Concert Register(1953)

1953

53/01/13

Recording Session

Another 'take' of Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op.70 with Gerald Moore(pf)

This session was to correct a split note which Dennis caused in the former session 22 April, 1952(probably).

53/01/17

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Elgar
Beethoven
Bizet
Schubert
Weber

Overture, Cockaigne
Symphony No.8
Suite, The Fair Maid of Perth
Symphony No.8
Overture, Oberon

53/01/20

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Delius A Mass of Life

53/01/22

Royal Festival Hall

LMP
Harry Blech

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K.297b
Sidney Sutcliffe(ob), Stephen Waters(cl),
Gwydion Brooke(fg)

53/01/28

BBC

Radio Recital
Hindemith Sonata for horn and piano
Schubert Auf dem Strom
Noel Mewton-Wood(pf), Peter Pears(T)

53/01/30

recording session

LBE
Karl Haas

Strauss Symphony for Wind Instruments in E flat
Ian Beers, John Burden, Alfred Cursue(hr)

53/02/08

Birmingham
Town Hall

Birmingham SO
Rudolf Schwarz

unknown

53/02/19

Royal Festival Hall

LMP
Harry Blech

Haydn Symphony No.44 in E Trauer
Mozart
Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K.495
Piano Concerto No.25 in C K.503
Symphony No.33 in B flat Paris
Conrad Hansen(pf)

53/03/27

unknown

Philharmonia
Wilhelm Furtwangler

Beethoven
Egmont Overture
Symphony No.6
Symphony No.7

53/03/27

BBC TV Studio

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart

Overture, The Marriage of Figaro
Divertimento No.2, Minuet for Horns
German Dance
Last movement, Symphony No.34

53/04/08

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Schubert
Delius
Balakirev

Symphony No.6
Paris
Symphony No.1

53/04/11

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Wagner	Overture and Venusberg Music, Tannhauser
Delius	Prelude, Irmelin
Strauss	Horn Concerto No.2
Dennis Brain
Saint-Saens	Cello Concerto
John Kennedy
Bizet	Suite, L'Arlesienne

53/05/01

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Auric Tailleferre	Overture Cantata Narcisse
Suzanne Danco, Bernard Lefort Morley College Choir
Debussy Debussy Sibelius	Air di Lia, L'Enfant Prodigue Trois Ballades de Villon Symphony No.7

53/05/03
53/05/04

Titania Palast,
Berlin

RIAS Orch.
Paul Van Kempen

Dennis Brain Germany Tour
Mozart Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat K.447

53/05/04

Berlin Radio(RIAS)

Dukas Villanelle
Schumann Adagio and allegro
Klaus Billing(pf)

53/05/06

South-West
German Radio

SWR Orch.
Hans Rosbaud

Mozart
Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat K.417
Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat K.447

53/05/09
53/05/10

Wisbaden

English Opera Group

Britten Albert Herring op.39(1947)

53/05/12

Royal Festival Hall

Kalmar Chamber Orch.
Tobin

Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op.31
Peter Pears(T)

53/05/13

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Clarence Raybould

Auric: Overture Tailleferre: Cantata Narcisse
Soloists: Suzanne Danco **
Bernard Lefort, Morley College Choir *
Debussy: Air di Lia L'Enfant Prodigue
Debussy: Trois Ballades de Villon
Sibelius: Symphony No.7
NOTE * Conducted by Peter Racine Fricker
** The Review stated that Janine Micheau replaced Suzanne Danco. Apart from Tailleferre, the concert was conducted by Clarence Raybould as Sir Thomas had been advised to rest after a fall in Oxford the previous week.

53/05/14

No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Delius A Mass of Life

53/05/24

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Coronation Concert

Handel	Anthem, Zadok the Priest
Luton Choral Society
Bax	Summer Music
Mozart	Symphony No.34
Delius	Appalachia
Luton Choral Society
Sullivan	Overture, Di Ballo

53/05/31

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Beethoven	Symphony No.9
Rosina Raisbeck, Monica Sinclair Charles Craig, George Hancock
LPO Choir

53/06/02

Westmister Abbey

Sir Adrian Boult

The Coronation Service of
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

53/06/05

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Delius,Chabrier,Mozart
David Mccallum(vn)

53/06/06

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart Delius	Symphony No.40 Violin Concerto
David McCallum
Chabrier Handel-Beecham Rossini	Rhapsody, Espana Suite, The Great Elopement Overture, William Tell

53/06/11

Royal Festival Hall

LSO
Richard Austin

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

53/06/14

Royal Festival Hall

LBO

London Baroque Orchestra
public debut
Aubrey Brain Last London public appearance
Schubert
Konzertstuck for violin and orchestra
Beethoven Six Minuets

53/06/14

Royal Festival Hall

Mozart Horn Quintet in E flat K.407
Martin String Quartet

53/06/18

recording session

LBE
Karl Haas

C.P.E. Bach Six Sonatinas for Wind Instruments
Neill Sanders(hr)

53/06/20

Aldeburgh

English Opera Group

Britten Albert Herring op.39(1947)

53/06

Aldeburgh

unknown

Haydn Horn Concerto No.1

53/06/22

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

Mozart Symphony No.35 Haffner
Bartok Concerto for orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No.3 Eroica

53/07/19

BBC

Hindemith Sonata for horn and piano
Denis Matthews(pf)

53/07/20

recording session

LBE
Karl Haas

Dittersdorf Partita in D for Wind Instruments
Neill Sanders(hr)

53/07/23

Casino
Ostend(Belgium)

Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

Mozart Symphony No.35 Haffner
Bartok Concerto for orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No.3 Eroica

53/07/24

Casino
Ostend(Belgium)

Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

Handel Water Music
Britten Frank Bridge Variations
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5

53/07/26

Victoria & Albert
Museum

Jacques Orch.
Reginald Jacques

Garden Concert
Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op.31
Maurice Blower Concerto for horn and strings
Wilhelm Herbert(T)

53/07/30

BBC

BBC SO
Sir Malcolm Sargent
John Hollingsworth *

Mozart Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat K447
Britten
Serenade for tenor,horn and strings Op.31 *
Peter Pears(T)

53/09/01

Usher Hall
Edinburgh

Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

1953 Edinburgh Festival
Britten Frank Bridge Variations
Debussy La Mer
Beethoven Symphony No.7

53/09/02

Usher Hall
Edinburgh

Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

Handel Water Music
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Yehudi Menuhin(vn)
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra

53/09/03

Usher Hall
Edinburgh

Philharmonia
Sir Adrian Boult

Fricker Viola Concerto
(solo:William Primrose)
Walton Orb and Sceptre
Elgar Enigma Variations
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K.364
Isaac Stern(vn),William Primrose(va)

53/09/04

Usher Hall
Edinburgh

Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

Mozart Divertimento No.15
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5

53/09/24

recording session

LBE
Karl Haas

Haydn
Divertiment in C Feldparthie
Notturno in C
Notturno in C(1792)
Neill Sanders(hr)

53/09/27

BBC Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mehul
Schubert
Mozart
Tchaikovsky

Overture, Les deux aveugles de Tolede
Symphony No.1
Symphony No.38
Symphony No.2

53/10/12

Brangwyn Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts
October 12th-17th

Berlioz
Handel-Beecham
Bax
Chabrier
Tchaikovsky

Overture, Le Corsaire
Suite, The Faithful Shepherd
Summer Music
Rhapsody Espana
Symphony No.2

53/10/14

Brangwyn Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart
Haydn
Delius
Arnell
Sibelius
J. Strauss

Overture, The Magic Flute
Symphony No.102
Orchestral Suite from Irmelin
Symphony No.4
Three of the Scenes Historiques
Waltz, Morning Papers

53/10/16

Brangwyn Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Brahms Brahms Brahms	Tragic Overture Symphony No.3 Piano Concerto No.2
Clifford Curzon

53/10/18

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart
Handel-Beecham
Haydn
Tchaikovsky

Overture, The Magic Flute
Suite, The Faithful Shepherd
Symphony No.102
Symphony No.2

53/10/21

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Society

Brahms Brahms Brahms	Tragic Overture Symphony No.3 Piano Concerto No.2
Clifford Curzon

53/10/26

recording session

LBE
Karl Haas

Dittersdorf Concerto for Double-Bass and Viola
Mozart Concert Aria Ch'io mi scordi
James W. Merrett(db), Frederick Riddle(va)
Jacqueline Delman(S), Neill Sanders(hr)

53/10/30

Sheldonian Theatre
Oxford

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Oxford Subscription Concert

Brahms Bax Schubert Berlioz	Tragic Overture Summer Music Symphony No.2 Harold in Italy
Frederick Riddle

53/11/01

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mendelssohn Bax Brahms	Overture, A Midsummer Night's Dream Summer Music Double Concerto
David McCallum, John Kennedy
Debussy	Cortege and Air de Danse, L'Enfant Prodigue
Sibelius Delius	Scenes Historiques Irmelin, Scenes from Act 2

53/11/04

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Chabrier Strauss	Overture, Gwendoline Don Quixote
John Kennedy
Berlioz	Harold in Italy
Frederick Riddle

53/11/12

Kingsway Hall
recording session

Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

Mozart Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat K.417
Mozart Horn Concerto No.1 in D K.412/386b

53/11/13

Kingsway Hall
recording session

Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

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

53/11/15

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart Mozart	Symphony No.35 Clarinet Concerto
Jack Brymer
Saint-Saens Berkeley Dvorak	Omphale's Spinning Weel Serenade for Strings Symphonic Variations

53/11/17
53/11/18

Abbey Road
No.1 Studio
recording session

Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E flat K.297b
Sidney Sutcliffe(ob), Bernard Walton(cl),
Cecil James(fg)

53/11/18

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Paul Sacher

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

53/11/20

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

Britten Frank Bridge Variations
Beethoven Symphony No.6 Pastorale
Sibelius Symphony No.5

53/11/20

St George's Hall
Bradford

Halle Orch.
John Barbirolli

unknown

53/11/22

Victoria & Albert
Museum

Manoug Parikian(vn), David Wise(vn),
Herbert Downes(va), Gareth Morris(fl),
Fredrick Thurston(cl), Neill Sanders(hr),
Renata Scheiffel Stein(?)

53/11/22

BBC Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Delius	Irmelin
Irmelin The King Nils Rolf A Warlike Knight An Old Knight A Young Knight A Maid	Joan Stuart Arthur Copley Thomas Round George Hancock George Hancock David Oddie John Thompson Claire Duchesneauu
BBC Chorus

53/11/23

Kingsway Hall
recording session

Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

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

53/11/24

recording session

LBE
Karl Haas

Gounod Petite Symphonie for Wind Instruments
Neill Sanders(hr)

53/11/25
53/11/26
53/11/27

recording session

The Strings of
New Symphony Orch.
Sir Eugene Goossens

Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op.31
Peter Pears(T)

53/11/27

recording session

LBE
Karl Haas

d'Indy Chansons et Danses

53/11/29

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Boccherini Haydn Mozart	Overture in D Symphony No.94 Violin Concerto No.5, K.219
Oscar Rosen
Beethoven Chabrier	Symphony No.2 Marche Joyeuse

53/12/02

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Schubert Ravel Berlioz	Symphony No.1 Daphnis and Chloe, Suite 1 and 2 Te Deum
Alexander Young, Dulwich Boys Choir
LPO Choir

53/12/03

Hornsey Parish
Church
Recording Session

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Berlioz	Te Deum
Alexander Young, Dulwich Boys Choir
LPO Choir

53/12/07
53/12/08
53/12/09
53/12/10
53/12/13
53/12/14
53/12/17
53/12/18

Walthamstow
Assembly Hall
recording sessions

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Massenet Beethoven Boccherini Berlioz Brahms Mozart Schubert Sibelius Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Wagner	La Vierge, Last Sleep of the Virgin Overture, Coriolan Overture in D Trojan March, The Trojan Tragic Overture Symphony No.35 Symphony No.1 Alla Marcia, Karelia Suite Suite, Casse Noisette Symphony No.2 Good Friday Music, Parsifal
Wagner	Funeral Music, Gotterdammerung
Mehul Mehul Mehul Dvorak	Overture, Timoleon Overture, Le Tresor Suppose Overture, La Chasse de Jeune Henri Symphonic Variations

53/12/08

Royal Festival Hall

Wigmore Ensemble

Poulenc Sextet
Damase
Dix-sept Variations for wind quintet
Dukas Villanelle

53/12/10

Royal Festival Hall

LMP
Harry Blech

Haydn Horn Concerto in D

53/12/13

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Wagner
Overture, Faust
Introduction, Act 3, Tannhauser
Forest Murmurs, Siegfried
Die Meistersinger :
Introduction, Act 3 ;
Dance of the Masters
Bridal Procession, Lohengrin
Overture, The Flying Dutchman
Siegfried's Jouney to the Rhine ;
Siegfried's Funeral Music ;
Gotterdammerung
Prelude, Act 3, Tristan und Isolde
Good Friday Music, Parsifal
Introduction, Act 3, Lohengrin

53/12/16

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Society
183rd Anniversary of Beethoven's Death
Beethoven Beethoven Beethoven	Overture, Coriolan Symphony No.6 Symphony No.7

53/12/20

Royal Festival Hall

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Handel Bach	Concerto Grosso in E minor Violin Concerto No.1
Isaac Stern
Schubert Lalo	Symphony No.3 Symphonie Espagnole
Isaac Stern
Bizet	Overture, Patorie

53/12/21
53/12/22

Studio 1,
Maida Vale

RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham

Haydn Delius	Symphony No.97 Cynara
Bruce Boyce
Strauss Bruckner	Closing Scene, Feuersnot Symphony No.7 in E
NOTE There is some doubt if Sir Thomas did conduct the second performance of the Bruckner, but the BBC records at Reading do show Sir Thomas as having conducted.