1956
2 January 1956
Walthamstow, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II: AnnenPolka
Johann Strauss II: PizzicatoPolka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Lehár: Gold und Silber Walzer
Johann Strauss I: RadetzkyMarsch
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
11 January 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Endre Wolf
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Delius: In a Summer Garden
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6
12 January 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Endre Wolf
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Delius: In a Summer Garden
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6
13 January 1956
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Endre Wolf
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Delius: In a Summer Garden
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6
14 January 1956
Huddersfield, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Delius: In a Summer Garden
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Sibelius: Valse triste
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
15 January 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart: Serenade No. 13, ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’
Mozart: Symphony No. 36, ‘Linz’
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II: Rosen aus dem Süden
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
18 January 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Ibert: Suite from Le chevalier errant
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
19 January 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Ibert: Suite from Le chevalier errant
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
20 January 1956
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Denis Matthews
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Mozart: Serenade No. 12
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (‘Jupiter’)
21 January 1956
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’
Mozart: Symphony No. 36, ‘Linz’
Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
22 January 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Alfredo Campoli
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
25 January 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’
26 January 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’
27 January 1956
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Herman Lindars, conductor*
Mozart: Requiem*
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (‘Jupiter’)
31 January 1956
Zürich, Tonhalle
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Rubbra: Symphony No. 6
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
4 February 1956
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Aldo Ferraresi
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Walton: Violin Concerto
Ibert: Divertissement
Falla: Suite from El sombrero de tres picos
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
5 February 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gino Gorini, Sergio Lorenzi
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Britten: Scottish Ballad
Bach: Concerto for Two Pianos and Strings
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
8 February 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Aldo Ferraresi, Hallé Choir
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Fauré: Pavane
Walton: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
9 February 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Aldo Ferraresi, Hallé Choir
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Fauré: Pavane
Walton: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
10 February 1956
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Richard Lewis
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Roussel: Suite No. 2 from Bacchus et Ariane
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
11 February 1956
Middlesbrough, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Franck: Symphony in D minor
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
12 February 1956
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Franck: Symphony in D minor
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
15 February 1956
Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Richard Lewis
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
16 February 1956
Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
17 February 1956
Nottingham, The Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
22 February 1956
Stockholm, Konserthus
Kungliga Filharmonikerna
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Bate: Symphony No. 3
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
23 February 1956
Stockholm, Konserthus
Kungliga Filharmonikerna
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Bate: Symphony No. 3
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
29 February 1956
Stockholm, Konserthus
Kungliga Filharmonikerna
Birgit Nilsson, Kerstin Meyer, Richard Lewis,
Sigurd Björling, Musikaliska Sällskapet
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
1 March 1956
Stockholm, Konserthus
Kungliga Filharmonikerna
Birgit Nilsson, Kerstin Meyer, Richard Lewis,
Sigurd Björling, Musikaliska Sällskapet
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
2 March 1956
Stockholm, Konserthus
Kungliga Filharmonikerna
Birgit Nilsson, Kerstin Meyer, Richard Lewis,
Sigurd Björling, Musikaliska Sällskapet
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
9 March 1956
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Delius: In a Summer Garden
Rubbra: Symphony No. 6
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
11 March 1956
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Christopher Bunting
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Finzi: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
13 March 1956
Cheam, Baths Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Bax: Tintagel
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
18 March 1956
London, Royal Festival Hall
London Symphony Orchestra
Raoul Jobin
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Chausson: Poème de l’amour et de la mer
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
21 March 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
22 March 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
23 March 1956
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Manoug Parikian
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
24 March 1956
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Valda Aveling
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
25 March 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Joseph Schuster
Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to Il segreto di Susanna
Berkeley: Suite from Nelson
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
29 March 1956
London, Royal Festival Hall
London Symphony Orchestra
Sylvia Fisher, Constance Shacklock, Richard Lewis, Scott Joynt, Croydon Philharmonic Choir
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
31 March 1956
Leeds, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Eric Harrison
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
1 April 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Margaret Ritchie, Pamela Jennings, David Galliver, Scott Joynt, Hallé Choir
Handel: Messiah
3 April 1956
Nottingham, The Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 (‘La poule’)
Berkeley: Suite from Nelson
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
4 and 5 April 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Adolph Hallis
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Hindemith: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
7 April 1956
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Richard Attenborough, Wing-Cmdr. A.E. Sims,
conductor (Dyson only), Alexandra Choir, Hallé Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Coates: ‘Dam Busters’ March
(Haydn) Wood: The Seafarer
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
Parry: Jerusalem
Dyson (completed Davies) RAF March Past
Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory
8 April 1956
Ipswich, Gaumont Cinema
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
12 April 1956
Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Rondino for Wind Instruments
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
13 April 1956
Nottingham, The Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 (‘La poule’)
Berkeley: Suite from Nelson
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
15 April 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Richard Lewis
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Roussel: Suite No. 2 from Bacchus et Ariane
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
18 April 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gina Bachauer, Hallé Choir
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
19 April 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gina Bachauer, Hallé Choir
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
21 April 1956
Leeds, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore No. 3
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
28 April 1956
Leeds, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Debussy: La mer
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
29 April 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Clara Haskil
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Elgar: Falstaff-Symphonic Study
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
2 May 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Mozart: Overture to La clemenza di Tito
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
3 May 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Mozart: Overture to La clemenza di Tito
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
5 May 1956
Huddersfield, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Marche slave
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
Tchaikovsky: ‘1812’ Overture
6 May 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky: ‘1812’ Overture
8 May 1956
Hanley, Victoria Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Eric Harrison
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Chabrier: España
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
10 May 1956 (aft)
Newtown, County Pavilion
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell, Montgomery County Musical
Festival Chorus
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore No. 3
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, excerpts
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
10 May 1956 (eve)
Newtown, County Pavilion
Hallé Orchestra
Margaret Ritchie, Constance Shacklock, William Herbert, Scott Joynt, Montgomery County Musical Festival Chorus
Handel: Messiah
12 May 1956
Middlesbrough, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Marcello: Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
13 May 1956
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Marcello: Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
14 May 1956
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
15 May 1956
Manchester, King’s Hall Belle Vue
Hallé Orchestra
Kiki Bernasconi
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 (‘La poule’)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
20 May 1956
Venezia, Teatro La Fenice
Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice
Renato Fagotto
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Die Grosse’
21 May 1956
Venezia, Teatro La Fenice
Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice
Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to Il segreto di Susanna
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
Martucci: Notturno
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 ‘Linz’
9 July 1956
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Lois Marshall
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Ah! Perfido
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
10 July 1956
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Victoria Elliott, Ronald Dowd
Wagner: Prelude to Tristan und Isolde
Wagner: unspecified excerpt from Tannhäuser
Wagner: ‘Einsam in trübern Tagen’ from Lohengrin
Wagner: ‘Winterstürme’ from Die Walküre
Wagner (arr. Barbirolli): Suite from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Puccini: unspecified excerpts from La bohème
Puccini: unspecified excerpts from Madama Butterfly
11 July 1956
Manchester, Whitworth Hall
Royal Manchester College
of Music Orchestra
John Ogdon
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Mozart:
Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
12 July 1956
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Allan Schiller
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
13 July 1956
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Colin Horsley
Prokofiev: March from L’amour des trois oranges
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
14 July 1956
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 (‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’)
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Johann Strauss II: Rosen aus dem Süden
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch
Johann Strauss II: Die schöne blaue Donau
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
17 July 1956
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Ireland: A London Overture
Burt: Iambics
Rubbra: Symphony No. 6
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
18 July 1956
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Hurlstone: Variations on a Swedish Air
Racine Fricker: Litany for String Orchestra
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
19 July 1956
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Goossens: Concertino for Double String Orchestra
Hamilton: Symphonic Variations
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
20 July 1956
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Florence Hooton
German: Theme and Six Diversions
Leighton: Cello Concerto
Bax: The Garden of Fand
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
8 December 1956
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Lois Marshall, Kathleen Joyce, Ronald Dowd, Scott Joynt, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Handel: Messiah
9 December 1956
Manchester, King’s Hall Belle Vue,
Hallé Orchestra
Lois Marshall, Constance Shacklock, Richard Lewis, Scott Joynt, Hallé Choir
Handel: Messiah
12 December 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Iso Elinson
Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Rubbra: Piano Concerto
Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso
Elgar: Elegy for Strings
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
13 December 1956
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Iso Elinson
Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Rubbra: Piano Concerto
Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso
Elgar: Elegy for Strings
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
21 December 1956
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Christopher Bunting
Rezniček: Overture to Donna Diana
Elgar: Elegy for Strings
Finzi: Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
22 December 1956
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Ena Mitchell, Constance Shacklock, Ronald Dowd, Marian Nowakowski, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Handel: Messiah
1957
2 January 1957
Leeds, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Sydney Errington
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Handel (arr. Barbirolli): Concerto for Viola
and Strings
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
3 January 1957
Hanley, Victoria Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Carmel Hakendorf
Elgar: Falstaff-Symphonic Study
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Nielsen: Overture to Masquerade
Villa-Lobos: O trenzinho do caipira
Berlioz: ‘Menuet de follets’, ‘Ballet des sylphes’ & ‘Marche hongroise’ from Damnation de Faust
4 January 1957
Bradford, St. George’s Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Nielsen: Overture to Masquerade
Haydn: Symphony No. 13
Berlioz: ‘Menuet de follets’, ‘Ballet des sylphes’ & ‘Marche hongroise’ from Damnation de Faust
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
5 January 1957
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag
und ein Abend in Wien
Haydn: Symphony No. 99
Schubert (orch. Webern): Sechs deutsche Tänze
Schubert (arr. Tausky): Galop
Lehár: Waltz from Die lustige Witwe
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Johann Strauss II: Wo die Zitronen blühen
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
6 January 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall,
Hallé Orchestra
Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
Haydn: Symphony No. 99
Schubert (orch. Webern): Sechs deutsche Tänze
Schubert (arr. Tausky): Galop
Lehár: Waltz from Die lustige Witwe
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Wo die Zitronen blühen
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
9 January 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Edith Fischer
Nielsen: Overture to Masquerade
Bax: The Garden of Fand
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
10 January 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Edith Fischer
Nielsen: Overture to Masquerade
Bax: The Garden of Fand
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
11 January 1957
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Edith Fischer
Bax: The Garden of Fand
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
12 January 1957
Bradford, St. George’s Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Auber: Overture to Fra Diavolo
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
13 January 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall,
Hallé Orchestra
Carmel Hakendorf
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Elgar: ‘Serious Doll’ from The Nursery Suite
Villa-Lobos: O trenzinho do caipira
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Bloch: Concerto grosso No. 1
Delius: Summer Night on the River
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
19 January 1957
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Victoria Elliott, Constance Shacklock, Ronald Dowd, Marian Nowakowski, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
20 January 1957
Chester, Gaumont Cinema
Hallé Orchestra
Auber: Overture to Fra Diavolo
Elgar: ‘Serious Doll’ from The Nursery Suite
Villa-Lobos: O trenzinho do caipira
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
23 January 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Aldo Ferraresi
Beethoven: Overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
24 January 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Aldo Ferraresi
Beethoven: Overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
25 January 1957
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde
Mozart: Serenade No. 13, ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’
Dukas: L’apprenti sorcier
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
26 January 1957
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
27 January 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Oliver Vella
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Respighi: Adagio con Variazioni for Cello and Orchestra
Chabrier: Marche joyeuse
Chabrier: Habanera
Chabrier: España
30 January 1957
Bolton, Victoria Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Nielsen: Overture to Masquerade
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’
Chabrier: Marche Joyeuse
Chabrier: Habanera
Chabrier: España
1 February 1957
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso
loch: Concerto grosso No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
2 February 1957
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Nielsen: Overture to Masquerade
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
Chabrier: Marche joyeuse
Chabrier: Habanera
Chabrier: España
3 February 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Harold Rubens
Auber: Overture to Fra Diavolo
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
6 February 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Samson François
Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to Il segreto di Susanna
Haydn: Symphony No. 13
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
7 February 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Samson François
Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to Il segreto di Susanna
Haydn: Symphony No. 13
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
10 February 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Sydney Errington
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Handel (arr. Barbirolli): Concerto for Viola and Strings
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
12 February 1957
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Samson François
Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to Il segreto di Susanna
Haydn: Symphony No. 13
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
21 February 1957
Göteborg, Konserthus
Göteborgs Symfoniker
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
24 February 1957
Göteborg, Konserthus
Göteborgs Symfoniker
Evelyn Rothwell
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Oboe Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
26 February 1957
Malmö, Konserthus
Malmö Symfoniorkester
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
5 March 1957
Malmö, Konserthus
Malmö Symfoniorkester
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
8 March 1957
Aalborg, Aalborg Hall
Aalborg Symfoniorkester
Programme not known
11 March 1957
Copenhagen, Tivoli Concert Hall,
Det Kongelige Kapelle
Evelyn Rothwell
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Oboe Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
21 March 1957
Bergen, Konzertpaleet
Bergen filharmoniske orkester
Evelyn Rothwell
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Oboe Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
22 March 1957
Bergen, Konzertpaleet
Bergen filharmoniske orkester
Evelyn Rothwell
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Oboe Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
27 March 1957
Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Haydn: Symphony No. 13
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
3 April 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kerstin Meyer, Richard Lewis, Men of the Hallé Choir
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Brahms: Alt Rhapsodie
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
4 April 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kerstin Meyer, Richard Lewis, Men of the Hallé Choir
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Brahms: Alt Rhapsodie
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
5 April 1957
Nottingham, The Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Delius: Prelude to Irmelin
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
6 April 1957
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Suppé: Overture to Die schöne Galathée
Schubert: Entr’acte from Rosamunde
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Johann Strauss II: Wo die Zitronen blühen
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
7 April 1957
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town)
Elgar: Falstaff-Symphonic Study
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
9 April 1957
Hanley, Victoria Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Allan Schiller
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
10 April 1957
Lancaster, Ashton Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Haydn: Symphony No. 13
Berlioz: ‘Menuet de follets’, ‘Ballet des sylphes’ & ‘Marche hongroise’ from La damnation de Faust
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘The Great’
11 April 1957
Bolton, Victoria Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Delius: Summer Night on the River
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
13 April 1957
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Constance Shacklock, Kenneth More, Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Alexandra Choir, Combined Civil Service Choir
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Sullivan: ‘In Memoriam’ Overture
Coates: ‘Dam Busters’ March
Holst: Suite No. 2 for Military Band
Teike: ‘Old Comrades’ March
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’) (‘Nimrod’ only)
Lehár: Gold und Silber Walzer
Mascagni: ‘Easter Hymn’ from Cavalleria rusticana
Handel: ‘Hallelujah’ Chorus from Messiah
Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever
Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory
14 April 1957
Croydon, Davis Theatre
Hallé Orchestra
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Delius: Summer Night on the River
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
17 April 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Adolph Hallis
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Wolf: Suite from Der Corregidor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
18 April 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Adolph Hallis
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Wolf: Suite from Der Corregidor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
20 April 1957
Leeds, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Adolph Hallis
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Wolf: Suite from Der Corregidor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
21 April 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Ena Mitchell, Monica Sinclair, Ronald Dowd,
Marian Nowakowski, Hallé Choir
Handel: Messiah
24 April 1957
Preston, Public Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Elgar: ‘Serious Doll’ from The Nursery Suite
Villa-Lobos: O trenzinho do caipira
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
25 April 1957
Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Elgar: ‘Serious Doll’ from The Nursery Suite
Villa-Lobos: O trenzinho do caipira
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
28 April 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Sylvia Fisher, Otakar Kraus
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Wagner: Act 3 Scene 3 from Die Walküre
1 May 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
André Navarra
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
2 May 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
André Navarra
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
5 May 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Ravel: Suite from Ma mère l’oye
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
6 May 1957
Birmingham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Ravel: Suite from Ma mère l’oye
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
9 May 1957 (aft)
Newtown, County Pavilion
Hallé Orchestra
Marian Nowakowski
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Chabrier: Marche joyeuse
Chabrier: Habanera
Chabrier: España
Mendelssohn: ‘It is Enough’ from Elijah
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
9 May 1957 (eve)
Newtown, County Pavilion
Hallé Orchestra
Norma Procter, Ronald Dowd, Marian Nowakowski, Montgomery County Musical
Festival Chorus
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
11 May 1957
Middlesbrough, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Derek Simpson
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
12 May 1957
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Derek Simpson
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
16 May 1957
Zürich, Tonhalle
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Peter Pears, Werner Speth
Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’)
19 May 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gina Bachauer
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 (‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
2 June 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Constance Shacklock, Ronald Dowd, Marian Nowakowski, Hallé Choir
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
9 June 1957
Dublin, Theatre Royal
Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra
Constance Shacklock, Ronald Dowd, Marian Nowakowski, Our Lady’s Choral Society
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
16 June 1957
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gioconda de Vito
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
20 June 1957
Ravello, Villa Rufolo Park
Hallé Orchestra
Endre Wolf
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Wagner: ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ from Die Walküre
21 June 1957
Ravello, Villa Rufolo Park
Hallé Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Verdi: Prelude to Act 1 from La traviata
22 June 1957
Ravello, Villa Rufolo Park
Hallé Orchestra
Endre Wolf
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Debussy: La mer
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Chabrier: España
23 June 1957
Ravello, Villa Rufolo Park
Hallé Orchestra
Sylvia Fisher
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Wagner: ‘Good Friday Music’ from Parsifal
Wagner: Prelude and ‘Liebestod’ from Tristan und Isolde
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Wagner: ‘Immolation Scene’ from Götterdämmerung
1 July 1957
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Rondino for Wind Instruments
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
2 July 1957
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Victoria Elliott, Brychan Powell
Wagner: Overture to Der fliegende Holländer
Wagner: ‘Forest Murmurs’ from Siegfried
Wagner (arr. Barbirolli): Suite from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Wagner: Prelude to Parsifal
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Gounod: ‘Balcony Scene’ from Act 2 of Roméo et Juliette
Puccini: Duet from Act 1 of La bohème
3 July 1957
Manchester, Houldsworth Hall
Royal Manchester College of Music Orchestra
Jennifer Nuttall
Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings, Four Horns and Cor Anglais
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Brahms: Violin Concerto
4 July 1957
Royal Hall, Harrogate
Hallé Orchestra
Denis Matthews
Mendelssohn: Overture to Ein Sommernachtstraum
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
5 July 1957
Royal Hall, Harrogate
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Villa-Lobos: O trenzinho do caipira
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Elgar: ‘Serious Doll’ from The Nursery Suite
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
6 July 1957
Royal Hall, Harrogate
Hallé Orchestra
Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
Schubert (orch. Webern): Sechs deutsche Tänze
Schubert (arr. Tausky): Galop
Haydn: Symphony No. 99
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Lehár: Waltz from Die lustige Witwe
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: Wo die Zitronen blühen
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
16 July 1957
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Walton: Johannesburg Festival Overture
Simpson: Symphony No. 2
Chabrier: España
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
17 July 1957
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Malcolm Arnold, conductor*
Dennis Brain
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Harty: With the Wild Geese
Arnold: Horn Concerto*
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
18 July 1957
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Cyril Preedy
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Gardner: Piano Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
19 July 1957
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rawsthorne: ‘Street Corner’ Overture
(Arthur) Butterworth: Symphony No. 1
Ireland: Concertino pastorale
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
18 August 1957
Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Hallé Orchestra
János Starker
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town)
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
20 August 1957
Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Lois Marshall, Heinz Rehfuss, Hallé Choir
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
21 August 1957
Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Clara Haskil
Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (‘Titan’)
25 September 1957
Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
26 September 1957
Winchester, Cathedral
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
27 September 1957
Bristol, Colston Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Ravel: Suite from Ma mère l’oye
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
28 September 1957
Exeter, Cathedral
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
29 September 1957
Plymouth, Odeon Theatre
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Ravel: Suite from Ma mère l’oye
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
2 October 1957
Bristol, Colston Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
3 October 1957
Bournemouth, Winter Gardens
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
4 October 1957
Newport, Central Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
7 October 1957
Swansea, Brangwyn Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Peter Katin
Walton: Johannesburg Festival Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
9 October 1957
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Hallé Orchestra
Lois Marshall, Otakar Kraus, Pontarddulais Choral Society
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’)
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
11 October 1957
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Hallé Orchestra
Béla Siki
Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
12 October 1957
Swansea, Brangwyn Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town)
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
16 October 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Artur Rubinstein
Vaughan Williams: Flourish for Glorious John
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme Enigma’
17 October 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Artur Rubinstein
Vaughan Williams: Flourish for Glorious John
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme Enigma’
18 October 1957
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Flourish for Glorious John
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Debussy: La mer
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
22 October 1957
Hanley, Victoria Hall,
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
Grieg: Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt
Delius: A Song of Summer
Chabrier: Marche joyeuse
Chabrier: Habanera
Chabrier: España
25 October 1957
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gina Bachauer
Vaughan Williams: Flourish for Glorious John
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
26 October 1957
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Overture to The Wasps
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (‘A London Symphony’)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
27 October 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Chethams Hospital Boys’ School Choir
Vaughan Williams: The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
Vaughan Williams: Overture to The Wasps
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (‘A London Symphony’)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
30 October 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Lionel Tertis
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Dale: Romance for Viola and Orchestra
Debussy: La mer
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
31 October 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Lionel Tertis
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Dale: Romance for Viola and Orchestra
Debussy: La mer
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
1 November 1957
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Oliver Vella
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
2 November 1957
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Tossy Spivakovsky
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
(Arthur) Butterworth: Symphony No. 1
3 November 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Tossy Spivakovsky
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
(Arthur) Butterworth: Symphony No. 1
6 November 1957
Leeds, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Fauré: Pavane
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
7 November 1957
Ripon, Cathedral,
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Brahms Symphony No. 4
9 November 1957
Wrexham, Technical College Hall,
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
Grieg: Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Chabrier: Marche joyeuse
Chabrier: Habanera
Chabrier: España
10 November 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Claudio Arrau
Mendelssohn: ‘The Hebrides’ Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, (‘Emperor’)
Hughes: Sinfonietta
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
20 November 1957
Auditorium RAI, Roma
Orchestra Sinfonica Roma della RAI
Constance Shacklock, Jon Vickers, Marian Nowakowski
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
1 December 1957
Roma, Teatro Argentina
Orchestra dell’Accademia
Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
4 December 1957
Roma, Teatro Argentina
Orchestra dell’Accademia
Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Arthur Gold, Robert Fizdale
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Mendelssohn: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Alderighi: Omaggi for Piano and Strings
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
11 December 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Andrés Segovia, Hallé Choir
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Finzi: The Fall of the Leaf
Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
Ravel: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
12 December 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Andrés Segovia, Hallé Choir
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Finzi: The Fall of the Leaf
Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
Ravel: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
13 December 1957
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Julian Bream, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Finzi: The Fall of the Leaf
Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
Ravel: Suite from Ma mère l’oye
Ravel: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
14 December 1957
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Lois Marshall, Kathleen Joyce,
William Herbert, Marian Nowakowski, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Handel: Messiah
15 December 1957
Manchester, King’s Hall Belle Vue
Hallé Orchestra
Lois Marshall, Kathleen Joyce, Richard Lewis,
Marian Nowakowski, Hallé Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Handel: Messiah
18 December 1957
Dublin, Theatre Royal
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Lois Marshall, Constance Shacklock, Richard Lewis, Marian Nowakowski, Our Lady’s Choral Society
Handel: Messiah
20 December 1957
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Delius: A Song of Summer
Debussy: La mer
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
21 December 1957
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Ena Mitchell, Constance Shacklock, William Herbert, Scott Joynt, Sheffield Philharmonic
Chorus
Handel: Messiah
22 December 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Arensky: Variations on Legend: Christ in his Garden
23 December 1957
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Ireland: A London Overture
Handel (arr. Rothwell and Mackerras): Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 1
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake
Liadov: Baba Yaga
Liadov: Kikimora
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
1958
4 January 1958
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Overture to Ein Sommernachtstraum
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 (‘Haffner’)
Dukas: L’apprenti sorcier
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
5 January 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
George Weldon
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 (Movement 2 only)
Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Auber: Overture to La sirène
Berlioz: ‘Ballet des sylphes’ from La damnation de Faust
Verdi: Excerpts from Il trovatore
Rossini: Overture to Le siège de Corinthe
11 January 1958
Huddersfield, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Debussy: La mer
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
12 January 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Oboe Concerto
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Eine Nacht in Venedig
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Lehár: Gold und Silber Walzer
Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
14 January 1958
Bolton, Victoria Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
15 January 1958
Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
16 January 1958
Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Debussy: La mer
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
17 January 1958
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Sylvia Fisher
Wagner: ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ from Die Walküre
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Wagner: ‘Good Friday Music’ from Parsifal
Wagner: Prelude and ‘Liebestod’ from
Tristan und Isolde
Wagner: ‘Forest Murmurs’ from Siegfried
Wagner: ‘Immolation Scene’ from Götterdämmerung
18 January 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Victoria Elliott
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Beethoven: Ah! Perfido
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Liszt: Die Lorelei
Wagner: Prelude to Parsifal
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
19 January 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Victoria Elliott
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Beethoven: Ah! Perfido
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Liszt: Die Lorelei
Wagner: Prelude to Parsifal
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
26 January 1958
Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Ravel: Suite from Ma mère l’oye
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
27 January 1958
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Handel (arr. Harty): Suite from Water Music
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
30 January 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Clifford Curzon
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
1 February 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rayson Whalley
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 (Movement 2 only)
Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Auber: Overture to La sirène
Berlioz: ‘Ballet des sylphes’ from La damnation de Faust
Verdi: unspecified excerpts from Il trovatore
Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (titles unspecified)
Rossini: Overture to Le siège de Corinthe
2 February 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Sylvia Fisher, Kerstin Meyer, Richard Lewis, Kim Borg, Hallé Choir
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
5 February 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Robert Riefling, Women of the Hallé Choir
Mozart: Overture to Der Schauspieldirektor
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Holst: The Planets
6 February 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Robert Riefling, Women of the Hallé Choir
Mozart: Overture to Der Schauspieldirektor
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Holst: The Planets
15 February 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Endre Wolf
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Sibelius: Valse triste
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen’s Return
16 February 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Endre Wolf
Rawsthorne: ‘Hallé’ Overture
Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2
Delius: A Dance Rhapsody (No. 1)
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Sibelius: Valse triste
Sibelius: Swan of Tuonela
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen’s Return
19 and 20 February 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé and BBC Northern Orchestras
Wagner: Overture to Der fliegende Holländer
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Respighi: Pini di Roma
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
19 February 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé and BBC Northern Orchestras
Wagner: Overture to Der fliegende Holländer
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Respighi: Pini di Roma
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
20 February 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé and BBC Northern Orchestras
Wagner: Overture to Der fliegende Holländer
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Respighi: Pini di Roma
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
1 March 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Harald Saeverud, conductor*
Hilda Waldeland
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Grieg: Symphonic Dances (Nos. 2 and 4 only)
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Saeverud: The Ballad of Revolt*
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
2 March 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Harald Saeverud, conductor*
Hilda Waldeland
Saeverud: The Ballad of Revolt
Grieg: Symphonic Dances (Nos. 2 and 4 only)
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
5 March 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Andor Földes
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
6 March 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Andor Földes
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
7 March 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Andor Földes
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
8 March 1958
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Hilda Waldeland
Saeverud: The Ballad of Revolt
Grieg: Symphonic Dances (Nos. 2 and 4 only)
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
9 March 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Handel (arr. Harty): Suite from Water Music
Harty: An Irish Symphony
Harty: With the Wild Geese
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
10 March 1958
Manchester, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Flourish for Glorious John
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (‘Un bal’ only)
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
12 March 1958
Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Ravel: Suite from Ma mère l’oye
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
14 March 1958
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Andor Földes
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
15 March 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Constance Shacklock, David Galliver, Hervey Alan, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
16 March 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Constance Keene
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
19 March 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Benjamin Britten, conductor*
Peter Pears
Britten: ‘Four Sea Interludes’ from Peter Grimes*
Britten: Les Illuminations*
Britten: ‘Pas de Six’ from The Prince of the Pagodas*
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
20 March 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Benjamin Britten, conductor*
Peter Pears
Britten: ‘Four Sea Interludes’ from Peter Grimes*
Britten: Les Illuminations*
Britten: ‘Pas de Six’ from The Prince of the Pagodas*
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
29 March 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
André Gertler
Mendelssohn: ‘The Hebrides’ Overture
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Strings, Op. 12 No. 1
Bax: Violin Concerto
Dukas: L’apprenti sorcier
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
30 March 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
André Gertler
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin
and Strings, Op. 12 No. 1
Bax: Violin Concerto
Dukas: L’apprenti sorcier
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
2 April 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kendall Taylor
Ireland: A London Overture
Ireland: Concertino pastorale
Ireland: Piano Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
3 April 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kendall Taylor
Ireland: A London Overture
Ireland: Concertino pastorale
Ireland: Piano Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
5 April 1958
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Walton: Johannesburg Festival Overture
Ravel: Suite from Ma mère l’oye
Haydn: Symphony No. 99
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
6 April 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Ena Mitchell, Constance Shacklock, Jon Vickers, Scott Joynt, Hallé Choir
Handel: Messiah
13 April 1958
Oslo, Aulaen
Filharmonisk Selskaps Orkesters
Mozart:
Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Strauss: Don Juan
Beethoven: Ah! Perfido
Verdi: ‘Ave Maria’ from Otello
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
18 April 1958
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Harry Mortimer, conductor*
Eileen Joyce, Elgar Howarth
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town)
Walford Davies: Solemn Melody
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Wright: Concerto for Cornet and Military Band
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Saint-Saëns: Marche militaire française
Tchaikovsky: ‘1812’ Overture
Dyson (completed Davies): RAF March Past
19 April 1958
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (‘Unvollendete’)
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
20 April 1958
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Béla Siki
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
23 April 1958
Manchester, King’s Hall, Belle Vue
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry (‘Londonderry Air’)
Grainger: Molly on the Shore
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (‘Unvollendete’)
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Strauss
25 April 1958
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Endre Wolf
Rawsthorne: ‘Hallé’ Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Brahms: Violin Concerto
27 April 1958
Manchester, King’s Hall, Belle Vue
Hallé Orchestra
Leonora Lafayette, Constance Shacklock, Richard Lewis, Jess Walters, Scott Joynt, Morris Williams, Hallé Choir
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Verdi: Quartet from Rigoletto
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Puccini: Duet from Act 1 of La bohème
Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
Puccini: Duet from Act 1 of Madama Butterfly
Verdi: Act 2 from Aïda
30 April 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
William Walton, conductor*
Erling Bengtsson
Walton: ‘Portsmouth Point’ Overture*
Walton: Cello Concerto*
Walton: Partita*
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
1 May 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
William Walton, conductor*
Erling Bengtsson
Walton: ‘Portsmouth Point’ Overture*
Walton: Cello Concerto*
Walton: Partita*
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
4 May 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Delius: A Song of Summer
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
7 May 1958
The Hague, Gebouw voor Kunsten en
Wetenschappen,
Het Residentie Orkest
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
9 May 1958
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
10 May 1958
Leeds, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
János Starker
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
14 May 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Joan Sutherland, Eugenia Zareska, Hallé Choir
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
15 May 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Joan Sutherland, Eugenia Zareska, Hallé Choir
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
18 May 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Norma Procter, Richard Lewis, Hervey Alan, Our Lady’s Choral Society
20 May 1958
Hagen, Stadttheater
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
21 May 1958
Viersen, Festhalle
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
24 May 1958
Hallé Orchestra
Prague, Obecní dům
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
25 May 1958
Prague, Obecní dům
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
27 May 1958
Warsaw, Philharmonic Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
28 May 1958
Warsaw, Philharmonic Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
29 May 1958
Lódź, Philharmonic Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
2 June 1958
Linz, Diesterwegschule
Hallé Orchestra
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
9 June 1958
Lisbon, São Luiz
Orchestra Sinfonia Nazionale
János Starker
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Chabrier: España
16 June 1958
Didsbury, Capitol Theatre
Hallé Orchestra
Veronica Dunne, Victoria Elliott, Marina de Gabaráin, Richard Lewis, BBC Northern Singers Puccini: ‘Si, mi chiamano Mimì’ from La bohème
Puccini: Closing Scene of Act 1 from La bohème
Wagner: Prelude to Act 3 from Lohengrin
Puccini: ‘Un bel dì’ from Madama Butterfly
Puccini: ‘Coro a bocca chiusa’ from Madam Butterfly
Bizet: Duet and Finale from Act 4 of Carmen
22 June 1958
Buxton, Pavilion Gardens
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Grieg: Suite from Peer Gynt No. 1
Chabrier: España
Delius: A Song of Summer
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
23 June 1958
Llandaff, Cathedral
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
27 June 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rawsthorne: ‘Hallé’ Overture
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Falla: El amor brujo
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
29 June 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Herman Lindars, conductor*
Peter Katin, piano, Hallé Choir, Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Elgar: ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ March No. 1
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Lindars: Dedication
Coates: ‘Dam Busters’ March
Anderson: Bugler’s Holiday
(Haydn) Wood: The Seafarer
Tchaikovsky: ‘1812’ Overture
Dyson (completed Davies): RAF March Past
30 June 1958
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
1 July 1958
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rayson Whalley, Wilfrid Parry
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Ibert: Divertissement
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux
Debussy: La mer
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
2 July 1958
Manchester, Houldsworth Hall
Royal Manchester College of Music Orchestra
Rodney Friend, Roger Best
David Jordan, conductor*
Elgar: Elegy for Strings
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Freedman: Rhapsody for Viola and Strings*
Franck: Symphony in D minor
3 July 1958
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Peter Katin
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
4 July 1958
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
(Geoffrey) Bush: Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 (‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
5 July 1958
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Suppé: Overture to Die schöne Galathée
Schubert: Ballet Music from Rosamunde
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Lehár: Gold und Silber Walzer
15 July 1958
Hallé Orchestra
Clive Lythgoe
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Harty: An Irish Symphony (‘The Fair-Day’ only)
Williamson: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
16 July 1958
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Osian Ellis
Alun Hoddinott, conductor*
Delius: A Song of Summer
Hoddinott: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra*
Debussy: La mer
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
17 July 1958
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Amaryllis Fleming
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Seiber: Three Pieces for Cello and Orchestra
Walton: Partita
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (‘A London Symphony’)
18 July 1958
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Roger Winfield
Rossini: Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Parrott: Concerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
25 August 1958
London, Royal Albert Hall,
Hallé Orchestra
Rayson Whalley
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra
Berlioz: ‘Ballet des sylphes’ from La damnation de Faust
Verdi: unspecified excerpts from Il trovatore
Rossini: Overture to Le siège de Corinthe
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
26 August 1958
Royal Albert Hall, London
Hallé Orchestra
Endre Wolf, André Navarra
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Brahms: Double Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Walton: Partita
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
27 August 1958
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Ralph Holmes
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Finzi: The Fall of the Leaf
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Ravel: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
28 August 1958
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Béla Siki
Mozart: Overture to Der Schauspieldirektor
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
29 August 1958
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gina Bachauer
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
(Arthur) Butterworth: Symphony No. 1
30 August 1958
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
Mozart (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
1 September 1958
(ITV Television Recording)
Hallé Orchestra
Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody
on a Theme of Paganini
Peter Katin, piano
14 September 1958
Bucharest, Filarmonica George Enescu
Orchestra Filarmonicii ‘George Enescu’
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Debussy: La mer
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
26 September 1958
Perugia
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Kerstin Meyer, David Galliver, Marian Nowakowski, Our Lady’s Choral Society
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
27 September 1958
Perugia
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Kerstin Meyer, David Galliver, Marian Nowakowski, Our Lady’s Choral Society
Handel: Messiah
29 September 1958
Castel Gandolfo, Papal Summer Residence
Kerstin Meyer, David Galliver, Marian Nowakowski, Our Lady’s Choral Society
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (Part 1 only)
5 October 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
8 October 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Margaret Ritchie, Keith Puddy
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Three Vocalises for Soprano
and Clarinet
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
9 October 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Margaret Ritchie, Keith Puddy
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Three Vocalises for Soprano
and Clarinet
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
10 October 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Margaret Ritchie, Keith Puddy
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Vaughan Williams: Three Vocalises for Soprano
and Clarinet
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
11 October 1958
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Nicolai: Overture to Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Walton: Partita
Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
Tchaikovsky: Theme and Variations from Suite No. 3
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
12 October 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Valda Aveling
Nicolai: Overture to Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Walton: Partita
Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
13 October 1958
Bolton, Victoria Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Rondino for Wind Instruments
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
17 October 1958
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
18 October 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Marcelle Meyer
Nicolai: Overture to Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Walton: Partita
Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
21 October 1958
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Norma Procter, Hervey Alan, Nigel Patrick,
Frank Phillips, Arnold Grier, Silver Trumpeters of the Royal Marines, Croydon Philharmonic Choir
Gibilaro: Fantasia on Sea Shanties
Stanford: Songs of the Fleet
Sullivan: ‘In Memoriam’ Overture
Cochrane (orch. Ryan): March of Freedom
Handel (arr. Harty): Suite from Water Music
Elgar: Sea Pictures
Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs
‘Nelson’s Prayer Before Trafalgar’
22 October 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Berl Senofsky
Wagner: Prelude to Lohengrin
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Strauss: Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
23 October 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Berl Senofsky
Wagner: Prelude to Lohengrin
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Strauss: Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
24 October 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Berl Senofsky
Wagner: Prelude to Lohengrin
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Strauss: Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
26 October 1958
Wexford, Abbey Cinema
Hallé Orchestra
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Walton: Partita
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
28 October 1958
Dublin, Theatre Royal
Hallé Orchestra
Kerstin Meyer, David Galliver, Marian Nowakowski, Our Lady’s Choral Society
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
29 October 1958
Mullingar, Cathedral of Christ the King,
Hallé Orchestra
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Kerstin Meyer, David Galliver, Marian Nowakowski, Our Lady’s Choral Society
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
30 October 1958
Limerick, St. John’s Cathedral
Hallé Orchestra
Kerstin Meyer, David Galliver, Marian Nowakowski, Our Lady’s Choral Society
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
31 October 1958
Cork, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Debussy: La mer
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
5 November 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Oliver Vella, Sydney Errington
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Strauss: Don Quixote
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
6 November 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Oliver Vella, Sydney Errington
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Strauss: Don Quixote
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
7 November 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Oliver Vella, Sydney Errington
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Strauss: Don Quixote
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
8 November 1958
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Oliver Vella, Sydney Errington
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Strauss: Don Quixote
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
9 November 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
William Lang
Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Suppé: Overture to Pique Dame
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Ballet Music from Indigo und die vierzig Räuber
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
13 November 1958
Hanley, Victoria Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Rondino for Wind Instruments
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
14 November 1958
Hallé Orchestra
Manchester, Whitworth Hall
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
15 November 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
William Lang
Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Suppé: Overture to Pique Dame
Oscar Straus: Suite from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
19 November 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Paul Badura-Skoda
Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
20 November 1958
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Paul Badura-Skoda
Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
21 November 1958
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Paul Badura-Skoda
25 November 1958
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick, Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music
Lt.-Col. McBain, conductor*
Benjamin: Fanfare for a Festive Occasion*
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Walton: Partita
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Bliss: Fanfare for Heroes*
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
26 November 1958
London, Royal Festival Hall
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Zino Francescatti
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Walton: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
4 December 1958
Winnipeg, Civic Auditorium
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
11 December 1958
Detroit, MI, Ford Auditorium
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
12 December 1958
Detroit, MI, Ford Auditorium
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
1959
1 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Gina Bachauer
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
2 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Gina Bachauer
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
3 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Gina Bachauer
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
4 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Gina Bachauer
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
8 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (‘Titan’)
9 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (‘Titan’)
10 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (‘Titan’)
11 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
John Corigliano
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Walton: Violin Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (‘Titan’)
15 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Berl Senofsky
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Holst: The Planets
Brahms: Violin Concerto
16 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Berl Senofsky
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Holst: The Planets
Brahms: Violin Concerto
17 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Berl Senofsky
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Holst: The Planets
Brahms: Violin Concerto
18 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Berl Senofsky
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Holst: The Planets
Brahms: Violin Concerto
22 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Maureen Forrester, Richard Lewis, Morley Meredith, Westminster Choir
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
23 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Maureen Forrester, Richard Lewis, Morley Meredith, Westminster Choir
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
24 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Maureen Forrester, Richard Lewis, Morley Meredith, Westminster Choir
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
25 January 1959
New York, Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Maureen Forrester, Richard Lewis, Morley Meredith, Westminster Choir
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
30 January 1959
Boston, Symphony Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Walton: Partita
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
31 January 1959
Boston, Symphony Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Walton: Partita
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
1 February 1959
Boston, Symphony Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Walton: Partita
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
2 February 1959
Cambridge MT, Sanders Theatre
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from A Village Romeo and Juliet
Walton: Partita
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
12 February 1959
Los Angeles, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
13 February 1959
Los Angeles, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
18 February 1959
San Francisco, CA, War Memorial Opera House
San Francisco Symphony
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas and Mélisande
Walton: Partita
19 February 1959
San Francisco, CA, War Memorial Opera House
San Francisco Symphony
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas and Mélisande
Walton: Partita
20 February 1959
San Francisco, CA, War Memorial Opera House
San Francisco Symphony
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas and Mélisande
Walton: Partita
1 March 1959
Vancouver, Orpheum Theater
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
6 March 1959
Bradford, St. George’s Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Martin Milner, Mehli Mehta
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins and Strings
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
7 March 1959
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
11 March 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Victoria Elliott, Eugenia Zareska, Hallé Choir
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
12 March 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Victoria Elliott, Eugenia Zareska, Hallé Choir
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
13 March 1959
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Women of the BBC Northern Singers
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Holst: The Planets
14 March 1959
Leeds, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Victoria Elliott, Eugenia Zareska, Hallé Choir
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
15 March 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Women of the BBC Northern Singers
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Holst: The Planets
16 March 1959
Bedworth, Large Hall, Nicholas
Chamberlaine School
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
17 March 1959
Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
18 March 1959
Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Walton: Partita
Delius: A Song of Summer
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
19 March 1959
Nottingham, The Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Walton: Partita
Holst: The Planets
20 March 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Women of the BBC Northern Singers
Holst: The Planets
25 March 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Hans Richter-Haaser
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 (‘The Inextinguishable’)
26 March 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Hans Richter-Haaser
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 (‘The Inextinguishable’)
29 March 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Pauline Brockless, Constance Shacklock, Richard Lewis, Marian Nowakowski, Hallé Choir
Handel: Messiah
4 April 1959
Bradford, St. George’s Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Laurance Turner
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Moeran: Violin Concerto
Falla: Suite from El sombrero de tres picos
Franck: Symphony in D minor
5 April 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Laurance Turner
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Moeran: Violin Concerto
Falla: Suite from El sombrero de tres picos
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
10 April 1959
Bradford, St. George’s Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Maurice Handford
Brahms: Akademische Festouvertüre
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
12 April 1959
Brighton, The Dome
Hallé Orchestra
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Walton: Partita
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
13 April 1959
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Hans Richter-Haaser
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 (‘The Inextinguishable’)
14 April 1959
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gina Bachauer, Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Wing-Cmdr. A.E. Sims, conductor
(Works for Military Band only)
Dyson (completed Davies): RAF March Past
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Jacob: Suite for Military Band
Two Cornet Sextets
Massenet: Suite from Le Cid
Oscar Straus: Suite from Ein Walzertraum
Tchaikovsky: ‘1812’ Overture
24 April 1959
Helsinki, University Hall
Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
25 April 1959
Helsinki, University Hall
Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
6 May 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Joan Sutherland, Valerie Heath-Davies, Alexander Young, Donald Bell, Hallé Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (‘Choral’)
7 May 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Joan Sutherland, Valerie Heath-Davies, Alexander Young, Donald Bell, Hallé Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (‘Choral’)
10 May 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Miloš Sádlo
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
11 May 1959
Manchester, King’s Hall, Belle Vue
Hallé Orchestra
Rohan de Saram
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Walton: Partita
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
14 May 1959
Newtown, County Pavilion
Hallé Orchestra
Arwel Hughes, conductor*
Elizabeth Vaughan
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Walton: Partita
Arwel Hughes: Gweddi
14 May 1959
Hallé Orchestra
Newtown, County Pavilion
Hallé Orchestra
Joyce Barker, Ronald Dowd, Valerie Heath-Davies, Ronald Lewis, Michael Langdon, Stanley Clarke, Montgomery County Musical
Festival Chorus
Verdi: Aïda, (Acts 1 and 2 only)
17 May 1959
Buxton, Pavilion Gardens
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
19 May 1959
Birmingham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Walton: Partita
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
22 May 1959
Buxton, Pavilion Gardens
Hallé Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Debussy: La mer
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
23 May 1959
Wrexham, William Aston Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Walton: Partita
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
26 May 1959
York, Rialto Cinema
Hallé Orchestra
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
30 May 1959
Middlesbrough, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
31 May 1959
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Milner: Elegie
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
2 June 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Overture to Ein Sommernachtstraum
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
7 June 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Eileen Joyce
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien
9 June 1959
Southwark, Cathedral
Hallé Orchestra
William Lang
Clarke (orch. Wood): Trumpet Voluntary
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Elgar: ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ March No. 4
17 June 1959
Dublin, Gaiety Theatre
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Gina Bachauer
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Larchet: Carlow Tune and Tinker’s Wedding
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
20 June 1959
Dublin, Gaiety Theatre
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Oboe Concerto
Harty: With the Wild Geese
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
22 June 1959
Hallé and RTÉ National
Symphony Orchestras
Victoria Elliott, Dublin, Theatre Royal
Eugenia Zareska, Our Lady’s Choral Society
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
6 July 1959
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
German: Overture to Nell Gwynn
Milner: Variations for Orchestra
Finzi: The Fall of the Leaf
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
7 July 1959
Cheltenham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Yfrah Neaman
Vaughan Williams: Overture to The Wasps
Cooke: Violin Concerto
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
8 July 1959
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
10 July 1959
Manchester, Houldsworth Hall
Royal Manchester College of
Music Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (‘Jupiter’)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (‘A London Symphony’)
15 July 1959
The Hague, Kurzaal
Het Residentie Orkest
Géza Anda
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Walton: Partita
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Debussy: La mer
31 July 1959
King’s Lynn, Corn Exchange
Pro Arte Orchestra
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
1 August 1959
King’s Lynn, Corn Exchange
Pro Arte Orchestra
Nicolai: Overture to Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch
Oscar Straus: Suite from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
14 August 1959
Hanley, Victoria Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta
Grieg: Symphonic Dances (Nos. 2 and 4 only)
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
17 August 1959
Royal Hall, Harrogate
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
18 August 1959
Royal Hall, Harrogate
Hallé Orchestra
Kiki Bernasconi
Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Theme and Variations from Suite No. 3
19 August 1959
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Strauss: Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Berlioz: ‘Menuet de follets’, ‘Ballet des sylphes’ and ‘Marche hongroise’ from La damnation de Faust
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
20 August 1959
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart: Concerto for Two
Pianos and Orchestra
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
21 August 1959
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde
Grieg: Symphonic Dances (Nos. 2 and 4 only)
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
22 August 1959
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
William Lang
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Suppé: Overture to Pique Dame
Oscar Straus: Suite from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
24 August 1959
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Grieg: Symphonic Dances (Nos. 2 and 4 only)
Martinů: Oboe Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
25 August 1959
London, Royal Albert Hall,
Hallé Orchestra
Peter Katin
Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
Strauss: Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
26 August 1959
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky: Theme and Variations from Suite No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Alwyn: Symphony No. 4
27 August 1959
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Lamar Crowson
Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
28 August 1959
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Hans Richter-Haaser
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
29 August 1959
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
William Lang
Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus Serail
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Suppé: Overture to Pique Dame
Oscar Straus: Suite from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
10 September 1959
Copenhagen, Tivoli Concert Hall
Tivolis Symfoniorkester
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
12 September 1959
Copenhagen, Tivoli Concert Hall
Tivolis Symfoniorkester
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Schubert: Ballet Music from Rosamunde
Oscar Straus: Suite from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch
13 September 1959
Copenhagen, Tivoli Concert Hall
Tivolis Symfoniorkester
Evelyn Rothwell, Tivoli Boys’ Guard Band
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
German: Three Dances from Nell Gwyn
Tchaikovsky: ‘1812’ Overture
Handel: Concerto for Oboe and Strings
22 September 1959
Nottingham, The Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
23 September 1959
Newport Central Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Haydn: Symphony No. 93
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
24 September 1959
Treorchy, Parc and Dare Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Grieg: Symphonic Dances (Nos. 2 and 4 only)
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
25 September 1959
Exeter, Cathedral
Hallé Orchestra
Clarke (orch. Wood): Trumpet Voluntary
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
26 September 1959
Plymouth, St. Andrew’s Church
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’)
Franck: Symphony in D minor
27 September 1959
Torquay, Pavilion Theatre
Hallé Orchestra
Charles Enesco, conductor*
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Haydn: Symphony No. 93
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnole*
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
28 September 1959
Bournemouth, Winter Gardens
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
29 September 1959
Winchester, Cathedral
Hallé Orchestra
Clarke (orch. Wood): Trumpet Voluntary
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Franck: Symphony in D minor
30 September 1959
Bristol, Colston Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
1 October 1959
Bristol, Colston Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Sidney Sager*
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Haydn: Symphony No. 93
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnole*
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
2 October 1959
Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Grieg: Symphonic Dances (Nos. 2 and 4 only)
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
5 October 1959
Coventry, The Coventry Theatre
Hallé Orchestra
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
7 October 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Claudio Arrau
Haydn: Symphony No. 93
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
8 October 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Claudio Arrau
Haydn: Symphony No. 93
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
9 October 1959
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Haydn: Symphony No. 93
Debussy: La mer
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
10 October 1959
Bradford, St. George’s Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
12 October 1959
Swansea, Brangwyn Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gina Bachauer
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
13 October 1959
Swansea, Brangwyn Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Hans Hotter
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Handel: ‘Dall’ondoso periglio’ and ‘Aure, deh, per pietà’ from Giulio Cesare
Handel: ‘Shall I in Mamre’s fertile plain’ from Joshua
Haydn: Symphony No. 93
Wagner: ‘Wotan’s Farewell’ and ‘Magic Fire Music’ from Die Walküre
Wagner: ‘Good Friday Music’ from Parsifal
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
14 October 1959
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Hallé Orchestra
Bronislaw Gimpel
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
17 October 1959
Swansea, Brangwyn Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Dukas: L’apprenti sorcier
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (‘Romantic’)
21 and 22 October 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kerstin Meyer, Men of the Hallé Choir
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Brahms: Alt Rhapsodie
Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition
23 October 1959
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition
24 October 1959
Town Hall, Leeds
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
25 October 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
28 October 1959
Windsor, St. George’s Chapel
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from Lohengrin
Walford Davies: Solemn Melody
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Walton: Orb and Sceptre
30 October 1959
Bradford, St. George’s Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Eric Chadwick
Beethoven: Overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
Handel: Concerto for Organ and Strings No. 7
Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition
5 November 1959
Milan, Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Martina Arroyo, Adriana Lazzarini, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
6 November 1959
Milan, Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Martina Arroyo, Adriana Lazzarini, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
7 November 1959
Milan, Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Martina Arroyo, Adriana Lazzarini, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
11 November 1959
Naples, Teatro di San Carlo
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
Aldo Ferraresi
Programme included works
by Berlioz and Beethoven
15 November 1959
Genoa, Teatro Margherita
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale dell’Opera
di Genova
Programme unspecified
20 November 1959
Madrid, Palacio de la Música
Orquesta Nacional de España
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Debussy: La mer
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
22 November 1959
Madrid, Teatro Monumental
Orquesta Nacional de España
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Debussy: La mer
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
27 November 1959
Madrid, Palacio de la Música
Orquesta Nacional de España
Luis Galve
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Villa-Lobos: Piano Concerto No. 1
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
29 November 1959
Madrid, Teatro Monumental
Orquesta Nacional de España
Luis Galve
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Villa-Lobos: Piano Concerto No. 1
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
2 December 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Stevan Bergmann
Bach: Piano Concerto in F minor
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
3 December 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Stevan Bergmann
Bach: Piano Concerto in F minor
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
4 December 1959
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Stevan Bergmann
Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
5 December 1959
Bradford, St. George’s Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Peter Katin
Suppé: Overture to Pique Dame
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Berlioz: ‘Menuet de follets’, ‘Ballet des sylphes’ and ‘Marche hongroise’ from La damnation de Faust
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
6 December 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Anthony di Bonaventura
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Berlioz: ‘Menuet de follets’, ‘Ballet des sylphes’ and ‘Marche hongroise’ from La damnation de Faust
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
7 December 1959
Bolton, Victoria Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Berlioz: ‘Menuet de follets’, ‘Ballet des sylphes’ and ‘Marche hongroise’ from La damnation de Faust
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
8 December 1959
Bedworth, Large Hall, Nicholas
Chamberlaine School
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Berlioz: ‘Menuet de follets’, ‘Ballet des sylphes’ and ‘Marche hongroise’ from La damnation de Faust
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
9 December 1959
Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Berlioz: ‘Menuet de follets’, ‘Ballet des sylphes’ and ‘Marche hongroise’ from La damnation de Faust
11 December 1959
Bradford, St. George’s Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Stevan Bergmann
Bach: Piano Concerto in F minor
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Berlioz: ‘Menuet de follets’, ‘Ballet des sylphes’ and ‘Marche hongroise’ from La damnation de Faust
12 December 1959
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Emilia Cundari, Kathleen Joyce,
Ronald Dowd, Marian Nowakowski, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Hallé Choir
Handel: Messiah
13 December 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Emilia Cundari, Kathleen Joyce,
Ronald Dowd, Marian Nowakowski, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Hallé Choir
Handel: Messiah
16 December 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rayson Whalley, Wilfrid Parry, Chethams Hospital Boys’ School Choir
Rossini: Overture to La cenerentola
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux
Dukas: L’apprenti sorcier
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Arensky: Variations on Legend: Christ in his Garden
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker
Vaughan Williams: The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
17 December 1959
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rayson Whalley, Wilfrid Parry, Chethams Hospital Boys’ School Choir
Rossini: Overture to La cenerentola
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux
Dukas: L’apprenti sorcier
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Arensky: Variations on Legend: Christ in his Garden
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker
Vaughan Williams: The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
18 December 1959
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rayson Whalley, Wilfrid Parry
Rossini: Overture to La cenerentola
Arensky: Variations on Legend: Christ in his Garden
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux
Dukas: L’apprenti sorcier
Waldteufel: Waltz from Les patineurs
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker
Humperdinck: Overture to Hänsel und Gretel
19 December 1959
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Pauline Brockless, Valerie Heath-Davies, Alexander Young, Marian Nowakowski, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Hallé Choir
Handel: Messiah
22 December 1959
Dublin Theatre Royal
Hallé Orchestra
Ena Mitchell, Constance Shacklock, Alexander Young, Owen Brannigan, Our Lady’s Choral Society
Handel: Messiah
23 December 1959
Manchester, Houldsworth Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Yfrah Neaman
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Cooke: Violin Concerto
1960
5 January 1960
Kansas City, MO, Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
6 January 1960
Kansas City, MO, Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
12 January 1960
New Orleans, LA, Municipal Auditorium
New Orleans Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
22 January 1960
Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings, Four Horns and Cor Anglais
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’)
23 January 1960
Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings, Four Horns and Cor Anglais
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’)
1 February 1960
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Debussy: La mer
2 February 1960
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Debussy: La mer
13 February 1960
Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
16 February 1960
Toronto. Massey Hall
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
17 February 1960
Toronto. Massey Hall
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
21 February 1960
Toronto, Massey Hall
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
26 February 1960
Tower Theatre, Atlanta GA
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
27 February 1960
Tower Theatre, Atlanta GA
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
3 March 1960
Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
4 March 1960
Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
6 March 1960
Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Chabrier: España
8 March 1960
Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Chabrier: España
10 March 1960
Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
11 March 1960
Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
15 March 1960
University Auditorium, Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra
Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings, Four Horns and Cor Anglais
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
20 March 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Hilda Waldeland
Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to Il segreto di Susanna
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Ravel: La valse
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
22 March 1960
Preston, Public Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Lehár: Waltz from Die lustige Witwe
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: Rosen aus dem Süden
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
25 March 1960
Hanley, Victoria Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Lehár: Waltz from Die lustige Witwe
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: Rosen aus dem Süden
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
26 March 1960
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Kreisler: Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Lehár: Waltz from Die lustige Witwe
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: Rosen aus dem Süden
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
27 March 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Kreisler: Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen
Lehár: Waltz from Die lustige Witwe
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: Rosen aus dem Süden
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
30 March 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Artur Rubinstein
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Fauré: Entr’acte from Shylock
Debussy: La mer
31 March 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Artur Rubinstein
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Fauré: Entr’acte from Shylock
Debussy: La mer
2 April 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kerstin Meyer, Richard Lewis, Marian Nowakowski, Hallé Choir
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
5 April 1960
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas and Mélisande
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
6 April 1960
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Denis Matthews, Wing-Cmdr. A. E. Sims,
conductor of band music
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Chabrier: España
Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Dyson (completed Davies): RAF March Past
Works for Military Band
Tchaikovsky: ‘1812’ Overture
8 April 1960
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas and Mélisande
Ravel: La valse
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
9 April 1960
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
10 April 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Victoria Ellis, Charles Craig
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (version with voices)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
13 April 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Daniel Wayenberg
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
14 April 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Daniel Wayenberg
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
16 April 1960
Leeds, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to Il segreto di Susanna
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
17 April 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
20 April 1960
Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Kreisler: Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Lehár: Waltz from Die lustige Witwe
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: Rosen aus dem Süden
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
21 April 1960
Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Constance Keene
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
22 April 1960
Nottingham, The Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Constance Keene
Wagner: Overture to Der fliegende Holländer
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 (‘Haffner’)
Strauss: Don Juan
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
24 April 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mendelssohn: ‘Ruy Blas’ Overture
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 (‘Haffner’)
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Weinberger: Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper
27 April 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
28 April 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
30 April 1960
Huddersfield, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Overture to Der fliegende Holländer
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
1 May 1960
Oldham, Empire Theatre
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
2 May 1960
Oxford, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Overture to Der fliegende Holländer
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
3 May 1960
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gina Bachauer
Schubert: Overture, Ballet Music
and Entr’acte (No. 3) from Rosamunde
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Lehár: Waltz from Die lustige Witwe
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
5 May 1960
Glasgow, St. Andrew’s Hall
Scottish National Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Concerto for Oboe
and Orchestra
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
8 May 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kiki Bernasconi
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Herrmann: For the Fallen
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
11 May 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Elizabeth Vaughan, Valerie Heath-Davies, Alexander Young, Donald Bell, Hallé Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (‘Choral’)
12 May 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Elizabeth Vaughan, Valerie Heath-Davies, Alexander Young, Donald Bell, Hallé Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (‘Choral’)
13 May 1960
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
14 May 1960
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Verdi: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from La traviata
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
16 May 1960
Leeds, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Michael Roll
Mendelssohn: ‘The Hebrides’ Overture
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Johann Strauss II: Die schöne blaue Donau
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Lehár: Waltz from Die lustige Witwe
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
24 May 1960
Prague, Obecní dům
Česká filharmonie
František Maxián, Jan Panenka
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Dusík: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (‘Titan’)
30 May 1960
Budapest, Liszt Ferenc Zenemüvészeti
Egyetem
Magyar Állami Hangversenyzenekar
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (‘Titan’)
1 June 1960
Budapest, Liszt Ferenc Zenemüvészeti
Egyetem
Magyar Állami Hangversenyzenekar
Imre Ungár
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (‘Titan’)
7 June 1960
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Netania Dovrath, Irma Kolassi, The Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
8 June 1960
Haifa, Armon Cinema
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Netania Dovrath, Irma Kolassi, The Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
9 June 1960
Haifa, Armon Cinema
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Netania Dovrath, Irma Kolassi, The Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
12 June 1960
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Netania Dovrath, Irma Kolassi, The Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
13 June 1960
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Netania Dovrath, Irma Kolassi, The Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
15 June 1960
Haifa, Armon Cinema
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Netania Dovrath, Irma Kolassi, The Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
16 June 1960
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Netania Dovrath, Irma Kolassi, The Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
19 June 1960
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Netania Dovrath, Irma Kolassi, The Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
21 June 1960
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Concerto for Oboe
and Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
22 June 1960
Jerusalem, Binyaney Ha’Uma
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Netania Dovrath, Irma Kolassi, The Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (‘Auferstehung’)
23 June 1960
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Concerto for Oboe
and Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
3 July 1960
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Victoria Ellis, Charles Craig
Mendelssohn: ‘The Hebrides’ Overture
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (version with voices)
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
4 July 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (‘Unvollendete’)
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
5 July 1960
Watford, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (‘Unvollendete’)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
7 July 1960
Reading, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mendelssohn: ‘The Hebrides’ Overture
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 (‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
8 July 1960
Walthamstow, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (‘Unvollendete’)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
9 July 1960
Hampstead Kenwood
(Open-Air Concert)
Hallé Orchestra
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
10 July 1960
Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 (‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
12 July 1960
Bexhill-on-Sea, De La Warr Pavilion
Hallé Orchestra
Martin Milner Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
14 July 1960
Bexhill-on-Sea, De La Warr Pavilion
Hallé Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Debussy: La mer
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
15 July 1960
Portsmouth, Guildhall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 (‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’)
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
16 July 1960
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall,
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 (‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
18 July 1960
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
19 July 1960
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 (‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’)
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
21 July 1960
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Fauré: Entr’acte from Shylock
Debussy: La mer
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
22 July 1960
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Anthony di Bonaventura
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
23 July 1960
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Kreisler: Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Johann Strauss II: Rosen aus dem Süden
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
24 July 1960
Buxton, Pavilion Gardens
Hallé Orchestra
Mendelssohn: ‘The Hebrides’ Overture
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (‘From the New World’)
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 (‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’)
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
25 July 1960
Buxton, Pavilion Gardens
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
29 July 1960
King’s Lynn, St. Nicholas Chapel
Hallé Orchestra
Uto Ughi
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Fauré: Pavane
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
30 July 1960
King’s Lynn, Corn Exchange
Hallé Orchestra
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Kreisler: Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: Die schöne blaue Donau
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Lehár: Gold und Silber Walzer
31 July 1960
Buxton, Pavilion Gardens
Hallé Orchestra
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Kreisler: Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: Die schöne blaue Donau
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Lehár: Gold und Silber Walzer
17 August 1960
Luzern, Kunsthaus
Schweizerischen Festspielorchester
Isaac Stern
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Debussy: La mer
14 September 1960
Preston, Public Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
18 September 1960
Chester, Gaumont Cinema
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
19 September 1960
Nottingham, The Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
20 September 1960
Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
21 September 1960
Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Lohengrin
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song (‘The Peacock’)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
22 September 1960
Newport, Central Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song (‘The Peacock’)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (‘From the New World’)
23 September 1960
Exeter, Cathedral
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Lohengrin
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
24 September 1960
Plymouth, St. Andrew’s Church
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
25 September 1960
Torquay, Pavilion Theatre
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (‘From the New World’)
26 September 1960
Bournemouth, Winter Gardens
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
27 September 1960
Coventry, The Coventry Theatre
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
28 September 1960
Bristol, Colston Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
29 September 1960
Winchester, Cathedral
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Lohengrin
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
30 September 1960
Hallé Orchestra
Portsmouth, Guildhall
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (‘From the New World’)
1 October 1960
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
5 October 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Isaac Stern
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
6 October 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Isaac Stern
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
7 October 1960
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
8 October 1960
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
9 October 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
11 October 1960
Bangor, Our Lady’s Church
Hallé Orchestra
Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings, Four Horns and Cor Anglais
Delius (arr. Fenby): Deux aquarelles
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
(‘Londonderry Air’)
14 October 1960
Halifax, Parish Church
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings, Four Horns and Cor Anglais
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Delius (arr. Fenby): Deux aquarelles
Corelli (arr. Barbirolli): Concerto for Oboe
and Strings
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Albinoni: Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Holst: St. Paul’s Suite
15 October 1960
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
16 October 1960
Hallé Orchestra
Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (‘From the New World’)
19 October 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé and BBC Northern Orchestras
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
20 October 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé and BBC Northern Orchestras
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
21 October 1960
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
22 October 1960
Leeds, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
23 October 1960
Oldham, Empire Theatre
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
27 October 1960
Victoria Hall, Hanley
Hallé Orchestra
Norma Procter, David Galliver, Marian Nowakowski, Stoke-on-Trent Choral Society
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
28 October 1960
Bradford, St. George’s Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
6 November 1960
Venice, Palazzo Ducale
Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice
Devy Erlih
Debussy: La mer
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
13 November 1960
Florence, Teatro Comunale
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to Il segreto di Susanna
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
16 November 1960
Rome, Auditorio Pio
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Sergio Perticaroli
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
20 November 1960
Rome, Auditorio Pio
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to Il segreto di Susanna
Bettinelli: Movimento sinfonico
Debussy: La mer
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
25 November 1960
Turin, Auditorium RAI
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino
della RAI
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
3 December 1960
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, LisboN
Orchestra Sinfonia Nazionale São Luiz, Lisbon
Phillipe Entremont
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
8 December 1960
Manchester, Whitworth Hall
Royal Manchester College of Music Orchestra
Erika Harrison
Mendelssohn: ‘Ruy Blas’ Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
9 December 1960
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from Lohengrin
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
10 December 1960
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Elizabeth Vaughan, Kathleen Joyce, Richard Lewis, Marian Nowakowski, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Handel: Messiah
11 December 1960
King’s Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester
Hallé Orchestra
Elizabeth Vaughan, Kathleen Joyce, Richard Lewis, Marian Nowakowski, Hallé Choir
Handel: Messiah
14 December 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wilfrid Parry, Chethams Hospital Boys’ School Choir
Humperdinck: Overture to Hänsel und Gretel
Unspecified Christmas carols
Dohnányi: Variationen über ein Kinderlied
Massenet: Suite from Cendrillon
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Sleeping Beauty
Vaughan Williams: The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
15 December 1960
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wilfrid Parry, Chethams Hospital Boys’ School Choir
Humperdinck: Overture to Hänsel und Gretel
Unspecified Christmas carols
Dohnányi: Variationen über ein Kinderlied
Massenet: Suite from Cendrillon
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Sleeping Beauty
Vaughan Williams: The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
16 December 1960
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wilfrid Parry
Quilter: A Children’s Overture
Arensky: Variations on Legend: Christ in his Garden
Dohnányi: Variationen über ein Kinderlied
Massenet: Suite from Cendrillon
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Sleeping Beauty
Humperdinck: Overture to Hänsel und Gretel
17 December 1960
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wilfrid Parry
Quilter: A Children’s Overture
Arensky: Variations on Legend: Christ in his Garden
Dohnányi: Variationen über ein Kinderlied
Massenet: Suite from Cendrillon
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Sleeping Beauty
Humperdinck: Overture to Hänsel und Gretel
18 December 1960
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wilfrid Parry
Quilter: A Children’s Overture
Arensky: Variations on Legend: Christ in his Garden
Dohnányi: Variationen über ein Kinderlied
Massenet: Suite from Cendrillon
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Sleeping Beauty
Humperdinck: Overture to Hänsel und Gretel
22 December 1960
Bolton, Victoria Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wilfrid Parry
Quilter: A Children’s Overture
Arensky: Variations on Legend: Christ in his Garden
Dohnányi: Variationen über ein Kinderlied
Massenet: Suite from Cendrillon
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Sleeping Beauty
Humperdinck: Overture to Hänsel und Gretel
23 December 1960
Manchester, Houldsworth Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
1961
3 January 1961
Preston, Public Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
4 January 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
5 January 1961
Hull, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
6 January 1961
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
7 January 1961
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Schönherr: Bauernmusi’ aus Österreich
9 January 1961
Blackburn, King George’s Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
10 January 1961
Bedworth, Large Hall, Nicholas Chamberlaine School
Hallé Orchestra
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
11 January 1961
Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Stravinsky: Suite from L’oiseau de feu (1919)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
13 January 1961
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Leonard Pennario
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Strauss: Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
14 January 1961
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Leonard Pennario
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Strauss: Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme Enigma’
18 January 1961
Berlin, Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik
Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester
Wilhelm Backhaus Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
19 January 1961
Berlin, Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik
Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester
Wilhelm Backhaus Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
20 January 1961
Berlin, Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik
Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester
Wilhelm Backhaus Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
23 January 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town)
Fauré: Prelude, ‘La fileuse’ and ‘Sicilienne’ from Pelléas et Mélisande
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
25 January 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gerald English
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Britten: Nocturne
Rezniček: Overture to Donna Diana
Britten (arranger): ‘Bonny at
Morn’, ‘The Plough Boy’,
‘The Sally Gardens’ and
‘Oliver Cromwell’
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
26 January 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gerald English
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Britten: Nocturne
Rezniček: Overture to Donna Diana
Britten (arranger): ‘Bonny at Morn’, ‘The Plough Boy’, ‘The Sally Gardens’ and ‘Oliver Cromwell’
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
27 January 1961
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gerald English
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Britten: Nocturne
Rezniček: Overture to Donna Diana
Britten (arr.): ‘Bonny at Morn’, ‘The Plough Boy’,
‘The Sally Gardens’ and ‘Oliver Cromwell’
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
28 January 1961
Brighton, The Dome
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture, to Euryanthe
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
29 January 1961
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
Kreisler: Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Schönherr: Bauernmusi’ aus Österreich
30 January 1961
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gerald English
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Britten: Nocturne
Rezniček: Overture to Donna Diana
Britten (arr.): ‘Bonny at Morn’, ‘The Plough Boy’, ‘The Sally Gardens’ and ‘Oliver Cromwell’
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
31 January 1961
Walthamstow, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
Kreisler: Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Schönherr: Bauernmusi’ aus Österreich
1 February 1961
Cheam, Baths Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
Kreisler: Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Schönherr: Bauernmusi’ aus Österreich
2 February 1961
Nottingham, The Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
3 February 1961
Uppingham, Uppingham School
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Delius: Summer Night on the River
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
9 February 1961
Oslo, Nationaltheateret
Filharmonisk Selskaps Orkesters
Liv Glaser
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
10 February 1961
Oslo, Nationaltheateret
Filharmonisk Selskaps Orkesters
Liv Glaser
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
16 February 1961
Bergen, Grieghallen
Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
Per Øien
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Ibert: Flute Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
20 February 1961
Aalborg, Aalborg Hall
Aalborg Symfoniorkester
Evelyn Rothwell
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
24 February 1961
Helsinki, University Hall
Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
6 March 1961
München, Herkulessaal
Bayerische Staatsorchester
Dmitry Basch-Kiroff
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
9 March 1961
Stockholm, Berwaldhallen
Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
12 March 1961
Stockholm, Berwaldhallen
Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester
Leo Berlin, Ake Olofsson
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Brahms: Double Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
14 March 1961
Malmö, Konserthus
Malmö Symfoniorkester
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 (‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
22 March 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
František Maxián, Jan Panenka
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Dusík: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
23 March 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
František Maxián, Jan Panenka
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Dusík: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
26 March 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Alexander Young, Max Worthley, Marian Nowakowski, Trevor Anthony, Elsie Morison,
Kerstin Meyer, Eric Chadwick, Valda Aveling, Hallé Choir, Boys of Stand Grammar School, Whitefield
Bach: Matthäus-Passion
28 March 1961
Huddersfield, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
1 April 1961
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kiki Bernasconi
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore, No. 3
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
2 April 1961
London, Royal Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Kerstin Meyer, David Galliver, Marian Nowakowski, Our Lady’s Choral Society
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
5 April 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnole
6 April 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnole
7 April 1961
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
10 April 1961
Basel, Stadtcasino
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnole
11 April 1961
Lugano, Kursaal
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnole
12 April 1961
Zürich, Tonhalle
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnole
13 April 1961
Bern, Kultur-Casino
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnole
22 April 1961
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Irme Kolassi
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 (‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’)
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Ravel: Boléro
23 April 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Irme Kolassi
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Ravel: Boléro
25 April 1961
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gina Bachauer
Mozart: Overture to La clemenza di Tito
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
26 April 1961
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wing-Cmdr. J.L. Wallace, conductor (Works for
Military Band only)
Fou T’song, Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Rossini: Overture La gazza ladra
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19
Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer
Tchaikovsky: ‘1812’ Overture
27 April 1961
Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnole
28 April 1961
Nottingham, The Albert Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Schönherr: Bauernmusi’ aus Österreich
29 April 1961
Leeds, Foxwood School
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Grainger: Molly on the Shore
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (‘Jupiter’)
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Johann Strauss II: Die schöne blaue Donau
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Lehár: Waltz from Die lustige Witwe
30 April 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gina Bachauer
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 (‘La poule’)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Gibbs: Ballet Music from The Betrothal
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
3 May 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Amy Shuard, Monica Sinclair, Charles Craig, Marian Nowakowski, Hallé Choir
Beethoven: Overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus
Beethoven: ‘Abscheulicher!’ from Fidelio
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (‘Choral’)
5 May 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Amy Shuard, Monica Sinclair, Charles Craig, Marian Nowakowski, Hallé Choir
Beethoven: Overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus
Beethoven: ‘Abscheulicher!’ from Fidelio
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (‘Choral’)
7 May 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Schönherr: Bauernmusi’ aus Österreich
11 May 1961
Newtown, County Pavilion
Hallé Orchestra
Eric Chadwick, conductor*
Montgomery County Musical Festival Chorus
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Brahms: Schicksalslied*
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
13 May 1961
Bradford, St. George’s Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Gina Bachauer
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Strauss: Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
14 May 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Daniel Wayenberg
Mendelssohn: ‘The Hebrides’ Overture
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
15 May 1961
Manchester, King’s Hall Belle Vue
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 (‘La poule’)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnole
17 May 1961
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 (‘La poule’)
Berkeley: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
18 May 1961
Watford, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
19 May 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick
Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings, Four Horns and Cor Anglais
Berkeley: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
25 May 1961
Reading, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
26 May 1961
Walthamstow, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 (‘La poule’)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
27 May 1961
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Grace Wilkinson
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Delius: ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
14 June 1961
Dublin
RTÉ National Symphony
Orchestra
Endre Wolf, Evelyn Rothwell
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’)
Bach: Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Strings
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
26 June 1961
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
János Starker
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Boccherini (arr. Grützmacher): Cello Concerto No. 9
Milhaud: Cello Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
27 June 1961
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
János Starker
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Boccherini (arr. Grützmacher): Cello Concerto No. 9
Milhaud: Cello Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
28 June 1961
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
János Starker
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Boccherini (arr. Grützmacher): Cello Concerto No. 9
Milhaud: Cello Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
29 June 1961
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
János Starker
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Boccherini (arr. Grützmacher): Cello Concerto No. 9
Milhaud: Cello Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
1 July 1961
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
János Starker
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Boccherini (arr. Grützmacher): Cello Concerto No. 9
Milhaud: Cello Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
2 July 1961
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
János Starker
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Boccherini (arr. Grützmacher): Cello Concerto No. 9
Milhaud: Cello Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
4 July 1961
Tel Aviv, Mann Auditorium
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Aaron Kaplan, conductor*
Pierre Thibaud, Heinz Berger, János Starker
Copland: Quiet City*
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
11 July 1961
Bexhill-on-Sea, De La Warr Pavilion
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
13 July 1961
Bexhill-on-Sea, De La Warr Pavilion
Hallé Orchestra
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Race: Variations on a Smoky Theme
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
14 July 1961
High Wycombe, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
15 July 1961
Leamington Spa, Jephson Gardens Pavilion,
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
16 July 1961
Hampstead, Kenwood
(Open-Air Concert)
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Marcello: Oboe Concerto
Delius (arr. Fenby): Deux aquarelles
Corelli (arr. Barbirolli): Concerto for Oboe
and Strings
Holst: St. Paul’s Suite
17 July 1961
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
18 July 1961
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
20 July 1961
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
21 July 1961
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Grace Wilkinson
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Wagner: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from Lohengrin
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
22 July 1961
Harrogate, Royal Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Suppé: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Schönherr: Bauernmusi’ aus Österreich
23 July 1961
Buxton, St. John’s Church
Hallé Orchestra
Purcell: Overture to The Gordian Knot Untied
Delius (arr. Fenby): Deux aquarelles
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Air only)
23 July 1961
Buxton, Pavilion Gardens
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (‘Eroica’)
24 July 1961
Buxton, Pavilion Gardens
Hallé Orchestra
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 (‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’)
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 (‘La poule’)
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
28 July 1961
King’s Lynn, St. Nicholas Chapel
Hallé Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell, Martin Milner
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Bach: Concerto for Violin,
Oboe and Strings
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
29 July 1961
King’s Lynn, Corn Exchange
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Oscar Straus: Waltz from Ein Walzertraum
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
Schönherr: Bauernmusi’ aus Österreich
30 July 1961
Buxton, Pavilion Gardens
Hallé Orchestra
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Debussy: La mer
8 August 1961
Athens, Herod Atticus Odeon
Hallé Orchestra
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
9 August 1961
Athens, Herod Atticus Odeon,
Hallé Orchestra
Gina Bachauer
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
10 August 1961
Athens, Herod Atticus Odeon,
Hallé Orchestra
Isaac Stern
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
11 August 1961
Istanbul
Hallé Orchestra
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
12 August 1961
Istanbul
Hallé Orchestra
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
13 August 1961
Istanbul
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Debussy: La mer
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
17 August 1961
Kyrenia, Cyprus, Castle
Hallé Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
18 August 1961
Kyrenia, Cyprus, Castle
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
19 August 1961
Kyrenia, Cyprus, Castle
Hallé Orchestra
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Khachaturian: Suite from Gayaneh
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
20 August 1961
Happy Valley, Episkopi, Cyprus
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum mobile
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz
Johann Strauss II: G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
22 August 1961
Dubrovnik, Cathedral Precinct
Hallé Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia
on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
24 August 1961
Dubrovnik, Cathedral Precinct
Hallé Orchestra
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Debussy: La mer
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
26 August 1961
Turin, University Courtyard
Hallé Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
8 September 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
9 September 1961
Birmingham, Town Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘Die Grosse’)
16 September 1961
Bucharest, Filarmonica George Enescu
Orchestra Filarmonicii ‘George Enescu’
Ion Voicu
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
17 September 1961
Bucharest, Filarmonica George Enescu
Orchestra Filarmonicii ‘George Enescu’
Ion Voicu
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
26 September 1961
Budapest
Magyar Állami Hangversenyzenekar
Weiner: Divertimento No. 2 (‘Hungarian Folk Tunes’)
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
29 September 1961
Winchester, Cathedral
Hallé Orchestra
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Bach (orch. Barbirolli): Wenn wir höchsten Nöten sein
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings
Wagner: Prelude and ‘Liebestod’ from
Tristan und Isolde
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
30 September 1961
Portsmouth, Guildhall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
1 October 1961
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Denis Matthews
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
4 October 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Hans Richter-Haaser
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
5 October 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Hans Richter-Haaser
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
6 October 1961
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Hans Richter-Haaser
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
7 October 1961
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
8 October 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
9 October 1961
Swansea, Brangwyn Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Hans Richter-Haaser
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
10 October 1961
Swansea, Brangwyn Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Alfredo Campoli
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
11 October 1961
Swansea, Brangwyn Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Alan Rowlands, Women of the Swansea
Training College Choir
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Ireland: Piano Concerto
Holst: The Planets
16 October 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
17 October 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Berlioz: ‘Le carnaval romain’ Overture
Delius: Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
23 October 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sidney Harth, Leonard Rose
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Brahms: Double Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
24 October 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Sidney Harth, Leonard Rose
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Brahms: Double Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
30 October 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Jacques Abram
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Herrmann: For the Fallen
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
31 October 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Jacques Abram
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Herrmann: For the Fallen
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
3 November 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Unspecified Viennese programme
6 November 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Berl Senofsky
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Walton: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
7 November 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Berl Senofsky
Beethoven: Overture to Leonore (No. 3)
Walton: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathétique’)
11 November 1961
San Antonio, TX, Municipal Auditorium
San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Rezniček: Overture to Donna Diana
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Oboe Concerto
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song
(‘The Peacock’)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
13 November 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Rezniček: Overture to Donna Diana
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Oboe Concerto
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
14 November 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Evelyn Rothwell
Rezniček: Overture to Donna Diana
Haydn (arr. Barbirolli): Oboe Concerto
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
20 November 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Gina Bachauer
Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
21 November 1961
Houston, Music Hall
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Gina Bachauer
Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
29 November 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Preludes to Act 1 and 3 from Lohengrin
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
30 November 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Preludes to Act 1 and 3 from Lohengrin
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
1 December 1961
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wagner: Preludes to Act 1 and 3 from Lohengrin
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
2 December 1961
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 (‘La poule’)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Franck: Symphony in D minor
3 December 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Miloš Sádlo
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Franck: Symphony in D minor
6 December 1961
Berlin, Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester
Clifford Curzon
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
7 December 1961
Berlin, Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester
Clifford Curzon
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
9 December 1961
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Elsie Morison, Anna Reynolds, Gerald English,
Trevor Anthony, Sheffield Philharmonic
Chorus
Handel: Messiah
10 December 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Elizabeth Vaughan, Anna Reynolds, Gerald English, Trevor Anthony, Hallé Choir
Handel: Messiah
13 December 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé and BBC Northern Orchestras
Sibelius: Overture to The Tempest
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge
Berlioz: ‘Chasse royale et Orage’ from Les troyens
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
14 December 1961
Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Hallé and BBC Northern Orchestras
Sibelius: Overture to The Tempest
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge
Berlioz: ‘Chasse royale et Orage’ from Les troyens
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
15 December 1961
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Wilfrid Parry
Rossini: Overture to La cenerentola
Dukas: L’apprenti sorcier
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Theme
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux
16 December 1961
Sheffield, City Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Elizabeth Vaughan, Anna Reynolds, Gerald English, Trevor Anthony, Sheffield Philharmonic
Chorus
Handel: Messiah
19 December 1961
London, Royal Festival Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Jean Evans, Ian Lake
Arnold: ‘Tam O’Shanter’ Overture
Tchaikovsky: ‘Adieux, Forêts’ from The Maid of Orléans
Debussy: La mer
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Strauss (arr. Rodziński): Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
22 December 1961
Bradford, St. George's Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Mendelssohn (orch. composer): Scherzo from
Octet for Strings
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
27 December 1961
Manchester, Houldsworth Hall
Hallé Orchestra
Archie Camden
Wagner: Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 from Lohengrin
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
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