19531951-2 1952
52/01/03
52/01/04		 Abbey Road
Studio No.1
Recording Session		 LBE
Karl Haas		 Mozart Serenade No.11 in E flat K.375
Neill Sanders(hr)
52/02/06 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Mozart Symphony No.39
Mozart Piano Concerto No.20
Clara Haskil(pf)
Mozart Don Giovanni Ouverture
52/02/16 Abbey Road
Recording Session		 Philharmonia
Rafael Kubelik		 Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream
Nocturne
52/03/09 BBC Dennis Brain Wind Quintet First English broadcast performance
Arnold Schoenberg Wind Quintet Op.26
for flute (picolo), oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
52/03/11 BBC

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 York Bowen
Ballade for oboe,horn and piano
(first performance)
MacDonagh(ob),Bowen(pf)
52/04/14 BBC Goldsburgh Orch. Rosetti Horn Concerto in E flat
52/04/19 Abbey Road
Studio No.3
Recording Session

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 Paul Dukas Vilanelle for horn and piano
Gerald Moore(pf)
52/04/20 Recording Session
 LMP
Harry Blech		 Haydn Symphony No.49
52/04/21 SDR
Stuttgart		 SDR Orch.
Muller-Kray		 Mozart Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat K.447
52/04/22 Abbey Road
Studio No.1
Recording Session

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 Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op.70
Gerald Moore(pf)
52/04/24 Royal Albert Hall Philharmonia
Wilhelm Furtwangler		 Furtwangler's Last concert in London
Schumann
Manfred Overture
Symphony No.4
Ravel Rhapsodie Espagnol
Wagner
Five Wesendonck Songs
Closing Scene from Gotterdammerung
(solo:Kirstein Flagstad)
52/04/26

unknown
Recording Session

 LMP
Harry Blech		 Mozart Divertimento No.2 in D K.131
52/04/28
52/05/02
55/05/28		 Abbey Road
Recording Sessions		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Mozart Divertimento No.15 in B flat K.287
52/05/03 Royal Festival Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz
Mozart
Berners
Goldmark		 Overture, Corsaire
Symphony No.31
Suite, The Triumph of Nature
Rustic Wedding Symphony
52/05/05 No.1 Studio
Abbey Road
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Beethoven
Sibelius
Goldmark		 Symphony No.6
Symphony No.1
Rustic Wedding Symphony
52/05/06 No.1 Studio
Abbey Road
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Goldmark Rustic Wedding Symphony
52/05/06 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Mozart Divertimento No.15 in B flat K.287
Strauss Don Juan
Beethoven Symphony No.7
52/05/07 No.1 Studio
Abbey Road
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Goldmark Rustic Wedding Symphony
52/05/08 No.1 Studio
Abbey Road
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Goldmark
Mendelssohn		 Rustic Wedding Symphony
Symphony No.4
52/05/09 BBC TV Studio RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz
Handel-Beecham
Delius
Massenet
Berlioz		 Overture, Corsaire
Suite, The Great Elopement
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
La Vierge, Last Sleep of the Virgin
Trojan March, The Trojan
52/05/09 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Handel Water Music
Stravinsky Jeu de cartes
Brahms Symphony No.1
52/05/12 Palais de Chaillot,
Paris		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Philharmonia First European Tour
Handel Water Music
Stravinsky Jeu de cartes
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
52/05/13 Palais de Chaillot,
Paris		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Mozart Divertimento No.17 in D K.334
Strauss Don Juan
Beethoven Symphony No.5
52/05/14 Casino,
Berne		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Mozart Divertimento No.17 in D K.334
Strauss Don Juan
Beethoven Symphony No.5
52/05/15 Victoria Hall,
Geneva		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Mozart Divertimento No.17 in D K.334
Stravinsky Jeu de cartes
Beethoven Symphony No.5
52/05/16 Tonhalle,
Zurich		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Handel Water Music
Stravinsky Jeu de cartes
Beethoven Symphony No.7
52/05/17 Musiksaal-Casino,
Basle		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Handel Water Music
Mozart Divertimento No.17 in D K.334
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
52/05/18 Conservatorio,
Turin		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Handel Water Music
Stravinsky Jeu de cartes
Brahms Symphony No.1
52/05/19
52/05/20		 La Scala,
Milan		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Vivaldi Concerto in D minor
Handel Water Music
Beethoven Symphony No.7
52/05/22 Musikverein,
Vienna		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Handel Water Music
Mozart Violin Concerto No.5
Beethoven Symphony No.7
52/05/23 Musikverein,
Vienna		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Mozart Divertimento No.15 in B flat K.287
Strauss Don Juan
Brahms Symphony No.1
52/05/24 Turnhalle,
Linz		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Handel Water Music
Stravinsky Jeu de cartes
Beethoven Symphony No.5
52/05/26 Deutsches Museum
Munich		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Stravinsky Jeu de cartes
Strauss Don Juan
Beethoven Symphony No.5
52/05/27 Musik Halle,
Hamburg		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Mozart Divertimento No.17 in D K.334
Stravinsky Jeu de cartes
Brahms Symphony No.1
52/05/29
52/05/30		 Titania Palast,
Berlin		 Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan		 Handel Water Music
Strauss Don Juan
Brahms Symphony No.1
52/06/13 Abbey Road
Studio No.1
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelssohn
Sibelius		 Symphony No.4
Scenes Historiques
52/06/23
52/06/24		 Abbey Road
Studio No.1
Recording Session		 LBE
Karl Haas		 Mozart Serenade No.12 in C minor K.388/384a
Handel Divertimento
Neill Sanders(hr)
52/07/04 BBC T.V.

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 Dennis' first television appearance
Dukas Villanelle
Mozart Horn Quintet (last movement)
Dutch String Quartet,Gerald Moore(pf)
52/07/15

Recording Session

 LBE
Karl Haas		 Handel Aria for Winds No.1 and 2
52/08/13 No.1 Studio
Abbey Road
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Beethoven
Sibelius		 Symphony No.3
Scenes Historiques
52/08/17 Usher Hall
Edinburgh		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Edinburgh Festival Concerts
Sibelius
Sibelius
Sibelius		 Symphony No.7
Incidental Music, The Tempest
Symphony No.1
52/08/19 Usher Hall
Edinburgh		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart
Mozart
Strauss		 Symphony No.34
Symphony No.38
Ein Hedenleben
52/08/22 Usher Hall
Edinburgh		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Haydn
Haydn
Delius		 Symphony No.94
Symphony No.99
Appalachia
Edinburgh Royal Choral Union
52/08/24 Usher Hall
Edinburgh		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Berlioz L'Enfance du Christ
Mary
Joseph
Narrator
Herod		 Arda Mandikkian
Bruce Boyce
Leopold Simoneau
Andre Vessiers
Edinburgh Royal Choral Union
52/08/25 Royal Albert Hall LSO
Stanford Robinson		 Mozart Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat K.417
52/08/26 Freemason's Hall
Edinburgh		 RPO
John Pritchard		 Mozart Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K.495
52/09/08 Royal Albert Hall LPO
Basil Cameron		 Promenade concert
Gordon Jacob Concerto for horn and strings
52/09/17

Recording Session

 Orchestra
Sir Jack Westrup		 Haydn Symphony No.31 in D Horn Signal Mvts 1 & 4
Neill Sanders, Edmund Chapman, Alfred Cursue(hr)
52/09/29 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Arturo Toscanini		 Toscanini conducts Philharmonia
British National Anthem
Brahms
Tragic Overture
Symphony No.1
Symphony No.2
52/10/01 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Arturo Toscanini		 British National Anthem
Brahms
Variations on a theme of Haydn
Symphony No.3
Symphony No.4
52/10/06 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Guido Cantelli		 Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.6 Pathetic
52/10/16 Brangwyn Hall LPO
Rae Jenkins		 Swansea Festival (program unknown)
52/10/22 Royal Festival Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Royal Philharmonic Society
Frederick Austin
Manfredini
Beethoven
Rimsky-Korsakov
Borodin		 Overture, The Sea Venturers
Concerto Grosso
Symphony No.4
Symphonic Poem, Antar
Polovstian March, Prince Igor
52/10/23 Sheldonian Theatre
Oxford		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Oxford Subscription Concert
Mendelssohn
Beethoven
Rimsky-Korsakov
Berlioz		 Overture, The Fair Melusine
Symphony No.4
Symphonic Poem, Antar
Overture, Corsaire
52/10/29 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius
Delius
Delius		 Dance Rhapsody No.1
Intermezzo and Serenade, Hassan
Appalachia
RPO Chorus
52/10 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Guido Cantelli		 Beethoven Symphony No.7
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 Pathetique
Ravel Pavane Pour une Infante defunte
Rossini La gazza ladra Overture
52/11/02 Conway Hall

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 Brahms Horn trio
Jean Pougnet(vn), Wilfrid Parry(pf)
52/11/05 Royal Festival Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart
Sibelius
Brahms		 Symphony No.35
Symphony No.6
Violin Concerto in D
Isaac Stern
Dvorak Slavonic Rhapsody No.3
52/11/06
52/11/07		 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Delius Appalachia
52/11/08
52/11/11		 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Sessions		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius A Mass of Life  
Sylvia Fisher
Charles Craig		 Rosina Raisbeck
Bruce Boyce		 Monica Sinclair
LPO Choir
52/11/10 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Delius Appalachia
52/11/10 BBC Third Programme
6:55 p.m. 		Wigmore Ensemble CHAMBER MUSIC
Poulenc's Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone

Wigmore Ensemble:
Dennis Brain - Horn
William Overton - Trumpet
John Ashby - Trombone

Also in that broadcast, Dennis played in the first English broadcast performance of Jean-Michel Damase: Seventeen Variations for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon. Players:

Wigmore Ensemble:
Geoffrey Gilbert - Flute
Terence MacDonagh - Oboe
Jack Brymer - Clarinet
Gwydion Brooke - Bassoon
Dennis Brain - Horn
52/11/12 Civic Hall,
Wolverhampton		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart
Schubert
Dvorak
Brahms
Berlioz
Delius		 Overture, La Clemenza di Tito
Symphony No.5
Slavonic Rhapsody No.3
Symphony No.3
Trojan March, The Trojan
Serenade, Hassan (encire)
52/11/19 Royal Festival Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart
Schubert
Arnell
Rawsthorne		 Overture, La Clemenza di Tito
Symphony No.5
Lord Byron, a Symphonic Portrait
Piano Concerto No.2
Colin Horsley
Berlioz Trojan March, The Trojan
52/11/20
52/11/21

Recording Session

 LMP
Harry Blech		 Haydn Symphony No.86
52/12/05

Recording Session

 DBWE Mozart Divertimento No.16 in E flat K.289(Extracts)
52/12/08
52/12/09
52/12/10
52/12/12		 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Sessions		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Delius A Mass of Life
Soloists as November 8th and 11th, 1952
52/12/13 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius
Delius		 A Mass of Life
Appalachia
52/12/17 Royal Festival Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Royal Philharmonic Society
Handel Ode on Saint Cecilia's Day
Margaret Ritchie, Charles Craig
Croydon Philharmonic Choir
Brahms Four Part Songs for Female Voices, two Horns and Harp
Croydon Philharmonic Choir
Liszt Psalm 13
Charles Craig, Croydon Philharmonic Choir
52/12/19 No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham		 Delis Appalachia
52/12/20 Royal Festival Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Rossini
Delius
Puccini
Donizetti
Verdi		 Overture, La Gazza Ladra
A Song before Sunrize
Nessun Dorma (Turandot)
Una Furtiva Lagrima (L'elisir d'Amore)
Di Quello Pira (Il Trovatore)
Charles Craig
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
Brahms Symphony No.2
52/12/21 BBC
Studio 1,
Maida Vale		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Strauss
Wagner		 Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Funf Gedichte von Mathilde (Wesendonk Lieder)
Kirstein Flagstad
Wagner Prelude and Liebstod (Tristan und Isolde, Liebestod)
Kirstein Flagstad
52/12/22

Recording Session

 LMP
Harry Blech		 Mozart Symphony No.40
52/12/25 Studio 1,
Maida Vale		 RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mehul
Massenet
Delibes
Debussy
Bizet		 Overture, Le Jeune Henri
La Vierge, Last Sleep of the Virgin
Suite, Coppelia
Cortege and Air, L'Enfant Prodigue
Suite, L'Arlesienne

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