenet
Sibelius		 Overture, The Hebrides
German Dances
Suite, The Great Elopement
Symphony No.6
La Vierge, Last Sleep of the Virgin
Legend, Return of Lemminkainen
51/05/06 Bradford RPO
Leopold Stokowski		 Berlioz Carnaval Romain Overture
Carl Ruggles Organum
Debussy Prelude a l'apres-midi
Stravinsky Firebird Suite
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
51/05/07 Newcastle-
upon-Tyne		 RPO/Stokowski

unknown
51/05/08 Wigmore Hall Surrey P.O.
Kathleen Riddick		 Festival of Britain Concert
Gordon Jacob Horn Concerto
(first performance)
51/05/09 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Schubert Symphony No.8
51/05/09
(3:00 p.m.)		 Royal Festival Hall London Mozart Players
(Leader - Max Salpeter)
Harry Blech		 Festival of Britain Concert
Mozart Overture, Il Seraglio, K.384
Symphony No.44 in E Minor Trauer
Mozart Piano Concerto in C Minor, K.491
Denis Matthews(pf)
Mozart Symphony No.38 in D, K.504 Prague
51/05/09
(7:30 p.m.)		 Royal Albert Hall Phiharmonia
Rafael Kubelik		 Festival of Britain Concert
All Brahms Programme
Yehudi and Hephzibah Menuhin
51/05/10 Sheldonian
Theatre,
Oxford		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Haydn
Mozart
Sibelius		 Symphony No.102
Symphony No.31
Symphony No.1
51/05/11 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart
Haydn
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart		 Symphony No.31
Symphony No.102
German Dances
Symphony No.38
March in D
51/05/15 Petersfield Petersfield Orch.
Merit		 Maurice Blower
Concertino for horn and strings
(first performance)
51/05/15
(7:30 p.m.)		 Royal Albert Hall Phiharmonia
Walter Susskind		 Festival of Britain Concert
Margherita Carosio
51/05/16 London RPO
Leopold Stokowski		 Wagner Tannhauser Overture & Venusberg Music
Villa-Lobos Impressao Moura
Falla El amor brujo
Brahms Symphony No.4
51/05/17 Oxford RPO/Stokowski

unknown
51/05/18 Kingsway Hall
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Beethoven Symphony No.8
51/05/20 Southend RPO/Stokowski

unknown
51/05/21 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Royal Philharmonic Society
Sibelius
Sibelius
Sibelius
Sibelius
Sibelius		 Symphony No.6
Minnelied
Tapiola
Symphony No.4
Legend, Return of Lemminkainen
51/05/21
(8:00 p.m.)		 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Sir Malcolm Sargent		 Festival of Britain Concert
Mozart
Brahms		 Violin Concerto No.5
Violin Concerto
Heifez(vn)
51/05/23 No.1 Studio,
Maida Vale
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Sibelius Symphony No.1
51/05/24 Forum Cinema,
Bath		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Festival of Britain Concert
Mendelssohn
Haydn
Sibelius
Handel
Delius		 Overture, The Hebrides
Symphony No.102
Tapiola
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Solomon
Violin Concerto
David McCallum
Massenet
Berlioz		 La Vierge, Last Sleep of the Virgin
Overture, Le Corsaire
51/05/27 London RPO
Leopold Stokowski		 Berlioz Carnaval Romain Overture
Debussy Prelude a l'apres-midi
Prokofiev Scythian Suite
Riegger Symphony No.3
Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
51/05/29 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel Solomon
Isobel Baillie, Elsie Morison
Andrew Macpherson, Bruce Dargavel
LPO Choir
51/05/30 Davis Theatre,
Croydon		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel-Beecham The Great Elopement: March;
Serenade; Madrigal and Hornpipe
Mendelssohn
Delius
Mozart		 Overture, Ruy Blas
In a Summer Garden
Sinfonia Concertante for Wind, K.297b
Terence MacDonagh, Jack Brymer
Gwydion Brooke, Dennis Brain
Beethoven
Berlioz		 Symphony No.8
Trojan March, The Trojans
51/05 BBC Gilbert Vinter Malcolm Arnold
Horn Concerto No.1
(first broadcast performance)
51/06/02 Davis Theatre,
Croydon		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Elgar
Haydn
Wagner
Delius		 Overture, Cockaigne
Symphony No.94
Overture, The Flying Dutchman
Violin Concerto
David McCallum
Bizet Suite, The Fair Maid of Perth
51/06/04 London RPO
Leopold Stokowski		 Carl Ruggles Organum
Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No.1
Wagner Tristan Prelude and Liebestod
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
51/06/07 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Royal Philharmonic Society
Festival of Britain Concert
Delius A Mass of Life
Sylvia Fisher, Monica Sinclair
David Lloyd, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
LPO Choir
51/06/10 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Walter Goehr		 The Festival of Britain
Britten Les Illuminations
Orff Carmina Burana
(first London Performance)
51/06/17 Royal Albert Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Festival of Britain Concert
Smyth
Holbrooke
Arnell		 Overture, The Wreckers
Symphonic Poem, Ulalume
Suite, Punch and the Child
  (first London performance)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
51/06/18 Odeon Theatre,
Norwich		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Festival of Britain Concert
Berlioz
Haydn
Holbrooke
Sibelius
Thaikovsky		 Overture, Le Corsaire
Symphony No.102
Symphonic Poem, Ulalume
Legend, Return of Lemminkainen
Symphony No.4
51/06 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Otto Klemperer		 Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor
(solo:Dame Myra Hess)
51/06/29 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Otto Klemperer		 Walton Scapino Comedy Overture
Mozart Symphony No.41 Jupiter

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