SearchGetRecordLondon Symphony Orchestra (1919-20)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
London Symphony Orchestra (1919-20)
Unique Identifier
P.431/222
Description
A complete set of analytical programmes for the six Symphony Concerts given by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Queen’s Hall, Langham Place between October 1919 and March 1920 (fourteenth season). Also, an analytical programme for the Special Symphony Concert given in aid of the London Symphony Orchestra Endowment Fund on 17 May 1920.
These were all two-part orchestral concerts with some concertante pieces and a number of first English performances (see below).
All programmes carry historical and analytical notes including musical examples (by Mr Henry Coates) and provide a list of the orchestral ensemble: unless otherwise stated, this was led by Mr W.H. Reed and conducted by Albert Coates. There are also a number of advertisements, some with programmes, for later performances in this series and for ‘other engagements’ featuring the London Symphony Orchestra.
27 October 1919: first performance of Elgar, Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra with Mr Felix Salmond (cello), conducted by the composer.
24 November 1919: [Vladimir] Rosing (vocal), including the first English orchestral performances of Rimsky-Korsakoff, Vakoula’s Air ‘Christmas Eve’ and Moussorgsky [Mussorgsky], Field-Marshal Death, ‘Death Cycle’ (with notes by Josef Holbrooke on a work of his own composition).
15 December 1919: Mr John Coates (vocal).
19 January 1920: Miss Rosina Buckman (vocal), including the first performance of Georges d’Orlay, Lyrical Symphonic Poem, ‘Flamma Artis’.
16 February 1920: Mr Albert Sammons (violin), conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.
8 March 1920: Miss Myra Hess (piano).
17 May 1920: Special Symphony Concert in Aid of the LSO Endowment Fund, with Elsa Stralia (vocal) and Anderson Tyrer (piano) (with a notice of the performance dates for the next season of the London Symphony Orchestra Concerts).
These were all two-part orchestral concerts with some concertante pieces and a number of first English performances (see below).
All programmes carry historical and analytical notes including musical examples (by Mr Henry Coates) and provide a list of the orchestral ensemble: unless otherwise stated, this was led by Mr W.H. Reed and conducted by Albert Coates. There are also a number of advertisements, some with programmes, for later performances in this series and for ‘other engagements’ featuring the London Symphony Orchestra.
27 October 1919: first performance of Elgar, Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra with Mr Felix Salmond (cello), conducted by the composer.
24 November 1919: [Vladimir] Rosing (vocal), including the first English orchestral performances of Rimsky-Korsakoff, Vakoula’s Air ‘Christmas Eve’ and Moussorgsky [Mussorgsky], Field-Marshal Death, ‘Death Cycle’ (with notes by Josef Holbrooke on a work of his own composition).
15 December 1919: Mr John Coates (vocal).
19 January 1920: Miss Rosina Buckman (vocal), including the first performance of Georges d’Orlay, Lyrical Symphonic Poem, ‘Flamma Artis’.
16 February 1920: Mr Albert Sammons (violin), conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.
8 March 1920: Miss Myra Hess (piano).
17 May 1920: Special Symphony Concert in Aid of the LSO Endowment Fund, with Elsa Stralia (vocal) and Anderson Tyrer (piano) (with a notice of the performance dates for the next season of the London Symphony Orchestra Concerts).
Format
Date range of collection
1919 - 1920
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Tyrer, Anderson -
- Stralia, Elsa -
- Sammons, Albert -
- Salmond, Felix -
- Rosing, Vladimir -
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay -
- Reed, William Henry (Billy) -
- Orlay, Georges d' -
- Mussorgsky, Modest -
- London Symphony Orchestra -
- Holbrooke, Josef -
- Hess, Myra -
- Elgar, Edward -
- Coates, John 1865 - 1941
- Coates, Henry -
- Coates, Albert -
- Buckman, Rosina -
- Beecham, Thomas -
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Location Details
British Library
The British Library
St Pancras
,96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB United Kingdom Open Map
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