19551953 1954
54/01/13 King's Hall
Derby
Birmingham SO
Rudolf Schwarz

unknown

54/01/17 Gaiety Theatre,
Dublin
Radio Eireann SO
Milan Hovat
Mozart Symphony No.41
Fleischmann An Coitin Deang Suite
Mozart Horn Concerto No.2 K.417
Strauss Horn Concerto No.1
Dennis Brain  
Rimsky-Korsakov  Capriccio Espagnol
54/01/20 Royal Albert Hall Philharmonia
Colin Ratcliffe
Mozart Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K495
54/02

unknown

LWP Mozart Divertimento K361
54/02/04 City Hall
Hull
Yorkshire SO
Maurice Miles

unknown

54/02/05 Kingsway Hall
Recording session
Philharmonia
Paul Kletzki
Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream
Nocturne
54/02/16

unknown

Jacques Orch.
Reginald Jacques
Bach Mass in B monor
in memory of Kathleen Ferrier
54/02/20 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Norman Del Mar
Tchikovsky
Suite No.4
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor
Symphony No.5 in E minor
(solo:Iso Elinson)
54/02/22 Royal Festival Hall RPO
Anthony Bernard
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 in A Italian Op.90
Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op.31
Richard Lewis(T)
Nielsen Flute Concerto (First prformance in England)
(solo:Geoffrey Gilbert)
Beethoven Symphony No.4 in B flat Op.60
54/02/24 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Norman Del Mar
Mozart Serenade No.7 K250 Haffner
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
R. Strauss Horn Concerto No.2
Beethoven Symphony No.2 in D
(solo:Jacques Klein)
54/03/09 Guild Hall
Southampton
Bournemouth Municipal
Orch./Charles Groves

unknown

54/03/19 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Otto Klemperer
Brahms Piano Concert No.2
(solo:Geza Anda)
54/03/24 Civic Hall,
Wolverhampton
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Rossini
Sibelius
Delius
Wagner
Dvorak
Overture, Semiramide
Alla Marcia, Karelia Suite
Scenes from Irmelin
Suite, Die Meistersinger
Symphonic Variations
54/03/27 Royal Festival Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Haydn
Handel
Symphony No.97
Oboe Concerto
Terence MacDonagh
Gretry
Mehul
Delius
Tchaikovsky
Air de Ballet, Zemire et Azor
Overture, Le Chasse du Jeune Henri
Irmelin, Scenes from Act 2
Suite, Casse Noisette
54/03/28 Victoria and Albert
Museum
Dennis Brain
Wind Ensembre
Renox Berkley
Trio for violin,horn and piano
(first performance)
Colin Horsley(pf), Manoug Parikian(vn)
54/04/01 Royal Festival Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
New Era Concert Society
Mozart
Haydn
Symphony No.40
Sinfonia Concertante
David McCallum, John Kennedy
Terence MacDonagh, Gwydion Brooke
Sibelius
Delius
Symphony No.6
Dance Rhapsody No.1
54/04/04 Birmingham Town Hall City of Birmingham S.O.
Rudolf Schwarz
Sunday Concert
54/04/06 Royal Festival Hall

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Schubert
String Qartet in G major D887 1st movement
Der Kreuzug D932
Die Sterne D939
Fischerweise D881
Fragment aus dem Aeschylus D450
Standchen D921
Piano Trio No.2 in E flat major D929
Auf dem Strom D943
Richard Lewis(T), Ernest Lush(pf)
Die Allmacht D852
Schlachtlied D912
54/04/07 Royal Festival Hall RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Dennis' last appearance
as principal horn of RPO
Mozart
Schubert
Balakirev
Rossini
Gretry
Symphony No.39
Symphony No.4
Symphonic Poem, Thamar
Overture, Semiramide
Air de Ballet (encore)
54/04/12 Royal Festival Hall LSO
Walter Goehr
Mozart Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat K417
54/04/16 Walthamstow
Town Hall
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Wagner Der fliegende Hollander Overture
54/04/17 Walthamstow
Town Hall
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Introduction to Act III
Dance of the Apprenties
Entry of Masters
54/04/20 Walthamstow
Town Hall
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Wagner Gotterdammerung Siegfreid's Rhine Journey
54/04/27 Walthamstow
Assembly Hall
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Symphony No.36
54/04/28 Walthamstow
Assembly Hall
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Delius Sea Drift
Bruce Boyce, BBC Chorus
Schubert
Gretry
Symphony No.2
Air de Ballet, Zemire et Azor
54/04/30
54/05/01
Walthamstow
Assembly Hall
Recording Session
RPO
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart Symphony No.35, 36
54/05/06 NDR
Hamburg

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Hans Schreiter
Sonatina for horn and piano
(first performance)
Westphal(pf)
54/05/07 NDR NDR Orch.
Schmidt-Isserstedt
Mozart Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat K417
R.Strauss Horn Concerto No.1
54/05/19
54/05/23
Abbey Road
No.1 Studio
Recording Session
Dennis Brain
Wind Ensemble
Mozart Quintet in E flat for piano and wind K452
Leonard Brain(ob), Stephen Waters(cl),
Cecil James(fg), Colin Horsley(pf)
54/05/22 Painswick
Groucestershire
Dennis Brain Trio

unknown

54/06/08 Covent Garden Covent Garden
Fritz Stiedry
Wagner Siegfried (Act 2)
Joan Sutherland (Woodbird), Michael Langdon (Fafner), Set Svanholm (Siegfried)
54/06/15
54/06/16
Abbey Road
No.1 Studio
Recording Session

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Berkely Horn Trio Op.44
Manoug Parikian(vn), Colin Horsley(pf)
54/06/24 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K297b
Sydney Sutcliffe(ob), Bernard Walton(cl), Cecil James(fg), Dennis Brain(hr)
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
Beethoven Symphony No.5
54/06/25 Covent Garden Fritz Stiedry Wagner
Siegfried
Act II
Notes
Incidentally the 25th June 1954 performance was the only one broadcast by the BBC Third Programme, and included the horn-call from Act 2, which has been positively identified by Norman Del Mar as played by Dennis Brain... Erwin Stein
54/06/27 Kenwood Orangery Dennis Brain
Wind Ensemble
Mozart
Quintet for wind K270
Quintet for piano and wind KV452
Milhaud Trio for wind
Hans Schreiter
Sonatina for horn and piano
(first London performance)
Peter Racine Fricker
Wind Quintet
54/06/29 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
Debussy La Mer
Brahms Symphony No.1
54/07/14 Birmingham Town Hall City of Birmingham S.O.
Rudolf Schwarz
Promenade Concert
54/07/18 BBC Studio Philharmonia
R.Schwarz
Ireland The Forgotten Rite
Liszt Mazeppa
Mozart Serenade No.9 K320 Posthorn
54/07/24 Kingsway Hall
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo
Kodaly Hary Janos Intermezzo
Dennis Brain(org, hr)
54/07/28 Les Baux
Aix-en-Provence
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
1954 Aix-en-Provence festival
Beethoven Leonore No.3 Overture
Debusssy La Mer
Berlioz Simphonie Fantastique
54/07/29 Archbishop's palace

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Brahms Horn Trio
Berkley Trio for violin,horn and piano Op.44
Colin Horsley(pf), Max Rostal(vn)
54/07/30 Les Baux
Aix-en-Provence
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Britten Frank Bridge Variations
R.Strauss Don Juan
Beethoven Symphony No.5
54/08/08 Kunsthaus
Lucerne
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
1954 Lucerne International Festival
Mozart Divertimento K287
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
Brahms Symphony No.1
54/08/10 Kunsthaus
Lucerne
Philharmonia
Rafael Kubelik
Smetana The Bartered Bride Overture
Brahms Violin Concerto (solo:Gioconda de Vito)
Schubert Symphony No.9 Great
54/08/12 Kunsthaus
Lucerne
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
R.Strauss Don Juan
Mozart Piano Concerto No.23 (solo:Walter Gieseking)
Berlioz Simphonie Fantastique
54/08/14 Kunsthaus
Lucerne
Philharmonia
Ferenc Fricsay
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
Bartok Divertimento for String Orchestra
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 (solo:Clara Haskil)
54/08/18 Kunsthaus
Lucerne
Philharmonia
Edwin Fischer
Mozart Piano Concerto K482 in E flat
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.2
Manoug Parikian(vn), Sidney Sutcliffe(ob),
Gareth Morris(fl), Harold Jackson(tpt)
Beethoven Concerto for piano, violin and violincello
Edwin Fischer(pf), Wolfgang Schneiderhan(vn), Enrico Mainardi(vc)
54/08/21
54/08/22
Kunsthaus
Lucerne
Philharmonia
Wilhelm Furtwangler
Beethoven Symphony No.9
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf(S), Elsa Cavelti(A),
Ernst Haefliger(T), Otto Edelmann(Br)
Lucerne Festival Chorus
54/08/25 Kunsthaus
Lucerne
Philharmonia
Wilhelm Furtwangler
Haydn Symphony No.88
Bruckner Symphony No.7
54/08/28 Kunsthaus
Lucerne
Philharmonia
Andre Cluytens
Khachaturian Violin Concerto (solo:Igor Oistrakh)
Franck Symphony in D minor
Mussorgsky / Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
54/09/01 Usher Hall
Edinburgh
Hamburg Radio O.
Schmidt-Isserstedt
1954 Edinburgh Festival
Hindemith Horn Concerto
(first Edinburgh performance)
54/09/03 Freemason's Hall
Edinburgh
Zurich Collegium
Musicum
Paul Sacher
Othmar Schoek Horn Concerto
(first British performance)
54/09/06 Usher Hall
Edinburgh
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Schumann Piano Concerto
(solo:Claudio Arrau)
Wagner Tristan Prelude and Liebestod
54/09/07 Usher Hall
Edinburgh
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Beethoven
Egmont Overture
Symphony No.4
Symphony No.3 Eroica
54/09/08 Usher Hall
Edinburgh
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Mozart Symphony No.35 Haffner
R.Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Brahms Symphony No.1
54/09/09
54/09/10
54/09/11
Usher Hall
Edinburgh
Philharmonia
Guido Cantelli
Debussy
La Mer
Le martyre de Saint-Sebastien
Prelude
al'apres-midi d'un faune
Beethoven Symphony No.6 Pastoral
Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
54/09/20 Watford Town Hall
Recording Session
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Beethoven
Fidelio : Abscheulicher...Komm Hoffnung
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf(S)
54/10/13 Chelsea Town Hall The Guildhall Ensemble
Matyas Seiber
Matyas Seiber Notturno
Mozart Horn Quintet in E flat K407(with string ensemble)
54/10/15 Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Mozart Piano Concerto No.22 K482
(solo:Edwin Fischer)
Moussorgsky-Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
54/10/17 Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
Antwerp
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Philharmonia the second European tour
program unknown
54/10/18
54/10/19
Brussels Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

unknown

54/10/20
54/10/21
54/10/22
Casino
Berne
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

unknown

54/10/23
54/10/24
Teatro alla Scala
Milan
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Cherubini Anacreon Overture
Britten Frank Bridge Variations
R.Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Beethoven Symphony No.5
54/10/25 Peluja Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

unknown

54/10/26 Rome Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

unknown

54/10/27 Naples Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
54/10/28 Teatro Mazzino
Palermo
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
R.Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
(encores)
Wagner Overture Die Meistersinger
Verdi Overture The Force of Destiny
54/10/31 Auditorium
Turin
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan
Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
Strauss Don Juan
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
54/11/02 Paris Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan

unknown

54/11 Royal Albert Hall Philharmonia
Aram Khachaturian
Khachaturian Violin Concerto
(solo:David Oistrakh)
54/11/18 Edinburgh University's Reid O.
Sidney Newman
Britten Serenade for tenor,horn and strings Op.31
Gordon Jacob Horn Concerto
54/11/20 Kings Theatre
Southsea
Southern Philh. Orch.
Hervert Menges

unknown

54/11/25 Royal Albert Hall Philharmonia
Norman Del Mar
Brahms Violin Concerto
(solo:David Oistrakh)
54/12/04 Wigmore Hall

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In memory of Noel Mewton-Wood
Alan Bush
Arthur Bliss
54/12/07 Central Hall
Westminster
Civil Service Orch.
Fly
Granjani
Poem for harp,horn and orchestra
(first London performance)
Mason(hrp)
54/12/19 Conway Hall

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works unknown
Frederick Grinke(vn), Wilfrid Parry(pf)

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