One of the most important reasons why Ernest Bradbury was held in high esteem was his ability to write for the non-music-lover as well as for musicians and the musical public. A soloist whom he had gone to hear through ice and snow played Grieg, it seems "like an icy north wind".. On Saint-Saëns "At heart England is neither Protestant nor Catholic (like the Germanic or Latin races). England is a Biblical country and the standing of the Old Testament in English religious life has almost the standing it has with the Jews. Hence, the appeal of Elijah, Israel in Egypt, Solomon.." He remarks on César Franck’s "inability to distinguish between the organ loft and the confessional" in composition. Another composition he finds "all apple pie and glass splinters" I commend to readers the Latin pronunciation article (15.2) in the light of the type of building used and the ear of the audience and singer. Also the article 8.2. in which Dr.Herbert Thompson’s great book of timings of what he heard played between Jan.1908-1944 is recorded. This book was given to my husband by Edward Maude, who received it from HT himself. As I write (Jan.1999) this is with Mrs Susanne Sheard, 7 Bark Lane, Addingham, Ilkley, W.Yorks LS29 ORA but hopefully will soon be either in my husband’s or Dr.Thompson’s archive. Special events in 1958 were hearing in the flesh Hindemith and Stravinsky conducting; the Hallé centenary; the premiere (programme included) of Vaughan-Williams" 9th Symphony., and throughout, the development of the long-playing gramophone record and the rise in record production. Thought-provoking matter is on whether there is too much music., there is little preparation for attending its performance and not enough reverence. My husband also observes the sad truth that a critic calling a conductor a fool or worse for wrecking a masterpiece may be sued for libel; the conductor who has ruined the work ,‘s 1'mUi^nd may well become an idol. (Toscanini would address errant orchestral players as "Assassin !") Please read first the Miscellaneous section; please note that in 1958 the word "gay" had a definition different from that in 1999; please forjjive me for errors and omissions and note the following which may be obtainable, subject to editionising, through the Brotherton, which keeps the Yorkshire Post. MISSING: 1st English perf.of Poulenc’s The Carmelites 18.1.58 Leeds Phil.Society, Harrison’s Mass in C, Leeds 27.3.58 1st perf. Noyes’ Fiudde(Britten), Orford Church, Aldeburgh 19.6.58 Opening piece (Dvorak) Leeds Festival &Howells, Leeds Parish Church 9. io, Marie Seton’s book on Paul Robeson & his Here I stand 9.10.58 Charpentier Te Deum 18.10.58 Leighton piano recital 24.10.58 „-SSi • . i Horenstein a great Mahlerian 3.11.58 Mr. Ernest ra ui . Sir,—The reports of your Rachmaninov concert.. Royal Liverpool Phil 24.11.58 critic, Emest Bradbury, aiway r me great pleasure, but apprei 6.1 2r. 58 ^ kThenweheande™pporS! Susan Bradbury 1 ^ re^ er?elnlopninfo¿nCoíW1 critics on other papers At all one felt his criticism and com tion to be fair and the most r —Yours sincerely, E. MARJORY POFPLEW CONDUCTORS & CHORUS DIRECTORS ANSERMET, Ernest 8.9; 15.11.58 BALKWILL, Bryan 16.9.58 Barbirolli, Sir John 18 &31.1; 7.2(leader page); 15 &20.3; 5 &26 4, 12 &24.5; 15.5(- -programme attached); 28.6; 1,2,5,17 &19.7; 28-30.8 (incl. BBC "Prom" programme note; 27.9; 10.11.58 Bardgett, Herbert 2 &7.6; 13 &14.10; 20.11; 18.12.58 " " " Musical Times 12.58 Beecham, Sir Thomas 1 &22.2; 3.5; 28.6; 5.7; 3,4 &13.12.58 Bellezza, Vincenzo 22.2.58 Blech, Harry 6.1.58 Bdhm, Karl 5.4.58 Boult, Sir Adrian 1 &7.2; 24.5; 1.11.58 "Britten, B 24.5; 21.6; 8 &10.9; 20.10.58 " " Musical Times 11 &12.58 CAPUANA, F 13.12.58 Cluytens, A 22.2; 13.12.58 Cook, Dr.Melville 10,11,12 &13.9.58 " " " Musical Times 11.58 Couraud, Marcel 5.7.58 DARLINGTON, Keith 23.7.58 Dart, Thurston 5.7.58 Davis, Colin 8.12.58 Del Mar, Norman 16.1.58 Denny, Prof.James 12.3.58 Dorati, A 1.2; 22.3; 27.9.58 FORSTER, Karl 3.5.58 Fredman, Myer 23.7.58 Fricker, Peter Racine Musical Times 11.58 tlA M BA , Pierino 15.11.58 Gibson, Alexander 27,28 &29.5; 29.11.58 Giulini, Carlo-Maria 10.5.58 Gruner-Hegge, Odd 22.2.58 Guest, Douglas 11 &12.9.58 " " " Musical Times 11.58 HAAS, Karl 22.2; 3.5.58 Hanson 1.11.58 Hindemith, Paul 27.1.58 Hollingsworth, John 5.7.58 Holst, Imogen 21.6.58 Horenstein, Jascha 3 &13.10.58 " " " Musical Times 12.58 Howard, Michael 22.3; 13.12.58 Hunt, Donald 21.11.58 CONDUCTORS & CHORUS DIRECTORS JANIGRO 3.5.58 Johnson, Thor 22.3.58 Jorda, Enrique 22.2.58 KARAJAN, Herbert von 11.1; 12.6.58 Kernpe, Rudolf 1.3; 17.5; 20,25 &30.9; 1.11.58 Klemperer, Otto 28.6; 25.8; 27.9; 3.10; 15.11.58 Knappertsbvisch 28.6; 15.11 58 Kondrashin 26.7.58 Konwitschny, Franz 21 &23.4.5S Krips 24.5.58 Kubelik---- --------------------------- -----------------Musical -Times---------- -------------12.58----- ---- -------= — I 3.- I 0„ . f) y Kurtz, E 27.9,13.12.58 LE1NSDORF, Erich 1.3.58 . Leitner, Dr.Ferdinand 1.9.58 Leppard, Raymond 16.10.58 Levine 27.9.58 Lovett, Leon 23.7.58 MARTINON 1 &15.11.58 Matacic 5.9.58 Mitropoulos 1.2.58 Monteux, Pierre 5.4.58 Mo rail 28.6.58 Munch, Charles 22.2; 5.7.58 NEWSTONE, Harry 2.6.7.58 ORD, Boris 22.3.58 Ormandy, Eugene 3 &14.5; 26.7.58 PANUFN1K, A 10.2; 15.12.58 Paray, Paul 1.2.58 Pi.nlik, A 5.4; 28.6.58 m Priestman, Brian 17.2, 30.7.58 Musical Times 1.58 Pritchard, John 5 &7.7; 14.10.58 Musical Times 12 58 Prohaska, Felix 28.6.58 REINER, Fritz 22.3.58 Reinshagen, V 14.6.58 Renton, Edward (attached to review 16.9.58) Rescigno, Nicola 23.6.58 Robertson, Jarney (" " " " ) Rossi, Mario 24.5.58 SANTINI 13.12.58 Sargent, Sir Malcolm 11 &23.1; 3.5; 2.6; 15, 20 &22.11; 13.12.58 " " programme attached 34.53 .......................... ............................................................................ early 1958 CONDUCTORS & CHORUS DIRECTORS Satterthwaite, Jerome 13.12.58 Saunders, Dr.Percy * ' • 1 13.8.58 Sawallisch, W 12.6.58 Scherchen, Hermann 12.6.58 Schippers, Thomas 31.3.58 Schwarz, Rudolf 17 &20.10.58 " " " Musical Times 12.58 Serafin 27.9.58 Solti 15,11.58 Stead, George 8.11.58 Steinb^erg, William 24.5; 28.6.58 Stokowski, Leopold 1.2.58 KStolz 15.11.58 Sumsion, Dr.Herbert 13.9.58 " " " Musical Times 11.58 Swarowsky 14.6; 2.9.58 Swoboda, Henry 28.6.58 Szell, George 24.5; 14.6.58 TOSCANINI 28.6.58 VAN BEINUM, E 28.6.58 Van Otterloo, Willem 1.2.58 Votto 3.5.58 WEI „DON, George 10.4; 27.6; 13.12.58 Willcocks, David 8.11.58 Wöldike 3.5; 2.9.58 Wolf Ferrari, Manno 21.2.58 > . n , ................................................... , , . ORCHESTRAS & CHORUSES ACCADEMIA DI SANTA CEC^ILIA 13.12.58 Aeolian String Quarlet 27 11.58 A!deburgh Festival Orchestra 21.6.58 Allegri String Quartet 16.7, 16.10.58 All Saints, Margaret Street, London choir 24.5.58 Amadeus Quartet 22.2.58 Ambrosian Singers 27.9.58 Amici String Quartet 13.2; 24.7.58 BALLET Theatre Orchestra 27.9.58 BBC Chorus 1.2; 13.12.58 BBC Symphony Orchestra 23.1; 7.2; 3.5; 17 &20.10; 13.12.58 Berlin Philharmonic 1.3; 3.5.58 Octet 26.8.58 Bolshoi 26.7.58 Boston Symphony 22.2; 5.7.58 Bradford Festival Choral Society 8.11.58 Old " " 13.8.58 Budapest Quartet 24.5; 1.11.58 CAMDEN Trio 7.2.58 CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony) J0.2;|5.12.58 Chicago Symphony 22.3.58 Cincinnati 22.3.58 Classical Quarlet of Madrid 11.3.58 Co nee i tgebo uw 28.6.58 Czech Philharmoni: 24.5.58 DELLER Consort 5.7; 27.9.58 Detroit Symphony 1.2.58 D'Oyly Carte 26.7. ^8 EASTMAN-ROCHESTER Symphony 1.11.58 „ Edinburgh University Singers 2.9.58 Ely Cathedra! Choristers 13.12.58 English Opera Group 24.5.58 GLYNDEBOURNE 11.1.58 HAGUE Philharmonic 1.2.58 Halifax Choral Society 21.11,58 T fallé 24.5; 27 & 28.6; 1,2,5,17 &19.7, 27.9: 10 &29.11; 8 & 13.12.58 BBC "Prom" programme notes 25-30.^.58 Hamburg Philharmonic 1.11.58 Haydn Orchestra 26.7.58 Hollywood String Quartet 22.3.58 Huddersfield Chora' Society 31.5; 2 &7.6; 22.11; early ’58 Hungarian String Quartet 26.7.58 I MUSIC! 22.3.58 Israel Philharmonic 1.11.58 -IW U ,g * 31.1, I S i; 5, IO&XU.H-; 12.b- S t; « ttíc J U O ) ORCHESTRAS & CHORUSES JACOBEAN Ensemble 5.7.58 Juilliard Quartet 2.9.58 KING’S COLLEGE, Cambridge choir 22.3.58 LA SCALA, Milan 3.5.58 Leeds Festival Chorus .