GUIDE TO THE ERNEST BRADBURY ARCHIVE 1949

Once again there are areas of doubt as to whether an event occurred in 1949 or 1950 but hopefully it will be possible for those wishing to know a precise date to trace an item easily from the entry on the cutting. Material for this year is exclusively from the Yorkshire Post, whose London edition I have used, much \orkshire material is not in this but hopefully the Brotherton and other Yorkshire libraries have Yorkshire editions for those wishing to trace both these and items listed below as missing.

This was the year of Sir Adrian Boult’s farewell and of a concert by a 14-year old girl who was to become world famous as the star of The Sound of Music (Julie Andrews). Historians will find as much interest in die Miscellaneous column, including the work of Herbert Bardgett, whose remarkable career as a chorus master has been the subject of a profile in another year by Ernest Bradbury. These are the items I know to be missing:- 3.1 Leeds Parish Church "Messiah"; also Fairy Opera @ YSO concerts 6.1. Shaw not for amateurs says Festival critic 12.3 The Orchestra from Beethoven to Berlioz (book) 23.4 Dutch musicians cheered in Yorkshire 6.5 Yorkshire CAN sing, says Mr.Miles 16.5 Yorkshire Choirs face problems 26.5 The Philadelphia Orchestra 28.5 Books: Red List Music; Musical Uproar in Moscow (Soviets v.coniposers) 28.6 City hears its own new Symphony (Nottingham) 1.8 YSO bring their season to a clone 30.fi Edinburgh Fffltivol chamber nwsic l-9~Swis's orchestra-® Erimlrergh 9 Dunfermline stages a FcstivaLni 10.10. (This World of Ours column)If anyone knows where there are 10 tenors.. 7.2.11 Lct-t L Choral! Snch-.tyin llym ^-^ Prms*

For errors and omissions, not least the names of librettists, designers and pioducers, i offer apologies. I should also mention that a composer is seldom mentioned witho jt his work and individual orchestral members are also seldom mentioned. As m years to either side of 1949, cuttings with less precise dates appear after those with precise dates.

For Mipic Lovers HAT Is your taste? Opera, W choral boneerts, symphony orchestras, chamber music? Whichever it is, you will find that ERNEST BRADBURY is a wise ffuide a n d a, penetrating critic. , , He combines a rare knowledge of music with a Northern forth­ rightness in saying what he thinks of performances. His comments recentlv on the future of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra have drawn support from people in all parts of the County. In the next few days he will be attending concerts of every kind. Look out for what he has to tell you of them in the YORKSHIRE POST the morning paper for Northerners with discriminating tastes. CONDUCTORS & CHORUS DIRECTORS r Ebk'flxV/aik, iV-X-fov . ¿4. \^ola ANSERMET, Ernest I-9 -4 9 BARBIROLLI, Sir John 7.49 Beecham, Sir Thomas 30.8; 1.9.49 _J3oult, Sir Adrian 19.9.49 COOK, Dr.Melville ? 19 497 FURTWÄNGLER 22-8: 29.9.49 GODFREY, Isidore autumn '49 Goossens, Eugene 26.8; 5.9.49 Gui, Vittorio 27.8.49 HARRIS, Leslie 1949-50 pK A RA JA N , H von 15.8.49 Kubelik, Rafael 2.9.49 LINDARS, Herman 14.9.49 MARSH, P.C.Harold Jan/Feb ’49 Miles, Maurice 1.8; 23.9; 10.10; 28.11; ?Mar '49?; Jan/Feb '49; Jan-March 1949 RANKL, K 30-9; 1211: 16.12.49 SARGENT, Sir Malcolm 1949/50 Strafford, Norman 22.11.49 Susskind, Walter 3.9.49 WELDON, George 1 4 -9 >49 — H i?rrrw/t ivav, a - ...... i t f t -l i> ORCHESTRAS & CHORUSES

AEOLIAN String Quartet 2 items 1949 or '50 Anthony Valente " BBC Men’s Chorus I 9 & 2 9 -9 -4 9 BBC Symphony 19.9.49 Berlin Philharmonic 26.8.49 CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony) 14.9.49 Covent Garden, Royal Opera House 30.9; 12.11; 16.12.49; 1 D OYLY Carte autumn '49 GLYN DEBOURNE 27.8.49 Griller String Quartet 1949 HALIFAX Choral Society ?1949? Hallé 7 *49 * Hostel of the Resurrection 12.49 Huddersfield Choral Society 1 9 4 9 or JACQUES String Orchestra 30.8.49 LEEDS City Police Male Voice Choir Jan/Feb 49 Choral Society 22.11.49 ^ Leeds Symphony Society 1 9 4 9 05 ^0 NATIONAL Youth Orchestra 3.9.49 NPO (Northern Phil) 2241; P,us more 4 9 7 ORCHESTRE de la Suisse Romande I-9 -4 9 , PI-IILHARMONIA 5»f 3c¿ ? RPO (Royal Philharmonic) 49 SALZBURG Mozarteum is’c 4 0 Singvereiu der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde q 49 VIENNA Philharmonic (\X¡) , ~",V 7 .,n 1 Y SO (Yorkshire Syrnphony¿23.9; 10.10; 28.11; ’49 or’50; ?Mar 49:; Jan,Feb 49; Jan-M *r. 1 COMPOSERS & COMPOSITIONS

BACH, J.S. (C minor Prelude & Fugue frorn Book 1 of the 48)12.49 " (Partita O Gott du Frommer Gott; B minor Prelude & Fugue; Walk in the Way of Faith) 1949/50 Bairstow, Sir Edward (Organ Sonata 1937) 10.11.49 Bartok (Divertimento for String Orchestra; Concerto for Orchestra)Jan/Feb ’49 Beethoven (Leonore No.3 overture) 22.8; 5.9.49 (Fidelio) 22.8.49 (Septet; Sonata Op.96) 30.8.49 " (The Consecration of the House; 5th Piano Concerto) 5.9.49 It 11 (Symphony No.7) 5 &29.9.49 ft ft (Egrnont overture) 29.9.49 ff It (Appassionata Sonata) 12.49 1! ft (Symphony No.4) 1949 or ’50 If II (F minor Quartet Op.95) 1949 II If ("Moonlight" Sonata) 1949 (Piano Concerto No.5) 2.9.49 Berlioz (Rakoczy March) 14.9.49 Bizet (excerpts, LArelesienne suite) 23.9.49 " (" ", Carmen) 28.11.49 Bliss, Arthur (Suite, Things to Come) 23.9.49 If II (The Olympians) 30.9.49 ft If (Quartet 1949) 1949 Borodin (Prince Igor Dances & overture) 7.49 Brahms (Sonata in I) minor Op. 108) 30.8.49 ff (Alto Rhapsody) 29.9; & 71949? if (Song of Destiny) 71949? Britten, Benjamin (Variations on a Purcell theme) 3.9.49 CACCINI (A mari Hi) 71949? Chopin (6 Preludes; Nocturne in B flat major Op.6.1; Scherzo in B flat minor No.2 DEBUSSY (4 Piano Preludes) 12.49 Dukas, Paul (La Péri) 26.8.49 Dvorak (Carnival overture) 3.9.49 ft (Symphony No.4) 2.9.49 Dyson, Sir George (Overture, The Canterbury Pilgrims) 1-3.49 ELGAR, Sir Edward (Enigma Variations) 71949? ft ff ft (Violin Concerto) 1-3.49 FIELD, John (Nocturnes) 12.49 Franck, C (Symphony) 7.49 GLAZOUNOV (Sonata in B flat minor Op.74) ?3.49? Gluck (Orpheus & Eurydice) 15.8.49 Grainger, P (arr.of Londonderry Air * Mock Morris Dance) 10.10.49 Grieg (Peer Gynt Suite No.l) 73.49? HAYDN (The Creation) 22.8.49 tf ft ("Military" Symphony) 3.9.49 COMPOSERS & COMPOSITIONS ( ôo, ÎS Haydn (excerpts. Op.54 No.l) 1949 or 50 (Serenade from F major Quartet) 1949 (String Quartets Op.33 No.2; 0p.20 No.5; Op.l Nos.l &3; F major Op.3 No.5; C minor Op.17 No.4) 1949 or ’50 1.9.49 frVriwitinv, ft / f r , frte .)("Clock" Symphony) Liinrìf-mithHindemith V ' ((Metamorphoses M eta mil rnhoses on themes of Weber) 26.8.49 Honegger (King David) 1949 or ’50 II V (Prelude, Fugue & Postlude) 1.9.49 JACKSON, Francis (Impromptu) 10.11.49 LEpNCAVALLO (Prologue, I Pagliacci) 28.11.49 MAHLER -(Sfm pföny^otr’7- 26.8.49 Martin, Frank (Symphonie Concertante) 1.9.49 Martinu, Bohuslav (Double Concerto for 2 String Orchestras)2.9.49 Mendelssohn (Fingal’s Cave overture) 14.9.49 (Violin Concerto) 3.9.49 ■* (Ruy Bias overture) 23.9; ?3.49? 22.11.49 I <1 HA -Sc Mozart Sonata 12.49 (Overture, The Mag ic Flute) 1949 or’50 (Quartet in G K387) (extract, "Coronation" Piano Concerto in D K537)?3.49? ORFF, C (Antigone) 15.8.49 PARRY, PUcfisO ?1949? RÀÈÏfMANINOV :oncerto)14.9; ’49 or’50; Jan/Feb 1949 Ravel (Bolero) 23.9.49 " (Mother Goose Suite) 7.49 " „ (Spanish Rhapsody; Piano Concerto for the left hand)__ 1.9.49 (I i ■'n i>K4 - ‘k 1 H r'i Schubert (Song of the SpiritsSpirits over the Water) 29.9.49 ("Unfinished" Symphony) 1.8.49 (Octet) 30.8.49 Schumann (Piano Concerto) 7.49 Sibelius 27.8.49 >1 (si?P

ALAN, Hervey (bass-baritone) 27.8.49 Andrews, Barbara (piano) 71949? Julie (soprano) If II BALDWIN, Fenella (soprano) "49-’50 Bickerton, Clarice (contralto) 28.11.49 Blancard, Jacqueline (piano) 1.9.49 Brain, Dennis (horn) 30.8.49 Brunskill, Muriel (contralto) 71949? Busch, Adolf (violin) 30.8.49 Ecus Gwen (soprano) 10.10.49 Churchouse, Margaret (singer) 22.11.49 Coates, Edith (singer) 30.9; 16.12.49 Crabtree, Norman (tenor) 28.11.49 DANIELI, Elena (singer) 1.8.49 Dawson, Mary (singer) 28.11.49 Dickie, Murray (tenor) 30.9.49 . Dossor, Lance (piano) 23.9; 7.49 licr($fiiCOURT,'Darrell (singer) autumn ’49 Fisher, Sylvia (soprano) 16.12.49 ^—-(?-°Prano)______22.8.49 LYNNE, Howell (bass) 30.9.49; i 9«H Graham, Edna (soprano) 28.11.49 Grandi, Margherita (singer) 27.8; 30.9.49 Green, Martyn (singer) autumn ’49 HALMAN, Ella (singer) II It Hartley, Walter (organ) 22.11.49 Helliwell, Clifton (piano) 71949? Herbert, W'illiam (tenor) '49 or ’50 Hill, Det.Officer Francis (baritone) 1-2.49 IACOBI, Valetta (contralto) '49 or "50 lies, Edna (piano) 5.9.49 Infantino, Luigi (tenor) 1949? JACKSON, Francis (organ) 10.11.49 Jalas, Jussi (piano) 27.8.49 Jarred, Mary (contralto) 29.9.49 Johnstone, Doreen (soprano) 22.11.49 Jones, Parry (fe#xor) 22.11.49; / W LECHLE1TNER, Franz (singer) 12.11; 16.12.49 .Llewellyn, Redvers (b&hfcru.) 28.11.49 MATTHEWS, Denis (piano) 12.49 Mitchell, Margaret (singer) autumn "49 NEWBY, Herbert (singer) H I! Noble, Dennis (baritone) 19.9.49 Noni, Alda (singer) 27.8.49 - L e v c j ( i y , A ! l' V I c'Ci/r-i) SOLOISTS

PICCH1, Mirto (singer) 27.8.49 Pini, Amalia (singer) 27.8.49 Pougnet, Jean (violin) 1-3.49 Pouishnoff, Leff (piano) ?3.49? Pratt, Ross (piano) 1-2.49 RAUTAWAARA, Aulikki (soprano) 27.8.49 Ritchie, Margaret (soprano) ’49 or’50 SAWDON, Alex (bass) 22.11.49 Seamens, Det.Serg. (piano) 1-2.49 Schon, Kenneth (singer) 12.11.49

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BRADFORD: Eastbrook Hall 12.49 Midland Hotel 1 9 4 9 EDINBURGH: Usher Hall 26.8;3o.g- King’s Theatre 27.8.49 ' Freemasons’ Hall 27.8 * 30, a, <4-^ HALIFAX: Victoria Hall ? 1 9 4 9 ? HARROGATE: Royal Hall 7 .4 9 HUDDERSFIELD: Town Hall 1 9 4 9 or’50 LEEDS: Grand Theatre autumn ’49 Cross Gates Methodist Church 1949 or’50 Hostel of the Resurrection 1 2 .4 9 Parish Church to. 1 i , City M useum^ Jan^geb ’49; 1949 05’50 Town Hall^Jan/Feb; 23.9; 10.10^28.11; Jan-Mar.’49;?Mar.’^ ? .® L ^ University 2 items 1949 or’50 ' ^ LONDON: Covent Garden Royal Opera House 30.9; 12.11.49; ¡ W Royal Albert Hall 19 &29.9.49 SALZBURG: Festspielhaus Riding School 15.8.49 Festspielhaus 22.8.49 SHEFFIELD: City Hall 14.9.49 YORK: Rialto Cinema 5.9.49 MISCELLANEOUS

**YSO Summer Concert syllabus 2.4-31.7.49 **lst YSO concert for Industrial Workers (programme) 18.5.49 **YSO’s 1st year reviewed 9.8.49 **Salzburg programme outlined 15.8.49 ** Priestley @ Olympians rehearsal 28.9.49 **The Lessons of Edinburgh and Salzburg 5.9.49 **West Riding winter music previewed 14.9.49 **The Olympians previewed between^!9 &24.9.49 **Chopin’s death: 100 years since 17.10.49 **Report on British Choirs and Orchestras 19.10.49 **Barbara Walker to sing @ Wigmore Hall, London 24.11.49 **Thoughts on Handel’s Messiah 14.12.49 . 1 ? 49 **End-of-year review 1 • **Sargent praises YSO 1949/50 **Friends of Leeds Parish Church (report of 1st annual meeting) ? 1949 . ** Preparatory report on Salzburg Festival pre-15.8.49 **Bardgett needs tenors, rehearses Leeds Festival 1950 choir; casts and programme • 1949 details given...... ** Boult’s farewell tour; summer music programmes announced^ y Jan-Mar 49 *•* fVA * £6'* eide/ 18^11 ^ ( f tin f c / Nev&u_ 1 fv i