A bound volume containing the programmes for the seven concerts given during the 88th and 89th years of the Philharmonic Society and for concerts given during the 90th (nos. 1 and 6) and 92nd (no. 1) seasons, 1900–04.

All concerts were given at the Queen's Hall, Langham Place and were conducted by Frederic H. Cowen.

All programmes carry Analytical and Historical Notes (with words and musical examples) and provide a list of the orchestral ensemble. They also include lists of the Members, Associates and other officers of the Philharmonic Society and, from the final concert of the 88th year, include a list of the various soloists that have appeared at the Society since its foundation in 1813. The programmes for the 88th year (and that for the final concert of the 89th year) include a list of the Newly Introduced Works (since 1884).


88th year (1900)
8 March: Esther Palliser and Andrew Black (vocal) and Teresa Carreño (piano), including the first performance of Otto Manns, Ouverture Dramatique in D minor.
21 March: Louis Arens (vocal) and Frederick Lamond (piano).
5 April: Edward Lloyd (vocal) and Ladislas Gorski (violin).
10 May: Clara Butt (vocal) and Ferruccio Busoni (piano), including Elgar, Sea Pictures (conducted by the composer).
24 May: Ada Crossley (vocal) and Ernst von Dohnanyi (piano), including the first performance of S. Coleridge-Taylor, Suite, Scenes from an Everyday Romance.
14 June: Mario Ancona (vocal) and Moriz Rosenthal (piano).
28 June: Amy Sherwin (vocal) and I. J. Paderewski (piano), including the first performance of Cowen, Concert-Stuck in B flat for Piano and Orchestra.

89th year (1901)
27 February: H. Plunkett Greene (vocal) and Franz Ondricek (violin), including the first English performance of Hermann Grädener, Concerto, Violin and Orchestra, in D and the first London performance of Parry, Orchestral Song, The Soldier's Tent.
13 March: Marie Brema (vocal) and Emil Sauer (piano), including the first London performance of Sauer, Concerto in E minor for Pianoforte and Orchestra.
27 March: Charles Santley (vocal) and Ferrucio Busoni (piano), including the first performance of William Wallace, New Symphonic Poem, no. 4.
9 May: Ada Crossley (vocal) and Basil Sapellnikoff (piano).
23 May: Ben Davies (vocal) and Jan Kubelik (violin), including the first performance of Landon Ronald, Song-Cycle, Summer-time.
6 June: Emma Nevada (vocal) and Teresa Carreño (piano).
20 June: Lydia Nervil (vocal), Maud Powell (violin) and Leopold Godowsky (piano), including the first performance of Elgar, New Overture, Cockaigne (conducted by the composer).

90th year (1902)
27 February: Amy Sherwin (vocal) and Emil Sauer (piano), including the first performance of William H. Bell, Two Orchestra Tone-Pictures, 'In the Night-Watches' and 'In the Fo'c's'le'.
12 June: Mary Münchhoff (vocal) and Harold Bauer (piano)


92nd year (1904)
2 March: Elizabeth Parkina (vocal), Marie Hall (violin) and Dorothy Maggs (piano), including the first performance of A. von Ahn Carse, Symphonic Prelude to Bryon's Manfred and the first English performance of Charpentier, Air, 'Depuis le jour'.

1900 - 1904

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Not Specific

• Wallace, William Vincent -
• Sherwin, Amy -
• Sauer, Emil -
• Sapellnikov, Vassili (Basil) -
• Santley, Charles -
• Rosenthal, Moriz -
• Ronald, Landon -
• Powell, Maud -
• Philharmonic Society (see Royal Philharmonic Society) -
• Parry, C. Hubert Hastings -
• Parkina, Elizabeth -
• Palliser, Esther -
• Paderewski, Ignacy Jan -
• Nevada, Emma -
• Nervil, Lydia -
• Münchhoff, Mary -
• Manns, Otto -
• Maggs, Dorothy -
• Lloyd, Edward -
• Lamond, Frederic -
• Kubelik, Jan -
• Hall, Marie -
• Greene, Harry Plunkett -
• Grädener, Hermann -
• Gorski, Ladislas -
• Godowsky, Leopold -
• Elgar, Edward -
• Dohnányi, Ernö -
• Davies, Ben 1858 - 1943
• Crossley, Ada -
• Cowen, Frederic -
• Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel - see Taylor, Samuel Coleridge -
• Charpentier, Gustave -
• Carse, Adam (von Ahn) -
• Carreño, Teresa 1853 - 1917
• Butt, Clara -
• Busoni, Ferruccio -
• Brema, Marie -
• Black, Andrew -
• Bennett, William Sterndale -
• Bell, William H. -
• Bauer, Harold -
• Arens, Louis -
• Ancona, Mario -

• Queen's Hall, London

• 20th century - early 1900-1930

• Analytical Notes
• Musical Examples
• Word books
• First performances
• List of orchestral players
• Programme notes

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