SearchGetRecordCollection of programmes (1893-1969)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
Collection of programmes (1893-1969)
Unique Identifier
X.435/116.
Description
A miscellaneous collection of 18 programmes, wordbooks, and handbills relating to musical performances given in London between 3 December 1893 and 20 March 1969 (with one undated), the majority in honour of Sir Henry Wood. Also, 7 items of printed material relating to musical activity of the same period.
This is a collection of loose documents. The listing below separates concert documentation from printed material, presenting items in chronological order therein. The one undated item relates to a memorial service for Henry Wood and has thus been included with the items for 1944.
1. Programmes/concert documentation
3 December 1893: The People’s Palace, Mile End Road
Programme and wordbook for an afternoon and evening performance, the first a Sacred Concert with Smallwood Metcalfe (vocal) and the second an Organ Recital by Mr B. Jackson. In addition to vocal solos, the Sacred Concert included some congregational hymns and an anthem performed by the People’s Palace Sunday Afternoon Choir, with Mr J. W. Patmore (tenor). This document contains a large number of advertisements, including some for forthcoming concerts.
8 October 1903: Cecilian Hall, 44 Great Marlborough Street, Regent Street
Programme for the thirty-sixth recital on the Cecilian, The Perfect Piano Player, with Miss Jessie Goldsack (vocal) and Mr Reginald. This document includes a brief article on The Cecilian and carries a handwritten annotation which confirms that the performance was accompanied on that instrument.
30 October 1921: Grafton Galleries, W.1
Programme for a concert given by the Royal Philharmonic Society on the occasion of the presentation of the Society’s Gold Medal to Sir Henry J, Wood. This was done by H.R.H. Princess Beatrice with the ceremony presided over by Sir Alexander C. Mackenzie. The concert included Beethoven, Septet (omitting the slow movement) and Mozart, Non più di fiori (La Clemenza di Tito), given by C. Woodhouse, A. Hobday, Purcell Jones, C. Winterbotton, C. Draper, W. James and A. E. Brain (Beethoven), and Anne Thursfield (vocal), accompanied by Daisy Bucktrout (Mozart). It is noted that these works were performed on 19 April 1813 and 24 April 1820 and the original programmes for these concerts are reproduced. This document also includes a list of the patrons and committee of Philharmonic Society, and a list of the instrumentals performing Wagner, Siegfried Idyll, conducted by Henry Wood.
5 October 1938: Langham Hotel
Menu card for the Sir Henry Wood Jubilee Luncheon. This document provides no information regarding the music performed but does carry a list of the guests.
23 October 1938: May Fair Hotel
Handbill and programme for a Reception given by the Music Club in honour of Sir Henry Wood, 'to congratulate him on his Jubilee and great services to music during the record period of 50 years'. This event included performances from Eva Turner, Moiseiwitsch and Szigeti, with Mr Gerald Moore and Mr Endre Petri (piano). This document includes a list of the committee of the Music Club, chaired by Hamilton Harty.
25 October 1938: Stationer’s Hall
Programme and wordbook for the music performed during a dinner of the Worshipful Company of Musicians, given by Olive Zorian (violin), Denis Matthews (piano), Vera Healy (contralto), Margaret Hewitt (soprano), Alfred Hepworth (tenor) and Roderick Jones (baritone), all of the Royal Academy of Music. This document includes a list of officers of the Company, ‘A Short Account of the Worshipful Company of Musicians’, and a list of the Company’s previous medal winners. Held within the programme is a Plan of the Tables, with an alphabetical list of the names of those attending.
20 June 1942: Empress Hall
Programme for a Demonstration and Pageant given to mark the first anniversary of the British-Soviet Alliance, organized by the Joint Committee for Soviet Aid, The National Council for British-Soviet Unity, and the Russia To-day Society. This included music by the Band of His Majesty’s Coldstream Guards and a Pageant entitled ‘An Agreement of the Peoples’, accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by John Barbirolli and Alan Bush.
24 March 1944: Savoy Hotel
Tribute to Sir Henry J. Wood in Honour of his 75th Anniversary and the 50th Year of the Promenade Concerts. Menu card for a dinner given by the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, chaired by Frank Howes. The music on this occasion included fanfares by Walford Davies, Ethel Smyth, Bliss (composed for the occasion) and Bax, performed by the Trumpeters from the Royal Military School of Music, directed by M. Roberts. On the reverse of this document is a list of the Societies with representatives at the dinner.
25 March 1944: Royal Albert Hall
Programme for a Grand Concert given as a tribute to Sir Henry J. Wood, in celebration of his seventy-fifth birthday. This was promoted and sponsored by the Daily Telegraphy and featured the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, with Solomon (piano), conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood, Sir Adrian Boult, Basil Cameron and Malcolm Sargent. This document carries photographs of the conductors and soloists as well as ‘An Appreciation’ written by F. Bonavia (musical critic of the Daily Telegraph)
1 June 1944 [no venue]
Handbill for a performance given by Clifford Curzon (piano) and the Griller Quartet (Sidney Griller, Jack O’Brien, Philip Burton and Colin Hampton). This document is titled, ‘With Greetings from the students of the Royal Academy of Music to Sir Henry J. Wood, in the year of his 75th birthday and the jubilee of the promenade concerts’.
[1944?]
Undated order of service for a memorial service in honour of Henry Wood, during which a stained glass window was dedicated to him. This included a performance of ‘Where Does the Uttered Music Go?’, written by John Masefield (Poet Laureate) and set to music by William Walton; this was performed by the BBC Chorus, directed by Leslie Woodgate. The serivce also involved a symphony orchestra drawn from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Basil Cameron, with Dr. G. D. Cunningham (organ) and the choirs of St. Paul’s Cathedral (directed by Dr John Dykes Bower) and Westminster Abbey (directed by Dr William McKie). This document carries lists of all the performing ensembles.
4 March [1945]: Royal Albert Hall
Programme for a Henry Wood Memorial Concert, sponsored by the Daily Telegraph and featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Basil Cameron, John Barbirolli and Sir Adrian Boult. This was a two-part concert of choral and orchestral repertory, including the first performance of William Walton, Memorial Fanfare. The reverse of this document carries 'An Appeal', on behalf of the Henry Wood National Memorial Fund.
22 November 1947: Royal Albert Hall
Programme and wordbook for a St Cecilia’s Day Festival Concert, sponsored by the Daily Herald and given in aid of the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund. This was a two-part concert of music by English composers, including the first performance of Finzi, An Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day. The concert was given by BBC Symphony Orchestra (led by Paul Beard and conducted by Sir Adrian Boult), the Trumpeters of the Royal Military School (conducted by Captain M. Roberts) and the Luton Choral Society (conducted by Arthur E. Davies), with Ada Alsop, René Soames and Harold Williams (vocal) and Dr G. D. Cunningham (organ). This document includes a number of photographs (of composers and performers) and carries a list of the organizing committee for the event.
22 November 1947 and 22 November 1950: Church of St. Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, London
Orders of service for two St. Cecilia’s Day Festivals, given by Dr William McKie and Dr G. Thalben-Ball (organ) and conducted by Dr J. Dykes Bower, with choristers from the Chapel Royal, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and, in 1950, St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. Both documents include an article by Dermot Morrah entitled ‘In Praise of St. Cecilia’ whilst the document for 1950 carries a menu card for the St. Cecilia’s Day Festival Lunch organized by the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund. The service in 1947 included Vaughan Williams, Anthem ‘The voice out of the whirlwind’ (specially composed for this Festival Service).
24 July 1967: Royal Albert Hall
Programme and wordbook for a performance given during the 73rd season of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, including Schubert, Octet and Britten, The Burning Fiery Furnace. Kenneth MacDonald (tenor), Robert Tear (tenor), Bryan Drake (baritone), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Peter Leeming (bass-baritone), Stafford Dean (bass), the English Opera Group Chorus, Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), William Pleeth (cello), Adrian Beers (double bass), Keith Marjoram (double-bass), Richard Adeney (flute), Jack Brymer (clarinet), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Neill Sanders (horn), Roger Brenner (trombone), James Blades (percussion), Brian Wilson (harp) and Philip Ledger (organ). This document carries historical and descriptive programme notes (by Alan Blyth), some biographical notes on the performers (by Frank Granville Barker), and advertisements and lists for forthcoming Proms performances.
3 March 1969: Royal Albert Hall
Programme and wordbook for a Henry Wood Centenary Concert, given by the Henry Wood Concert Society in association with the Henry Wood National Memorial Trust. This was a performance of Verdi, Requiem, given by soloists Anne Evans, Oriel Sutherland, Stuart Kale and Brian Rayner Cook, with a choir and orchestra from the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Trinity College of Music, conducted by Barbirolli. In addition to lists of the choir and orchestra, this document includes a list of trustees for the Henry Wood Concert Society (est. 1946) and Henry Wood National Memorial Trust and photos/portraits of Her Majesty the Queen, Henry Wood and John Barbirolli. There is also a ‘Tribute’ to Wood, written by Arthur Bliss and historical and descriptive notes by Martin Cooper.
20 March 1969: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, London
Order of service for a Thanksgiving Service to mark the Henry Wood Centenary. The service involved the Friends of the Musicians’ Chapel, the Henry Wood Proms Circle, and members of the Alexandra Choir, conducted by Charles Proctor, with Dr Harold Darke (organ). Sir Adrian Boult gave an address.
2. Literary material
Biographical leaflet regarding Sir Henry Wood, including an Extract from Who’s Who for 1926 and an article by Edwin Evans entitled ‘The Promenade Concerts’.
Also, a further copy of the Who’s Who extract from 1926.
Brochures for three lectures, two relating to the Schubert Centenary of 1928 and one to the Liszt Commemoration of 1936, produced by the Columbia Graphophone Company Limited, London. These were intended for educational purposes and include information regarding the acquisition and insertion of relevant recordings. Both documents contain a list of the Schubert Centenary Advisory Bodies and a Foreward outlining the complete series of lectures. The lectures on Schubert are entitled ‘Events which influenced Schubert’s work’ (by J. T. Bavin) and ‘The Romance of Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony (including Schubert’s Sketches for the Third Movement)’.
Bulletin of the Corps of Honorary Stewards of the Royal Albert Hall (September 1944). This was published at the time of the re-opening of the Hall but includes a tribute to Henry Wood by Adrian Boult, as well as a number of other articles.
Voks Bulletin No. 6, 1944, published by the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.
This is a collection of loose documents. The listing below separates concert documentation from printed material, presenting items in chronological order therein. The one undated item relates to a memorial service for Henry Wood and has thus been included with the items for 1944.
1. Programmes/concert documentation
3 December 1893: The People’s Palace, Mile End Road
Programme and wordbook for an afternoon and evening performance, the first a Sacred Concert with Smallwood Metcalfe (vocal) and the second an Organ Recital by Mr B. Jackson. In addition to vocal solos, the Sacred Concert included some congregational hymns and an anthem performed by the People’s Palace Sunday Afternoon Choir, with Mr J. W. Patmore (tenor). This document contains a large number of advertisements, including some for forthcoming concerts.
8 October 1903: Cecilian Hall, 44 Great Marlborough Street, Regent Street
Programme for the thirty-sixth recital on the Cecilian, The Perfect Piano Player, with Miss Jessie Goldsack (vocal) and Mr Reginald. This document includes a brief article on The Cecilian and carries a handwritten annotation which confirms that the performance was accompanied on that instrument.
30 October 1921: Grafton Galleries, W.1
Programme for a concert given by the Royal Philharmonic Society on the occasion of the presentation of the Society’s Gold Medal to Sir Henry J, Wood. This was done by H.R.H. Princess Beatrice with the ceremony presided over by Sir Alexander C. Mackenzie. The concert included Beethoven, Septet (omitting the slow movement) and Mozart, Non più di fiori (La Clemenza di Tito), given by C. Woodhouse, A. Hobday, Purcell Jones, C. Winterbotton, C. Draper, W. James and A. E. Brain (Beethoven), and Anne Thursfield (vocal), accompanied by Daisy Bucktrout (Mozart). It is noted that these works were performed on 19 April 1813 and 24 April 1820 and the original programmes for these concerts are reproduced. This document also includes a list of the patrons and committee of Philharmonic Society, and a list of the instrumentals performing Wagner, Siegfried Idyll, conducted by Henry Wood.
5 October 1938: Langham Hotel
Menu card for the Sir Henry Wood Jubilee Luncheon. This document provides no information regarding the music performed but does carry a list of the guests.
23 October 1938: May Fair Hotel
Handbill and programme for a Reception given by the Music Club in honour of Sir Henry Wood, 'to congratulate him on his Jubilee and great services to music during the record period of 50 years'. This event included performances from Eva Turner, Moiseiwitsch and Szigeti, with Mr Gerald Moore and Mr Endre Petri (piano). This document includes a list of the committee of the Music Club, chaired by Hamilton Harty.
25 October 1938: Stationer’s Hall
Programme and wordbook for the music performed during a dinner of the Worshipful Company of Musicians, given by Olive Zorian (violin), Denis Matthews (piano), Vera Healy (contralto), Margaret Hewitt (soprano), Alfred Hepworth (tenor) and Roderick Jones (baritone), all of the Royal Academy of Music. This document includes a list of officers of the Company, ‘A Short Account of the Worshipful Company of Musicians’, and a list of the Company’s previous medal winners. Held within the programme is a Plan of the Tables, with an alphabetical list of the names of those attending.
20 June 1942: Empress Hall
Programme for a Demonstration and Pageant given to mark the first anniversary of the British-Soviet Alliance, organized by the Joint Committee for Soviet Aid, The National Council for British-Soviet Unity, and the Russia To-day Society. This included music by the Band of His Majesty’s Coldstream Guards and a Pageant entitled ‘An Agreement of the Peoples’, accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by John Barbirolli and Alan Bush.
24 March 1944: Savoy Hotel
Tribute to Sir Henry J. Wood in Honour of his 75th Anniversary and the 50th Year of the Promenade Concerts. Menu card for a dinner given by the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, chaired by Frank Howes. The music on this occasion included fanfares by Walford Davies, Ethel Smyth, Bliss (composed for the occasion) and Bax, performed by the Trumpeters from the Royal Military School of Music, directed by M. Roberts. On the reverse of this document is a list of the Societies with representatives at the dinner.
25 March 1944: Royal Albert Hall
Programme for a Grand Concert given as a tribute to Sir Henry J. Wood, in celebration of his seventy-fifth birthday. This was promoted and sponsored by the Daily Telegraphy and featured the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, with Solomon (piano), conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood, Sir Adrian Boult, Basil Cameron and Malcolm Sargent. This document carries photographs of the conductors and soloists as well as ‘An Appreciation’ written by F. Bonavia (musical critic of the Daily Telegraph)
1 June 1944 [no venue]
Handbill for a performance given by Clifford Curzon (piano) and the Griller Quartet (Sidney Griller, Jack O’Brien, Philip Burton and Colin Hampton). This document is titled, ‘With Greetings from the students of the Royal Academy of Music to Sir Henry J. Wood, in the year of his 75th birthday and the jubilee of the promenade concerts’.
[1944?]
Undated order of service for a memorial service in honour of Henry Wood, during which a stained glass window was dedicated to him. This included a performance of ‘Where Does the Uttered Music Go?’, written by John Masefield (Poet Laureate) and set to music by William Walton; this was performed by the BBC Chorus, directed by Leslie Woodgate. The serivce also involved a symphony orchestra drawn from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Basil Cameron, with Dr. G. D. Cunningham (organ) and the choirs of St. Paul’s Cathedral (directed by Dr John Dykes Bower) and Westminster Abbey (directed by Dr William McKie). This document carries lists of all the performing ensembles.
4 March [1945]: Royal Albert Hall
Programme for a Henry Wood Memorial Concert, sponsored by the Daily Telegraph and featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Basil Cameron, John Barbirolli and Sir Adrian Boult. This was a two-part concert of choral and orchestral repertory, including the first performance of William Walton, Memorial Fanfare. The reverse of this document carries 'An Appeal', on behalf of the Henry Wood National Memorial Fund.
22 November 1947: Royal Albert Hall
Programme and wordbook for a St Cecilia’s Day Festival Concert, sponsored by the Daily Herald and given in aid of the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund. This was a two-part concert of music by English composers, including the first performance of Finzi, An Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day. The concert was given by BBC Symphony Orchestra (led by Paul Beard and conducted by Sir Adrian Boult), the Trumpeters of the Royal Military School (conducted by Captain M. Roberts) and the Luton Choral Society (conducted by Arthur E. Davies), with Ada Alsop, René Soames and Harold Williams (vocal) and Dr G. D. Cunningham (organ). This document includes a number of photographs (of composers and performers) and carries a list of the organizing committee for the event.
22 November 1947 and 22 November 1950: Church of St. Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, London
Orders of service for two St. Cecilia’s Day Festivals, given by Dr William McKie and Dr G. Thalben-Ball (organ) and conducted by Dr J. Dykes Bower, with choristers from the Chapel Royal, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and, in 1950, St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. Both documents include an article by Dermot Morrah entitled ‘In Praise of St. Cecilia’ whilst the document for 1950 carries a menu card for the St. Cecilia’s Day Festival Lunch organized by the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund. The service in 1947 included Vaughan Williams, Anthem ‘The voice out of the whirlwind’ (specially composed for this Festival Service).
24 July 1967: Royal Albert Hall
Programme and wordbook for a performance given during the 73rd season of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, including Schubert, Octet and Britten, The Burning Fiery Furnace. Kenneth MacDonald (tenor), Robert Tear (tenor), Bryan Drake (baritone), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Peter Leeming (bass-baritone), Stafford Dean (bass), the English Opera Group Chorus, Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), William Pleeth (cello), Adrian Beers (double bass), Keith Marjoram (double-bass), Richard Adeney (flute), Jack Brymer (clarinet), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Neill Sanders (horn), Roger Brenner (trombone), James Blades (percussion), Brian Wilson (harp) and Philip Ledger (organ). This document carries historical and descriptive programme notes (by Alan Blyth), some biographical notes on the performers (by Frank Granville Barker), and advertisements and lists for forthcoming Proms performances.
3 March 1969: Royal Albert Hall
Programme and wordbook for a Henry Wood Centenary Concert, given by the Henry Wood Concert Society in association with the Henry Wood National Memorial Trust. This was a performance of Verdi, Requiem, given by soloists Anne Evans, Oriel Sutherland, Stuart Kale and Brian Rayner Cook, with a choir and orchestra from the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Trinity College of Music, conducted by Barbirolli. In addition to lists of the choir and orchestra, this document includes a list of trustees for the Henry Wood Concert Society (est. 1946) and Henry Wood National Memorial Trust and photos/portraits of Her Majesty the Queen, Henry Wood and John Barbirolli. There is also a ‘Tribute’ to Wood, written by Arthur Bliss and historical and descriptive notes by Martin Cooper.
20 March 1969: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, London
Order of service for a Thanksgiving Service to mark the Henry Wood Centenary. The service involved the Friends of the Musicians’ Chapel, the Henry Wood Proms Circle, and members of the Alexandra Choir, conducted by Charles Proctor, with Dr Harold Darke (organ). Sir Adrian Boult gave an address.
2. Literary material
Biographical leaflet regarding Sir Henry Wood, including an Extract from Who’s Who for 1926 and an article by Edwin Evans entitled ‘The Promenade Concerts’.
Also, a further copy of the Who’s Who extract from 1926.
Brochures for three lectures, two relating to the Schubert Centenary of 1928 and one to the Liszt Commemoration of 1936, produced by the Columbia Graphophone Company Limited, London. These were intended for educational purposes and include information regarding the acquisition and insertion of relevant recordings. Both documents contain a list of the Schubert Centenary Advisory Bodies and a Foreward outlining the complete series of lectures. The lectures on Schubert are entitled ‘Events which influenced Schubert’s work’ (by J. T. Bavin) and ‘The Romance of Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony (including Schubert’s Sketches for the Third Movement)’.
Bulletin of the Corps of Honorary Stewards of the Royal Albert Hall (September 1944). This was published at the time of the re-opening of the Hall but includes a tribute to Henry Wood by Adrian Boult, as well as a number of other articles.
Voks Bulletin No. 6, 1944, published by the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.
Format
Date range of collection
1893 - 1969
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Zorian, Olive -
- Worshipful Company of Musicians -
- Woodhouse, C. -
- Woodgate, Leslie -
- Wood, Henry -
- Winterbottom, C. (Mr) -
- Wilson, Brian -
- Williams, Harold -
- Westminster Abbey -
- Waterhouse, William -
- Walton, William -
- Voks Bulletin -
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph -
- USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries -
- Turner, Eva -
- Trinity College of Music -
- Thursfield, Anne -
- Tear, Robert -
- Szigeti, Joseph -
- Sutherland, Oriel -
- St. Paul's Cathedral -
- St. George's Chapel, Windsor -
- Cutner, Solomon Solomon 1902 - 1988
- Soames, René -
- Smyth, Ethel -
- Schubert, Franz -
- Sargent, Malcolm -
- Sanders, Neill -
- Russia To-day Society -
- Royal Philharmonic Society 1813 -
- Royal Military School of Music -
- Royal College of Music -
- Royal Academy of Music -
- Promenade concerts -
- Proctor, Charles -
- Pleeth, William -
- Petri, Endre -
- People's Palace Sunday Afternoon Choir -
- Patmore, J. W. (Mr) -
- O'Brien, Jack -
- National Council for British-Soviety Unity -
- Musicians Benevolent Fund -
- Music Club -
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -
- Moore, Gerald -
- Moiseiwitsch, Benno -
- Metcalfe, Smallwood -
- McMahon, Ivor -
- McKie, William -
- Matthews, Denis -
- Marjoram, Keith -
- Mackenzie, Alexander Campbell -
- Macdonald, Kenneth -
- Luxon, Benjamin 1937 -
- Luton Choral Society -
- London Symphony Orchestra -
- London Philharmonic Orchestra 1932 -
- Liszt, Franz -
- Leeming, Peter -
- Ledger, Philip -
- Kale, Stuart -
- Jones, Roderick -
- Jones, Purcell -
- Joint Committee for Soviet Aid -
- James, W. (Mr) -
- Jackson, B. (Mr) -
- Hurwitz, Emanuel -
- Howes, Frank -
- Hobday, Alfred -
- Hewitt, Margaret -
- Hepworth, Alfred -
- Henry Wood Proms Circle -
- Henry Wood National Memorial Fund -
- Henry Wood Concert Society -
- Healy, Vera -
- Harty, Hamilton -
- Hampton, Colin -
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama -
- Griller, Sydney -
- Griller String Quartet -
- Goldsack, Jessie -
- Finzi, Gerald -
- Evans, Edwin -
- Evans, Anne -
- English Opera Group -
- Draper, Charles 1869 - 1952
- Drake, Bryan -
- Dean, Stafford -
- Davies, H. Walford -
- Davies, Arthur E. -
- Darke, Harold -
- Daily Telegraph -
- Daily Herald -
- Curzon, Clifford -
- Cunningham, George Dorrington -
- Cooper, Martin -
- Cook, Brian Rayner -
- Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd, London -
- Band of HM Coldstream Guards 1785 -
- Chapel Royal -
- Cameron, Basil -
- Bush, Alan -
- Burton, Philip -
- Bulletin of the Corps of Honorary Stewards, Royal Albert Hall -
- Bucktrout, Daisy -
- Brymer, Jack -
- Brenner, Roger -
- Brain, A. E. -
- Bower, John Dykes -
- Boult, Adrian -
- Blyth, Alan -
- Bliss, Arthur -
- Blades, James -
- Beethoven, Ludwig van -
- Beers, Adrian -
- BBC Symphony Orchestra -
- BBC Chorus -
- Bax, Arnold -
- Barker, Frank Granville -
- Barbirolli, John -
- Ball, George Thalben -
- Aronowitz, Cecil -
- Alsop, Ada -
- Alexandra Choir -
- Adeney, Richard -
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