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Gloucester Musical Festival (1838-1947)
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Prospectuses, programmes and wordbooks for the Gloucester Music Meeting/ Gloucester Musical Festival, given triennially between 1838 and 1947 as part of the Three Choirs Festival. Bound as eleven volumes, those for 1838, 1841, 1844, 1850 and 1853 as one volume per season.
Each festival consisted of four morning and three/four evening performances. From 1898, these were prefaced by a Grand Opening Service, given on the previous Sunday (with performances themselves running from Tuesday to Friday).
The morning performances were held at the Cathedral and consisted of sacred vocal music, principally extracts from oratorios. In the early years, all of the evening performaces were held in the Shire Hall, were referred to as Grand Miscellaneous Concerts and took the form of two-part presentations consisting predominantly of Italian and English vocal repertory with orchestral overtures/symphonies at the beginning of each act and a concert item at some stage. The documentation from 1874 onwards indicates that, by this stage, only some of the evening performances continued to be in this vein. The remainder were held in the Cathedral and took on the character of the morning concerts.
1.
11-14 September 1838
Morning
11 September: a selection of sacred vocal music by Handel, Boyce and William Knyvett.
12 September: Mendelssohn, St Paul and a Miscellaneous Selection of Sacred Music, including much music by Handel.
13 September: A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, including extracts from Haydn, The Creation, Mozart, Requiem, and Handel, Israel in Egypt.
14 September: Handel, The Messiah.
Evening concerts: 11-13 September.
2.
(is there another volume for this year, with complete set?).
7-10 September 1841
Programmes and wordbooks for three morning and two evening performances (missing those for the first morning and evening).
Each wordbook records the principal performers: Miss Birch, Miss Maria B. Hawes and Miss Marshall; Madame Dorus Gras and Madame Viardot Garcia; Messrs J. Bennett, Hobbs, Phillips and A. Novello; Signors Brizzi and Tamburini (vocal); Mr Baumann (bassoon), Mr H. C. Cooper (violin) and Mr T. Harper (cornet a piston).
Morning
8 September: Haydn, The Creation and Sphor, The Last Judgement.
9 September: Handel, The Messiah.
10 September: Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise ‘Lobgesang’ and Handel, Israel in Egypt.
3.
24-27 September 1844
Morning
24 September: selection of sacred music by Handel and Boyce.
25 September: Handel, Samson.
26 September: Haydn, The Creation; Mendelssohn, Lobgesang; Handel, Israel in Egypt.
27 September: Handel, The Messiah.
Evening performances: 24-26 September, the first including selections from Handel, Acis and Galatea.
Principal vocal performers: Madame Caradori Allan, Miss Williams, Miss M. Williams, Miss Barrett, Miss Maria B. Hawes; Mr Hobbs, Mr Manvers, Mr Macin and Mr W. Weiss.
The instrumental band selected from the orchestras of the Philharmonic Society and the Concerts of Ancient Music, led by Messrs F. Cramer and Loder.
The choral performers from the Choral Societys of Exeter Hall, Birmingham, Liverpool, Windsor, Worcester, Hereford.
4.
21-24 September 1847
Programmes and wordbooks for the four morning and three evening performances.
Each wordbook records the vocal performers involved: Miss E. Byers, Miss Dolby, Miss A Williams and Miss M. Williams; Madame Caradori Allan and Mrs Weiss; Herr Staudifl and Messrs Ashton, Genge, Lockey, Smythson, Weiss and Williams.
Morning
21 September: a selection of sacred vocal music by Handel, Boyce and Attwood.
22 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
23 September: Grand Selection, including music from Haydn, Spring, Handel, Judas Maccabeus, Beethoven, Service in C, Mozart, Requiem, and Handel, Israel in Egypt.
24 September: Handel, The Messiah.
Evening performances: 21-23 September, the first including Mendelssohn, The First Walpurgis Night and the second music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by the same composer and the first performance of Füchs, Recit. And Air.
5.
10-13 September 1850
Programmes and wordbooks for the four morning and three evening performances.
All programmes include a list of the Stewards for the Festival and a list of the orchestral ensemble, led by Mr H. Blagrove, with Mr G. Townshend Smith (organ) and Mr Done (piano-forte), conducted by Mr Amott. They also list the following vocal principals:
Madame Sontag, Madame Castellan, Miss Dolby, Miss Lucombe, Miss Williams, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr Henry Phillips, Mr Lockey, Mr Lawler and Herr Formes.
Morning
10 September: a selection of sacred vocal music by Handel and Boyce.
11 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
12 September: Haydn, The Creation; Mendelssohn, Praise Jehovah; Miscellaneous Selection.
13 September: Handel, The Messiah.
Evening: 10-12 September
6.
13-16 September 1853
Morning
13 September: a selection of sacred vocal music by Handel, G. J. Elvey and Attwood.
14 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
15 September: Haydn, The Creation, Acts I and II, Christus, an unfinished and posthumous oratorio by Mendelssohn, and Handel, Israel in Egypt.
16 September: Handel, The Messiah.
Evening: 13-15 September.
Principal vocal performers: Madame Clara Novello, Madlle Bellini, Mrs Weiss, Madame Castellan, Miss Dolby, Mrs Lockey, Signor Gardoni, Mr Lockey, Mr Weiss, Signor Tagliafico, and Herr Formes.
List of orchestral ensemble, led by H. Blagrove.
7.
9-12 September 1856
Morning performances
9 September: a selection of sacred vocal music by Handel and Mendelssohn.
10 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
11 September: Haydn, The Creation, Mozart, Requiem, and a grand selection of music by Mendelssohn, Handel, Haydn and Beethoven.
12 September: Handel, The Messiah.
Evening performances: 9-11 September.
Principal vocal performers: Madame Clara Novello, Mrs Clare Hepworth, Madame Viardot Garcia, Madame Alboni, Mrs Temple, Mrs Lockey, Mr Lockey, Mr Sims Reeves, Mr Weiss, Mr Thomas, Mons. Gassier.
List of orchestra, led by Mr H. Blagrove and Mr Sainton.
8. (1874-1901)
Complete set of prospectuses, with programmes, for the Festivals from 1874-1901.
Each document includes a list of the Stewards of the Festival, records of the religious services, and a list of the orchestral ensemble. From 1892, there is a record of the choral performers and from 1889 there is a note on the Form of the Prayers to be said at the performances of oratorios.
Unless otherwise stated below, performances took place in the Cathedral.
8-11 September 1874
Mademoiselle Tietjens, Miss Edith Wynne, Madame Trebelli Bettini, Miss Griffiths, Miss Antoinette Sterling, Mr E. Lloyd, Mr Bentham, Mr Lewis Thomas and Signor Agnesi (vocal), Monsieur Sainton and Mr Carrodus (violin), and Miss Agnes Zimmermann (piano), with Mr G. Townshend Smith (organ) and Mr Done (piano), conducted by Dr S. S. Wesley.
Morning
8 September: Spohr, The Last Judgement; Weber, Sacred Cantata ‘The Praise of Jehovah’.
9 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
10 September: Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise; Rossini, Messe Solennelle.
11 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
8 September: Haydn, The Creation; Rossini, Stabat Mater.
9 September, Shire Hall: including a Selection from Mozart, Don Juan.
10 September, Shire Hall: Mendelssohn, Music from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’; Weber, Selection from the Fairy Opera, ‘Oberon’.
7-10 September 1880
Madame Albani, Miss de Fonblanque, Miss Anna Williams, Madame Patey, Miss Hilda Wilson, Miss Wakefield and Miss Damian, Mr Edward Lloyd, Mr Joseph Maas, Mr Frederic King, Signor Ghilberti, Mr Francis and Mr Santley (vocal) with Mr Langdon Colborne (organ) and Mr W. Done (piano), led by Monsieur Sainton and conducted by Charles Harford Lloyd.
Morning
8 September: Schubert, Symphony in B minor; Mozart, Requiem; Spohr, The Last Judgement.
9 September: Leonard Leo, Dixit Dominus in C major; Palestrina, Stabat Maater; Henry Holmes, Christmas Day, A Sacred Cantata for Soprano and Tenor Soli , Chorus and Orchestra (first performance, conducted by the composer); Beethoven, Missa Solennis.
10 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening:
7 September, Shire Hall: including Parry, Scenes from Shelley’s ‘Prometheus Unbound’ (written for the Festival, conducted by the composer).
8 September: Mendelssohn, St. Paul
9 September, Shire Hall:
10 September: Special Nave Service
4-7 September 1883
Miss Anna Williams, Mademoiselle Avigliana, Miss Mary Davies, Madame Patey and Miss Hilda Wilson, Mr Edward Lloyd and Mr Boulcott Newth, Mr Frederic King, Mr W. H. Brereton and Mr Santley (vocal), with Mr Langdon Colborne (organ) and Mr W. Done (piano), led by Mr Carrodus and conducted by Charles L. Williams.
4 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
5 September: Stainer, St. Mary Magdalen (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Byrd, Bow Thine Ear; Gibbons, Hosanna to the Son of David; Beethoven, Mass in C. Annotations, including timings for Stainer.
6 September: Stanford, Elegiac Symphony; Gounod, Redemption
7 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
4 September, Shire: including Mozart, Grand Symphony in G minor
5 September: Arnold, Sennacherib (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
6 September, Shire Hall: including Mendelssohn, The First Walpurgis Night.
7 September: Special Nave Service
7-10 September 1886
Madame Albani, Miss Anna Williams, Madame Patey, Miss Hilda Wilson, Mr Edward Lloyd and Mr Winch, Mr Watkins Mills and Mr Santley (vocal) with Dr Langdon Colborne (organ), Mr W. Done (piano), Miss Fanny Davies (solo piano), led by Mr Carrodus and conducted by Mr C. Lee Williams
Morning
7 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
8 September: Dvorak, Stabat Mater; Mendelssohn, ‘Reformation’ Symphony; Gibbons, Almighty and Everlasting God’; S. Wesley, Exultate Deo; Hiller, A Song of Victory.
9 September: Gounod, Mors et Vita
10 September: Handel, The Messiah
Evening
7 September, Shire Hall: including C. H. Lloyd, New Cantata, ‘Andromeda’ (composed by the Festival, conducted by the composer).
8 September: W. S. Rockstro, The Good Shepherd (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
9 September, Shire Hall: including F. H. Cowen, Cantata ‘The Sleeping Beauty’.
10 September: Special Nave Service.
3-6 September 1889
Madame Albani, Mrs Ambler Brereton, Miss Anna Williams, Miss Hilda Wilson and Miss Mary Morgan, Mr Edward Lloyd, Mr William Nicholl, Mr Barrington Foote and Mr Brereton (vocal), with Dr Langdon Colborne (organ), Mr W. Done (piano), Mr B. Carrodus (solo violin), led by Mr Carrodus and conducted by Mr C. Lee Williams.
Morning
3 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
4 September: Parry, Judith (conducted by the composer); Rossini, Stabat Mater.
5 September: Arthur Sullivan, The Prodigal Son (conducted by the composer); Gounod, Messe Solennelle; Spohr, The Last Judgement.
6 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
3 September, Shire Hall: including Dr A. C. Mackenzie, The Dream of Jubal (conducted by the composer); Hans Sitt, Violin Concerto (first English performance)
4 September: C. Lee Williams, The Last Night at Bethany (conducted by the composer); Haydn, Creation (parts I and II).
5 September: Arthur Sullivan, The Golden Legend (conducted by the composer)
6 September: Special Nave Service.
6-9 September 1892 (two copies)
Madame Nordica, Miss Anna Williams, Miss Hilda Wilson, Miss Mary Morgan, Miss Jessie King, Miss Lucy Franklin Higgs, Mr Edward Lloyd, Mr Edwin Houghton, Mr Watkin Mills, Mr Plunket Greene and Mr Santley (vocal), with Mr G. R. Sinclair (organ) and Mr W. Done (piano), led by Mr Carrodus and conducted by Mr C. Lee Williams.
Morning
6 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
7 September: Handel, Grand Concerto for Organ and Orchestra No. 4; Handel, Joshua; J. F. Bridge, The Lord’s Prayer (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Bach, Cantata, ‘My Spirit was in Heaviness’.
8 September: Parry, New Cantata, ‘Job’ (conducted by the composer); Beethoven, Symphony No. 5; Spohr, The Fall of Babylon.
9 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
6 September: Gounod, Redemption
7 September, Shire Hall: including Rosalind F. Ellicott, The Birth of Song and Mozart, Symhony in C (The Jupiter).
8 September: C. Lee Williams, Gethsemane (conducted by the composer); Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
9 September: Special Nave Service
10-13 September 1895
Madame Albani, Miss Anna Williams, Madame Medora Henson, Miss Beatrice Gough, Miss Hilda Wilson, Miss Jessie King, Mrs Katherine Fisk, Miss L. Franklin Higgs, Mr Edward Lloyd, Mr Ben Davies, Mr Watkin Mills, Mr Andrew Black and Mr David Bispham (vocal) with the Bristol Orpheus Glee Society (conducted by Mr George Riseley), with Miss Sybil Palliser (solo piano), Mr G. R. Sinclair (organ), Mr Hugh Blair (piano), led by Mr A. Burnett and conducted by Mr C. Lee Williams.
Morning
10 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
11 September: Schumann, Symphony No. 4 in D minor; Parry, King Saul
12 September: Brahms, Song of Destiny; F. H. Cowen, The Transfiguration (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); C. H. Lloyd, Concerto in F minor; Beethoven, Mass in C.
13 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening:
10 September: Mozart, Requiem; Beethoven, Symphony No. 1; Purcell, Te Deum.
11 September, Shire Hall: including a Selection of Glees by the Bristol Orpheus Glee Society.
12 September: C. Lee Williams, A Dedication (composed for the Festival); Schutz, Lamentatio Davidi; Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise
13 September: Order of Special Nave Service
11-16 September 1898 (two copies)
Madame Albani, Miss Agnes Nicholls, Madame Ella Russell, Miss Hilda Wilson, Miss Jessie King, Signorina Guilia Ravogli, Mr Ben Davies, Mr Hirwen Jones, Mr Watkin Mills, Mr H. Lane Wilson, Mr Henry Sunman and Mr David Bispham (vocal), with Mr G. R. Sinclair and Mr I. A. Atkins (organ), led by Mr A. Burnett and conducted by Mr A. Herbert Brewer.
11 September: Grand Opening Service, including Charles H. Lloyd, Festival Overture, C. Lee Williams, Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis, and A. Herbert Brewer, ‘O Sing unto the Lord a new song’. All of these works were written for the festival and conducted by their composers.
Morning
13 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
14 September: E. Prout, Organ Concerto in E minor; S. Wesley, In Exitu Israel; G. Verdi, Stabat Mater and Te Deum (first English performances); Brahms, Variations on the Chorale ‘St Antoni’; Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
15 September: Parry, A Song of Darkness and Light (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); Beethoven, Symphony No. 3; Stanford, Adagio and Finale from Il Penseroso (conducted by the composer); Bach, Christmas Oratorio (parts 1 and 2).
16 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
13 September: Dvorak, Stabat Mater; Haydn, The Creation (Part I)
14 September, Shire Hall: including S. Coleridge-Taylor, New Orchestral Work, ‘Ballade in A minor’ (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer).
15 September: Basil Harwood, Inclina Domine (conducted by the composer); Mozart, Symphony in G minor; Handel, Judas Maccabaeus.
8-13 September 1901 (three copies)
Madame Albani, Madame Sobrino, Madame Ella Russell, Miss Hilda Wilson, Miss Muriel Foster, Miss Ada Crossley, Mr Ben Davies, Mr William Green, Mr Andrew Black, Mr Lane Wilson and Mr Plunket Greene (vocal), with Dr G. R. Sinclair and Mr I. A. Atkins (organ), led by Mr A. Burnett and conducted by Mr A. Herbert Brewer.
8 September: Grand Opening Service, including B. Luard Selby, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis [sic] and John E. West, Anthem, ‘Lord, I have loved the habitation’, both works composed for the Festival. Also, Elgar, Prelude to ‘The Dream of Gerontius’ (conducted by the composer).
Morning:
10 September: Chopin, Funeral March; Mendelssohn, Elijah.
11 September: Brahms, Symphony in C minor; Cherubini, Mass in D minor; Handel, Organ Concerto in B flat; Charles H. Lloyd, Motet, ‘The Righteous Live For Evermore’ (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); S. Coleridge-Taylor, New Orchestral Work, ‘Idyll’ (conducted by the composer); A. C. Mackenzie, ‘The Rose of Sharon’ (conducted by the composer).
12 September: Beethoven, Symphony No. 3; Parry, Job (conducted by the composer); Verdi, Requiem.
13 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening:
10 September: Mozart, Symphony in C; C. Lee Williams, A Harvest Song (conducted by the composer); Spohr, Last Judgement.
11 September, Shire Hall: including J. Frederick Bridge, Dramatic Scene, ‘The Forging of the Achor’ (first performance, conducted by the composer); W. H. Bell, Symphonic Prelude, ‘A Song in the Morning’ (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Elgar, Overture, ‘Cockaigne’ (conducted by the composer); F. Cowen, Orchestral Poem, ‘A Phantasy of Life and Love’ (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Parry, Orchestral Song, ‘The Soldier’s Tent’ (conducted by the composer).
12 September: A. Herbert Brewer, Emmaus (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Bach, Sleepers Wake; Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
The later editions of this document provide a map of the Cathedral.
9. (1904-13)
Prospectuses, with programmes for the Festivals given in 1904, 1907, 1910 and 1913, with a complete set of programmes and wordbooks, with historical and analytical notes (including musical examples) for the 1904 season.
All prospectuses include a list of the Patrons and Stewards of the Festival, a note on the Form of the Prayers to be said at the oratorio performances, and a list of the orchestral and choral ensembles. There are also detailed records of the Cathedral services taking place during the Festival period. Maps
All the Festivals documented in this volume featured Dr G. R. Sinclair and Mr I. A. Atkins (organ) and were conducted by Mr A. Herbert Brewer. The orchestra was led by Mr A. Burnett (1904), Mr W. Frye Parker (1907) and Mr W. H. Reed (1910 and 1913).
The second evening concert of each Festival during this period took place in the Shire Hall. All other performances/services were held in the Cathedral.
4-9 September 1904 (two copies)
Madame Albani, Madame Emily Squire, Madame Sobrino, Madame Hilda Wilson, Miss Mildred Jones, Miss Muriel Foster, Mr John Coates, Mr William Green, Mr Ffrangcon-Davies, Mr Dalton Baker, Mr Frederic Austin and Mr H. Plunket Greene (vocal).
4 September: Grand Opening Service, including Ivor A. Atkins, Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis in G and John E. West, A Song of Zion, both composed for the Festival.
Morning
6 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
7 September: Wagner, Prelude ‘Parsifal’; Granville Bantock, The Time-Spirit (conducted by the composer); Charles H. Lloyd, Organ Concerto in F Minor (conducted by the composer); Parry, The Love that Casteth out Fear (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); Brahms, Requiem.
8 September: Elgar, The Apostles (conducted by the composer); Beethoven, Symphony in F (No. 8).
9 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
6 September: Elgar, Prelude and Angel’s Farewell from Dream of Gerontius (conducted by the composer); C. Lee Williams, A Festival Hymn (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); Stanford, Te Deum (conducted by the composer); Handel, Selection.
7 September. Shire Hall:
8 September: A. Herbert Brewer, The Holy Innocents; Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
Each individual programme repeats the information regarding the performers. The notes were variously written by Joseph Bennett, A. J. Jaeger, Dr Lloyd, C. H. Parry, Mr E. Newman, Mr Herbert Thompson,
8-13 September 1907
Miss Agnes Nicholls, Madame Emily Squire, Madame de Vere-Sapio, Miss Norah Newport, Miss Gleeson-White, Miss Marie Brema, Madame Ada Crossley, Miss Jessie King, Mr John Coates, Mr Spencer Thomas, Mr Gervase Elwes, Mr Ffrangcon-Davies, Mr Dalton Baker, Mr Paul Edmonds and Mr H. Plunket Greene (vocal), with Miss Marie Hall (solo violin) [handwritten correction: Miss Mischa Elman].
8 September: Great Opening Service: including J. W. G. Hathaway, In Te, Domine Speravi (composed for the Festival)
Morning
10 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
11 September: Elgar, The Kingdom (conducted by the composer); Granville Bantock, Christ in the Wilderness (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Glazounow, Symphony in C minor (no. 6).
12 September: Horatio Parker, Organ Concerto; Parry, Sinfonia Sacra, The Love that Casteth out Fear (conducted by the composer); Verdi, Requiem
13 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
10 September: Elgar, The Apostles (conducted by the composer)
11 September: including F. H. Cowen, New Orchestral Work (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); W. H. Reed, Scherzo Fantastique, ‘Calibran’ (first performance, conducted by the composer).
12 September: Brahms, Variations (on the Chorale ‘St. Antoni’); A. Herbert Brewer, Emmaus; Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
4-9 September 1910 (two copies)
Madame Agnes Nicholls, Madame de Vere-Sapio, Madame Amy Simpson, Madame Gleeson-White, Madame Ada Crossley, Miss Edith Clegg, Miss Mildred Jones and Miss Phyllis Lett, Mr John Coates, Mr Gervase Elwes, Mr Plunket Greene, Mr Frederic Austin, Mr William Highley and Mr Robert Radford (vocal), with Herr Fritz Kreisler and Miss Muriel Pickupp (violin).
4 September: Grand Opening Service
Morning
6 September: Sullivan, ‘In Memoriam’ Overture; Mendelssohn, Elijah
7 September: Parry, Beyond these Voices there is Peace (conducted by the composer); Elgar, Symphony in A Flat (conducted by the composer); Basil Harwood, Concerto for Organ and Orchestra in D major (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); Brahms, Rhapsodie; C. Lee Williams, The Lord’s Prayer (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); Goetz, By the Waters of Babylon.
8 September: R. Strauss, Tod und Verklärung; Verdi, Requiem; Beethoven, Symphony in E flat; Charles H. Lloyd, Motet, ‘The Righteous Live for Evermore’ (conducted by the composer).
9 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
6 September: Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius (conducted by the composer).
7 September: including Parry, Ode to Music (conducted by the composer) and A. Herbert Brewer, Summer Sports (composed for the Festival).
8 September: Granville Bantock, Gethsemane (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); Bach, Violin Concerto in E major; Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
7-12 September 1913
Madame Aïno Ackté, Madame Gleeson-White, Miss Dorothy Silk, Miss Ruth Vincent, Madame Ada Crossley, Miss Mildred Jones, Miss Alys Gear, Miss Phyllis Lett, Mr John Coates, Mr John Booth, Mr Gervase Elwes, Mr Dalton Baker, Mr Harry Dearth and Mr Robert Radford (vocal), with Dr Camille Saint-Saens (piano).
7 September: Great Opening Service
Morning
9 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
10 September: Bach, St. Matthew Passion
11 September: C. Saint-Seans, New Oratorio, ‘The Promised Land’ (first performance, conducted by the composer). Annotations; Parry, Te Deum (conducted by the composer); Stanford, New Motet, ‘Ye Holy Angels Bright’ (first performance, conducted by the composer); Elgar, Symphony in E flat (conducted by the composer).
12 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening:
9 September: Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D; Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius (conducted by the composer)
10 September: including first performance of Sibelius, New Scena for Soprano and Orchestra.
11 September: Verdi, Requiem; Wagner, Prelude, Parsifal; Handel, Israel in Egypt (selections).
Bound at the close of this volume are two ticket application forms for the 1913 Festival.
10. (1922-47)
Prospectuses, with programmes, for the Festivals of 1922, 1925, 1928, 1934 and 1947, bound with a miscellaneous selection of individual programmes and wordbooks and orders of service.
With the exception of that for 1947, all prospectuses include a historical note on the Festival. They also provide detailed information regarding the Cathedral services to be given during the Festival period, carry lists of the Festival Stewards, and provide a note on the Form of the Prayers to be used during the oratorio performances.
The exception of those for 1934 and 1947, they also carry a list of the orchestral and choral ensembles.
All Festivals given during this period featured the London Symphony Orchestra, with Percy C. Hull and Sir Ivor Atkins (organ), led by W. H. Reed (1922-34) and George Stratton (1947) and conducted by A. Herbert Brewer (1922, 1925) and Herbert W. Sumsion (1928, 1934 and 1947).
The second and (where appropriate) fourth evening concerts took place in the Shire Hall. All other performances were held in the Cathedral.
3-8 September 1922
Two copies of the prospectuses with a set of programmes and wordbooks (missing the evening performance of 5 September), including historical and analytical notes, those for 5 September (morning) by Joseph Bennett and those for 7 September (evening) including musical examples.
This document carries an extensive note on the Cathedral Organ.
Miss Hilda Blake, Miss Agnes Nicholls, Miss Denne Parker, Miss Dorothy Silk, Miss Carrie Tubb, Miss Olga Haley, Miss Phyllis Lett, Miss Doris Lorton, Madame Kirkby Lunn, Mr John Coates, Mr Frank Mullings, Mr Norman Allin, Mr Herbert Heyner, Mr George Parker and Mr Robert Radford (vocal).
3 September: Great Opening Service.
Morning
5 September: Herbert Howells, New Work – ‘Sine Nomine’, a Phantasy for Orchestra (composed for the Festival); C. Lee Williams, The Lord’s Prayer; Mendelssohn, Elijah.
6 September: Elgar, The Kingdom; Brahms, Symphony in D; Bach, Motet, ‘Now shall the Grace’; Granville Bantock, New Work, Prelude and the first part from ‘The Song of Songs’ (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer).
7 September: Selection, including Arthur Bliss, New Orchestral Work, A Symphony (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer) and Eugene Goossens, Poem for Chorus and Orchestra ‘Silence’ (conducted by the composer); Verdi, Requiem.
8 September: Handel, Messiah.
Evening
5 September: Elgar, The Apostles (conducted by the composer)
6 September: including, Edward German, Two Orchestral Pieces (conducted by the composer); W. H. Reed, A Whimsical Phantasy for Orchestra, ‘The Lincoln Imp’ (conducted by the composer).
7 September: Bach, Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (transcribed by Elgar, first performance of Fantasia); A. Herbert Brewer, The Holy Innocents; Beethoven, Symphony in E flat; Handel, Selections from Judas Maccabaeus; Elgar, For the Fallen (conducted by the composer); Stanford, Last Post.
6-11 September 1925 (two copies)
Two copies of the Prospectus, with a programme and wordbook for the morning performance on 9 September. The second copy of the prospectus carries some handwritten annotations concerning the timings for various pieces whilst the programme and wordbook includes historical and analytical notes, with musical examples.
Miss Miriam Licette, Miss Agnes Nicholls, Miss Dorothy Silk, Miss Elsie Suddaby, Miss Flora Woodman, Miss Margaret Balfour, Miss Muriel Brunskill, Miss Astra Desmond, Mr John Booth, Mr John Coates, Mr Gwynne Davies, Mr Norman Stone, Mr Norman Allin, Mr Keith Falkner, Mr Herbert Heyner, Mr Robert Radford and Mr Horace Stevens (vocal).
List of orchestra
6 September: Opening Service, including James Lyon, New Orchestral Work and Thomas F. Dunhill, Three Short Pieces for String Orchestra and Organ (composed for the Festival).
Morning
8 September: Gibbons, Hosanna to the Son of David; Basil Harwood, New Work – Motet, ‘Love Incarnate’; C. Lee Williams, Lord’s Prayer; Mendelssohn, Elijah
9 September: Gibbons, Motet, ‘God is gone up’; Parry, Job; Walford Davies, New Work – Men and Angels (conducted by the composer); Vaughan Williams, The Explorers (from ‘The Sea Symphony’) (conducted by the composer); Ethel Smyth, movements from Mass in D; G. Holst, New Work – Motet, ‘The Evening Watch’; Elgar, Symphony in A flat (conducted by the composer).
10 September: Gibbons, O clap your hands; Stanford, Stabat Mater; Charles Wood, New Work – Motet ‘Glory and Honour’ (conducted by the composer); Granville Bantock, Hebredean Symphony (conducted by the composer); J. S. Bach, Cantata ‘Give the hungry man thy Bread’; Elgar, For the Fallen (conducted by the composer); Sibelius, New Symphony (conducted by the composer).
11 September: Handel, Messiah.
Evening
8 September: Elgar, The Apostles
9 September: Ethel Smyth, Overture, ‘The Wreckers’; Howells, New Orchestral Work, ‘Paradise Rondel’; W. H. Reed, Aesop’s Fables; Granville Bantock, Song – ‘The Firefly’; Edward German, Theme and Six Diversions for Orchestra, all conducted by the composers.
10 September: J. B. McEwen, New Work for Orchestra; A. Herbert Brewer, New Work (for chorus and orchestra); R. Strauss, Death and Transfiguration; Verdi, Requiem.
11 September: including Vaughan Thomas, Songs and Herbert Howells, Puck’s Minuet (conducted by the composers) and first performance of a Song Cycle, ‘A Spring of Shamrock’, adapted and arranged by A. Herbert Brewer.
2-7 September 1928 (two copies)
Miss Joan Elwes, Miss Dora Labbette, Miss Dorothy Silk, Miss Elsie Suddaby, Miss Margaret Balfour, Miss Betty Bannerman, Miss Muriel Brunskill, Miss Astra Desmond, Mr Parry Jones, Mr Frank Titterton, Mr Walter Widdop, Mr Steuart Wilson, Mr Roy Henderson, Mr Robert Maitland, Mr Robert Radford, Mr Stuart Robertson, Mr Horace Stevens and Mr Harold Williams, with W. H. Reed (violin), Mr Lionel Tertis (viola) and Miss Beatrice Harrison (cello).
2 September: Grand Opening Service
Morning
4 September: John Ireland, New Orchestral Work (written for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Basil Harwood, New Motet, Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem; Mendelssohn, Elijah.
5 September: J. S. Bach, Cantata ‘O Light Everlasting’; Elgar, The Kingdom (conducted by the composer); Granville Bantock, New Work – The Burden of Babylon; Schubert, Symphony in C.
6 September: Parry, Motet, ‘Voces Clamantium’; Handel, Organ Concerto in B flat; Ethel Smyth, Mass in D (conducted by the composer); A. Honegger, King David
7 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
4 September: Holst, Two Psalms; Elgar, Dream of Gerontius (conducted by the composer)
5 September: including Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending (conducted by the composer); Elgar, Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (conducted by the composer) and Ivor Atkins, Songs (conducted by the composer).
6 September: C. Lee Williams, ‘Thou wilt keep him’; Herbert Brewer, New Motet, ‘God within’; Kodaly, Psalmus Hungaricus; W.H. Reed, Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra (conducted by the composer); Verdi, Requiem.
7 September: W. H. Reed, Two Somerset Idylls (conducted by the composer); Vaughan Williams, Chaterhouse Suite for Strings (conducted by the composer); Howells, Song Group, ‘In Green Ways’ (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); J. W. G. Hathaway, New Orchestral Work – The Call of the Woods (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Ethel Smyth, Orchestra Work – Two Interlinked French Folk Melodies (conducted by the composer).
2-7 September 1934
Prospectus, with an Order of Service for 2 September and a programme and wordbook for the second morning performance (5 September), the latter including historical and descriptive notes.
Miss Isobel Baille, Miss Megan Foster, Miss Elsie Suddaby, Miss Astra Desmond, Miss Olga Haley, Miss Mary Jarred, Mr Heddle Nash, Mr Trefor Jones, Mr Percy Manchester, Mr Keith Falkner, Mr Roy Henderson and Mr Harold Williams (vocal), with Miss Jelly d’Aranyi (violin), Miss Myra Hess (piano), Mr Ivor James (cello), Mr G. D. Cunningham (organ), Griller String Quartet.
2 September: Opening Service, including Noble, Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis in B minor and W. H. Harris, Anthem ‘O what their joy’, conducted by the composers.
Morning
4 September: Elgar, The Kingdom; Kodaly, Psalmus Hungaricus; Vaughan Williams, Pastoral Symphony.
5 September: J. S. Bach, Magnificat, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, and selections from Mass in B minor; Bax, St. Patrick’s Breastplate; Elgar, Symphony in E flat.
6 September: Vaughan Williams, Magnificat; Gordon Jacob, Symphony in C (slow Movement) (conducted by the composer); Cyril B. Rootham, Ode on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity (conducted by the composer); Samuel Wesley, In Exitu Israel; Beethoven, Symphony No. 2 and Parry, Blest Pair of Sirens.
7 September: W. H. Reed, Symphony for Strings (conducted by the composer); Haydn, Te Deum; Brahms, Violin Concerto; Handel, Messiah (Four Scenes).
Evening
4 September: George Dyson, St. Paul’s Voyage to Melita (conducted by the composer); Bax, Orchestral Work – Summer Music; Mozart, Requiem.
5 September
6 September: Handel, Organ Concerto in F major; Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius.
7 September.
7-12 September 1947
Prospectus, with Order of Service for 7 September.
Isobel Baille, Elsie Suddaby, Mary Linde, Mary Jarred, Gladys Ripley, Heddle Nash, Eric Greene, Ronald Bristol, Harold Williams, Henry Cummings, Norman Walker and Gordon Clinton (vocal), with Max Rostal and Winifred Roberts (violin), Kathleen Long (piano), Jean Stewart (viola), the Jacques String Orchestra (conducted by Reginald Jacques)
7 September: Opening Service
Morning
9 September: Elgar, The Apostles; Finzi, Die Natalis (conducted by the composer).
10 September: J. S. Bach, St. Matthew Passion
11 September: Schubert, Symphony in B minor; George Dyson, Quo Vadis (conducted by the composer); Vaughan Williams, Magnificat; Vaughan Williams, Symphony No. 5 (conducted by the composer); Christopher le Fleming, Five Psalms (first performance)
12 September: Parry, The Glories of our Blood and State; Howells, Elegy for Viola and Strings (conducted by the composer); Palestrina, O Bone Jesu; Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante; Finzi, The Full Final Sacrifice; Handel, Messiah (selection).
Evening
9 September: Kodaly, Te Deum; Beethoven, Violin Concerto; Faure, Requiem
10 September: including Edmund Rubbra, Symphony No. 3 (conducted by the composer) and George Dyson, At the Tabard Inn (conducted by the composer).
11 September: Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius.
12 September: Jacques String Orchestra
Seen twice
1841, 1847 and 1850, plus later.
Each festival consisted of four morning and three/four evening performances. From 1898, these were prefaced by a Grand Opening Service, given on the previous Sunday (with performances themselves running from Tuesday to Friday).
The morning performances were held at the Cathedral and consisted of sacred vocal music, principally extracts from oratorios. In the early years, all of the evening performaces were held in the Shire Hall, were referred to as Grand Miscellaneous Concerts and took the form of two-part presentations consisting predominantly of Italian and English vocal repertory with orchestral overtures/symphonies at the beginning of each act and a concert item at some stage. The documentation from 1874 onwards indicates that, by this stage, only some of the evening performances continued to be in this vein. The remainder were held in the Cathedral and took on the character of the morning concerts.
1.
11-14 September 1838
Morning
11 September: a selection of sacred vocal music by Handel, Boyce and William Knyvett.
12 September: Mendelssohn, St Paul and a Miscellaneous Selection of Sacred Music, including much music by Handel.
13 September: A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, including extracts from Haydn, The Creation, Mozart, Requiem, and Handel, Israel in Egypt.
14 September: Handel, The Messiah.
Evening concerts: 11-13 September.
2.
(is there another volume for this year, with complete set?).
7-10 September 1841
Programmes and wordbooks for three morning and two evening performances (missing those for the first morning and evening).
Each wordbook records the principal performers: Miss Birch, Miss Maria B. Hawes and Miss Marshall; Madame Dorus Gras and Madame Viardot Garcia; Messrs J. Bennett, Hobbs, Phillips and A. Novello; Signors Brizzi and Tamburini (vocal); Mr Baumann (bassoon), Mr H. C. Cooper (violin) and Mr T. Harper (cornet a piston).
Morning
8 September: Haydn, The Creation and Sphor, The Last Judgement.
9 September: Handel, The Messiah.
10 September: Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise ‘Lobgesang’ and Handel, Israel in Egypt.
3.
24-27 September 1844
Morning
24 September: selection of sacred music by Handel and Boyce.
25 September: Handel, Samson.
26 September: Haydn, The Creation; Mendelssohn, Lobgesang; Handel, Israel in Egypt.
27 September: Handel, The Messiah.
Evening performances: 24-26 September, the first including selections from Handel, Acis and Galatea.
Principal vocal performers: Madame Caradori Allan, Miss Williams, Miss M. Williams, Miss Barrett, Miss Maria B. Hawes; Mr Hobbs, Mr Manvers, Mr Macin and Mr W. Weiss.
The instrumental band selected from the orchestras of the Philharmonic Society and the Concerts of Ancient Music, led by Messrs F. Cramer and Loder.
The choral performers from the Choral Societys of Exeter Hall, Birmingham, Liverpool, Windsor, Worcester, Hereford.
4.
21-24 September 1847
Programmes and wordbooks for the four morning and three evening performances.
Each wordbook records the vocal performers involved: Miss E. Byers, Miss Dolby, Miss A Williams and Miss M. Williams; Madame Caradori Allan and Mrs Weiss; Herr Staudifl and Messrs Ashton, Genge, Lockey, Smythson, Weiss and Williams.
Morning
21 September: a selection of sacred vocal music by Handel, Boyce and Attwood.
22 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
23 September: Grand Selection, including music from Haydn, Spring, Handel, Judas Maccabeus, Beethoven, Service in C, Mozart, Requiem, and Handel, Israel in Egypt.
24 September: Handel, The Messiah.
Evening performances: 21-23 September, the first including Mendelssohn, The First Walpurgis Night and the second music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by the same composer and the first performance of Füchs, Recit. And Air.
5.
10-13 September 1850
Programmes and wordbooks for the four morning and three evening performances.
All programmes include a list of the Stewards for the Festival and a list of the orchestral ensemble, led by Mr H. Blagrove, with Mr G. Townshend Smith (organ) and Mr Done (piano-forte), conducted by Mr Amott. They also list the following vocal principals:
Madame Sontag, Madame Castellan, Miss Dolby, Miss Lucombe, Miss Williams, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr Henry Phillips, Mr Lockey, Mr Lawler and Herr Formes.
Morning
10 September: a selection of sacred vocal music by Handel and Boyce.
11 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
12 September: Haydn, The Creation; Mendelssohn, Praise Jehovah; Miscellaneous Selection.
13 September: Handel, The Messiah.
Evening: 10-12 September
6.
13-16 September 1853
Morning
13 September: a selection of sacred vocal music by Handel, G. J. Elvey and Attwood.
14 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
15 September: Haydn, The Creation, Acts I and II, Christus, an unfinished and posthumous oratorio by Mendelssohn, and Handel, Israel in Egypt.
16 September: Handel, The Messiah.
Evening: 13-15 September.
Principal vocal performers: Madame Clara Novello, Madlle Bellini, Mrs Weiss, Madame Castellan, Miss Dolby, Mrs Lockey, Signor Gardoni, Mr Lockey, Mr Weiss, Signor Tagliafico, and Herr Formes.
List of orchestral ensemble, led by H. Blagrove.
7.
9-12 September 1856
Morning performances
9 September: a selection of sacred vocal music by Handel and Mendelssohn.
10 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
11 September: Haydn, The Creation, Mozart, Requiem, and a grand selection of music by Mendelssohn, Handel, Haydn and Beethoven.
12 September: Handel, The Messiah.
Evening performances: 9-11 September.
Principal vocal performers: Madame Clara Novello, Mrs Clare Hepworth, Madame Viardot Garcia, Madame Alboni, Mrs Temple, Mrs Lockey, Mr Lockey, Mr Sims Reeves, Mr Weiss, Mr Thomas, Mons. Gassier.
List of orchestra, led by Mr H. Blagrove and Mr Sainton.
8. (1874-1901)
Complete set of prospectuses, with programmes, for the Festivals from 1874-1901.
Each document includes a list of the Stewards of the Festival, records of the religious services, and a list of the orchestral ensemble. From 1892, there is a record of the choral performers and from 1889 there is a note on the Form of the Prayers to be said at the performances of oratorios.
Unless otherwise stated below, performances took place in the Cathedral.
8-11 September 1874
Mademoiselle Tietjens, Miss Edith Wynne, Madame Trebelli Bettini, Miss Griffiths, Miss Antoinette Sterling, Mr E. Lloyd, Mr Bentham, Mr Lewis Thomas and Signor Agnesi (vocal), Monsieur Sainton and Mr Carrodus (violin), and Miss Agnes Zimmermann (piano), with Mr G. Townshend Smith (organ) and Mr Done (piano), conducted by Dr S. S. Wesley.
Morning
8 September: Spohr, The Last Judgement; Weber, Sacred Cantata ‘The Praise of Jehovah’.
9 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
10 September: Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise; Rossini, Messe Solennelle.
11 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
8 September: Haydn, The Creation; Rossini, Stabat Mater.
9 September, Shire Hall: including a Selection from Mozart, Don Juan.
10 September, Shire Hall: Mendelssohn, Music from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’; Weber, Selection from the Fairy Opera, ‘Oberon’.
7-10 September 1880
Madame Albani, Miss de Fonblanque, Miss Anna Williams, Madame Patey, Miss Hilda Wilson, Miss Wakefield and Miss Damian, Mr Edward Lloyd, Mr Joseph Maas, Mr Frederic King, Signor Ghilberti, Mr Francis and Mr Santley (vocal) with Mr Langdon Colborne (organ) and Mr W. Done (piano), led by Monsieur Sainton and conducted by Charles Harford Lloyd.
Morning
8 September: Schubert, Symphony in B minor; Mozart, Requiem; Spohr, The Last Judgement.
9 September: Leonard Leo, Dixit Dominus in C major; Palestrina, Stabat Maater; Henry Holmes, Christmas Day, A Sacred Cantata for Soprano and Tenor Soli , Chorus and Orchestra (first performance, conducted by the composer); Beethoven, Missa Solennis.
10 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening:
7 September, Shire Hall: including Parry, Scenes from Shelley’s ‘Prometheus Unbound’ (written for the Festival, conducted by the composer).
8 September: Mendelssohn, St. Paul
9 September, Shire Hall:
10 September: Special Nave Service
4-7 September 1883
Miss Anna Williams, Mademoiselle Avigliana, Miss Mary Davies, Madame Patey and Miss Hilda Wilson, Mr Edward Lloyd and Mr Boulcott Newth, Mr Frederic King, Mr W. H. Brereton and Mr Santley (vocal), with Mr Langdon Colborne (organ) and Mr W. Done (piano), led by Mr Carrodus and conducted by Charles L. Williams.
4 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
5 September: Stainer, St. Mary Magdalen (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Byrd, Bow Thine Ear; Gibbons, Hosanna to the Son of David; Beethoven, Mass in C. Annotations, including timings for Stainer.
6 September: Stanford, Elegiac Symphony; Gounod, Redemption
7 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
4 September, Shire: including Mozart, Grand Symphony in G minor
5 September: Arnold, Sennacherib (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
6 September, Shire Hall: including Mendelssohn, The First Walpurgis Night.
7 September: Special Nave Service
7-10 September 1886
Madame Albani, Miss Anna Williams, Madame Patey, Miss Hilda Wilson, Mr Edward Lloyd and Mr Winch, Mr Watkins Mills and Mr Santley (vocal) with Dr Langdon Colborne (organ), Mr W. Done (piano), Miss Fanny Davies (solo piano), led by Mr Carrodus and conducted by Mr C. Lee Williams
Morning
7 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
8 September: Dvorak, Stabat Mater; Mendelssohn, ‘Reformation’ Symphony; Gibbons, Almighty and Everlasting God’; S. Wesley, Exultate Deo; Hiller, A Song of Victory.
9 September: Gounod, Mors et Vita
10 September: Handel, The Messiah
Evening
7 September, Shire Hall: including C. H. Lloyd, New Cantata, ‘Andromeda’ (composed by the Festival, conducted by the composer).
8 September: W. S. Rockstro, The Good Shepherd (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
9 September, Shire Hall: including F. H. Cowen, Cantata ‘The Sleeping Beauty’.
10 September: Special Nave Service.
3-6 September 1889
Madame Albani, Mrs Ambler Brereton, Miss Anna Williams, Miss Hilda Wilson and Miss Mary Morgan, Mr Edward Lloyd, Mr William Nicholl, Mr Barrington Foote and Mr Brereton (vocal), with Dr Langdon Colborne (organ), Mr W. Done (piano), Mr B. Carrodus (solo violin), led by Mr Carrodus and conducted by Mr C. Lee Williams.
Morning
3 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
4 September: Parry, Judith (conducted by the composer); Rossini, Stabat Mater.
5 September: Arthur Sullivan, The Prodigal Son (conducted by the composer); Gounod, Messe Solennelle; Spohr, The Last Judgement.
6 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
3 September, Shire Hall: including Dr A. C. Mackenzie, The Dream of Jubal (conducted by the composer); Hans Sitt, Violin Concerto (first English performance)
4 September: C. Lee Williams, The Last Night at Bethany (conducted by the composer); Haydn, Creation (parts I and II).
5 September: Arthur Sullivan, The Golden Legend (conducted by the composer)
6 September: Special Nave Service.
6-9 September 1892 (two copies)
Madame Nordica, Miss Anna Williams, Miss Hilda Wilson, Miss Mary Morgan, Miss Jessie King, Miss Lucy Franklin Higgs, Mr Edward Lloyd, Mr Edwin Houghton, Mr Watkin Mills, Mr Plunket Greene and Mr Santley (vocal), with Mr G. R. Sinclair (organ) and Mr W. Done (piano), led by Mr Carrodus and conducted by Mr C. Lee Williams.
Morning
6 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
7 September: Handel, Grand Concerto for Organ and Orchestra No. 4; Handel, Joshua; J. F. Bridge, The Lord’s Prayer (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Bach, Cantata, ‘My Spirit was in Heaviness’.
8 September: Parry, New Cantata, ‘Job’ (conducted by the composer); Beethoven, Symphony No. 5; Spohr, The Fall of Babylon.
9 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
6 September: Gounod, Redemption
7 September, Shire Hall: including Rosalind F. Ellicott, The Birth of Song and Mozart, Symhony in C (The Jupiter).
8 September: C. Lee Williams, Gethsemane (conducted by the composer); Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
9 September: Special Nave Service
10-13 September 1895
Madame Albani, Miss Anna Williams, Madame Medora Henson, Miss Beatrice Gough, Miss Hilda Wilson, Miss Jessie King, Mrs Katherine Fisk, Miss L. Franklin Higgs, Mr Edward Lloyd, Mr Ben Davies, Mr Watkin Mills, Mr Andrew Black and Mr David Bispham (vocal) with the Bristol Orpheus Glee Society (conducted by Mr George Riseley), with Miss Sybil Palliser (solo piano), Mr G. R. Sinclair (organ), Mr Hugh Blair (piano), led by Mr A. Burnett and conducted by Mr C. Lee Williams.
Morning
10 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
11 September: Schumann, Symphony No. 4 in D minor; Parry, King Saul
12 September: Brahms, Song of Destiny; F. H. Cowen, The Transfiguration (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); C. H. Lloyd, Concerto in F minor; Beethoven, Mass in C.
13 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening:
10 September: Mozart, Requiem; Beethoven, Symphony No. 1; Purcell, Te Deum.
11 September, Shire Hall: including a Selection of Glees by the Bristol Orpheus Glee Society.
12 September: C. Lee Williams, A Dedication (composed for the Festival); Schutz, Lamentatio Davidi; Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise
13 September: Order of Special Nave Service
11-16 September 1898 (two copies)
Madame Albani, Miss Agnes Nicholls, Madame Ella Russell, Miss Hilda Wilson, Miss Jessie King, Signorina Guilia Ravogli, Mr Ben Davies, Mr Hirwen Jones, Mr Watkin Mills, Mr H. Lane Wilson, Mr Henry Sunman and Mr David Bispham (vocal), with Mr G. R. Sinclair and Mr I. A. Atkins (organ), led by Mr A. Burnett and conducted by Mr A. Herbert Brewer.
11 September: Grand Opening Service, including Charles H. Lloyd, Festival Overture, C. Lee Williams, Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis, and A. Herbert Brewer, ‘O Sing unto the Lord a new song’. All of these works were written for the festival and conducted by their composers.
Morning
13 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah.
14 September: E. Prout, Organ Concerto in E minor; S. Wesley, In Exitu Israel; G. Verdi, Stabat Mater and Te Deum (first English performances); Brahms, Variations on the Chorale ‘St Antoni’; Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
15 September: Parry, A Song of Darkness and Light (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); Beethoven, Symphony No. 3; Stanford, Adagio and Finale from Il Penseroso (conducted by the composer); Bach, Christmas Oratorio (parts 1 and 2).
16 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
13 September: Dvorak, Stabat Mater; Haydn, The Creation (Part I)
14 September, Shire Hall: including S. Coleridge-Taylor, New Orchestral Work, ‘Ballade in A minor’ (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer).
15 September: Basil Harwood, Inclina Domine (conducted by the composer); Mozart, Symphony in G minor; Handel, Judas Maccabaeus.
8-13 September 1901 (three copies)
Madame Albani, Madame Sobrino, Madame Ella Russell, Miss Hilda Wilson, Miss Muriel Foster, Miss Ada Crossley, Mr Ben Davies, Mr William Green, Mr Andrew Black, Mr Lane Wilson and Mr Plunket Greene (vocal), with Dr G. R. Sinclair and Mr I. A. Atkins (organ), led by Mr A. Burnett and conducted by Mr A. Herbert Brewer.
8 September: Grand Opening Service, including B. Luard Selby, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis [sic] and John E. West, Anthem, ‘Lord, I have loved the habitation’, both works composed for the Festival. Also, Elgar, Prelude to ‘The Dream of Gerontius’ (conducted by the composer).
Morning:
10 September: Chopin, Funeral March; Mendelssohn, Elijah.
11 September: Brahms, Symphony in C minor; Cherubini, Mass in D minor; Handel, Organ Concerto in B flat; Charles H. Lloyd, Motet, ‘The Righteous Live For Evermore’ (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); S. Coleridge-Taylor, New Orchestral Work, ‘Idyll’ (conducted by the composer); A. C. Mackenzie, ‘The Rose of Sharon’ (conducted by the composer).
12 September: Beethoven, Symphony No. 3; Parry, Job (conducted by the composer); Verdi, Requiem.
13 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening:
10 September: Mozart, Symphony in C; C. Lee Williams, A Harvest Song (conducted by the composer); Spohr, Last Judgement.
11 September, Shire Hall: including J. Frederick Bridge, Dramatic Scene, ‘The Forging of the Achor’ (first performance, conducted by the composer); W. H. Bell, Symphonic Prelude, ‘A Song in the Morning’ (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Elgar, Overture, ‘Cockaigne’ (conducted by the composer); F. Cowen, Orchestral Poem, ‘A Phantasy of Life and Love’ (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Parry, Orchestral Song, ‘The Soldier’s Tent’ (conducted by the composer).
12 September: A. Herbert Brewer, Emmaus (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Bach, Sleepers Wake; Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
The later editions of this document provide a map of the Cathedral.
9. (1904-13)
Prospectuses, with programmes for the Festivals given in 1904, 1907, 1910 and 1913, with a complete set of programmes and wordbooks, with historical and analytical notes (including musical examples) for the 1904 season.
All prospectuses include a list of the Patrons and Stewards of the Festival, a note on the Form of the Prayers to be said at the oratorio performances, and a list of the orchestral and choral ensembles. There are also detailed records of the Cathedral services taking place during the Festival period. Maps
All the Festivals documented in this volume featured Dr G. R. Sinclair and Mr I. A. Atkins (organ) and were conducted by Mr A. Herbert Brewer. The orchestra was led by Mr A. Burnett (1904), Mr W. Frye Parker (1907) and Mr W. H. Reed (1910 and 1913).
The second evening concert of each Festival during this period took place in the Shire Hall. All other performances/services were held in the Cathedral.
4-9 September 1904 (two copies)
Madame Albani, Madame Emily Squire, Madame Sobrino, Madame Hilda Wilson, Miss Mildred Jones, Miss Muriel Foster, Mr John Coates, Mr William Green, Mr Ffrangcon-Davies, Mr Dalton Baker, Mr Frederic Austin and Mr H. Plunket Greene (vocal).
4 September: Grand Opening Service, including Ivor A. Atkins, Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis in G and John E. West, A Song of Zion, both composed for the Festival.
Morning
6 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
7 September: Wagner, Prelude ‘Parsifal’; Granville Bantock, The Time-Spirit (conducted by the composer); Charles H. Lloyd, Organ Concerto in F Minor (conducted by the composer); Parry, The Love that Casteth out Fear (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); Brahms, Requiem.
8 September: Elgar, The Apostles (conducted by the composer); Beethoven, Symphony in F (No. 8).
9 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
6 September: Elgar, Prelude and Angel’s Farewell from Dream of Gerontius (conducted by the composer); C. Lee Williams, A Festival Hymn (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); Stanford, Te Deum (conducted by the composer); Handel, Selection.
7 September. Shire Hall:
8 September: A. Herbert Brewer, The Holy Innocents; Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
Each individual programme repeats the information regarding the performers. The notes were variously written by Joseph Bennett, A. J. Jaeger, Dr Lloyd, C. H. Parry, Mr E. Newman, Mr Herbert Thompson,
8-13 September 1907
Miss Agnes Nicholls, Madame Emily Squire, Madame de Vere-Sapio, Miss Norah Newport, Miss Gleeson-White, Miss Marie Brema, Madame Ada Crossley, Miss Jessie King, Mr John Coates, Mr Spencer Thomas, Mr Gervase Elwes, Mr Ffrangcon-Davies, Mr Dalton Baker, Mr Paul Edmonds and Mr H. Plunket Greene (vocal), with Miss Marie Hall (solo violin) [handwritten correction: Miss Mischa Elman].
8 September: Great Opening Service: including J. W. G. Hathaway, In Te, Domine Speravi (composed for the Festival)
Morning
10 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
11 September: Elgar, The Kingdom (conducted by the composer); Granville Bantock, Christ in the Wilderness (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Glazounow, Symphony in C minor (no. 6).
12 September: Horatio Parker, Organ Concerto; Parry, Sinfonia Sacra, The Love that Casteth out Fear (conducted by the composer); Verdi, Requiem
13 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
10 September: Elgar, The Apostles (conducted by the composer)
11 September: including F. H. Cowen, New Orchestral Work (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); W. H. Reed, Scherzo Fantastique, ‘Calibran’ (first performance, conducted by the composer).
12 September: Brahms, Variations (on the Chorale ‘St. Antoni’); A. Herbert Brewer, Emmaus; Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
4-9 September 1910 (two copies)
Madame Agnes Nicholls, Madame de Vere-Sapio, Madame Amy Simpson, Madame Gleeson-White, Madame Ada Crossley, Miss Edith Clegg, Miss Mildred Jones and Miss Phyllis Lett, Mr John Coates, Mr Gervase Elwes, Mr Plunket Greene, Mr Frederic Austin, Mr William Highley and Mr Robert Radford (vocal), with Herr Fritz Kreisler and Miss Muriel Pickupp (violin).
4 September: Grand Opening Service
Morning
6 September: Sullivan, ‘In Memoriam’ Overture; Mendelssohn, Elijah
7 September: Parry, Beyond these Voices there is Peace (conducted by the composer); Elgar, Symphony in A Flat (conducted by the composer); Basil Harwood, Concerto for Organ and Orchestra in D major (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); Brahms, Rhapsodie; C. Lee Williams, The Lord’s Prayer (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); Goetz, By the Waters of Babylon.
8 September: R. Strauss, Tod und Verklärung; Verdi, Requiem; Beethoven, Symphony in E flat; Charles H. Lloyd, Motet, ‘The Righteous Live for Evermore’ (conducted by the composer).
9 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
6 September: Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius (conducted by the composer).
7 September: including Parry, Ode to Music (conducted by the composer) and A. Herbert Brewer, Summer Sports (composed for the Festival).
8 September: Granville Bantock, Gethsemane (composed for the Festival and conducted by the composer); Bach, Violin Concerto in E major; Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
7-12 September 1913
Madame Aïno Ackté, Madame Gleeson-White, Miss Dorothy Silk, Miss Ruth Vincent, Madame Ada Crossley, Miss Mildred Jones, Miss Alys Gear, Miss Phyllis Lett, Mr John Coates, Mr John Booth, Mr Gervase Elwes, Mr Dalton Baker, Mr Harry Dearth and Mr Robert Radford (vocal), with Dr Camille Saint-Saens (piano).
7 September: Great Opening Service
Morning
9 September: Mendelssohn, Elijah
10 September: Bach, St. Matthew Passion
11 September: C. Saint-Seans, New Oratorio, ‘The Promised Land’ (first performance, conducted by the composer). Annotations; Parry, Te Deum (conducted by the composer); Stanford, New Motet, ‘Ye Holy Angels Bright’ (first performance, conducted by the composer); Elgar, Symphony in E flat (conducted by the composer).
12 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening:
9 September: Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D; Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius (conducted by the composer)
10 September: including first performance of Sibelius, New Scena for Soprano and Orchestra.
11 September: Verdi, Requiem; Wagner, Prelude, Parsifal; Handel, Israel in Egypt (selections).
Bound at the close of this volume are two ticket application forms for the 1913 Festival.
10. (1922-47)
Prospectuses, with programmes, for the Festivals of 1922, 1925, 1928, 1934 and 1947, bound with a miscellaneous selection of individual programmes and wordbooks and orders of service.
With the exception of that for 1947, all prospectuses include a historical note on the Festival. They also provide detailed information regarding the Cathedral services to be given during the Festival period, carry lists of the Festival Stewards, and provide a note on the Form of the Prayers to be used during the oratorio performances.
The exception of those for 1934 and 1947, they also carry a list of the orchestral and choral ensembles.
All Festivals given during this period featured the London Symphony Orchestra, with Percy C. Hull and Sir Ivor Atkins (organ), led by W. H. Reed (1922-34) and George Stratton (1947) and conducted by A. Herbert Brewer (1922, 1925) and Herbert W. Sumsion (1928, 1934 and 1947).
The second and (where appropriate) fourth evening concerts took place in the Shire Hall. All other performances were held in the Cathedral.
3-8 September 1922
Two copies of the prospectuses with a set of programmes and wordbooks (missing the evening performance of 5 September), including historical and analytical notes, those for 5 September (morning) by Joseph Bennett and those for 7 September (evening) including musical examples.
This document carries an extensive note on the Cathedral Organ.
Miss Hilda Blake, Miss Agnes Nicholls, Miss Denne Parker, Miss Dorothy Silk, Miss Carrie Tubb, Miss Olga Haley, Miss Phyllis Lett, Miss Doris Lorton, Madame Kirkby Lunn, Mr John Coates, Mr Frank Mullings, Mr Norman Allin, Mr Herbert Heyner, Mr George Parker and Mr Robert Radford (vocal).
3 September: Great Opening Service.
Morning
5 September: Herbert Howells, New Work – ‘Sine Nomine’, a Phantasy for Orchestra (composed for the Festival); C. Lee Williams, The Lord’s Prayer; Mendelssohn, Elijah.
6 September: Elgar, The Kingdom; Brahms, Symphony in D; Bach, Motet, ‘Now shall the Grace’; Granville Bantock, New Work, Prelude and the first part from ‘The Song of Songs’ (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer).
7 September: Selection, including Arthur Bliss, New Orchestral Work, A Symphony (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer) and Eugene Goossens, Poem for Chorus and Orchestra ‘Silence’ (conducted by the composer); Verdi, Requiem.
8 September: Handel, Messiah.
Evening
5 September: Elgar, The Apostles (conducted by the composer)
6 September: including, Edward German, Two Orchestral Pieces (conducted by the composer); W. H. Reed, A Whimsical Phantasy for Orchestra, ‘The Lincoln Imp’ (conducted by the composer).
7 September: Bach, Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (transcribed by Elgar, first performance of Fantasia); A. Herbert Brewer, The Holy Innocents; Beethoven, Symphony in E flat; Handel, Selections from Judas Maccabaeus; Elgar, For the Fallen (conducted by the composer); Stanford, Last Post.
6-11 September 1925 (two copies)
Two copies of the Prospectus, with a programme and wordbook for the morning performance on 9 September. The second copy of the prospectus carries some handwritten annotations concerning the timings for various pieces whilst the programme and wordbook includes historical and analytical notes, with musical examples.
Miss Miriam Licette, Miss Agnes Nicholls, Miss Dorothy Silk, Miss Elsie Suddaby, Miss Flora Woodman, Miss Margaret Balfour, Miss Muriel Brunskill, Miss Astra Desmond, Mr John Booth, Mr John Coates, Mr Gwynne Davies, Mr Norman Stone, Mr Norman Allin, Mr Keith Falkner, Mr Herbert Heyner, Mr Robert Radford and Mr Horace Stevens (vocal).
List of orchestra
6 September: Opening Service, including James Lyon, New Orchestral Work and Thomas F. Dunhill, Three Short Pieces for String Orchestra and Organ (composed for the Festival).
Morning
8 September: Gibbons, Hosanna to the Son of David; Basil Harwood, New Work – Motet, ‘Love Incarnate’; C. Lee Williams, Lord’s Prayer; Mendelssohn, Elijah
9 September: Gibbons, Motet, ‘God is gone up’; Parry, Job; Walford Davies, New Work – Men and Angels (conducted by the composer); Vaughan Williams, The Explorers (from ‘The Sea Symphony’) (conducted by the composer); Ethel Smyth, movements from Mass in D; G. Holst, New Work – Motet, ‘The Evening Watch’; Elgar, Symphony in A flat (conducted by the composer).
10 September: Gibbons, O clap your hands; Stanford, Stabat Mater; Charles Wood, New Work – Motet ‘Glory and Honour’ (conducted by the composer); Granville Bantock, Hebredean Symphony (conducted by the composer); J. S. Bach, Cantata ‘Give the hungry man thy Bread’; Elgar, For the Fallen (conducted by the composer); Sibelius, New Symphony (conducted by the composer).
11 September: Handel, Messiah.
Evening
8 September: Elgar, The Apostles
9 September: Ethel Smyth, Overture, ‘The Wreckers’; Howells, New Orchestral Work, ‘Paradise Rondel’; W. H. Reed, Aesop’s Fables; Granville Bantock, Song – ‘The Firefly’; Edward German, Theme and Six Diversions for Orchestra, all conducted by the composers.
10 September: J. B. McEwen, New Work for Orchestra; A. Herbert Brewer, New Work (for chorus and orchestra); R. Strauss, Death and Transfiguration; Verdi, Requiem.
11 September: including Vaughan Thomas, Songs and Herbert Howells, Puck’s Minuet (conducted by the composers) and first performance of a Song Cycle, ‘A Spring of Shamrock’, adapted and arranged by A. Herbert Brewer.
2-7 September 1928 (two copies)
Miss Joan Elwes, Miss Dora Labbette, Miss Dorothy Silk, Miss Elsie Suddaby, Miss Margaret Balfour, Miss Betty Bannerman, Miss Muriel Brunskill, Miss Astra Desmond, Mr Parry Jones, Mr Frank Titterton, Mr Walter Widdop, Mr Steuart Wilson, Mr Roy Henderson, Mr Robert Maitland, Mr Robert Radford, Mr Stuart Robertson, Mr Horace Stevens and Mr Harold Williams, with W. H. Reed (violin), Mr Lionel Tertis (viola) and Miss Beatrice Harrison (cello).
2 September: Grand Opening Service
Morning
4 September: John Ireland, New Orchestral Work (written for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Basil Harwood, New Motet, Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem; Mendelssohn, Elijah.
5 September: J. S. Bach, Cantata ‘O Light Everlasting’; Elgar, The Kingdom (conducted by the composer); Granville Bantock, New Work – The Burden of Babylon; Schubert, Symphony in C.
6 September: Parry, Motet, ‘Voces Clamantium’; Handel, Organ Concerto in B flat; Ethel Smyth, Mass in D (conducted by the composer); A. Honegger, King David
7 September: Handel, Messiah
Evening
4 September: Holst, Two Psalms; Elgar, Dream of Gerontius (conducted by the composer)
5 September: including Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending (conducted by the composer); Elgar, Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (conducted by the composer) and Ivor Atkins, Songs (conducted by the composer).
6 September: C. Lee Williams, ‘Thou wilt keep him’; Herbert Brewer, New Motet, ‘God within’; Kodaly, Psalmus Hungaricus; W.H. Reed, Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra (conducted by the composer); Verdi, Requiem.
7 September: W. H. Reed, Two Somerset Idylls (conducted by the composer); Vaughan Williams, Chaterhouse Suite for Strings (conducted by the composer); Howells, Song Group, ‘In Green Ways’ (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); J. W. G. Hathaway, New Orchestral Work – The Call of the Woods (composed for the Festival, conducted by the composer); Ethel Smyth, Orchestra Work – Two Interlinked French Folk Melodies (conducted by the composer).
2-7 September 1934
Prospectus, with an Order of Service for 2 September and a programme and wordbook for the second morning performance (5 September), the latter including historical and descriptive notes.
Miss Isobel Baille, Miss Megan Foster, Miss Elsie Suddaby, Miss Astra Desmond, Miss Olga Haley, Miss Mary Jarred, Mr Heddle Nash, Mr Trefor Jones, Mr Percy Manchester, Mr Keith Falkner, Mr Roy Henderson and Mr Harold Williams (vocal), with Miss Jelly d’Aranyi (violin), Miss Myra Hess (piano), Mr Ivor James (cello), Mr G. D. Cunningham (organ), Griller String Quartet.
2 September: Opening Service, including Noble, Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis in B minor and W. H. Harris, Anthem ‘O what their joy’, conducted by the composers.
Morning
4 September: Elgar, The Kingdom; Kodaly, Psalmus Hungaricus; Vaughan Williams, Pastoral Symphony.
5 September: J. S. Bach, Magnificat, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, and selections from Mass in B minor; Bax, St. Patrick’s Breastplate; Elgar, Symphony in E flat.
6 September: Vaughan Williams, Magnificat; Gordon Jacob, Symphony in C (slow Movement) (conducted by the composer); Cyril B. Rootham, Ode on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity (conducted by the composer); Samuel Wesley, In Exitu Israel; Beethoven, Symphony No. 2 and Parry, Blest Pair of Sirens.
7 September: W. H. Reed, Symphony for Strings (conducted by the composer); Haydn, Te Deum; Brahms, Violin Concerto; Handel, Messiah (Four Scenes).
Evening
4 September: George Dyson, St. Paul’s Voyage to Melita (conducted by the composer); Bax, Orchestral Work – Summer Music; Mozart, Requiem.
5 September
6 September: Handel, Organ Concerto in F major; Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius.
7 September.
7-12 September 1947
Prospectus, with Order of Service for 7 September.
Isobel Baille, Elsie Suddaby, Mary Linde, Mary Jarred, Gladys Ripley, Heddle Nash, Eric Greene, Ronald Bristol, Harold Williams, Henry Cummings, Norman Walker and Gordon Clinton (vocal), with Max Rostal and Winifred Roberts (violin), Kathleen Long (piano), Jean Stewart (viola), the Jacques String Orchestra (conducted by Reginald Jacques)
7 September: Opening Service
Morning
9 September: Elgar, The Apostles; Finzi, Die Natalis (conducted by the composer).
10 September: J. S. Bach, St. Matthew Passion
11 September: Schubert, Symphony in B minor; George Dyson, Quo Vadis (conducted by the composer); Vaughan Williams, Magnificat; Vaughan Williams, Symphony No. 5 (conducted by the composer); Christopher le Fleming, Five Psalms (first performance)
12 September: Parry, The Glories of our Blood and State; Howells, Elegy for Viola and Strings (conducted by the composer); Palestrina, O Bone Jesu; Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante; Finzi, The Full Final Sacrifice; Handel, Messiah (selection).
Evening
9 September: Kodaly, Te Deum; Beethoven, Violin Concerto; Faure, Requiem
10 September: including Edmund Rubbra, Symphony No. 3 (conducted by the composer) and George Dyson, At the Tabard Inn (conducted by the composer).
11 September: Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius.
12 September: Jacques String Orchestra
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- Zimmermann, Agnes -
- Wynne, Edith -
- Woodman, Flora -
- Wood, Charles -
- Wilson, Steuart -
- Wilson, Hilda -
- Wilson, H. Lane -
- Williams, Harold -
- Williams, Charles Lee -
- Williams, Anna -
- Widdop, Walter -
- West, John E. -
- Wesley, Samuel -
- Wesley, Samuel Sebastian -
- Weber, Carl Maria von -
- Walker, Norman -
- Wagner, Richard -
- Vincent, Ruth -
- Verdi, Giuseppe -
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph -
- Tubb, Carrie -
- Trebelli-Bettini, Zélia -
- Titterton, Frank -
- Tietjens, Therese -
- Three Choirs Festival -
- Thompson, Herbert -
- Thomas, Vaughan -
- Thomas, Spencer -
- Thomas, Lewis -
- Tertis, Lionel -
- Sunman, Henry -
- Sumsion, Herbert (Whitton) -
- Sullivan, Arthur -
- Suddaby, Elsie -
- Strauss, Richard -
- Stratton, George -
- Stone, Norman -
- Stewart, Jean -
- Stevens, Horace -
- Sterling, Antoinette -
- Stanford, Charles Villiers -
- Stainer, John -
- Squire, Emily -
- Spohr, Louis -
- Smyth, Ethel -
- Smith, George Townshend -
- Sitt, Hans -
- Sinclair, George Robertson -
- Simpson, Amy -
- Silk, Dorothy -
- Sibelius, Jean -
- Schütz, Heinrich -
- Schumann, Robert -
- Schubert, Franz -
- Santley, Charles -
- Saint-Saens, Camille -
- Sainton, Joseph -
- Russell, Ella -
- Rubbra, Edmund -
- Rostal, Max -
- Rossini, Gioacchino -
- Rootham, Cyril Bradley -
- Rockstro, William Smith -
- Robertson, Stuart -
- Roberts, Winifred -
- Riseley, George -
- Ripley, Gladys -
- Reed, William Henry (Billy) -
- Ravogli, Giulia -
- Radford, Robert -
- Purcell, Henry -
- Prout, Ebenezer -
- Pickupp, Muriel -
- Patey, Madame -
- Parry, C. Hubert Hastings -
- Parker, W. Frye -
- Parker, Horatio -
- Parker, George -
- Parker, Denne -
- Palliser, Sybil -
- Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da -
- Nordica, Madame -
- Nicholls, Agnes -
- Nicholl, William -
- Newport, Norah -
- Newman, Ernest -
- Nash, Heddle -
- Mullings, Frank -
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -
- Morgan, Mary -
- Mills, Watkin -
- Mendelssohn, Felix -
- McEwen, John Blackwood -
- Manchester, Percy -
- Maitland, Robert -
- Mackenzie, Alexander Campbell -
- Maas, Joseph -
- Lyon, James -
- Lunn, Kirkby 1873 - 1930
- Luard-Selby, Bertram -
- Lorton, Doris -
- Long, Kathleen -
- London Symphony Orchestra -
- London Philharmonic Orchestra 1932 -
- Loder, Edward -
- Lloyd, Edward -
- Lloyd, Charles Harford -
- Linde, Mary -
- Licette, Miriam -
- Lett, Phyllis -
- Leo, Leonardo -
- Labbette, Dora -
- Kreisler, Fritz 1875 - 1962
- Kodaly, Zoltan -
- Knyvett, William -
- King, Jessie -
- King, Frederick -
- Jones, Trefor -
- Jones, Parry 1891 - 1963
- Jones, Mildred -
- Jones, Hirwen -
- Jarred, Mary 1899 - 1993
- Jarred, Mary -
- James, Ivor -
- Jaeger, August -
- Jacques, Reginald -
- Jacques Orchestra -
- Jacob, Gordon -
- Ireland, John -
- Hull, Percy -
- Howells, Herbert -
- Houghton, Edwin -
- Honegger, Arthur -
- Holst, Gustav -
- Holmes, Henry -
- Highley, William -
- Higgs, Lucy Franklin -
- Heyner, Herbert -
- Hess, Myra -
- Henson, Medora -
- Henderson, Roy -
- Haydn, Joseph -
- Hathaway, J. W. G. -
- Harwood, Basil -
- Harrison, Beatrice -
- Handel, George Frideric -
- Hall, Marie -
- Haley, Olga -
- Griller String Quartet -
- Greene, Harry Plunkett -
- Greene, Eric -
- Green, William -
- Gounod, Charles -
- Gough, Beatrice -
- Goossens, Eugene -
- Goetz, Hermann -
- Gloucester Musical Festival -
- Gloucester Music Meeting -
- Gleeson-White, Madame -
- Glazunov, Alexander -
- Gibbons, Orlando -
- German, Edward -
- Gear, Alys -
- Foster, Muriel -
- Foster, Megan -
- Foote, Barrington -
- Fleming, Christopher Le -
- Fisk, Katharine -
- Finzi, Gerald -
- Ffrangcon-Davies, David -
- Fauré, Gabriel -
- Falkner, Keith -
- Elwes, Joan -
- Elwes, Gervase -
- elman, mischa -
- Ellicott, Rosalind F. -
- Elgar, Edward -
- Edmonds, Paul -
- Dyson, George -
- Dvorak, Antonin -
- Dunhill, Thomas -
- Done, Mr -
- Desmond, Astra -
- Davies, Mary -
- Davies, Gwynne -
- Davies, Fanny -
- Davies, Ben 1858 - 1943
- Cunningham, George Dorrington -
- Crossley, Ada -
- Cramer, Franz -
- Cowen, Frederic -
- Concerts of Ancient Music -
- Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel - see Taylor, Samuel Coleridge -
- Colborne, Langdon -
- Coates, John 1865 - 1941
- Clinton, Gordon -
- Clegg, Edith -
- Chopin, Fryderyk -
- Cherubini, (Carlo) Luigi -
- Carrodus, John Tiplady -
- Byrd, William -
- Burnett, Alfred -
- Brunskill, Muriel -
- Bristol, Ronald -
- Bristol Orpheus Glee Society -
- Bridge, J. F. -
- Brewer, Herbert -
- Brereton, W. H. -
- Brereton, Ambler (Mrs) -
- Brema, Marie -
- Brahms, Johannes -
- Boyce, William -
- Booth, John -
- Bliss, Arthur -
- Blake, Hilda -
- Blair, Hugh -
- Blagrove, Henry -
- Black, Andrew -
- Bispham, David -
- Bennett, Joseph -
- Bell, William H. -
- Beethoven, Ludwig van -
- Bax, Arnold -
- Bantock, Granville -
- Bannerman, Betty -
- Balfour, Margaret -
- Baker, Dalton -
- Baillie, Isobel -
- Bach, Johann Sebastian -
- Austin, Frederic -
- Attwood, Thomas -
- Atkins, Ivor -
- Arnold, Malcolm -
- Aranyi, Jelly d' -
- Amott, Mr -
- Allin, Norman -
- Albani, Madame -
- Ackté, Aïno -
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