SearchGetRecordErnst Henschel collection: London: Wigmore Hall (1938-66)
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Ernst Henschel collection: London: Wigmore Hall (1938-66)
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Henschel
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A collection of individual programmes and handbills for performances given at the Wigmore Hall, London between 1938 and 1966, forming part of the Ernst Henschel collection (1892-1966).
For an introduction to this collection see Ernst Henschel collection: General
1. Boosey and Hawkes Concerts
2. Concert de musique française
3. Studio Recitals/Committee for the Promotion of New Music
4. Gerald Cooper Chamber Concerts
5. Lunch Hour Concerts
6. Other concerts
1. Boosey and Hawkes Concerts
These were contemporary music concerts, including a large number of first performances.
Box 27, parcel 1
28 February 1942: 2nd series, no. 6.
27 February 1943: 2nd season, no. 4.
22 September, 15 October and 4 December 1943: 3rd season nos, 1, 2 and 4.
29 January, 26 February, 29 March and 26 April 1944: 3rd season, nos. 5-8.
28 September, 7 October, 18 November and 9 December 1944: 4th season, Nos. 1-4.
Box 27, parcel 2 (1945)
27 January, 20 February and 21 March: 4th season, nos. 5-7.
22, 24, 26, 29 and 31 October and 3 November: 5th season, nos. 1-6.
Box 28 (1946)
20 March and 24 April: 5th season, nos. 8-9.
13 November: 6th season, no. 2.
Box 29 (1947)
18 February: 6th season, no. 3.
8 October: 7th season, no. 1.
2. Concert de musique française
Box 27, parcel 1
10, 17 and 24 September 1942 (single document).
6, 13 and 20 September 1943 (single document with a separate programme for the last).
16, 23 and 30 November 1943 (single document, multiple copies).
8 May, 29 October, 26 November and 10 December 1944.
Box 27, parcel 2: 7 and 21 January, 4 February, 12 March, 5 and 22 April, 18 May, 21 October and 18 November 1945.
Box 28: 10 January, 25 February, 17 March, 5 April, 5 June, 23 July, 24 September, 30 October and 20 November 1946.
Box 29: 15 February, 30 March, 27 April, 22 September, 19 October, 16 November and 14 December 1947.
Box 30, parcel 1: 9 April and 21 September 1948.
Box 30, parcel 2: 23 February, 23 March ad 17 November 1949.
Box 31, parcel 1: 12 March, 3 May, 19 October and 15 December 1950.
Box 31, parcel 2: 15 November 1951.
Box 32, parcel 1: 29 March, 18 October and 29 November 1952.
Box 32, parcel 2: 18 April 1953.
Box 33, parcel 1: 9 April 1954.
Box 33, parcel 2: 14 December 1955.
Box 34, parcel 1: 12 May 1956.
Box 34, parcel 2: 22 October 1957.
Box 34, parcel 3: 31 May and 12 November 1958.
3. Studio Recitals/Committee for the Promotion of New Music
Box 33, parcel 2: 17 October, 14 November and 7 December 1955 (nos. 177-179).
Box 34, parcel 1: 11 January, 7 February, 6 March, 3 April, 1 May, 3 July, 6 November and 4 December 1956 (nos. 180-184, 186, and 188-189).
Box 34, parcel 2: 1 January, 5 March, 2 April, 7 May, 2 July, 1 October, 5 November and 3 December 1957 (nos.190, 192-194, and 196-199).
Box 34, parcel 3: 7 January, 4 February, 4 March, 1 April, 6 May, 3 June, 1 July and 7 October 1958 (nos. 200-207).
Box 35, parcel 1: 3 February, 3 March, 7 April, 5 May, 2 June, 7 July, 6 October and 3 November 1959 (nos. 210-217).
Box 35, parcel 2: 5 January, 2 February, 1 March, 5 April and 4 October 1960 (nos. 219-223).
Note: the Henschel collection also contains programmes for these recitals given at the following venues: Salle Erard (1947-50) and the Great Drawing Room of the Arts Council of Great Britain (1952-55 and 1960-63).
4. Gerald Cooper Chamber Concerts/Concerts Society
Box 27, parcel 1 (1940-44)
17 October 1943: Griller String Quartet.
13 and 27 August and 10 and 24 September 1944: two copies of a document containing programmes for four concerts in aid of the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund.
8 and 22 October 1944 (single document).
22 October, 5 and 19 November 1944 (single document).
Box 27, parcel 2 (1945)
16 January, 27 February and 14 and 29 May.
Box 28 (1946)
All performances given this year consisted of the Chamber Music Works of Mozart. Each programme contains programmes for all of the performances in the group in which it is listed
15 and 29 January, 12 and 26 February and 12 and 26 March.
9 and 30 April, 14 and 28 May, 18 June and 2 July.
14 and 28 May.
8 and 22 October, 5 and 19 November and 3 December.
Box 29 (1947)
28 January, 11 and 25 February, 11 March, 15 and 29 April and 18 November.
5. Lunch Hour Concerts
In each case a single document is held, containing programmes for the dates given.
Box 29 (1947)
12, 19 and 26 March and 2, 9 and 16 April.
23 and 30 April and 7, 14, 21 and 28 May (two copies).
4, 11 and 18 and 2 and 9 July.
1, 8 and 15 October.
22 and 29 October and 5 November.
Box 30, parcel 1 (1948)
7 January and 31 March.
7 April and 23 June.
16 and 23 June.
10 and 17 November.
24 November and 1 December.
Box 30, parcel 2 (1949)
5 and 12 January.
19 and 26 January.
2 and 9 February.
6. Other concerts
Box 25 (1938)
5 December: Fleet Street Choir, conducted by T. B. Lawrence.
Box 26 (1939)
2 January, 6 March and 1 May: The Monday ‘Pops’ Society given by: Boyd Neel String Orchestra (2 January); Yves Tinayre (vocal) and the Cembalo Trio (6 March); and Yvonne Arnaud (piano) and the International String Quartet (1 May).
1 February: Recorder Recital by Carl F. Dolmetsch with Joseph Saxby (harpsichord).
4 February: First Recital by the Léner Quartet.
20 February: Franz Osborn (piano).
24 February [corrected to 29 January, Conway Hall]: Kamaran Trio.
27 February: Nancy Phillips String Quartet.
4 March: Bach Recital by Egon Petri (piano).
20 March: Helga White (viola), Cyril Scott (piano) and Gabriele Joachim (vocal), with Carrelle String Trio.
31 March: Philharmonic Ensemble.
28 April: Tudor Singers, assisted by Gwendolen Mason (harp), Arnold Ashby (cello) and C. H. Cheeseman (contrabass), conducted by Cuthbert Bates.
1 May: An Hour of French Songs, by Reginald Bourlier, accompanied by André Rodenhuis.
4 and 25 November: single document with programmes for two Viola and Pianoforte Recitals given by Lionel Tertis with William Murdoch.
Box 27, parcel 1 (1940-44)
21 February 1942: Second of Four Orchestral Concerts by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Walter Goehr.
24 September and 11 and 22 October 1943: First, Second and Third (of four) Recitals of Czechoslovak Music, promoted by the Czechoslovak Institute.
5 October 1943: Kathleen Long (piano) and Peter Pears (tenor) with the Boyd Neel Orchestra, conducted by Neel and Benjamin Britten.
17 November 1943: A Walter Goehr Concert presented by Musical Culture Limited.
25 November 1943: A Concert of Music of the Netherlands, with Gerry Schurmann (piano) and the Hirsch String Quartet.
19 December 1943: Czech Trio.
16 January 1944: Song Recital by Mary Linde with the Jacques String Orchestra, conducted by Jacques.
8 February 1944: Recital of Russian Piano Music by Kentner.
12 February 1944: Jacqueline Salomons (violin) and Marcel Gazelle (piano).
22 February 1944: Programme of Russian Music given by Frank Merrick (piano) and the Hirsch Quartet for the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR.
25 February 1944: Chamber Orchestra Concert/London Contemporary Music Centre, conducted by Leighton Lucas.
9 March 1944: Free Austrian Movement in Great Britain/Rostal Chamber Orchestra with Max Rostal (violin) and Dennis Brain (horn).
23 March 1944: Programme of Russian Music given by Alan Bush and the LPO String Quartet.
28 March and 13 April 1944: Concert Spirituel. Each of the two documents contains the programme for both concerts, as well as that for a further performance given on 7 April at St Peter’s, Eaton Square.
30 May 1944: Winifred Copperwheat (viola) and Harry Isaacs (piano).
21 September 1944: Boyd Neel Orchestra with René Soria, conducted by Neel.
30 September 1944: Marcel Gazelle (piano).
Box 27, parcel 2 (1945)
6, 13, 20 and 25 April: single document with programmes for Four Schubert Recitals by Louis Kentner (piano).
14 April: Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Rudolph Fischer, with Hilda Alexander (alto), Shula Doniach (piano), Susan [Suzanne] Rozsa (violin) and John Francis (flute).
4 May: Bromley and Chislehurst Orchestra with Katharine Goodson (piano), Leon Goossens (oboe) and Marjorie White (conductor, leader and soloist).
7 May: Maggie Teyte (vocal) with Leon Goossens (oboe) and Gerald Moore (piano).
14 May: Faure Centenary Concert with Maggie Teyte (vocal) and Kathleen Long (piano), accompanied by Ivor Newton.
29 May: Harry Blech (violin), Norina Semino (cello) and Kathleen Long (piano).
8 June: Maggie Teyte with the Boyd Neel String Orchestra.
24 June: Concert of Contemporary Polish Music by Jelly d’Aranyi, Adila Fachiri and Ivor Newton with the London Polish String Quartet.
3 July: Sonata Recital by Vivian Joseph (cello) and Margaret Chamberlain (piano).
22 September: Bach-Mozart Concert by the Kathleen Merritt Orchestra, conducted by Merritt with Max Rostal (violin) and Leon Goossens (oboe).
26 September: Soviet Chamber Music, with Margerie Few (piano), Arthur Gleghorn (flute) and the Menges String Quartet.
1 October: Boyd Neel Orchestra, with Lesley Duff (soprano), conducted by Boyd Neel.
17 October: Riddick String Orchestra with Joyce Riddle (piano), conducted by Kathleen Riddick.
18 October: Harold Fairhurst (violin) and Gerald Moore (piano).
6 November: Astra Desmond (vocal) accompanied by Gerald Moore.
10 November: Denis Matthews (piano).
16 November: Winifred Copperwheat (viola) and Harry Isaacs (piano).
21 and 22 November: Two Concerts of his [Purcell] Music and first performances of works by Benjamin Britten.
3 December: Concert of works by Matyas Seiber.
5 December: Vocal Chamber Music with Jani Strasser (bass).
14 December: First Edward Clark Concert, with Parry Jones (vocal).
Box 28 (1946)
18 January and15 February: Edward Clark Concerts Nos 2 and 3.
20 January and 24 February: Concerts of Dutch and British Music.
24 January, 7 and 21 February, 7 and 21 March and 4 April: single document with programmes for Six Recitals given by the Harry Isaacs Trio.
9 February: London String Orchestra conducted by Alan Bush.
13 and 27 February and 13 March: single document with programmes for Three Schumann Recitals given by Adelina de Lara (piano).
14 February: Sonata Recital by Daisy Kennedy and Gerald Moore.
9 March: Piano Recital by Angus Morrison.
23 March: Recital for Two Pianos by Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick.
27 March: Eric Harvey (violin), accompanied by Gordon Phillips.
29 March: Edward Armstrong (violin) and Liza Fuchsova (piano).
3 April: Piano Recital by Dorothea Braus.
6 April: Piano Recital by Emily Boettcher.
16 April: Vocal Recital by Maggie Teyte, accompanied by Gerald Moore.
29 May: Delius Memorial Concert (Chamber Works), with Megan Foster (vocal), May and Margaret Harrison (violins), Bernard Shore (viola), Beatrice Harrison (cello) and Eric Gritton (piano).
21 June: London String Orchestra, with Kyla Greenbaum (piano), conducted by Alan Bush.
19 July: Recital of songs by Nicolas Tcherepnine given by Valentine Aksarova, accompanied by Ivor Newton.
23 September and 10 October: single document with programmes for two performances given by the Robert Masters Quartet.
1 October: The Sweelinck String Quartet.
9 October: Arthur Benjamin (piano), Frederick Riddle (viola) and the Griller String Quartet.
19 October: Zorian String Quartet.
24 October and 13 December: Song Recitals by David Carver, accompanied by Gerald Moore.
3 November: The Works of Edward Grieg, given by Gunvor Mjelva (soprano) and Ruth Lagesen (piano).
9 November: The Jacques String Orchestra with Harvey Phillips (cello), conducted by Jacques.
29 November: Concert of Czechoslovak Music, conducted by Alan Bush.
13 December: Orazio Vecchi, L’Amfiparnaso, sung by the New English Singers and the Lancaster Marionettes.
15 December: Ars Redivia, directed by Claude Crussard.
Box 29 (1947)
[7 December 1946], 31 January and 14 February: single document with programmes for three concerts given by the Philharmonia Quartet.
6 January: Riddick String Orchestra, conducted by Kathleen Riddick. This document also includes a programme for performances given by the same ensemble on 14 and 28 January and 11 and 25 February at Kensington Town Hall.
7 January: Song Recital by Laurence Holmes, accompanied by Harold Craxton.
8 January: Douglas Jones (baritone), Harold Clarke (flute), Peter Newbury (oboe) and Wilfrid Dunwell (piano).
13 January: Winifred Copperwheat (viola).
17 January: May Campbell, Leon Goossens and Ivor Newton.
9 and 23 February and 2 March: single document with programmes for The Piano Sonatas of Mozart, given by Carlos Vazquez.
12 February and 18 April: Belaieff Concerts of Russian Music, Nos. 1 and 2.
3 March: New English Trio.
29 March: Jacques String Orchestra, with Frederick Thurston (clarinet), conducted by Jacques.
4 February, 4 March, 1 April and 18 May: Third, Fourth, Fourth [sic] and Sixth Concerts of 25th Season given by the London Contemporary Music Centre.
9 April: Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano).
10 April: Eric Harrison (piano) and Nancy Gee (vocal), accompanied by Gerald Moore.
12 April: Cello Recital by Zara Nelsova, accompanied by Gerald Moore.
2 May: Marie Wilson (violin) and Liza Fuchsova (piano).
6 June: Hedli Anderson and John Simons/French and English Music.
1 July: Oriana Madrigal Society Summer Concert.
7 July: Mollie Sands (soprano), Ruth Dyson (piano) and Colin Davis (clarinet).
18 September: The London International Trio.
19 September: Harpsichord Recital by Lucille Wallace.
4 October: Penarth Ladies’ Choral Society with Ann Walters (soprano), conducted by Hubert C. Williams.
14 October: England’s Place in Keyboard Music. A Piano Recital with Comments by David Ponsonby.
24 October: Ruth Dyson (piano) and Riddick String Orchestra
1 November: Recital by Maggie Teyte (vocal) with Alfred Cave (violin) and Gerald Moore (piano).
10 November: A Series of Concerts by the Boyd Need Orchestra.
11 November and 9 December: First and Second concert of the 26th season of the London Contemporary Music Centre.
19 November: Maggie Teyte and Robert Irwin (vocal), accompanied by Gerald Moore.
27 November: Lieder Recital by David Carver, accompanied by Gerald Moore.
29 November: Recital by the French Pianist Jean Michel Damase.
4 December: Lucienne Tragin (soprano) and Francis Poulenc (composer-pianist).
6 December: Pianoforte Recital by Denis Matthews.
12 December: Sweelinck Quartet.
Box 30, parcel 1 (1948)
5 January: Violin Recital by Raymond Cohen.
9 January: Oda Slobodskaya (vocal) and the London International Trio, accompanied by Ivor Newton.
14 January: Recital of Unfamiliar Lieder with Stefan Pollmann (baritone), accompanied by Gerald Moore.
24 January: Loewenguth Quartet of Paris.
1 February: Helena Figner (vocal), accompanied by Ivor Newton.
3 February: London Harpsichord Ensemble.
8 February: Albert Ferber (piano).
13 February: London International Trio.
18 March and 13 April: London Contemporary Music Centre.
16 April: A Recital of Songs by Astra Desmond, with Gerald Moore (piano).
23 April: Riddick String Orchestra with William Herbert (tenor) and conducted by Kathleen Riddick.
24 April: Recital of English Songs by Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten.
30 April: The Tudor Singers, conducted by Harry Stubbs.
2 July: Piano Recital by Eduard Darsky.
22 September: Danish Kammer Quintet and Esther Vagning (piano).
10 October: Hazel Griggs (piano).
18 December: Oriana Madrigal Society.
Box 30, parcel 2 (1949)
4 January: Harpsichord Recital by Raymond Russell
15 and 29 January and 12 February: single document for Three Chopin Recitals by Iso Elinson
20 January: Piano Recital by Albert Ferber
1 February: Piano Recital by Gordon Watson
2 February: Song Recital by Astra Desmond with Gerald Moore and Marie Korchinska
3 February: Violoncello Recital by Luigi Gasparini, accompanied by Gerald Moore
21 February: Pierre Bernac and Francis Poulenc
26 March: Amadeus String Quartet
3 April: Webster Aitken (piano)
6 April: Amphion Ensemble
10 April: Concert of Russian and Soviet Music with the Aeolian Quartet and Oda Slobodskaya (vocal)
6 May: Recital of his Own Works by York Bowen
7 May: Pianoforte Recital by Liza Fuchsova
10 May: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
21 May: Isabelle Nef (harpsichord) and Fernand Caratge (flute)
30 May: Violoncello Recital by Olga Hegedus
3, 9 and 14 June: single document with programmes for Three Recitals by Ralph Kirkpatrick
15 June: Lucille Wallace (harpsichord) and Clifford Curzon (piano), conducted by Nadia Boulanger
21 June: Oriana Madrigal Society
14 October: Clavichord Recital by Valda Aveling
20 October: Chopin Centenary Concert with Majorie Thomas (vocal), Alfredo Campoli (violin), James Whitehead (cello) and Reizenstein (piano)
9 November and 5 December: single document with programmes for concerts given by the Boyd Neel Orchestra and Joan Davies (piano)
29 December: London Mozart Players, conducted by Harry Blech
Box 31, parcel 1 (1950)
5 January: Fleet Street Choir, conducted by T. B. Lawrence
9 January: Winifred Lawson (soprano), Michael Head (baritone) and Maurice Cole (piano), accompanied by John Wills
17 January: Piano Recital by Gunnar Hahn
26 January: Songs and Piano Works of Nicolas Medtner given by Oda Slobodskaya and Edna Iles
11 February: Philharmonia Concert Series presents Louis Kentner, Richard Lewis, Dennis Brain, Constance Shacklock and John Wills
6 March: Recital by the Dorian Singers (conducted by Matyas Seiber) with Tibor Varga (violin) and Ilona Kabos (piano)
15 April: Programme of Rumanian Contemporary and Folk Music, presented by the British Rumanian Friendship Association
19 April: Twenty-One Centuries of Greek Song sung by Arda Mandikian
21 April: Pianoforte Recital by Loudon Merry
30 April: Pianoforte Recital by Virginia Fortescue
10 May: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
24 June and 3 July: single document with programmes for two Piano Recitals by Eileen Ralf
12 June: Programme of Polish and Czech Music for violin and piano by Eugenia Uminska (violin), accompanied by Ivor Newton
11 September: Recital of works for Viola da Gamba and Violoncello by Eva Heinitz, accompanied by Boris Ord
21 October: Segovia
4 November: Piano Recital by Albert Ferber
11 and 25 November: single document for Two Sonata Recitals by Antonia Butler (cello) and Norman Greenwood (piano)
19 November: Lieder Recital by Irmgard Seefried, accompanied by Gerald Moore
30 November: Chamber Orchestra of the Collegium Musicum Italicum Rome, conducted by Renato Fasano
2 December: Piano Recital by Gordon Watson
Box 31, parcel 2 (1951)
20 January: London Ensemble Singers (directed by Jani Strasser), and the Martin String Quartet
27 January: Fairhurst Trio with Margaret Bissett
2 February: Kalmar Chamber Orchestra, with April Cantelo (vocal), conducted by Bernard Jacob
6 February: Valerija Heybal (soprano) and Vladimir Ruzdjak (baritone), accompanied by Gerald Moore
14 February: Michael Head (baritone), with Gareth Morris (flute).
15 February: Jiswalda van Ittersum (soprano) and Willy Meeuwisse (piano)
17 February: Jacques Février, René le Roy and Roger Albin
26 February: Adila Fachiri (violin) and a small string orchestra with James Sherrin (piano)
27 February: Pianoforte Recital by Ronald Smith
7 March: Singers in Consort, directed by David Carver
26 April: New Music by Geoffrey Bush and Bruce Montgomery, conducted by Trevor Harvey.
5 May: Tudor Singers, conducted by Harry Stubbs, with Ruth Dyson (harpsichord)
9, 16, 23 and 30 May, 13 June: Six Concerts of Music by English Composers 1300-1750 (missing no. 5)
10 May: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
7, 14 and 21 May and 4 June: Six Recitals of English Song given as part of the Festival of British Music (missing nos. 4 and 6)
17 May: Sonata Recital by Else Cross (piano) and Rosemary Rapaport (violin)
24 May: Fleet Street Choir, conducted by T. B. Lawrence
27 May: Recital of Pianoforte works by Franz Liszt, given by Louis Kentner
15 June: Mozart in London. A Festival of Britain concert by the London Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Bernard
27 July: Recital of Latvian Songs. Also held is a prospectus with programmes for all three performances held in the Latvian Song Festival and separate programmes for the remaining concerts on 28 (Kingsway Hall) and 29 July (Royal Albert Hall)
8 September: Nederlands Kamerkoor, conducted by Felix de Nobel
17 October: Harvey Phillips String Orchestra
22 October: Piano Recital by Gordon Watson
Box 32, parcel 1 (1952)
13 January: J. S. Bach, The Art of Fugue, played by Gustav Leonhardt.
9 February: Section of the Philharmonia Orchestra with Frederick Thurston (clarinet) and Herbert Downes (viola), conducted by Bernard Jacob.
2 March: The London Trio
18 March: Song Recital by Doda Conrad, accompanied by Henry Jackson.
4 April: Concert of Music Devoted to the Works of David Gow, featuring the Ansermier Quartet. Programme and Revised Programme (2 documents).
10 May: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
17 May: Ensemble Instrumental a Vent de Paris, with Claude Helffer (piano)
29 May: Fourth Concert presented by the Friends of the Haydn Orchestra and given by the Haydn Orchestra with Denis Matthews (piano), conducted by Harry Newstone.
5 June: Schoenberg Memoiral Concert presented by the Anglo-Austrian Music Society and given by the Peter Gibbs Quartet, the L.S.O. Chamber Ensemble, Anne Woods (alto) and Peter Stadlen (piano)
14 September: Concert of Latvian Music
30 October: Recital of Works for Two Violins by Sybil Copeland and John Glickman, accompanied by Arvon Davies
4 November: Fleet Street Choir, conducted by T. B. Lawrence.
4 December: Piano Recital of Music by John Ireland, by Eric Parkin
Box 32, parcel 2 (1953)
5 January: Concert of Works by Composers who have studied with Alan Bush, conducted by Bernard Stevens.
8 February: Concert of Polish Music given by Alan Loveday and Leonard Cassini
14 February: Concert Reading of a new Opera, Nelson, music by Lennox Berkeley, accompanied by Robert Keys.
25 April: I Musici with Thomas Goff (harpsichord)
3 October: Golden Age Singers, directed by Margaret Field-Hyde
16 October and 10 November: English Consort of Viols
20 October: Mildred Dilling (harp) assisted by John Francis (flute) and Bernard Davis (viola)
1 November: Piano Duets by Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale
7 November: Concert to celebrate the 10th Anniversaries of the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and the Society for the Promotion of New Music, introduction by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with Max Rostal (violin), April Cantelo and Jill Hayward and the Martin String Quartet
16 December: Dutch Harpsichord Trio
Box 33, parcel 1 (1954)
18 January: Quintetto Boccherini
9 April: Concert de musicque française
6 May: Harp Recital by Nicanor Zabaleta
7 May: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
11 May: Leppard Chamber Orchestra with Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), conducted by Raymond Leppard
17 June: Polish Choral Music of the 16th Century with the Renaissance Singers, conducted by Michael Howard.
25 September: Concert of Rumanian Music given by the New London Quartet
8 November: Concert to the Memory of Arnold Bax, given by Harriet Cohen, May Harrison and Frank Merrick with the Wigmore Ensemble.
12 November: first of Three English Song Recitals, presented by the English Opera Group presents Peter Pears (tenor), George Malcolm (harpsichord) and Julian Bream (lute/guitar)
20 December: Maria Lidka (violin) and Peter Gellhorn (piano)
Box 33, parcel 2 (1955)
9 January, 6 February, 6 March and 3 April: single document with programmes for four performances given in association with the Cultural Department of the Royal Netherlands Embassy. 3 copies.
18 January: Liza Fuchsova and Paul Hamburger (piano)
22 January: The Consort of Viols of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
28 January (postponed from 4 December 1954): A Concert in memory of Noel Mewton-Wood
4 February: Programme of Contemporary Music presented by Orpington and Bromley Choir, conducted by Audrey Langford.
11 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
7 May: Piano Recital by Dyna August
13 May: Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) and Robert Veyron-Lacroix
17 May: The Hague Chamber Choir, conducted by Cor Backers.
26 May and 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 June: six copies of a handbill containing the programmes for Six Concerts of English Song, presented by the Arts Council. Also, a souvenir programme booklet containing the programmes and words for all of the concerts and separate handbills for Nos. 5 and 6.
13 June: Chamber Recital of Contemporary Music given by the Wang String Quartet with Albert Ferber (piano)
27 June: Richard Adeney (flute), Leonard Friedman (violin), George Malcolm (harpsichord) with the Goldsbrough Orchestra, conducted by Harry Samuel.
28 October: A Recital by Else Cross (piano) and Rosemary Rapaport (violin)
18 November: Juilliard Quartet
19 November: Bartok Commemoration Concert
2 December: Piccola Accademia Musicale, conducted by Newell Jenkins
20 December: Frederick Grinke (violin) and Michael Mullinar (piano) with the Dennis Brain Ensemble
Box 34, parcel 1 (1956)
2 January: Works by R. S. Coke
7 January: A Concert to the Member of Arnold Bax with May Harrison (violin), Leon Goossens (oboe) and Frank Merrick (piano) and the Aeolian String Quartet
10 January: New Edinburgh Quartet, in the first of a series of Four Concerts of German Music
24 January: Piano Recital by Yvonne Loriod
1 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
19 and 26 February, 25 March and 22 April: single document with programmes for the last four Dutch Concerts
21 February: Lore Fischer trio
24 February: The Consort of Viols of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
28 February: Saltire Singers and Ex-Members of the National Youth Orchestra, conducted by Hans Oppenheim
24 March: Oriana Madrigal Society Spring Concert
25 March: Dutch Radio Philharmonic Sextet
27 March: Noel Lee (piano) and Alexander Young (tenor)
24 April: Leppard Chamber Orchestra and Morley College Choir, conducted by Raymond Leppard and Peter Racine Fricker
27 and 30 April: Dennis Brain Chamber Orchestra/Wind Ensemble
4, 11 and 18 May: Four Chamber Music Concerts to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Mozart, Nos. 1. 2 and 3. Also, an undated handbill for the fourth concert.
6 May: Peter Pears (tenor) and Julian Bream (lute/guitar)
12 June: Ilse Wolf (soprano) and Joyce Rathbone (fortepiano)
13 June: Pianoforte Recital by Josef Raieff
26 November: Programme of English Chamber Music of the Seventeenth Century presented by the English Consort of Viols
28 December – [19 January 1957]: prospectus with programmes for Dr Erik Chisholm’s First London Festival of Music and Musicians from South Africa. This event also featured opera performances given at the Rudolf Steiner Theatre.
Four copies, plus individual programmes for 28, 30 and 31 December (first, third and fourth concert)
Box 34, parcel 2 (1957)
[28 December 1956-] 19 January 1957.
Prospectus with programmes for Dr Erik Chisholm’s First London Festival of Music and Musicians from South Africa. This event also included opera performances at the Rudolf Steiner Theatre. There are four other copies of this document in parcel 1. Also, individual programme for 6th Concert, given on 6 January
22 January: Kyndel Quartet of Stockholm
31 January: The Singers in Consort, directed by Richard Wood
1 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
19 February: Noel Lee (piano) and the Saltire Singers
21 February: Amsterdam Duo
26 February: Feltkamp Quartet
12 March: Jeannette van Dijck (soprano), accompanied by Peter Gellhorn
18 March: Kees Otten (recorder) and Jaap Spigt (harpsichord)
19 March: Recital of Works for Two Pianos, given by Yvonne Loriod and Pierre Boulez
3 April: Telemann Trio
21 June: Recital by Lillian Fuchs (viola) and Jacques de Menasce (composer-pianist)
13 November: Concert of Works by Sir Eugene Goossens, presented by the New Era Concert Society and featuring the Hirsch String Quartet
29 November: The English Consort of Viols
30 November: London Pianoforte Series. Music for Two Pianos and Piano Duet given by Mary and Geraldine Peppin
Box 34, parcel 3 (1958)
24 January and 14 and 28 February: single document with programmes for Three Friday Concerts given by the Virtuoso Ensemble of London
31 January: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
18 February: New Music Ensemble, conducted by John Carewe
26 February: Nicanor Zabaleta (harp)
15 March: Italian Vocal Sextet Luca Marenzio
18 March: Institute for Contemporary Arts
27 March: Ellen Mac Gillavry (flute) and Jaap Spigt (harpsichord)
30 March: Singers in Consort (directed by Richard Wood) and Donington Consort (Robert Donington)
28 April and 7 and 15 May: single document with programmes for Three Sonata Recitals by Margaret Tilly (piano)
23 May: Twentieth Century Ensemble with Leon Goossens (oboe), conducted by Hans-Hubert Schönzeler
9 October: Arte Fiato
20 November: Dutch Radio Philharmonic Sextet
2 December: Chamber Orchestral Concert by the Elite Orchestra, conducted by John Coulling for the Society for the Promotion of New Music
19 December: Polish Contemporary Music presented by the Society for the Promotion of New Music
Box 35, parcel 1 (1959)
4 February: Klemm Trio
9 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
24 February: Institute of Contemporary Arts concert given by the Virtuoso Ensemble
26 February: Sonata da Camera
24 March: Institute of Contemporary Arts Concert, given by the Danzi Wind Quintet
16 April: Recital by James Atkins (bass-baritone), accompanied by Paul Hamburger
20 April: Gwyneth George with the Fogell Ensemble, conducted by Martin Fogell
22 April: Elizabethan Singers and the Orchestra of the Wind Music Society, conducted by Bryan Fairfax
1 July: In Memory of Albert Coates: a Concert of his Music, featuring a section of the London Symphony Orchestra.
14 September: Edinburgh University Singers, directed by Herrick Bunney
15 September: Hamburg Telemann Society presents ‘Camerata Instrumentale’
22 October: Centenary Concert of the works of Spohr, featuring the Berlin and Amici String Quartets
16 December: Music by Israeli Composers, performed by the Twentieth Century Ensemble with Richard Adeney (flute), conducted by Hans-Hubert Schönzeler
Box 35, parcel 2 (1960)
11 January: Mabillon Trio
29 January: George Malcolm (harpsichord) and Julian Bream (lute)
8 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
8 March: Institute of Contemporary Arts Concert given by the Morley Quartet and the New Music Ensemble.
3 May: Concert of American Music presented by the Society for the Promotion of New Music
6 May: Anglo-Austrian Music Society presents a Concert of Austrian Music
5 October: Sonata da Camera
19 November: Matyas Seiber Memorial Concert
28 November: Igor Ozim (violin) with Ernest Lush (piano)
16 December: Song Recital by Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten, 3rd Macnaghten Concert.
Box 35, parcel 3 (1961)
7 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
7 March: Institute of Contemporary Arts
2 May: Russian Exchange Concert/Concert of Contemporary Russian Music, presented by the Society for the Promotion of New Music
23, 24, 29 and 31 October: single document with programmes for four performances encompassing The Nineteen Pianoforte Sonatas of Mozart, played by Mieczyslaw Horszowski
9 November: A Programme of Chamber Music by Cyril Scott, given by Esther Fisher (piano), the Aeolian String Quartet and the Lyric Trio
Box 36, parcel 1 (1962)
8 January: Mabillon Trio with Tessa Robbins (violin)
9 January: Institute of Contemporary Arts concert given by the New Music Ensemble
6 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch with the Martin String Quartet
2 June: The Generation of Music Ensemble
19 September: Double Bass Recital by John Mathews with Shirley Mathews (piano)
6 October: Harp Recital by Nicanor Zabaleta
Box 36, parcel 2 (1963)
12 January: Warsaw Quintet
19 January: the Lasalle Quartet, presented by the Institute of Contemporary Arts
26 January: Paul Olefsky (cello)
26 June: Programme of Medieval, Renaissance and Contemporary Music given by Malcolm Williamson (piano), Musica Reservata and the Elizabethan Singers, conducted by Louis Halsey.
Parcel 3 (1964-65)
1964
14 February: Malcolm Binns and Alasdair Graham (pianos) and the John Alldis Choir, conducted by Alldis.
22 February: Rio de Janeiro Quartet
25 May: Park Lane Group with Noelle Barker (soprano) and Robert Sherlaw Johnson
24 June: Elizabethan Singers, conducted by Louis Halsey.
2 October and 18 December: Macnaghten Concerts, Nos. 2 and 3
1965
3 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
19 February: Jacques Orchestra with Helen Gelmar (vocal), conducted by Myer Fredman
3 March: Piano Duettists Debora and Boukje Land
6 March: Recorder Recital by Frans Brüggen, with Walter Bergmann (harpsichord/piano)
23 March: Concert of French Music
9 April: Macnaghten Concert, No. 6
30 May: Philadelphia String Quartet, with Janice Harsanyi (soprano)
24 June: Elizabethan Singers, with William Pleeth (cello) and Margaret Good (piano), conducted by Halsey.
Box 37, parcel 1 (1965)
24 September and 10 December: Macnaghten Concerts, Nos. 1 and 4
Box 37, parcel 2 (1966)
24 April: Haydn/Mozart Programme by George Malcolm (piano)
16 May: Music by Ian Parrott given by Jean Allister and Edgar Fleet (vocal) and the Allegri String Quartet
19 May: Elizabethan Singers with Owen Brannigan (bass) and Wilfrid Parry (piano), conducted by Louis Halsey.
For an introduction to this collection see Ernst Henschel collection: General
1. Boosey and Hawkes Concerts
2. Concert de musique française
3. Studio Recitals/Committee for the Promotion of New Music
4. Gerald Cooper Chamber Concerts
5. Lunch Hour Concerts
6. Other concerts
1. Boosey and Hawkes Concerts
These were contemporary music concerts, including a large number of first performances.
Box 27, parcel 1
28 February 1942: 2nd series, no. 6.
27 February 1943: 2nd season, no. 4.
22 September, 15 October and 4 December 1943: 3rd season nos, 1, 2 and 4.
29 January, 26 February, 29 March and 26 April 1944: 3rd season, nos. 5-8.
28 September, 7 October, 18 November and 9 December 1944: 4th season, Nos. 1-4.
Box 27, parcel 2 (1945)
27 January, 20 February and 21 March: 4th season, nos. 5-7.
22, 24, 26, 29 and 31 October and 3 November: 5th season, nos. 1-6.
Box 28 (1946)
20 March and 24 April: 5th season, nos. 8-9.
13 November: 6th season, no. 2.
Box 29 (1947)
18 February: 6th season, no. 3.
8 October: 7th season, no. 1.
2. Concert de musique française
Box 27, parcel 1
10, 17 and 24 September 1942 (single document).
6, 13 and 20 September 1943 (single document with a separate programme for the last).
16, 23 and 30 November 1943 (single document, multiple copies).
8 May, 29 October, 26 November and 10 December 1944.
Box 27, parcel 2: 7 and 21 January, 4 February, 12 March, 5 and 22 April, 18 May, 21 October and 18 November 1945.
Box 28: 10 January, 25 February, 17 March, 5 April, 5 June, 23 July, 24 September, 30 October and 20 November 1946.
Box 29: 15 February, 30 March, 27 April, 22 September, 19 October, 16 November and 14 December 1947.
Box 30, parcel 1: 9 April and 21 September 1948.
Box 30, parcel 2: 23 February, 23 March ad 17 November 1949.
Box 31, parcel 1: 12 March, 3 May, 19 October and 15 December 1950.
Box 31, parcel 2: 15 November 1951.
Box 32, parcel 1: 29 March, 18 October and 29 November 1952.
Box 32, parcel 2: 18 April 1953.
Box 33, parcel 1: 9 April 1954.
Box 33, parcel 2: 14 December 1955.
Box 34, parcel 1: 12 May 1956.
Box 34, parcel 2: 22 October 1957.
Box 34, parcel 3: 31 May and 12 November 1958.
3. Studio Recitals/Committee for the Promotion of New Music
Box 33, parcel 2: 17 October, 14 November and 7 December 1955 (nos. 177-179).
Box 34, parcel 1: 11 January, 7 February, 6 March, 3 April, 1 May, 3 July, 6 November and 4 December 1956 (nos. 180-184, 186, and 188-189).
Box 34, parcel 2: 1 January, 5 March, 2 April, 7 May, 2 July, 1 October, 5 November and 3 December 1957 (nos.190, 192-194, and 196-199).
Box 34, parcel 3: 7 January, 4 February, 4 March, 1 April, 6 May, 3 June, 1 July and 7 October 1958 (nos. 200-207).
Box 35, parcel 1: 3 February, 3 March, 7 April, 5 May, 2 June, 7 July, 6 October and 3 November 1959 (nos. 210-217).
Box 35, parcel 2: 5 January, 2 February, 1 March, 5 April and 4 October 1960 (nos. 219-223).
Note: the Henschel collection also contains programmes for these recitals given at the following venues: Salle Erard (1947-50) and the Great Drawing Room of the Arts Council of Great Britain (1952-55 and 1960-63).
4. Gerald Cooper Chamber Concerts/Concerts Society
Box 27, parcel 1 (1940-44)
17 October 1943: Griller String Quartet.
13 and 27 August and 10 and 24 September 1944: two copies of a document containing programmes for four concerts in aid of the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund.
8 and 22 October 1944 (single document).
22 October, 5 and 19 November 1944 (single document).
Box 27, parcel 2 (1945)
16 January, 27 February and 14 and 29 May.
Box 28 (1946)
All performances given this year consisted of the Chamber Music Works of Mozart. Each programme contains programmes for all of the performances in the group in which it is listed
15 and 29 January, 12 and 26 February and 12 and 26 March.
9 and 30 April, 14 and 28 May, 18 June and 2 July.
14 and 28 May.
8 and 22 October, 5 and 19 November and 3 December.
Box 29 (1947)
28 January, 11 and 25 February, 11 March, 15 and 29 April and 18 November.
5. Lunch Hour Concerts
In each case a single document is held, containing programmes for the dates given.
Box 29 (1947)
12, 19 and 26 March and 2, 9 and 16 April.
23 and 30 April and 7, 14, 21 and 28 May (two copies).
4, 11 and 18 and 2 and 9 July.
1, 8 and 15 October.
22 and 29 October and 5 November.
Box 30, parcel 1 (1948)
7 January and 31 March.
7 April and 23 June.
16 and 23 June.
10 and 17 November.
24 November and 1 December.
Box 30, parcel 2 (1949)
5 and 12 January.
19 and 26 January.
2 and 9 February.
6. Other concerts
Box 25 (1938)
5 December: Fleet Street Choir, conducted by T. B. Lawrence.
Box 26 (1939)
2 January, 6 March and 1 May: The Monday ‘Pops’ Society given by: Boyd Neel String Orchestra (2 January); Yves Tinayre (vocal) and the Cembalo Trio (6 March); and Yvonne Arnaud (piano) and the International String Quartet (1 May).
1 February: Recorder Recital by Carl F. Dolmetsch with Joseph Saxby (harpsichord).
4 February: First Recital by the Léner Quartet.
20 February: Franz Osborn (piano).
24 February [corrected to 29 January, Conway Hall]: Kamaran Trio.
27 February: Nancy Phillips String Quartet.
4 March: Bach Recital by Egon Petri (piano).
20 March: Helga White (viola), Cyril Scott (piano) and Gabriele Joachim (vocal), with Carrelle String Trio.
31 March: Philharmonic Ensemble.
28 April: Tudor Singers, assisted by Gwendolen Mason (harp), Arnold Ashby (cello) and C. H. Cheeseman (contrabass), conducted by Cuthbert Bates.
1 May: An Hour of French Songs, by Reginald Bourlier, accompanied by André Rodenhuis.
4 and 25 November: single document with programmes for two Viola and Pianoforte Recitals given by Lionel Tertis with William Murdoch.
Box 27, parcel 1 (1940-44)
21 February 1942: Second of Four Orchestral Concerts by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Walter Goehr.
24 September and 11 and 22 October 1943: First, Second and Third (of four) Recitals of Czechoslovak Music, promoted by the Czechoslovak Institute.
5 October 1943: Kathleen Long (piano) and Peter Pears (tenor) with the Boyd Neel Orchestra, conducted by Neel and Benjamin Britten.
17 November 1943: A Walter Goehr Concert presented by Musical Culture Limited.
25 November 1943: A Concert of Music of the Netherlands, with Gerry Schurmann (piano) and the Hirsch String Quartet.
19 December 1943: Czech Trio.
16 January 1944: Song Recital by Mary Linde with the Jacques String Orchestra, conducted by Jacques.
8 February 1944: Recital of Russian Piano Music by Kentner.
12 February 1944: Jacqueline Salomons (violin) and Marcel Gazelle (piano).
22 February 1944: Programme of Russian Music given by Frank Merrick (piano) and the Hirsch Quartet for the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR.
25 February 1944: Chamber Orchestra Concert/London Contemporary Music Centre, conducted by Leighton Lucas.
9 March 1944: Free Austrian Movement in Great Britain/Rostal Chamber Orchestra with Max Rostal (violin) and Dennis Brain (horn).
23 March 1944: Programme of Russian Music given by Alan Bush and the LPO String Quartet.
28 March and 13 April 1944: Concert Spirituel. Each of the two documents contains the programme for both concerts, as well as that for a further performance given on 7 April at St Peter’s, Eaton Square.
30 May 1944: Winifred Copperwheat (viola) and Harry Isaacs (piano).
21 September 1944: Boyd Neel Orchestra with René Soria, conducted by Neel.
30 September 1944: Marcel Gazelle (piano).
Box 27, parcel 2 (1945)
6, 13, 20 and 25 April: single document with programmes for Four Schubert Recitals by Louis Kentner (piano).
14 April: Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Rudolph Fischer, with Hilda Alexander (alto), Shula Doniach (piano), Susan [Suzanne] Rozsa (violin) and John Francis (flute).
4 May: Bromley and Chislehurst Orchestra with Katharine Goodson (piano), Leon Goossens (oboe) and Marjorie White (conductor, leader and soloist).
7 May: Maggie Teyte (vocal) with Leon Goossens (oboe) and Gerald Moore (piano).
14 May: Faure Centenary Concert with Maggie Teyte (vocal) and Kathleen Long (piano), accompanied by Ivor Newton.
29 May: Harry Blech (violin), Norina Semino (cello) and Kathleen Long (piano).
8 June: Maggie Teyte with the Boyd Neel String Orchestra.
24 June: Concert of Contemporary Polish Music by Jelly d’Aranyi, Adila Fachiri and Ivor Newton with the London Polish String Quartet.
3 July: Sonata Recital by Vivian Joseph (cello) and Margaret Chamberlain (piano).
22 September: Bach-Mozart Concert by the Kathleen Merritt Orchestra, conducted by Merritt with Max Rostal (violin) and Leon Goossens (oboe).
26 September: Soviet Chamber Music, with Margerie Few (piano), Arthur Gleghorn (flute) and the Menges String Quartet.
1 October: Boyd Neel Orchestra, with Lesley Duff (soprano), conducted by Boyd Neel.
17 October: Riddick String Orchestra with Joyce Riddle (piano), conducted by Kathleen Riddick.
18 October: Harold Fairhurst (violin) and Gerald Moore (piano).
6 November: Astra Desmond (vocal) accompanied by Gerald Moore.
10 November: Denis Matthews (piano).
16 November: Winifred Copperwheat (viola) and Harry Isaacs (piano).
21 and 22 November: Two Concerts of his [Purcell] Music and first performances of works by Benjamin Britten.
3 December: Concert of works by Matyas Seiber.
5 December: Vocal Chamber Music with Jani Strasser (bass).
14 December: First Edward Clark Concert, with Parry Jones (vocal).
Box 28 (1946)
18 January and15 February: Edward Clark Concerts Nos 2 and 3.
20 January and 24 February: Concerts of Dutch and British Music.
24 January, 7 and 21 February, 7 and 21 March and 4 April: single document with programmes for Six Recitals given by the Harry Isaacs Trio.
9 February: London String Orchestra conducted by Alan Bush.
13 and 27 February and 13 March: single document with programmes for Three Schumann Recitals given by Adelina de Lara (piano).
14 February: Sonata Recital by Daisy Kennedy and Gerald Moore.
9 March: Piano Recital by Angus Morrison.
23 March: Recital for Two Pianos by Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick.
27 March: Eric Harvey (violin), accompanied by Gordon Phillips.
29 March: Edward Armstrong (violin) and Liza Fuchsova (piano).
3 April: Piano Recital by Dorothea Braus.
6 April: Piano Recital by Emily Boettcher.
16 April: Vocal Recital by Maggie Teyte, accompanied by Gerald Moore.
29 May: Delius Memorial Concert (Chamber Works), with Megan Foster (vocal), May and Margaret Harrison (violins), Bernard Shore (viola), Beatrice Harrison (cello) and Eric Gritton (piano).
21 June: London String Orchestra, with Kyla Greenbaum (piano), conducted by Alan Bush.
19 July: Recital of songs by Nicolas Tcherepnine given by Valentine Aksarova, accompanied by Ivor Newton.
23 September and 10 October: single document with programmes for two performances given by the Robert Masters Quartet.
1 October: The Sweelinck String Quartet.
9 October: Arthur Benjamin (piano), Frederick Riddle (viola) and the Griller String Quartet.
19 October: Zorian String Quartet.
24 October and 13 December: Song Recitals by David Carver, accompanied by Gerald Moore.
3 November: The Works of Edward Grieg, given by Gunvor Mjelva (soprano) and Ruth Lagesen (piano).
9 November: The Jacques String Orchestra with Harvey Phillips (cello), conducted by Jacques.
29 November: Concert of Czechoslovak Music, conducted by Alan Bush.
13 December: Orazio Vecchi, L’Amfiparnaso, sung by the New English Singers and the Lancaster Marionettes.
15 December: Ars Redivia, directed by Claude Crussard.
Box 29 (1947)
[7 December 1946], 31 January and 14 February: single document with programmes for three concerts given by the Philharmonia Quartet.
6 January: Riddick String Orchestra, conducted by Kathleen Riddick. This document also includes a programme for performances given by the same ensemble on 14 and 28 January and 11 and 25 February at Kensington Town Hall.
7 January: Song Recital by Laurence Holmes, accompanied by Harold Craxton.
8 January: Douglas Jones (baritone), Harold Clarke (flute), Peter Newbury (oboe) and Wilfrid Dunwell (piano).
13 January: Winifred Copperwheat (viola).
17 January: May Campbell, Leon Goossens and Ivor Newton.
9 and 23 February and 2 March: single document with programmes for The Piano Sonatas of Mozart, given by Carlos Vazquez.
12 February and 18 April: Belaieff Concerts of Russian Music, Nos. 1 and 2.
3 March: New English Trio.
29 March: Jacques String Orchestra, with Frederick Thurston (clarinet), conducted by Jacques.
4 February, 4 March, 1 April and 18 May: Third, Fourth, Fourth [sic] and Sixth Concerts of 25th Season given by the London Contemporary Music Centre.
9 April: Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano).
10 April: Eric Harrison (piano) and Nancy Gee (vocal), accompanied by Gerald Moore.
12 April: Cello Recital by Zara Nelsova, accompanied by Gerald Moore.
2 May: Marie Wilson (violin) and Liza Fuchsova (piano).
6 June: Hedli Anderson and John Simons/French and English Music.
1 July: Oriana Madrigal Society Summer Concert.
7 July: Mollie Sands (soprano), Ruth Dyson (piano) and Colin Davis (clarinet).
18 September: The London International Trio.
19 September: Harpsichord Recital by Lucille Wallace.
4 October: Penarth Ladies’ Choral Society with Ann Walters (soprano), conducted by Hubert C. Williams.
14 October: England’s Place in Keyboard Music. A Piano Recital with Comments by David Ponsonby.
24 October: Ruth Dyson (piano) and Riddick String Orchestra
1 November: Recital by Maggie Teyte (vocal) with Alfred Cave (violin) and Gerald Moore (piano).
10 November: A Series of Concerts by the Boyd Need Orchestra.
11 November and 9 December: First and Second concert of the 26th season of the London Contemporary Music Centre.
19 November: Maggie Teyte and Robert Irwin (vocal), accompanied by Gerald Moore.
27 November: Lieder Recital by David Carver, accompanied by Gerald Moore.
29 November: Recital by the French Pianist Jean Michel Damase.
4 December: Lucienne Tragin (soprano) and Francis Poulenc (composer-pianist).
6 December: Pianoforte Recital by Denis Matthews.
12 December: Sweelinck Quartet.
Box 30, parcel 1 (1948)
5 January: Violin Recital by Raymond Cohen.
9 January: Oda Slobodskaya (vocal) and the London International Trio, accompanied by Ivor Newton.
14 January: Recital of Unfamiliar Lieder with Stefan Pollmann (baritone), accompanied by Gerald Moore.
24 January: Loewenguth Quartet of Paris.
1 February: Helena Figner (vocal), accompanied by Ivor Newton.
3 February: London Harpsichord Ensemble.
8 February: Albert Ferber (piano).
13 February: London International Trio.
18 March and 13 April: London Contemporary Music Centre.
16 April: A Recital of Songs by Astra Desmond, with Gerald Moore (piano).
23 April: Riddick String Orchestra with William Herbert (tenor) and conducted by Kathleen Riddick.
24 April: Recital of English Songs by Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten.
30 April: The Tudor Singers, conducted by Harry Stubbs.
2 July: Piano Recital by Eduard Darsky.
22 September: Danish Kammer Quintet and Esther Vagning (piano).
10 October: Hazel Griggs (piano).
18 December: Oriana Madrigal Society.
Box 30, parcel 2 (1949)
4 January: Harpsichord Recital by Raymond Russell
15 and 29 January and 12 February: single document for Three Chopin Recitals by Iso Elinson
20 January: Piano Recital by Albert Ferber
1 February: Piano Recital by Gordon Watson
2 February: Song Recital by Astra Desmond with Gerald Moore and Marie Korchinska
3 February: Violoncello Recital by Luigi Gasparini, accompanied by Gerald Moore
21 February: Pierre Bernac and Francis Poulenc
26 March: Amadeus String Quartet
3 April: Webster Aitken (piano)
6 April: Amphion Ensemble
10 April: Concert of Russian and Soviet Music with the Aeolian Quartet and Oda Slobodskaya (vocal)
6 May: Recital of his Own Works by York Bowen
7 May: Pianoforte Recital by Liza Fuchsova
10 May: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
21 May: Isabelle Nef (harpsichord) and Fernand Caratge (flute)
30 May: Violoncello Recital by Olga Hegedus
3, 9 and 14 June: single document with programmes for Three Recitals by Ralph Kirkpatrick
15 June: Lucille Wallace (harpsichord) and Clifford Curzon (piano), conducted by Nadia Boulanger
21 June: Oriana Madrigal Society
14 October: Clavichord Recital by Valda Aveling
20 October: Chopin Centenary Concert with Majorie Thomas (vocal), Alfredo Campoli (violin), James Whitehead (cello) and Reizenstein (piano)
9 November and 5 December: single document with programmes for concerts given by the Boyd Neel Orchestra and Joan Davies (piano)
29 December: London Mozart Players, conducted by Harry Blech
Box 31, parcel 1 (1950)
5 January: Fleet Street Choir, conducted by T. B. Lawrence
9 January: Winifred Lawson (soprano), Michael Head (baritone) and Maurice Cole (piano), accompanied by John Wills
17 January: Piano Recital by Gunnar Hahn
26 January: Songs and Piano Works of Nicolas Medtner given by Oda Slobodskaya and Edna Iles
11 February: Philharmonia Concert Series presents Louis Kentner, Richard Lewis, Dennis Brain, Constance Shacklock and John Wills
6 March: Recital by the Dorian Singers (conducted by Matyas Seiber) with Tibor Varga (violin) and Ilona Kabos (piano)
15 April: Programme of Rumanian Contemporary and Folk Music, presented by the British Rumanian Friendship Association
19 April: Twenty-One Centuries of Greek Song sung by Arda Mandikian
21 April: Pianoforte Recital by Loudon Merry
30 April: Pianoforte Recital by Virginia Fortescue
10 May: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
24 June and 3 July: single document with programmes for two Piano Recitals by Eileen Ralf
12 June: Programme of Polish and Czech Music for violin and piano by Eugenia Uminska (violin), accompanied by Ivor Newton
11 September: Recital of works for Viola da Gamba and Violoncello by Eva Heinitz, accompanied by Boris Ord
21 October: Segovia
4 November: Piano Recital by Albert Ferber
11 and 25 November: single document for Two Sonata Recitals by Antonia Butler (cello) and Norman Greenwood (piano)
19 November: Lieder Recital by Irmgard Seefried, accompanied by Gerald Moore
30 November: Chamber Orchestra of the Collegium Musicum Italicum Rome, conducted by Renato Fasano
2 December: Piano Recital by Gordon Watson
Box 31, parcel 2 (1951)
20 January: London Ensemble Singers (directed by Jani Strasser), and the Martin String Quartet
27 January: Fairhurst Trio with Margaret Bissett
2 February: Kalmar Chamber Orchestra, with April Cantelo (vocal), conducted by Bernard Jacob
6 February: Valerija Heybal (soprano) and Vladimir Ruzdjak (baritone), accompanied by Gerald Moore
14 February: Michael Head (baritone), with Gareth Morris (flute).
15 February: Jiswalda van Ittersum (soprano) and Willy Meeuwisse (piano)
17 February: Jacques Février, René le Roy and Roger Albin
26 February: Adila Fachiri (violin) and a small string orchestra with James Sherrin (piano)
27 February: Pianoforte Recital by Ronald Smith
7 March: Singers in Consort, directed by David Carver
26 April: New Music by Geoffrey Bush and Bruce Montgomery, conducted by Trevor Harvey.
5 May: Tudor Singers, conducted by Harry Stubbs, with Ruth Dyson (harpsichord)
9, 16, 23 and 30 May, 13 June: Six Concerts of Music by English Composers 1300-1750 (missing no. 5)
10 May: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
7, 14 and 21 May and 4 June: Six Recitals of English Song given as part of the Festival of British Music (missing nos. 4 and 6)
17 May: Sonata Recital by Else Cross (piano) and Rosemary Rapaport (violin)
24 May: Fleet Street Choir, conducted by T. B. Lawrence
27 May: Recital of Pianoforte works by Franz Liszt, given by Louis Kentner
15 June: Mozart in London. A Festival of Britain concert by the London Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Bernard
27 July: Recital of Latvian Songs. Also held is a prospectus with programmes for all three performances held in the Latvian Song Festival and separate programmes for the remaining concerts on 28 (Kingsway Hall) and 29 July (Royal Albert Hall)
8 September: Nederlands Kamerkoor, conducted by Felix de Nobel
17 October: Harvey Phillips String Orchestra
22 October: Piano Recital by Gordon Watson
Box 32, parcel 1 (1952)
13 January: J. S. Bach, The Art of Fugue, played by Gustav Leonhardt.
9 February: Section of the Philharmonia Orchestra with Frederick Thurston (clarinet) and Herbert Downes (viola), conducted by Bernard Jacob.
2 March: The London Trio
18 March: Song Recital by Doda Conrad, accompanied by Henry Jackson.
4 April: Concert of Music Devoted to the Works of David Gow, featuring the Ansermier Quartet. Programme and Revised Programme (2 documents).
10 May: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
17 May: Ensemble Instrumental a Vent de Paris, with Claude Helffer (piano)
29 May: Fourth Concert presented by the Friends of the Haydn Orchestra and given by the Haydn Orchestra with Denis Matthews (piano), conducted by Harry Newstone.
5 June: Schoenberg Memoiral Concert presented by the Anglo-Austrian Music Society and given by the Peter Gibbs Quartet, the L.S.O. Chamber Ensemble, Anne Woods (alto) and Peter Stadlen (piano)
14 September: Concert of Latvian Music
30 October: Recital of Works for Two Violins by Sybil Copeland and John Glickman, accompanied by Arvon Davies
4 November: Fleet Street Choir, conducted by T. B. Lawrence.
4 December: Piano Recital of Music by John Ireland, by Eric Parkin
Box 32, parcel 2 (1953)
5 January: Concert of Works by Composers who have studied with Alan Bush, conducted by Bernard Stevens.
8 February: Concert of Polish Music given by Alan Loveday and Leonard Cassini
14 February: Concert Reading of a new Opera, Nelson, music by Lennox Berkeley, accompanied by Robert Keys.
25 April: I Musici with Thomas Goff (harpsichord)
3 October: Golden Age Singers, directed by Margaret Field-Hyde
16 October and 10 November: English Consort of Viols
20 October: Mildred Dilling (harp) assisted by John Francis (flute) and Bernard Davis (viola)
1 November: Piano Duets by Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale
7 November: Concert to celebrate the 10th Anniversaries of the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and the Society for the Promotion of New Music, introduction by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with Max Rostal (violin), April Cantelo and Jill Hayward and the Martin String Quartet
16 December: Dutch Harpsichord Trio
Box 33, parcel 1 (1954)
18 January: Quintetto Boccherini
9 April: Concert de musicque française
6 May: Harp Recital by Nicanor Zabaleta
7 May: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
11 May: Leppard Chamber Orchestra with Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), conducted by Raymond Leppard
17 June: Polish Choral Music of the 16th Century with the Renaissance Singers, conducted by Michael Howard.
25 September: Concert of Rumanian Music given by the New London Quartet
8 November: Concert to the Memory of Arnold Bax, given by Harriet Cohen, May Harrison and Frank Merrick with the Wigmore Ensemble.
12 November: first of Three English Song Recitals, presented by the English Opera Group presents Peter Pears (tenor), George Malcolm (harpsichord) and Julian Bream (lute/guitar)
20 December: Maria Lidka (violin) and Peter Gellhorn (piano)
Box 33, parcel 2 (1955)
9 January, 6 February, 6 March and 3 April: single document with programmes for four performances given in association with the Cultural Department of the Royal Netherlands Embassy. 3 copies.
18 January: Liza Fuchsova and Paul Hamburger (piano)
22 January: The Consort of Viols of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
28 January (postponed from 4 December 1954): A Concert in memory of Noel Mewton-Wood
4 February: Programme of Contemporary Music presented by Orpington and Bromley Choir, conducted by Audrey Langford.
11 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
7 May: Piano Recital by Dyna August
13 May: Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) and Robert Veyron-Lacroix
17 May: The Hague Chamber Choir, conducted by Cor Backers.
26 May and 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 June: six copies of a handbill containing the programmes for Six Concerts of English Song, presented by the Arts Council. Also, a souvenir programme booklet containing the programmes and words for all of the concerts and separate handbills for Nos. 5 and 6.
13 June: Chamber Recital of Contemporary Music given by the Wang String Quartet with Albert Ferber (piano)
27 June: Richard Adeney (flute), Leonard Friedman (violin), George Malcolm (harpsichord) with the Goldsbrough Orchestra, conducted by Harry Samuel.
28 October: A Recital by Else Cross (piano) and Rosemary Rapaport (violin)
18 November: Juilliard Quartet
19 November: Bartok Commemoration Concert
2 December: Piccola Accademia Musicale, conducted by Newell Jenkins
20 December: Frederick Grinke (violin) and Michael Mullinar (piano) with the Dennis Brain Ensemble
Box 34, parcel 1 (1956)
2 January: Works by R. S. Coke
7 January: A Concert to the Member of Arnold Bax with May Harrison (violin), Leon Goossens (oboe) and Frank Merrick (piano) and the Aeolian String Quartet
10 January: New Edinburgh Quartet, in the first of a series of Four Concerts of German Music
24 January: Piano Recital by Yvonne Loriod
1 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
19 and 26 February, 25 March and 22 April: single document with programmes for the last four Dutch Concerts
21 February: Lore Fischer trio
24 February: The Consort of Viols of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
28 February: Saltire Singers and Ex-Members of the National Youth Orchestra, conducted by Hans Oppenheim
24 March: Oriana Madrigal Society Spring Concert
25 March: Dutch Radio Philharmonic Sextet
27 March: Noel Lee (piano) and Alexander Young (tenor)
24 April: Leppard Chamber Orchestra and Morley College Choir, conducted by Raymond Leppard and Peter Racine Fricker
27 and 30 April: Dennis Brain Chamber Orchestra/Wind Ensemble
4, 11 and 18 May: Four Chamber Music Concerts to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Mozart, Nos. 1. 2 and 3. Also, an undated handbill for the fourth concert.
6 May: Peter Pears (tenor) and Julian Bream (lute/guitar)
12 June: Ilse Wolf (soprano) and Joyce Rathbone (fortepiano)
13 June: Pianoforte Recital by Josef Raieff
26 November: Programme of English Chamber Music of the Seventeenth Century presented by the English Consort of Viols
28 December – [19 January 1957]: prospectus with programmes for Dr Erik Chisholm’s First London Festival of Music and Musicians from South Africa. This event also featured opera performances given at the Rudolf Steiner Theatre.
Four copies, plus individual programmes for 28, 30 and 31 December (first, third and fourth concert)
Box 34, parcel 2 (1957)
[28 December 1956-] 19 January 1957.
Prospectus with programmes for Dr Erik Chisholm’s First London Festival of Music and Musicians from South Africa. This event also included opera performances at the Rudolf Steiner Theatre. There are four other copies of this document in parcel 1. Also, individual programme for 6th Concert, given on 6 January
22 January: Kyndel Quartet of Stockholm
31 January: The Singers in Consort, directed by Richard Wood
1 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
19 February: Noel Lee (piano) and the Saltire Singers
21 February: Amsterdam Duo
26 February: Feltkamp Quartet
12 March: Jeannette van Dijck (soprano), accompanied by Peter Gellhorn
18 March: Kees Otten (recorder) and Jaap Spigt (harpsichord)
19 March: Recital of Works for Two Pianos, given by Yvonne Loriod and Pierre Boulez
3 April: Telemann Trio
21 June: Recital by Lillian Fuchs (viola) and Jacques de Menasce (composer-pianist)
13 November: Concert of Works by Sir Eugene Goossens, presented by the New Era Concert Society and featuring the Hirsch String Quartet
29 November: The English Consort of Viols
30 November: London Pianoforte Series. Music for Two Pianos and Piano Duet given by Mary and Geraldine Peppin
Box 34, parcel 3 (1958)
24 January and 14 and 28 February: single document with programmes for Three Friday Concerts given by the Virtuoso Ensemble of London
31 January: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
18 February: New Music Ensemble, conducted by John Carewe
26 February: Nicanor Zabaleta (harp)
15 March: Italian Vocal Sextet Luca Marenzio
18 March: Institute for Contemporary Arts
27 March: Ellen Mac Gillavry (flute) and Jaap Spigt (harpsichord)
30 March: Singers in Consort (directed by Richard Wood) and Donington Consort (Robert Donington)
28 April and 7 and 15 May: single document with programmes for Three Sonata Recitals by Margaret Tilly (piano)
23 May: Twentieth Century Ensemble with Leon Goossens (oboe), conducted by Hans-Hubert Schönzeler
9 October: Arte Fiato
20 November: Dutch Radio Philharmonic Sextet
2 December: Chamber Orchestral Concert by the Elite Orchestra, conducted by John Coulling for the Society for the Promotion of New Music
19 December: Polish Contemporary Music presented by the Society for the Promotion of New Music
Box 35, parcel 1 (1959)
4 February: Klemm Trio
9 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
24 February: Institute of Contemporary Arts concert given by the Virtuoso Ensemble
26 February: Sonata da Camera
24 March: Institute of Contemporary Arts Concert, given by the Danzi Wind Quintet
16 April: Recital by James Atkins (bass-baritone), accompanied by Paul Hamburger
20 April: Gwyneth George with the Fogell Ensemble, conducted by Martin Fogell
22 April: Elizabethan Singers and the Orchestra of the Wind Music Society, conducted by Bryan Fairfax
1 July: In Memory of Albert Coates: a Concert of his Music, featuring a section of the London Symphony Orchestra.
14 September: Edinburgh University Singers, directed by Herrick Bunney
15 September: Hamburg Telemann Society presents ‘Camerata Instrumentale’
22 October: Centenary Concert of the works of Spohr, featuring the Berlin and Amici String Quartets
16 December: Music by Israeli Composers, performed by the Twentieth Century Ensemble with Richard Adeney (flute), conducted by Hans-Hubert Schönzeler
Box 35, parcel 2 (1960)
11 January: Mabillon Trio
29 January: George Malcolm (harpsichord) and Julian Bream (lute)
8 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
8 March: Institute of Contemporary Arts Concert given by the Morley Quartet and the New Music Ensemble.
3 May: Concert of American Music presented by the Society for the Promotion of New Music
6 May: Anglo-Austrian Music Society presents a Concert of Austrian Music
5 October: Sonata da Camera
19 November: Matyas Seiber Memorial Concert
28 November: Igor Ozim (violin) with Ernest Lush (piano)
16 December: Song Recital by Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten, 3rd Macnaghten Concert.
Box 35, parcel 3 (1961)
7 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
7 March: Institute of Contemporary Arts
2 May: Russian Exchange Concert/Concert of Contemporary Russian Music, presented by the Society for the Promotion of New Music
23, 24, 29 and 31 October: single document with programmes for four performances encompassing The Nineteen Pianoforte Sonatas of Mozart, played by Mieczyslaw Horszowski
9 November: A Programme of Chamber Music by Cyril Scott, given by Esther Fisher (piano), the Aeolian String Quartet and the Lyric Trio
Box 36, parcel 1 (1962)
8 January: Mabillon Trio with Tessa Robbins (violin)
9 January: Institute of Contemporary Arts concert given by the New Music Ensemble
6 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch with the Martin String Quartet
2 June: The Generation of Music Ensemble
19 September: Double Bass Recital by John Mathews with Shirley Mathews (piano)
6 October: Harp Recital by Nicanor Zabaleta
Box 36, parcel 2 (1963)
12 January: Warsaw Quintet
19 January: the Lasalle Quartet, presented by the Institute of Contemporary Arts
26 January: Paul Olefsky (cello)
26 June: Programme of Medieval, Renaissance and Contemporary Music given by Malcolm Williamson (piano), Musica Reservata and the Elizabethan Singers, conducted by Louis Halsey.
Parcel 3 (1964-65)
1964
14 February: Malcolm Binns and Alasdair Graham (pianos) and the John Alldis Choir, conducted by Alldis.
22 February: Rio de Janeiro Quartet
25 May: Park Lane Group with Noelle Barker (soprano) and Robert Sherlaw Johnson
24 June: Elizabethan Singers, conducted by Louis Halsey.
2 October and 18 December: Macnaghten Concerts, Nos. 2 and 3
1965
3 February: Recorder Recital by Carl Dolmetsch
19 February: Jacques Orchestra with Helen Gelmar (vocal), conducted by Myer Fredman
3 March: Piano Duettists Debora and Boukje Land
6 March: Recorder Recital by Frans Brüggen, with Walter Bergmann (harpsichord/piano)
23 March: Concert of French Music
9 April: Macnaghten Concert, No. 6
30 May: Philadelphia String Quartet, with Janice Harsanyi (soprano)
24 June: Elizabethan Singers, with William Pleeth (cello) and Margaret Good (piano), conducted by Halsey.
Box 37, parcel 1 (1965)
24 September and 10 December: Macnaghten Concerts, Nos. 1 and 4
Box 37, parcel 2 (1966)
24 April: Haydn/Mozart Programme by George Malcolm (piano)
16 May: Music by Ian Parrott given by Jean Allister and Edgar Fleet (vocal) and the Allegri String Quartet
19 May: Elizabethan Singers with Owen Brannigan (bass) and Wilfrid Parry (piano), conducted by Louis Halsey.
Format
Date range of collection
1938 - 1966
Accumulation Dates
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Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Zorian String Quartet -
- Zabaleta, Nicanor -
- Young, Alexander -
- Wood, Richard -
- Wood, Anne -
- Wolf, Ilse -
- Wind Music Society -
- Wilson, Marie -
- Wills, John -
- Williamson, Malcolm -
- Williams, Hubert C. -
- Wigmore Ensemble -
- Whitehead, James -
- White, Marjorie -
- White, Helga -
- Watson, Gordon -
- Warsaw Quintet -
- Wang String Quartet -
- Walters, Ann -
- Wallace, Lucille -
- Virtuoso ensemble of London -
- Veyron-Lacroix, Robert -
- Vazquez, Carlos -
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph -
- Varga, Tibor -
- van Ittersum, Jiswalda -
- van Dijck, Jeannette -
- Vagning, Esther -
- Uminska, Eugenia -
- Tudor Singers -
- Tragin, Lucienne -
- Tinayre, Yves -
- Tilly, Margaret -
- Thurston, Frederick -
- Thomas, Marjorie -
- Teyte, Maggie -
- Tertis, Lionel -
- Telemann, Georg Phillipp -
- Tcherepnine, Nicolas -
- Sweelinck String Quartet -
- Stubbs, Harry -
- Strasser, Jani -
- Stevens, Bernard -
- Stadlen, Peter -
- Spohr, Louis -
- Spigt, Jaap -
- Soria, René -
- Society for the Promotion of New Music -
- Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR -
- Smith, Ronald -
- Smith, Cyril -
- Slobodskaya, Oda -
- Singers in Consort -
- Simons, John -
- Shore, Bernard -
- Sherrin, James -
- Shacklock, Constance -
- Semino, Norina -
- Sellick, Phyllis -
- Seiber, Mátyás -
- Segovia, Andrés -
- Seefried, Irmgard -
- Scott, Cyrill -
- Schumann, Robert -
- Schubert, Franz -
- Schönzeler, Hans-Hubert -
- Schola Cantorum Basiliensis -
- Schoenberg, Arnold -
- Schnabel, Karl Uhlrich -
- Saxby, Joseph -
- Sands, Mollie -
- Samuel, Harold 1879 - 1937
- Saltire Singers -
- Salomons, Jacqueline -
- Ruzdjak, Vladimir -
- Russell, Raymond -
- Rozsa, Suzanne -
- Rostal, Max -
- Robert Masters Quartet -
- Robbins, Tessa -
- Rio de Janeiro Quartet -
- Riddle, Joyce -
- Riddle, Frederick -
- Riddick, Kathleen -
- Riddick Orchestra -
- Renaissance Singers -
- Reizenstein, Franz -
- Rathbone, Joyce -
- Rapaport, Rosemary -
- Rampal, Jean-Pierre -
- Ralf, Eileen -
- Raieff, Josef -
- Purcell, Henry -
- Poulenc, Francis -
- Ponsonby, David -
- Pollmann, Stefan -
- Pleeth, William -
- Piccola Accademia Musicale -
- Phillips, Harvey -
- Philharmonic Ensemble -
- Philharmonic Concert Society -
- Philharmonia Orchestra 1945 -
- Philadelphia String Quartet -
- Peyer, Gervase de -
- Petri, Egon -
- Peter Gibbs Quartet -
- Peppin, Mary -
- Peppin, Geraldine -
- Penarth Ladies' Choral Society -
- Pears, Peter -
- Parry, Wilfrid -
- Parrott, Ian -
- Parkin, Eric -
- Park lane group -
- Ozim, Igor -
- Otten, Kees -
- Osborn, Franz -
- Orpington and Bromley Choir -
- Oriana Madrigal Society -
- Ord, Boris -
- Oppenheim, Hans -
- Olefsky, Paul -
- Nobel, Felix de -
- Newton, Ivor -
- Newstone, Harry -
- Newbury, Peter -
- New Music Ensemble -
- New London String Quartet -
- New Era Concert Society -
- New English Trio -
- New English Singers -
- New Edinburgh String Quartet -
- Nelsova, Zara -
- Nef, Isabelle -
- Neel, Boyd -
- National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain -
- Nancy Phillips String Quartet -
- Musicians Benevolent Fund -
- Murdoch, William -
- Mullinar, Michael -
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -
- Morrison, Angus -
- Morris, Gareth -
- Morley Quartet -
- Morley College -
- Moore, Gerald -
- Montgomery, Bruce -
- Monday Popular Concerts -
- Mjelva, Gunvor -
- Mewton-Wood, Noel -
- Merry, Loudon -
- Merritt, Kathleen -
- Merrick, Frank -
- Menges String Quartet -
- Menges String Quartet -
- Meeuwisse, Willy -
- Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich -
- Matthews, Denis -
- Mathews, Shirley -
- Mathews, John -
- Mason, Gwendolen -
- Martin String Quartet -
- Marenzio, Luca -
- Mandikian, Arda -
- Malcolm, George -
- Macnaghten Concerts -
- MacGillavry, Ellen -
- Mabillon Trio -
- Lyric Trio -
- Lush, Ernest 1908 - 1988
- Lucas, Leighton -
- Loveday, Alan -
- Loriod, Yvonne -
- Lore Fischer Trio -
- Long, Kathleen -
- London Trio -
- London Symphony Orchestra -
- London String Orchestra -
- London Polish String Quartet -
- London Philharmonic Orchestra 1932 -
- London Mozart Players -
- London Harpsichord Ensemble -
- London Ensemble Singers -
- London Contemporary Music Centre -
- London Chamber Orchestra -
- Loewenguth String Quartet -
- Liszt, Franz -
- Linde, Mary -
- Lidka, Maria -
- Lewis, Richard -
- Leppard, Raymond 1927 -
- Bonynge, Richard -
- Léner String Quartet -
- Lee, Noel -
- Le Roy, René -
- Lawson, Winifred -
- Lawrence, Thomas Bertie -
- LaSalle Quartet -
- Langford, Audrey -
- Lagesen, Ruth -
- Kyndel Quartet of Stockholm -
- Korchinska, Marie -
- Klemm Trio -
- Kirkpatrick, Ralph -
- Keys, Robert -
- Kentner, Louis 1905 - 1987
- Kennedy, Daisy -
- Kathleen Merritt Orchestra -
- Kamaran Trio -
- Kalmar Orchestra -
- Kabos, Ilona -
- Julliard Quartet -
- Joseph, Vivian -
- Jones, Parry 1891 - 1963
- Jones, Douglas -
- Johnson, Robert Sherlaw -
- Joachim, Gabriele -
- Jenkins, Newell -
- Jacques, Reginald -
- Jacques Orchestra -
- Isaacs, Harry -
- Irwin, Robert -
- Ireland, John -
- International String Quartet -
- Institute of Contemporary Arts -
- Iles, Edna -
- I Musici -
- Howard, Michael -
- Horszowski, Mieczyslaw -
- Holmes, Laurence -
- Hirsch String Quartet -
- Heybal, Valerija -
- Henschel, Ernst -
- Heinitz, Eva -
- Hegedus, Olga -
- Head, Michael -
- Haydn Orchestra -
- Harvey, Trevor -
- Harvey, Eric -
- Harrison, May -
- Harrison, Margaret -
- Harrison, Eric -
- Harrison, Beatrice -
- Hamburger, Paul 1920 - 2004
- Halsey, Louis -
- Hahn, Gunnar -
- Hague Chamber Choir -
- Gritton, Eric -
- Grinke, Frederick -
- Griller String Quartet -
- Griggs, Hazel -
- Grieg, Edvard -
- Greenwood, Norman -
- Greenbaum, Kyla -
- Graham, Alasdair -
- Gow, David -
- Goossens, Léon -
- Goossens, Eugene -
- Goodson, Katherine -
- Good, Margaret -
- Goldsbrough Orchestra -
- Golden Age Singers -
- Gold, Arthur -
- Goff, Thomas -
- Goehr, Walter -
- Glickman, John -
- Gleghorn, Arthur -
- Gerald Cooper Chamber Concerts -
- George, Gwyneth -
- Generation of Music Ensemble -
- Gelmar, Helen -
- Gellhorn, Peter -
- Gee, Nancy -
- Gazelle, Marcel -
- Gasparini, Luigi -
- Fuchsova, Lisa -
- Fuchs, Lillian -
- Friedman, Leonard -
- Fricker, Peter Racine -
- Fredman, Myer -
- Francis, John -
- Foster, Megan -
- Fortesque, Virginia -
- Fogell Ensemble -
- Fleet, Edgar -
- Fleet Street Choir -
- Fizdale, Robert -
- Fisher, Esther -
- Fischer, Rudolph -
- Figner, Helena -
- Field-Hyde, Margaret -
- Few, Margerie -
- Février, Jacques -
- Ferber, Albert -
- Feltkamp Quartet -
- Fauré, Gabriel -
- Fasano, Renato -
- Fairhurst, Harold -
- Fairhurst Piano Trio -
- Fairfax, Bryan -
- Fachiri, Adila -
- Ensemble Instrumental a Vent de Paris -
- English Opera Group -
- English Consort of Viols -
- Elizabethan Singers -
- Elite Orchestra -
- Elinson, Iso -
- Edward Clark Concerts -
- Edinburgh University Singers -
- Dyson, Ruth -
- Dutch Radio Philharmonic Sextet -
- Dunwell, Wilfred -
- Duff, Lesley -
- Downes, Herbert -
- Dorian Singers -
- Donington, Robert -
- Doniach, Shula -
- Dolmetsch, Carl -
- Dilling, Mildred -
- Desmond, Astra -
- Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble -
- Delius, Frederick -
- de Menasce, Jacques -
- de Lara, Adelina -
- Davis, Colin 1927 -
- Davis, Bernard -
- Davies, Joan -
- Davies, Arvon -
- Darsky, Edouard -
- Danzi Wind Quintet -
- Danish Kammer Quintet -
- Damase, Jean-Michel -
- Czech Trio -
- Curzon, Clifford -
- Cross, Else -
- Craxton, Harold -
- Copperwheat, Winifred -
- Copeland, Sybil -
- Conrad, Doda -
- Committee for the Promotion of New Music -
- Collegium Musicum Italicum -
- Cole, Maurice -
- Cohen, Raymond 1919 -
- Cohen, Harriet -
- Coates, Albert -
- Clarke, Howard -
- Chopin, Fryderyk -
- Chisholm, Erik -
- Chamberlain, Margaret -
- Cave, Alfred -
- Cassini, Leonard -
- Carver, David -
- Carrelle, Beatrice -
- Carrelle String Trio -
- Carewe, John -
- Caratgé, Fernand -
- Cantelo, April 1928 -
- Campoli, Alfredo -
- Campbell, May -
- Butler, Antonia -
- Bush, Geoffrey -
- Bush, Alan -
- Bunney, Herrick 1915 - 1997
- Brüggen, Franz -
- Bromley and Chislehurst orchestra -
- Britten, Benjamin -
- Bream, Julian 1933 -
- Braus, Dorothea -
- Brannigan, Owen -
- Brain, Dennis -
- Boyd Neel Orchestra -
- Bowen, York -
- Bourlier, Reginald -
- Boulez, Pierre -
- Boulanger, Nadia -
- Boosey & Hawkes Concerts -
- Boettcher, Emily -
- Blech, Harry -
- Bissett, Margaret -
- Binns, Malcolm -
- Bernac, Pierre 1899 - 1979
- Berlin String Quartet -
- Berkeley, Lennox -
- Bergmann, Walter -
- Benjamin, Arthur -
- Bax, Arnold -
- Bates, Cuthbert -
- Bartok, Bela -
- Barker, Noelle -
- Aveling, Valda -
- August, Dyna -
- Atkins, James -
- Ashby, Arnold -
- Ars Rediviva Ensemble -
- Arnaud, Yvonne -
- Armstrong, Edward -
- Aranyi, Jelly d' -
- Ansermier Quartet -
- Amsterdam Duo -
- Amphion Ensemble -
- Amici String Quartet -
- Amadeus String Quartet -
- Allister, Jean -
- Allegro String Quartet -
- Alldis, John -
- Alexander, Hilda -
- Albin, Roger -
- Aksarova, Valentina -
- Aitken, Webster -
- Aeolian String Quartet -
- Adeney, Richard -
- 20th Century Ensemble of London -
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