Concert Register(pre1945)

pre1945

Date

Location

Orchestra/
Conductor

Program/
Chorus/Soloist

38/10/06

Queen's Hall

Busch Chamber O.
Adolf Busch

Dennis Brain's public debut
J.S.Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.1
Aubrey Brain(1st hr)

38/11/10

unknown
Recording Session

Busch Chamber O.
Adolf Busch

Mozart Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat K.449
(solo : Rudolf Serkin)

39/02/16

Abbey Road Studio
Recording Session

Lener Quartet

Mozart Divertimento in D K.334
Aubrey Brain

39/02/21

Duke's Hall

Menges Quartet

Schubert Octet for wind and strings
Alwin Kell, James Richens, Victor Watson

39/03/02

BBC

Laurance Turner Q.

Mozart Divertimento in D K.334
Aubrey Brain

39/04/25

Queen's Hall

Mozart Divertimento in D K.334
Aubrey Brain

40/04/10

Colston Hall,
Bristol
Recording Session

BBC S.O.
Sir Adrian Boult

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

41/06/13
(?)

National Gallery
(BBC TVon93/10)

RAF Orchestra
R.P.O'Donnell

Mozart Piano Concerto No.17 excerpt
(solo : Dame Myra Hess)

41/12/05

National Gallery

Griller Quartet

Mozart Horn Quintet K407 in E flat K.407

42/04/06

National Gallery

RAF Orchestra
R.P.O'Donnell

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

42/08/19

National Gallery

LWP
Harry Blech

London Wind Players' first concert
Mozart Serenade K.361 Gran Partita
Norman Del Mar, Vivian Grey, Livia Gollancz(hr)

42/10/18

The Phoenix Theatre
Charing Cross Road,
W.C.1

National S.O.
(Leader:Leonard Hirsch)
Sidney Beer

Haydn Symphony in D major The Clock
Debussy Danses sacrees et profanes for solo harp and string orchestra
Cimarosa-Benjamin Concerto for oboe and string orchestra
Leon Goossens(ob), Marie Goossens(hrp)
Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunte
Mozart Symphony No.36 in C major Linzer

42/10/25

The Phoenix Theatre
Charing Cross Road,
W.C.1

National S.O.
(Leader:Leonard Hirsch)
Victor Olof

Elgar Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and string orchestra
Tchaikovsky Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra
Max Rostal(vn)
Delius Prelude to Irmelin
Delius On first hearing the Cuckoo in Spring
Beethoven Symphony No.1 in C major

42/12/13

Wimbledon Theatre
at 7 p.m.

The National S.O.
Sidney Beer

Harold Fielding presents
Mendelssohn Scherzo and Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Beethoven Symphony No.7

Rawicz & Landauer (pianos)
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Chopin Medley
Addinsell Warsaw Concerto

Beethoven Overture Leonora No.3 (the Orchestra, not the above pianists).

Horns
Dennis Brain
Alwyn Hart
Norman Del Mar
Leonard Fleming

42/12/18

National Gallery

LWP
Harry Blech

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

43/01/26

National Gallery

LWP
Harry Blech

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

43/02/17

National Gallery

The Griller S.Q.

Howard Ferguson Octet
Pauline Juler(cl), Cecil James(fg)
J.Edward Merrett(double-bass)

43/05/06
43/05/24

unknown
Recording Session

The Griller S. Q.

Howard Ferguson Octet Op.4
Pauline Juler(cl), Cecil James(fg)
J.Edward Merrett(double-bass)

43/06/21

Houldsworth Hall,
Manchester
Recording Session

Halle Orchestra
Sargent(1mvt),
Turner(2-3mvts)

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

43/10/15

Wigmore Hall

Orchestral Ensemble
Walter Goehr

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

43/12/30

unknown
Recording Session

Brahms Part Songs Op.17
for voices, horns and harp
Del Mar, Nottingham Oriana Choir, G.Mason, Henderson

44/04/03

No.3 Studio,
Abbey Road
Recording Session

Beethoven Sonata for horn and piano Op.17
Denis Matthews(pf)

44/05/25

Decca Studios,
London NW6
Recording Session

Boyd Neel Orch.
Benjamin Britten

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

44/06/08

Kigsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Sidney Beer

Debussy
Delius
Tchaikovsky

Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Irmelin Prelude
Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64

44/07/25

Orpheum
Golders Green

The Boyd Neel Orch.
Boyd Neel

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

44/08/10

Decca Studios,
London NW6
Recording Session

Boyd Neel Orch.
Benjamin Britten

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

44/09/26

BBC

BBC
Alec Robertson

Bayeux Tapestry
Incidental music for BBC children's hour
Theme Music Hunting Scene

44/10/03

Kigsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Sidney Beer

Bizet
L'Arlesienne
Prelude (part1)
Prelude (part2)
Menuet
Adagietto
Farandole

44/10/04

Kigsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Anatole Fistoulari

Berlioz
Gliere

The Damnation of Faust - Hungarian March
The Red Poppy - Russian Sailor's Dance

44/10/04
44/10/05

Kigsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Anatole Fistoulari

Tchaikovsky

Marche slave

44/10/05

Kigsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Anatole Fistoulari

Suppe

Pique Dame Overture

44/10/06

Decca Studios,
Broadhurst Gardens
London
Recording Session

Griller Quartet

Mozart Horn Quintet in E flat major, K.407
Sydney Griller(vn), Philip Burton(va)
Max Gilbert(va), Colin Hampton(vc)

44/10/08

Decca Studios,
London NW6
Recording Session

Boyd Neel Orch.
Benjamin Britten

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

44/10/12

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Sidney Beer

Wagner Gotterdammerung
Siegfried's Rhine Journey

44/10/13

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Anatole Fistoulari

Bizet

Carmen Orchestral Suite

44/10/25

Decca Studios,
Broadhurst Gardens
London
Recording Session

Griller Quartet

Mozart Horn Quintet in E flat major, K.407
Sydney Griller(vn), Philip Burton(va)
Max Gilbert(va), Colin Hampton(vc)

44/10/31

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Boyd Neel

Wolf-Ferrari	The Jewels of the Madonna Intermezzo, Act 1 Intermezzo, Act 2
Saint-Saens	Dance Macabre, Op.40

44/11/01

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Anatole Fistoulari

Bizet
Suppe
Tchaikovsky

Carmen Orchestral Suite
Pique Dame Overture
Oprichnik Overture

44/11/02

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Victor Olof

Chabrier
Suppe

Espana - Rhapsodie
Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Overture

44/11/03

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Sidney Beer

Bizet
L'Arlesienne
Prelude (part1)
Prelude (part2)
Menuet
Adagietto
Farandole

44/11/10

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Eric Coates

Coates Four Centuries Suite

44/11/11

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Sidney Beer

Puccini Manon Lescaut Intermezzo

44/11/14

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Eric Coates
Boyd Neel *

Faure	Ballade for Piano and Orchestra, Op.19 *
Kathleen Long

44/11/15

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Eric Coates

Coates The Three Elizabeths

44/11/16

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Anatole Fistoulari

Bizet
Delibes
Ponchielli
Weber-Berlioz

Carmen Orchestral Suite
Coppelia Mazurka and Czardas
Dance of Hours
Invitation to the Dance

44/12/05

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Anatole Fistoulari

Beethoven
Bellini

Symphony No.7 in A major Op.92
Norma Overture

44/12/06

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Boyd Neel

Elgar
Three Barvarian Dances, Op.27
Dream Children, Op.43 No.2

44/12/12

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Anatole Fistoulari

Schubert Symphony No.8 Unfinished

44/12/13

Kingsway Hall
Recording Session

National S.O.
Boyd Neel

Mozart	Piano Concerto No.15 in B Flat K.450
Kathleen Long

44/12/18
44/12/19

Constitution Hall,
Washington D.C.

RAF Band & Orch.
R.P.O'Donnell
Major Alf Heiberg *

RAF Band and Orchestra USA Tour
Eric Coats Tchaikovsky Elgar	Suite London Every Day Two movements from Serenade for strings March Pomp and Sircumstance No.4
	U.S.Army Air Forces March *
Bach Tchaikovsky	Toccata and Fugue in D minor Waltze from Swan Lake
and Sullivan, Smetana

44/12

Ellington Field

RAF Band & Orch.
R.P.O'Donnell

unknown

44/12

Maxwell Field, Ala.

RAF Band & Orch.
R.P.O'Donnell

unknown

44/12

Theater No.3
Sheppard Field,
Kan.

RAF Band & Orch.
R.P.O'Donnell
Major Alf Heiberg *

RAF March *
the AAF song

44/12

Memorial
Auditorium,
Wichita Falls, Kan.

RAF Band & Orch.
R.P.O'Donnell
John Hollingsworth

Dvorak Carneval Overture
Haydn Wood Rhapsody The Seafarer
Elgar Serenade for strings in E minor
Pugnani-Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro
L.A.C. Frederick Grinke(vn)
Elgar March Pomp and Sircumstance No.4
Rossini Overture to William Tell
Smetana Symphonic Poem
J.S.Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor
(encores)
Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever
the RAF March
Star-Spangled Banner
God Save the King

44/12

Luke Field, Ariz.

RAF Band & Orch.
R.P.O'Donnell

unknown

44/12/30

Robins Field

RAF Band & Orch.
R.P.O'Donnell
Robins Field Orch.
Ray Melton's Orch.

unknown

44/12/31

the City Auditorium,
Macon

RAF Band & Orch.
R.P.O'Donnell
John Hollingsworth

Parade on Cherry street from the Terminal station
to the auditorium prior to the concert
Eric Coats, Sullivan, Elgar,
The Meditation
Tchaikovsky Serenade for strings
Rossini Overture William Tell
J.S.Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor