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YEAR DATE VENUE REPERTOIRE DETAIL

1942 25 Jun Royal Academy of Music (RAM)

Berlioz: Absence Alan Hooper, pno

1943 11 Feb

RAM Gluck: Che faro Mixed student recital

1944 ? Stanstead Merrie England (Queen Elizabeth)

Stanstead Musical Soc

5 Jun RAM Elgar: Sea Pictures (extracts)

1945 27 Mar

RAM Elgar: Sea Pictures (extracts)

Air- raid precaution note on prog.

22 Apr Stanstead Handel: Messiah

12 May Leamington Mendelssohn: Elijah

2 Jun Basingstoke German: Merrie England

12 Jul RAM Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel (scenes). Role: the Witch.

18 Jul

RAM Rose Bruford: Change of Heart (mime with music). Role: Mankind.

Student drama

1946 28 Apr Dover Recital

23 & 24 Jul

RAM Puccini: Suor Angelica (Abbess) & Gianni Schicchi (Nella)

30 Jul ? Floral Hall Songs with military band.

Victory Concert. JV listed as ‘contralto’.

17 Oct

Neath Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise. Elgar: For the Fallen. Haydn aria.

Prog included Britten’s Hymn to the Virgin

6 Dec

RAM Debussy: L'enfant prodigue (extract)

Mixed orch concert

11 Dec Folkestone German: Merrie England

1947 26 Feb Blandford Mendelssohn: Elijah

27 Feb Sturminster Mendelssohn: Elijah

3 Mar

RAM

Chausson: Chanson Perpetuelle. Dyson: Wife of Bath fr Canterbury Pilgrims

Mixed student concert. Performers incl Nona Liddell

22 Mar Cheslyn Hay Bach: Matthew Passion

4 Apr East Ham Handel: Messiah

1948 14 Feb Charterhouse Orchestral songs

19 Feb Port Talbot Haydn: Creation

4 Mar Swansea Handel: Messiah

21 Mar Charterhouse Handel: Messiah

26 Mar

Chiswick Handel: Messiah

30 Mar Burry Port, Carmathen

Handel: Samson

3 Apr Llanelly Verdi: Requiem

9 Apr Grantham Handel: Samson

29 Apr Beccles German: Merrie England

24 -29 May Cambridge Arts Theatre

Britten (arr):Beggar’s Opera ( Jenny Diver)

English Opera Group prod (Tyrone Guthrie). Cond: Britten/Ivan Clayton. With Pears, Nancy Evans, Otakar Kraus

7,9 Jun Aldeburgh Britten: Albert herring EOG prod

16 Jun Mortlake Handel: Judas Maccabaeus

25 Jun-1 Jul Holland Festival (touring)


English Opera Group prod.

5-10 Jul

Cheltenham Festival


English Opera Group prod

7,8 Jul Cheltenham Festival

Britten: Albert Herring (Nancy)

English Opera Group prod (Frederick Ashton). Cond: Ivan Clayton. Cast incl. Joan Cross

21,22 Jul Belgium Britten (arr):Beggar’s Opera ( Jenny Diver)

28, 31 Jul Cambridge Britten (arr):Beggar’s Opera ( Jenny Diver)

6,7,9, 11, 14,

15 , 17, 18 Sep

Sadlers Wells Britten (arr):Beggar’s Opera ( Jenny Diver)

8, 10,13,16

Sep

Sadlers Wells Britten: Albert Herring (Nancy)

17 Sep BBC broadcast Britten/Gay: Beggar’s Opera (Jenny Diver)

EOG prod, cond: Britten. Dir: Tyrone Guthrie.

27, 28, 30

Sep, 2 Oct

Birmingham Britten/Gay: Beggar’s Opera (Jenny Diver)

29 Sep, 1 Oct Birmingham Britten: Albert Herring (Nancy)

11- 16 Oct People’s Palace Britten: Albert Herring (Nancy) , Britten: Beggar’s Opera (Jenny)

English Opera Group prod (Frederick Ashton).

22 Oct Grantham Mendelssohn: Elijah

20 Nov Central Hall Westminster

Mendelssohn: Elijah

26 Dec Port Talbot Handel: Messiah

1949 10, 13 Jun Aldeburgh Britten: Rape of Lucretia (Female Chorus)

14, 16 Jun Aldeburgh Church Bach Cantatas Aldeburgh Festival concert. With Pears

29 Jun, 1 Jul Wolverhampton Britten: Rape of Lucretia (Female Chorus)

6, 8 Jul Cheltenham Britten: Rape of Lucretia (Female Chorus)

12/13 Jul

Aberystwyth Verdi, Mendelssohn, Gounod: Scenes/arias incl Jewel Song/Faust

14.16, 21, 22 Sep

Copenhagen, then Oslo

Britten: Rape of Lucretia (Female Chorus)

1 Oct BBC broadcast Lennox Berkeley: Stabat Mater

EOG Chamber Orch, cond: Ivan Clayton

2 & 3 Oct BBC broadcast Britten: Rape of Lucretia ((Female Chor)

English Opera Group prod. Norman del Mar, cond. Eric Crozier, dir. With Pears & Nancy Evans

1950 1 Jan Llanelly Handel: Messiah

3 Jan BBC b’cast: Ring up the Curtain (Home

Offenbach: Tales of Hoffman (excerpts)

Service)

5 Jan BBC b’cast: Come to the Opera (Light Prog)

7 Jan BBC b’cast, Cardiff

11 Jan BBC TV, Alexandra Palace

Teresa del R songs (?)

12 Jan BBC b’cast, Cardiff Montague Phillips: The Rebel Maid (excerpts)

BBC Welsh Orch, cond: Idris Phillips

1`Feb Central Hall Westminster

Verdi: Te Deum Cond: Walter Goehr

11 Feb Llanelly ‘Hymn of Praise’

12 Feb Merthyr Mixed opera recital

18 Feb Penclawdd Mozart: Mass 12

2 Mar Ebbw Vale Haydn: Creation

16 Mar Neath Mixed recital

22 Mar Leeds ‘Orpheus’ (?)

23 Mar Swansea Dvorak: Stabat Mater

29 Mar Watford Handel: Messiah

2 Apr New Tredegar Handel: Messiah

17 Apr BBC Maida Vale b’cast

Mozart: Idomeneo (Idamante)

Ist major opera for BBC

20 Apr Penrhiwiller (?) Mixed recital

26 Apr Builth Wells Haydn: Creation

27 Apr Tonpeuhe(?), Glam Mixed recital

11 May BBC b’cast Handel: Jeptha

13 May Swansea Dvorak: Stabat Mater

20 May BBC b’cast Monteverdi: Vespers

27 May Llandovery Mixed recital

11 Jun Buxton Mixed recital

22 Jun Porthcawl Mixed recital B’cast

25 Jun Denbighshire ‘Sacred concert’

7 Jul BBC b’cast Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide

15 Jul V&A Museum ‘Ben’s Suite’ (?)

17 Jul BBC b’cast Arne: Judgement of Paris

29 Jul Neath Verdi: Requiem

9 Aug Caerphilly Eisteddfod

Vaughan Williams: Benedicite (in Welsh)

‘Most exciting day of my life’ – diary. Chaired around ground afterwards

24 Aug Swansea Mixed recital, orch

26 Aug Albert Hall Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims (Wife of Bath aria)

JV’s 1st prom ‘Another thrill of my life’ - diary

3 Sep Porthcawl Mixed recital, orch

10 Sep Colwyn Bay Mixed recital, orch

2,4,7, 9, 10 Oct

Fortune Th, London Milhaud: Le Pauvre Matelot (wife)

London Opera Club. B’cast 15 Oct

5 Oct Cardiff, b’cast ?

11 Oct Newcastle Mixed recital, orch

12 Oct Port Talbot Mixed recital, orch

24, 25 Oct Shrewsbury Mixed recital

8 Nov Ebbw Vale Mixed recital

10 Nov Edinburgh Mendelssohn: Elijah

11Nov Glasgow Mendelssohn: Elijah

12 Nov Glasgow Mixed recital

16 Nov Hull Mendelssohn: Elijah

26 Nov Bournemouth Verdi: Requiem

28 Nov BBC b’cast Handel

6 Dec

Caxton Hall Gounod (Jewel Song), Dyson (Wife of Bath)

Mixed arias/songs with choir

7 Dec BBCTV b’cast Puccini: Il Tabarro

9 Dec Nottingham Mixed recital

10 Dec Liverpool Handel: Messiah

15 Dec Bradford Handel: Messiah

17 Dec Port Talbot Handel: Messiah

20 Dec Neath Handel: Messiah

21 Dec Swansea Handel: Messiah


26 Dec Penrhwceibei Mixed recital

28 Dec Cardiff, b’cast Mozart: Dove sono, Gounod: Jewel Song

1951 10 Jan Stoke on Trent ?

21& 23 Jan BBC b’cast Rimsky-Korsakov: Invisible City of Kitezh

9 Jun St Martin in the Fields

Bach concert

12 Jun Festival Hall Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims

An early concert at the RFH, which opened May 51. JV diary calls it Festival Theatre.

15 Jun Brecon Cathedral, b’cast

Bruch: Ave Maria etc BBC Welsh SO

17 Jun Bournemouth Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony

19 Jun V&A Museum Purcell recital

4 Jul Leeds Mixed recital, orch

9, 11, 13 Jul Cheltenham Festival

Brian Easdale: The Sleeping Children (Matron)

World premiere. EOG prod. Libretto: Tyrone Guthrie. Cond: Norman del Mar

10,12, 14 Jul Cheltenham Festival

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, arr. Britten

EOG tour

25 Jul Pontypool Handel: Messiah

31 Jul & 2 Aug

Liverpool Brian Easdale: The Sleeping Children (Matron)

EOG tour. Libretto: Tyrone Guthrie. Cond: Norman del Mar

5 Aug Buxton Song recital

10 Aug Llandydno Eisteddfod

Handel: Samson In Welsh

19 Aug Birmingham, b’cast ?

30 Aug Albert Hall Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony

Prom. BBCSO, Sargent

13 & 14 Sep BBC b’cast ‘The Rescue’

18 Sep Swansea ‘Life of St David’

23 Sep Colwyn Bay Mixed recital

30 Sep Geneva Handel, Rameau, Verdi arias, Wolf: Ich hab in

Public Finals, Geneva Concours International (joint 1st prize)

Penna

7 Oct Geneva Verdi: Traviata (Ah, for’se lui)

Geneva Concours International winners’ concert

19 & 22 Oct BBC broadcast Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie

BBC Opera Orch, cond: Roger Desormiere

28 Oct Newport Mixed recital

2 Nov Grantham Haydn: Creation

4 Nov Kidderminster Mixed recital

6 Nov Tredegar Mixed recital

13 Nov Market Drayton Hayden: Creation

14 Nov Leeds Howells: Hymnus Paradisi

Yorks SO, cond: Sargent.

15 Nov Stoke on Trent Mixed choral Etruscan Choral Soc

17 Nov Nottingham Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims

23 Nov Belfast Berlioz; L’Enfance du Christ

23 Nov BBC broadcast Berkeley: Poems of Teresa of Avila. Mozart: Litany

Boyd Neel Orch, cond: Anthony Lewis

27 Nov Birmingham Bach, Mozart Boyd Neel Orch, cond: Anthony Lewis

2 Dec Leyton Haydn: Creation

5 Dec Gloucester Song recital

8 Dec Bath Abbey Bach: Christmas Oratorio


12 Dec Leeds Handel: Messiah

15 Dec Liverpool Bach: Christmas Oratorio



19 Dec Bolton Handel: Messiah

20 Dec Llandydno Handel: Messiah

23 Dec Port Talbot Mendelssohn: Elijah

30 Dec Ebbw Vale Handel: Messiah

1952 3 Jan Cardiff, b’cast Mozart arias

13 Jan Colne, Lancs Mixed recital

21 Jan BBC b’cast Maida Vale

Haydn: Gt Organ Mass

23 Jan Worcester Brahms: Requiem

24 Jan ‘Kings Cross’ Handel, Verdi, Puccini arias

27 Jan BBC b’cast Maida Vale

Handel: Chandos Anthem 1

31 Jan Cardiff Mount of Olives, Mozart: 12th Mass

7 Feb Cardiff, b’cast Mixed recital

9 Feb Llangennech Handel: Judas Maccabaeus

11 Feb Birmingham, b’cast Tchaikovsky: Letter Scene, Onegin

12 Feb Liverpool Beethoven Symphony 9

13 Feb

Bangor Bach Wolf, Warlock, Dyson

Mixed concert shared with Amadeus Qtet

17 Feb BBC b’cast Stravinsky: Les Noces

21 Feb Chiswick Handel: Messiah

22 & 25 Feb BBC b’cast Rameau: Dardanus (Venus)

BBC Opera Orch, cond: Edmond Appia

29 Feb Bradford Haydn: Creation

1 & 2 Mar Pontadulais St David’s day concert

5 Mar Bridgend Mixed arias

9 Mar Pontefract Mixed arias

12 Mar Leeds Brahms: Requiem

13 Mar Winchester Handel: Samson

15 Mar Holmfirth Faure: Requiem Holmfirth Choral Soc

22 Mar Glasgow Beethoven: Mass

25 Mar Maidstone Vaughan Williams: Serenade. Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims

26 Mar Lytham Mixed recital

27 Mar Hull Handel: Judas Maccabaeus

30 Mar Bournemouth Bach: B Minor Mass

6 Apr Stoke on Trent Handel: Messiah

11 Apr Cardiff Handel: Messiah

19 Apr Leeds Mixed recital

21 Apr Pontypool Mendelssohn: Elijah

27 Apr BBC b’cast Handel: Chandos Anthem

29 Apr Chester Mendelssohn: Elijah

10 May Croydon Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony, Faure: Requiem

19 May Chepstow, b’cast Mozart: Requiem

21 May Wrexham Mixed recital

24 May Bath Abbey Brahms: Requiem

29 May Albert Hall Brahms: Requiem LSO, Colin Ratcliffe.

1 Jun Buxton ?

6 Jun BBC b’cast Monteverdi: Orfeo Cond: Walter Goehr. With Pierre Bernac & Alfred Deller

14 Jun Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall

Mozart, Weber, Purcell (real Britten) Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation

16 Jun Aldeburgh Church Purcell, Dvorak songs

17 Jun BBC Maida Vale b’cast

Songs Ernest Lush, pno

26 Jun, 9 Jul Sadler's Wells Mozart: Don Giovanni (D.Anna)

Cond: James Robertson

3 Jul Festival Hall, b’cast Mozart: Obligation of the First Commandment (juvenile oratorio)

Cond, Harry Blech. With Eliz Schwarzkopf

5 Jul Festival Hall Beethoven 9 Cond: de Sabata

17 Jul Birmingham Charpentier & Verdi arias

CBSO

22 Jul Rowton Castle, Shrops

Songs

29 & 30 Jul BBC b’cast Bach: John Passions Cond: Paul Sacher

2 Aug Glyndebourne b’cast

Haydn: Great Organ Mass

Boyd Neel Orch, cond: Georges Enesco

6 Aug Aberystwyth Eisteddfod

Bach: Sleepers Wake. Mozart: Requiem

LSO, cond: Charles Clements

9 Aug Albert Hall Dyson: Wife of Bath aria

Prom. RPO, Basil Cameron

12 Sep Hereford Cathedral Handel: Messiah Three Choirs Fest. LSO, Meredith Davies

2, 4, 8, 14 Oct Sadler’s Wells Mozart: Seraglio (Constanza)

Prod: Clive Carey. Cond: James Robertson. Ist Swells staging.

16 Oct Cardiff Brahms: Requiem

18 Oct Albert Hall Handel: Messiah

21 Oct S Wells Mozart: Giovanni

23 Oct Newport Mendelssohn: Elijah

24 Oct Worcester Songs Norman Franklin, pno

31 Oct S Wells Mozart: Giovanni

I Nov Sheffield Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims

5, 13 Nov S Wells Mozart: Seraglio

15 Nov Wigan Handel: Messiah

16 Nov BBC Maida Vale b’cast

Bach: Lobet Gott

19 Nov Leeds Beethoven: Mass in D

20 Nov Hawley Mixed recital

21 Nov Liverpool Mixed recital

22 Nov Welsh Tabernacle, Kings Cross

Handel: Messiah

25 Nov Birmingham Bach: B Minor Mass

27 Nov S Wells Mozart: Seraglio

28 Nov Grantham Handel: Messiah

1 Dec BBC b’cast Wagner: Senta’s Ballad BBC Concert Orch

3 Dec Queens Gate Sch Songs & pno

5 Dec Grimsby Handel: Messiah

6 Dec Southwark Cath Handel: Messiah

13,15 Dec Nottingham Handel: Messiah Nottingham Choral Soc

18 Dec Bolton Handel: Messiah Bolton Choral Union. With Pears


22 Dec Huddersfield Handel: Messiah Huddersfield Choral, cond; Herbert Bardgett

28 Dec Bournemouth Handel: Messiah (x2) Cond: Roy Henderson

30 Dec S Wells Mozart: Seraglio

1953 1 Jan Glasgow Handel: Messiah SNO, Karl Rankl, cond. With Pears

3 Jan Liverpool Handel: Messiah Liverpool Phil, cond: Caleb Jarvis

4 Jan Manchester Howells: Hymnus Paradisi. Handel: Israel in Egypt

8, 10 Jan Albert Hall Handel: Messiah Royal Choral Soc, Sargent

15 Jan Nottingham songs Norman Frankling, pno

17 Jan Liverpool Handel: Messiah

18 Jan Glamorgan Mixed recital

21 Jan Swansea Mixed recital

24 Jan Croydon Handel: St Cecilia Ode

26, 27 Jan BBC b'cast Mozart: Vespers

6, 9 Feb BBC b’cast Lully: Armide (Sidonie) Boyd Neel Orch, Edmond Appia

7 Feb Sheffield Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha

Halle Orch

25 Feb Glasgow Songs

1 Mar Pontypool Handel, Mozart arias Choral soc & pno

6 Mar Belfast Haydn: Creation

10 Mar BBC b’cast Milhaud: Trois Operas Minutes

With Sophie Wyss, Hugues Cuenod

12 Mar York Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Hopkins, Dyson songs

Solo recital. Norman Franklin, pno

13 Mar BBC b’cast Songs

16 Mar Eton School Haydn: Seasons

18 Mar Stoke on Trent Bach: Matthew Passion

22 Mar Albert Hall Bach: Matthew Passion

25 Mar Newcastle Berlioz: Faust

28 Mar Bristol Stanford: Stabat Mater

3 Apr Norwich Handel: Messiah

5 Apr Manchester Handel: Messiah Cond:Barbirolli

7 Apr Paisley Mixed recital Paisley Phil

10 Apr Bradford Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music. Mass in C.

11 Apr Leeds Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music. Mass in C.

12 Apr Bacup Handel, Mozart, Tchaikovsky arias

20 Apr Hull Mozart: Seraglio SWells tour

22 Apr London Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony

LSO, Boult

23 Apr Petersfield Bach: B Minor Mass

29 Apr Leeds Mozart: Seraglio S Wells tour, cond: James Robertson

3 May Birmingham Michael Haydn: Mass

7 May Newtown, Montgom

Handel: Samson

9, 13 May S Wells Mozart: Seraglio

11 May Harrogate Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims

16 May Warwick Handel: Messiah

20 May Festival Hall Bach: John Passion

23 May Bath Abbey Bach: B Minor Mass

28 May

Royal Philharmonic Society, St. James Square, SW1

Purcell, Dyson, Vaughan Williams, Hopkins: songs & pno

Society of Women Musicians: coronation concert

5 Jun Rialto Cinema Gay/Arthur Bliss: Beggars Opera (voice of Lucy, ghosting for Daphne Anderson)

Film version, dir: Peter Brook. Laurence Olivier as Macheath.

8, 11, 13, 18, 30 Jun, 2,4,7,9,11 Jul

Royal Opera, Covent Garden,

Britten: Gloriana Premiere. Coronation Royal Gala on 8, cond: Pritchard

10 Jun RAM Mozart: Martern aller Arten

Coronation concert. With Clifford Curzon & Griller Qtet, RAM Orch.

20 Jun Westminster Central Hall

Bach: B Minor Mass

24 Jun Festival Hall Handel: Messiah

27 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Handel: L’Allegro.

28 Jun

Aldeburgh Festival Opera excerpts:Gluck, Rossini, Britten

6, 15 Jul Bournemouth Mozart: Seraglio S Wells tour

7, 9, 11 Jul Cvt Garden Britten: Gloriana

20 Jul Canterbury Mozart: Seraglio S Wells tour

26 Jul Kings Lyn ? ?with Britten & Pears

29 Jul Albert Hall Mozart: Come Scoglio Prom

2 Aug Buxton Orch songs

6 Aug Rhyl Eisteddfod Mozart arias

1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Sep

Edinburgh Festival Mozart: Idomeneo (Electra)

Glyndebourne Opera prod. John Pritchard, cond. Carl Ebert, dir. With Sena Jurinac & Richard Lewis

5 Oct Leeds Mozart: Coronation Mass. Mahler 2

LSO, cond: Krips

10 Oct

Harewood House, Leeds

Purcell: songs Leeds Festival recital with Pears, Britten

10 Oct LeedsTown Hall Handel: Israel in Egypt Sargent, cond.

11 Oct Festival Hall Mahler 2 LSO, cond: Krips

15, 17, 29 Oct S Wells Mozart: Seraglio

23, 26 Oct BBC broadcast Manolis Kalomiris: The Shadowy Water (opera)

Alec Sherman, cond

31 Oct Westminster Central Hall

Mendelssohn: Elijah

4 Nov Albert Hall Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims

LSO, cond: Charles Proctor

6 Nov

Huddersfield Delius: Mass of Life Yorks SO. Cond: Sargent

14 Nov Albert Hall Handel: Messiah LSO, ‘Choir of 1000 Voices’, cond: Sargent

15 Nov BBC b’cast ‘I know what I like’. Home Service.

16 Nov Aberdare Opera School concert

23 Nov Liverpool, b’cast Mozart: Alleluia

25 Nov Ilkley Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Vaughan Williams, Hopkins, Dyson

Solo song recital Norman Franklin ,pno.

29 Nov Burnley Mixed recital

2 Dec Reading Handel: Messiah

3,4 Dec Grimsby Handel: Messiah

5 Dec Stamford Handel, Purcell, Wolf: airs/songs. Debussy: Ariettes Oubliees

Solo recital Norman Franklin, pno

8 Dec Welshpool Mixed recital

10 Dec Blackpool Handel: Messiah

12 Dec Wells Handel: Messiah

13 Dec Northampton Handel: Messiah


17 Dec Festival Hall Handel: Messiah LPO & Choir Cond: Frederick Jackson

18 Dec St Albans Handel: Messiah Cond: Boult


21 Dec BBC b’cast Early English songs

23 Dec Prescot Bach, Mozart, Handel arias. Christmas songs

Solo recital. Norman Franklin, pno

28 Dec Dumfries Mixed orch songs

30 Dec Aberdeen Handel: Messiah

1954 1 Jan Edinburgh Handel: Messiah

3 Jan BBC b’cast Berlioz: Childhood of Christ

6 Jan Albert Hall Handel: Messiah

12 Jan Keighley, Yorks Opera recital

13 Jan Scarborough Opera recital

17 Jan Wakefield ?concert

20, 22, 30 Jan

Sadlers Wells Mozart: Don Giovanni (D. Anna)

Cond: James Robertson

7 Feb Leyton Handel: Messiah

10 Feb BBC b’cast Bruckner: Te Deum

28 Feb Ebbw Vale Mixed recital

2 Mar Birmingham Britten: Spring Symphony

All-Britten prog & CBSO, Pears, Wood. Cond: Willcocks

5, 6 Mar

Copenhagen Handel: Messiah Cond: Mogens Woldike

11 Mar Hull Wagner: Meistersinger (Act III)

Concert perf

14 Mar Burnley Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann

22 Mar Eton Beethoven: Mass in D

24 Mar Ibis Mus Soc Purcell, Hopkins, Dyson songs

26 Mar Huddersfield Haydn: Creation Sargent, cond

28 Mar York Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims

1 Apr Leicester Recital

4 Apr Bournemouth Elgar: The Kingdom Bournemouth Municipal Orch, cond: Groves

5 Apr BBC b’cast Debussy: Ariettes Oubliees

11 Apr

Festival Hall Bach: Matthew Passion Bach Choir. Cond: Reginald Jacques

16 Apr Albert Hall Handel: Messiah Afternoon

16 Apr Wembley Handel: Messiah Evening

21 Apr Liverpool Mozart: Seraglio

24 Apr Liverpool Handel: Solomon Sargent, cond

27 Apr Festival Hall Weber: Der Freischutz (extr). English songs & pno

Insurance Orch

29 Apr Newport Mixed recital

8 May Liverpool Wagner: Meistersinger (Act III)

Concert perf, Liverpool Phil

12 May Croydon Elgar: The Apostles LSO, cond: Alan Kirby

14 May Festival Hall Oratorio extracts

15 May Croydon Elgar: The Kingdom LSO, cond: Kirby

19 May BBC b’cast Hovhaness: Easter Cantata

UK premiere?

21 May Edinburgh Brahms: Requiem Karl Rankl, cond

23 May Oxford Howells: Hymnus Paradisi

26 May Bath Mozart: Requiem

29 May Warwick Handel: Messiah

4 Jun Festival Hall Beethoven 9 Krips, cond

6 Jun Colwyn Bay Opera recital

13 Jun Buxton Opera recital

15 Jun Oxford Mozart: Seraglio

19 Jun Aldeburgh Bach: St John Passion

27 Jun Bournemouth Mixed recital

3 Aug

Albert Hall Rossini: Bel raggio (Semiramide)

Mixed Prom prog.LSO. Cond: Basil Cameron

14, 16 Sep Fenice, Venice Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

Premiere. EOG, cond Britten, dir Basil Coleman. With Pears, Hemmings

30 Jun Wigmore Hall Screw excerpts presentation

6, 8, 11, 16 Oct

Sadler's Wells Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

EOG prod. London premiere

12 Oct Bath Bach: St John Passion LSO Cond: Jacques

14 Oct Neath Opera recital

18 Oct Watford Handel: Messiah

23 Oct Birmingham BBC Grand Hotel concert

26 Oct, 3, 9 Nov, 2 Dec

S Wells Mozart:Seraglio

28 Oct Bridport recital

29 Oct Wembley Mendelssohn: Elijah

30 Oct Gipton Mozart, Gounod, Tchaikovsky arias/ensembles

Mixed recital & pno

17 Nov Krefeld,Germany Finzi: Et in terra pax

19 Nov Munchen Gladbach Mozart: Requiem

20 Nov Westminster Central Hall

Handel: Messiah

24 Nov Festival Hall Delius: Mass of Life

25 Nov Newport Haydn: Creation

27 Nov Barnsley Mozart, Gounod arias, English songs

Wilfred Parry, pno

28 Nov Keighley Handel: Messiah

1 Dec BBC b’cast Bach: B Minor Mass

4 Dec Bournemouth Mixed recital

5 Dec Northampton Handel: Messiah

7 Dec BBC b’cast Ballad concert, Home Service

9 Dec Blackpool Handel: Messiah

11 Dec People’s Palace, Mile End

Carol concert

13 Dec Birmingham BBC Grand Hotel


16 Dec Albert Hall Handel: Messiah

17 Dec Festival Hall Handel: Messiah


20 Dec BBC b’cast Bach: cantatas

23 Dec Halifax Handel: Messiah

1955 8 Jan Albert Hall Handel: Messiah

22 Jan Leeds Beethoven 9

24 Jan BBC b’cast Milhaud: Orphee

26 Jan Festival Hall Bliss: The Olympians (Act II) (Madeleine)

RPO Cond: Bliss

30 Jan Saddleworth Recital

4 Feb Festival Hall Beethoven 9 LPO Cond: Boult

12, 17 Feb, 7, 16 Mar

S Wells Mozart: Seraglio

13 Feb BBC b’cast ‘In Lighter Mood’

15 Feb Festival Hall Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony

20 Feb Portsmouth recital With Owen Brannigan, Gerald Moore

22, 24 Feb Kings Cambridge Bach: B Minor Mass

23 Feb Festival Hall Arnell: Ode to the West Wind

RPO Cond: Beecham

28 Feb Birmingham Handel: Semele

3 Mar BBC Maida Vale Handel: Semele

9 Mar Colne Valley Mixed recital

16 Mar Stoke on Trent Mozart: Mass in C

19 Mar Skelmanthorpe Mixed recital

24 Mar Stroud Bach: John Passion

27 Mar Albert Hall Bach: Matthew Passion Bach Choir Cond: Jacques

28 Mar, 1, 6, 14, 20, 30 Apr, 9 May

Sadlers Wells Mozart: Don Giovanni (D. Anna)

Cond: Leo Quayle

30 Mar Leeds Mozart: C Minor Mass

8 Apr Festival Hall Bach: Matthew Passion

11 Apr Amsterdam Handel: Messiah

12 Apr Hilversum Blast recital

15 Apr Dorking Bach: Magnificat

29 Apr Festival Hall Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha

10, 12 May Liverpool Beethoven 9 Pritchard, cond

14 May Kendal Handel: Messiah

26, 28 May Schwetzingen Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

EOG, cond Britten, dir Coleman. With Pears, Hemmings.

31 May, 1 Jun Munich Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

EOG, cond Britten, dir Coleman. With Pears, Hemmings.

4 & 6 Jun Florence Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

EOG, cond Britten, dir Coleman. With Pears, Hemmings

9 Jun Kings Cambridge Beethoven: Mass in D

13 Jun Oxford Mendelssohn: Elijah Oxford Bach Choir. Cond: Armstrong

15 Jun St Gabriel’s College SE5

Purcell, Wolf, Mozart, Hopkins, Dyson songs

Norman Franklin, pno

18, 20, 23 Jun Aldeburgh Festival, Jubilee Hall

Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

24 Jun Festival Hall Holst: Choral LPO

Symphony Cond: Boult

30 Jun Wigmore Hall Howells, Holst Joint English song recital. Gerald Moore, pno

5 Jul Llangollen Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

8 Jul Rotterdam Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

11 Jul Hague Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

13 Jul Amsterdam Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

15 Jul Arnheim Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

19 Jul Bruges Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

21 Jul Canterbury Mozart: Seraglio

6 Sep Hereford Cathedral Bach: Jauchzet Gott (am). B Minor Mass (pm)

Three Choirs Festival. Cond: Meredith Davies

8 Sep Hereford Cathedral Poulenc: Stabat Mater Three Choirs Festival. LSO. Cond: Meredith Davies. UK premiere

16 Sep Albert Hall Beethoven 9 Prom

20, 21, 23, 26 28 Sep , 1, 3 Oct

The Scala Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

EOG, cond Britten, dir Coleman, with Pears, Hemmings

10, 12, 15 Oct Cambridge Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

EOG, cond Britten, dir Coleman, with Pears, Hemmings

14 Oct Norwich Handel: Deborah

28 Oct Nottingham Recital

30 Oct Bournemouth Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony

10 Nov Festival Hall Handel: Solomon Beecham, cond

17, 19, 23 Nov Sadlers Wells Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (Fiordiligi)

Cond: Edric Cundell

25 Nov Grantham Haydn: Creation

26 Nov St Albans Cathedral Handel: Messiah

1 Dec Worcester Recital


4 Dec Skipton Purcell, Mozart, Wolf, Howells, Dyson songs


6 Dec Wycombe Abbey School

Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, English songs


8 Dec Leicester Recital

10 Dec Coventry Handel: Messiah

13 Dec Birmingham Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate

CBSO, cond: Schwarz

14 Dec Wolverhampton Handel: Messiah

15 Dec Huddersfield Handel: Messiah


20 Dec Hull Bach, Finzi Christmas arias

21, 22 Dec Huddersfield Handel: Messiah Sargent, cond TV perf

1956 2 Jan Edinburgh Handel: Messiah

7 Jan Albert Hall Handel: Messiah LSO, RCS, cond: Sargent

14 Jan Liverpool Handel: Messiah

16 Jan Maidstone Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Dyson songs


24 Jan Birmingham Mozart: Vespers & arias Cond: Anthony Lewis

27 Jan Birmingham Mozart: songs Mixed chamber recital, incl Dennis Brain.

28 Jan Festival Hall Mozart Requiem LPO

23 Feb Colchester Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Dyson songs


26 Feb Brighton Mozart arias

3 Mar

Carlisle Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Howells songs

Jack Pickup, pno

18 Apr Moscow Conservatoire

Songs Part of Arthur Bliss’s musical delegation to the USSR. With Gerald Moore, pno

19 Apr Moscow Tchaikovsky Hall

Mozart: Martern aller Arten

USSR SO, cond: Clarence Raybould

22 Apr Leningrad Songs Moore, pno

25 Apr Leningrad Orch concert

28 Apr Kiev Songs TV recital

4 May Kharkov Songs Impromptu concert replacing

Cyril Smith who had suffered stroke

5 May Kharkov Orch concert

7 May Moscow Orch concert Farewell concert for USSR delegation, attended by Kruschev.

17 May Norwich Bach: B Minor Mass

22, 23 May Paris Britten: Turn of the Screw

28 May BBC b’cast Bach, Hasse

30 May BBC b’cast Handel, Mozart

1 Jun St Mark, Hamilton Terr NW8

Purcell, Haydn, Mozart songs

Jean Hamilton (aka Lady Maud), pno

7 Jun Cambridge Mozart: C Minor Mass Boris Ord, cond

13 Jun Festival Hall Beethoven 9 Krips, cond

22 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Mozart: Impressario etc With Joan Sutherland

25 Jun Shrewsbury Purcell, Wolf, Howells songs


27 Jun Soc of Women Musicians

Recital

27 Jul Kings Lynn Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music. Hadley: Fen & Flood (premiere)

BBC Midland Orch. Cond: Vaughan Williams/ Stanford Robinson?

4 Sep Amsterdam Radio recording: Schumann?

6 Sep Albert Hall Bach cantata Prom

23 Sep BBC St Cecilia Mass?

26, 29 Sep, 1, 3, 5 Oct

S Wells Britten: Turn of the Screw

4 Oct BBC recording Bernard Naylor: Cantata

7 Nov Festival Hall Haydn; Seasons

8 Nov Leicester Mozart: C Minor Mass

15 Nov Weston super Mare Handel: Messiah

17 Nov Westminster Central Hall

Handel: Messiah

21 Nov Bradford Beethoven: Mass in D

22 Nov Grimsby recital

25 Nov BBC Grand Hotel

27 Nov Henry Wood Soc Handel: Messiah

29 Nov Doncaster Handel: Messiah

1 Dec Coventry Handel: Messiah

6 Dec Festival Hall Wagner: Lohengrin Act III, scenes 1 & 2

Concert perf & Walter Midgley. RPO, cond: Beecham

8 Dec Chester ?

9 Dec BBC b’cast JC Bach

12 Dec Bolton Handel: Messiah

13 Dec Albert Hall Christmas repertoire

17,18, 19 Dec Cologne Mozart: Litany K243 Gurzernich Orch, cond: Gunter Wand

1957 14 Feb Amsterdam Concertgebouw

Handel: Samson

1 Mar Edinburgh Beethoven 9

2 Mar Glasgow Beethoven 9

8 Mar Huddersfield Berlioz: Faust

9 Mar Liverpool Bach: Matthew Passion

26 Mar Woking Purcell, Brahms, Wolf, Rossini, Hopkins songs

Franklin, pno

27 Mar Festival Hall Stravinsky: Les Noces

30 Mar Nottingham Bach: Matthew Passion

31 Mar Bournemouth Bach: B Minor Mass

2 Apr Leicester Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims

CBSO, cond: Dyson

4 Apr Colchester Elgar: Apostles

6 Apr Colchester Elgar: The Kingdom

9 Apr Festival Hall Handel: Messiah

14 Apr Albert Hall Bach: Matthew Passion Jacques Orch, cond: Jacques

15 Apr Festival Hall Britten: Spring Symphony

LPO, cond: Hans Swarowsky

19 Apr Albert Hall Handel: Messiah

25 Apr BBC Debussy: Ariettes Oubliees

B’cast concert

19 May Haddo House Vaughan Williams: Sea Composer present

Symphony

24 May Bristol Cathedral Elgar: The Kingdom

31 May Festival Hall Beethoven 9 LSO, cond: Krips

1 Jun Bath Vaughan Williams: Benedicite

18 Jun Festival Hall Beethoven: Mass in D Bach Choir, LSO, cond: Jacques

22 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Bach: St John Passion Cond: Imogen Holst. Britten, hpsch, Bream, lute, Pears, Evang.

27, 29 Jun Paris Mozart: Die Entfuhrung In German

20, 23 , 28, 30 Aug, 3,4,6 Sep

Stratford, Ontario Britten: Turn of Screw

2,4,5 Oct Berlin Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

20 Nov Leeds Elgar: The Kingdom Cond. Sargent

22 Nov Huddersfield Mozart: C Minor Mass. Dvorak: Te Deum

Huddersfield Choral Soc, RLPO, cond: Sargent

26 Nov Albert Hall Handel: Messiah Cond. Wood

11 Dec Stroud Bush: In Praise of Mary

12 Dec Albert Hall Handel: Messiah (extract). Finzi: In Terra Pax

London Senior Orch, cond: Ernest Read

15 Dec Buxton Haydn: Creation

18 Dec Brighton Christmas songs

1958 9 Jan

Cape Town Mozart: Exsultate. Mahler 4

Cape Town Municipal Orch. Cond: Charles Groves

26 Jan Johannesburg B’cast recital

29 Jan

Johannesburg, Purcell, Debussy, Hopkins, Dyson songs. Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben

Adolph Hallis,pno

30 Jan Johannesburg Handel, German, Gounod (Faust) arias

Sth Afr Broadcast Corp Concert Orch

3 Feb Port Elizabeth Purcell, Debussy, Hopkins, Dyson songs. Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben

Christie Feros, pno

18 Feb

Cape Town. Mozart, Verdi arias. Cape Town Municipal Orchestra

15 Mar Glasgow Mozart: Exsultate. Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony

SNO, cond: Wilfred Emery

17 Mar Antwerp Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Antwerp PO, cond: de Vocht

23 & 30 Mar Festival Hall Bach: Matthew Passion Bach Choir, Jacques Orch, cond: Jacques

31 Mar BBC Holst, Bax, Bliss songs Broadcast concert & Wigmore Ensemble

18 May Haddo House Bach: B Minor Mass Cond: June Gordon

3 Jun Festival Hall Beethoven 9 LSO, cond: Krips

4 & 5 Jun Cambridge Bach: B Minor Mass CUMS

7 Jun Bath Bach: B Minor Mass LSO, cond: Cuthbert Bates

13, 16 Jun Aldeburgh Festival, Jubilee Hall

Poulenc: Les Mammelles de Tiresias

UK premiere

20 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Schutz: Magnificat

21 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Handel: Joshua

15 Jul

Huddersfield Haydn, Handel, Mozart, Verdi arias

31 Jul Albert Hall Mozart: Ch’io mi scordi BBC Prom. LSO, cond: Basil Cameron. Ernest Lush , pno obbl.

31 Aug Edinburgh Haydn: Creation Royal Danish Orch, cond: Woldike

5 Sep Edinburgh Britten: Spring Symphony

All-Britten prog. Royal Opera Orch, cond Britten/Ansermet

7 Sep Edinburgh Bach: Magnificat. Haydn: Nelson Mass

SNO, cond: Swarowsky

7 Oct Croydon Handel, Purcell, Schubert, Wolf, English songs


17 Oct Leeds Charpentier: Te Deum (UK premiere)

BBCSO, cond: Schwarz.

? Leeds Festival Peter Racine Fricker: The Vision of Judgement (premiere)

With John Dobson

24 Oct

Geneva Beethoven 9 UN day concert. Suisse Romande, cond: Ansermet.

B’cast 72 countries

29 Oct Festival Hall Monteverdi: Vespers BBCSO, cond: Schwarz. Cast incl Alfred Deller, Heather Harper

23 Nov

Rugby School Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims. Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region

CBSO, cond: Marcus Beresford

26, 28 Nov, 4

Dec

S Wells Mozart: Seraglio

13 Dec Sheffield Handel: Messiah Halle Orch

14 Dec Manchester Handel: Messiah Halle Orch

16 & 19 Dec Huddersfield Handel: Messiah Huddersfield Choral, RLPO, cond: Sargent/Herbert Bardgett

20 Dec Covent Garden Handel: Samson (staged)

Prod: Herbert Graf. Cond: Leppard

1959 ? Pwllheli Mendelssohn: Elijah

27 Jan Festival Hall Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate

Jacques orch, cond: Jacques

4 Feb Birmingham Handel, Purcell arias Mixed chamber prog. Artists incl Neville Marriner, vln.

24 Feb Festival Hall Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony

LSO, cond: Jacques

28 Feb Festival Hall Handel: Samson (Israelite Woman)

LPO, cond: John Tobin

14 Mar Sedbergh Handel, Purcell, Mozart, Wolf, English songs


16 Mar Ulverston Handel, Purcell, Wolf, English songs

Franklin, pno

18 Mar Keswick Handel, Purcell, Wolf, English songs

Franklin, pno

19 Mar Whitehaven Handel, Purcell, English songs

Franklin, pno

22 Mar Festival Hall Bach: St John Passion Bach Choir, Jacques Orch, cond: Jacques. Cast incl. Pears

25 Mar Leeds Handel: Israel in Egypt (extr). Rossini: Messe Solennelle

RLPO, cond: Sargent

12 Apr Copenhagen Handel: L’Allegro ed il Pensieroso

DRSO, cond: Woldike

23 Apr

Birmingham Beethoven 9 CBSO, cond: Meredith Davies

10 May Perth Haydn: The Seasons SNO, cond: de Csillery

12 May Festival Hall Beethoven 9 LPO, cond: Stanley Pope

28 May Festival Hall Haydn: Salve Regina & Berenice (scena)

London Mozart Players, cond: Harry Blech

1 Jun Festival Hall Beethoven 9 LSO, cond: Krips. Also in prog, Glenn Gould

14 Jun Victoria & Albert Museum

Purcell: Fairy Queen (concert)

Philomusica of London, cond: Anthony Lewis. Cast incl. Deller

24 Jun Festival Hall Handel: Solomon Bach Choir, Jacques Orch, cond: Jacques

5 Aug Albert Hall Bach: cantatas BBC Prom. BBCSO, cond: Sargent

8 Sep Edinburgh Handel: Tra le fiamme

Leppard Ensemble, cond: Leppard

10 Sep

Edinburgh Haydn: Arianna a Naxos

Harpsichord: Raymond Leppard

26 & 27 Sep Berlin Handel: Messiah Huddersfield Choral Soc, Berlin Philharmonic, cond: Sargent

15 Oct

Swansea Handel: St Cecilia Day Ode

Halle Orch, cond: Mansel Thomas

22 Oct

Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Hall

Purcell, Handel, English songs, Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben

Flora Kent, pno

23 Oct

Athenaeum Purcell, Handel, English songs, Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben

Paul Hamburger, pno

29 Oct Copenhagen Haydn: Salve Regina & Harmonienmesse

Danish RSO, cond: Woldike

3 Nov

Albert Hall Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims,

LSO, Alexandra Choir, cond: Charles Proctor

16 Nov Antwerp Handel: Messiah

Flemish Opera, cond: de Vocht

18 Nov Leeds Haydn: Creation RLPO, Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, cond: Sargent

30 Nov Albert Hall Handel: Messiah LSO, cond: Sargent

4 Dec Edinburgh Handel: Judas Maccabaeus

SNO, Edinburgh Choral Union, cond: Gibson

7 Dec Inverness Handel, Rossini, English songs

Wight Henderson, pno

10 Dec

Birmingham Bach: B Minor Mass Philomusica of London, cond: Lewis

25 & 28 Dec ITV b’cast Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

1960 9 Jan Albert Hall Handel: Messiah RCS, LSO, cond: Sargent

26 Jan Cardiff BBC recording

9 Feb

Felixstowe Handel, Mozart, English songs

Franklin, pno

11 Feb Birmingham Britten: Spring Symphony

CBSO, cond Britten. With Proctor, Pears

14 Feb Charterhouse School

Purcell, English songs

16 Feb Festival Hall Milner: St Francis. Beethoven: Mass in C

LSO cond Jacques

6 Mar Hanover Handel: Messiah

9 Mar Swindon Mozart: Exsultate, Dyson: Wife of Bath

Bournemouth SO, cond Groves

11 Mar

Sherborne Girls School,

Purcell, Handel, Wolf, Brahms, English songs

Franklin, pno

16 Mar Utrecht Handel: Messiah

TV recording

20 Mar Cardiff TV recording: Croeso

25 Mar Huddersfield Mendelssohn: Elijah Huddersfield Choral Soc, RLPO, Sargent.

27 Mar Burnley

Haydn: Seasons

1 Apr BBC Maida Vale

Song recital TV recording. G Moore, pno

4 Apr Stafford Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony

7 Apr Halifax Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Halifax Choral, RLPO, Donald Hunt

12 Apr Liverpool Fricker: The Vision of Judgement

RLPO, John Pritchard

15 Apr Norwich Handel: Messiah

Norwich Phil Soc

23 Apr Newcastle Mozart, Purcell arias, English songs

26 Apr Festival Hall Britten: Spring Symphony

LPO, Janos Ferencsik

30 Apr Ware Handel: Messiah Ware Choral Soc. With Janet Baker

11 May Norwich Cathedral Bach, Handel, Mozart arias

Joint recital with Leon Goossens

2 June

Festival Hall Beethoven 9 LSO, Krips

11, 15, 22, 24 June

Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall

Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

World premiere. Prod: John Cranko. Cond: Britten. With Alfred Deller, Pears, Cantelo, Brannigan

6,7,9 Jul

Sadlers Wells Handel: Radamisto 1st English staging since 1728.

Handel Opera Soc prod, cond: Charles Farncombe, dir: Douglas Craig

11, 12, 14, 15 Jul Amsterdam Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

World premiere. Prod: John Cranko. Cond: Britten. With Alfred Deller, Pears, Cantelo, Brannigan

31 Jul BBCTV Grand Hotel

4 Aug Cardiff Beethoven: Mass in D LSO

8 Sep Birmingham Beethoven 9

14 Sep Torquay Mozart: Exsultate. Dyson: Wife of Bath

Bournemouth SO, Groves

15 Sep Bournemouth Mozart: Exsultate. Bach: Jauchzet Gott

Bournemouth SO, Groves

29 Sep

Cannock Handel, Rossini, Mozart arias, English song

11 Oct Albert Hall Haydn: Creation

LPO, Sargent

14 Oct

Festival Hall Haydn: Infedelta Delusa (Vespina).

UK premiere. Haydn Orch, cond: Harry Newstone

19 Oct Caerphilly Song recital

24 Oct BBC Bush House Rimsky-Korsakov

25 Oct

Bath Abbey Bach: St John Passion LSO, cond: Cuthbert Bates. Cast incl: Wilfred Brown

27 Oct Bath Guildhall Scarlatti: Christmas Cantata

Leppard, hpsch

6 Nov Victoria & Albert Museum

Bach: Coffee Cantata

8 Nov

Birmingham Bach: Coffee Cantata. Purcell: Masque, Diocletian.

Philomusica of London, cond: Lewis

9 Nov

Bradford Haydn: Creation. Lemare Orch, Herbert Bardgett

11 Nov Huddersfield Beethoven: Mass in D. Huddersfield Choral,RLPO, Sargent

15 Nov Cardiff Croeso BBCTV recording

29 & 30 Nov Cambridge Guildhall

Mozart: Coronation Mass. Britten: Cantata Academica

CUMS. Conds: Willcocks & Britten. With Pears. UK premiere

3 Dec Derby Handel: Messiah

5 Dec

Festival Hall Mozart: Ch’io mi scordi. Haydn: Arianna a Naxos

Haydn Orch, Cond: Newstone

6 Dec

Croydon Mozart, Britten folk songs

10 Dec Swansea Bach: Christmas Oratorio

13 Dec Ballymeena Handel arias, Berlioz, Rossini, English songs

15, 16, 17 Dec Belfast Handel: Messiah Belfast Phil Soc, Maurice Miles

20 December Dublin Handel: Messiah Eireann RSO, cond: Pritchard

26 December Schiedam, Holland, Handel: Messiah Cond: Gijsbert Nieuwland

29 & 31 Dec Liverpool Handel: Messiah RLPO, Pritchard. With Pears

1961 28 Jan Portsmouth Handel: Messiah Portsmouth Choral Union

4 Feb Festival Hall Handel: Messiah London Choral Soc, LPO, John Tobin

19 Feb

Burton Park Handel, Purcell, English songs

Phyllis Spurr, pno

25 Feb

Bishop's Stortford Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Brahms, Rossini, English songs

Paul Hamburger, pno

26 Feb

Marlborough College

Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Brahms, Rossini, English songs

Paul Hamburger, pno

10 Mar Festival Hall Britten: Cantata Academica

London premiere. LSO, cond: George Malcolm. Cast incl. Pears, Watts, Brannigan

19 Mar & 26 Mar

Festival Hall Bach: Matthew Passion Jacques Orchestra, Willcocks

22 Mar

Ibis Musical Society Handel, Purcell, Rimsky, Hopkins

Phyllis Spurr, pno

10 Mar

Festival Hall ? LSO. Cast incl. Pears

5 Apr

Festival Hall Beethoven: Der glorreiche Augenblick

BBCSO & Chorus, cond: Schwarz

8 Apr Bournemouth Bach: Matthew Passion Bournemouth SO, cond: Groves

11 Apr Haarlem Bach: Jauchzet Gott N. Holland PO, cond: Henri Arends

19 Apr

Leeds Holst: Choral Symphony

Leeds Phil Chorus, RLPO, cond: Sargent

23 Apr Ahlen, Germany Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

NWDeutsche Phil, Matthias Buchel

29 Apr Bunde, Germany Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

NWDeutsche Phil, Matthias Buchel

6 & 7 May Dortmund & Herford

Handel: Messiah NW Deutsche Phil, Maurits Denaux

17, 19, 20 May Sadlers Wells Handel: Rinaldo (Armida)

Handel Opera Soc prod (Douglas Craig), cond: Charles Farncombe. Design: Anthony Powell

21 Jun Halle, Handelfestspiele

Handel: Rinaldo (Armida)

Handel Opera Soc prod (Douglas Craig), cond: Charles Farncombe. Design: Anthony Powell

28 Jun, 1 Jul Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall

Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

Cond: Meredith Davies

11 Aug Haarlem? Bach, Mahler, N. Holland PO. Cond: Henri Arends

15 Aug Albert Hall Britten: Cantata Academica

Prom. LSO, cond: George Malcolm

2 Sep Walsall Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Verdi arias, English songs

6 Sep Hereford Cathedral Mozart: Coronation Mass. Fricker: Vision of Judgement

Three Choirs Fest. LSO, cond: Melville Cook. Also on Prog: Britten Nocturne, with Pears & Britten.

28 Sep Copenhagen Purcell: Fairy Queen Danish RSO, cond: Anthony Lewis. With Pears, Deller, Morison, Hemsley, Thurston Dart

15 Aug Albert Hall Britten: Cantata Academica

Prom

25 Aug Dartington Janacek: Slavonic Mass Summer School Ch, Gellhorn

18, 19 Oct

Whitehaven Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

21 Oct

Chelmsford Cathedral

Finzi: Dies Natalis. Mozart: Exsultate.

Recital with organ: Derrick Cantrell

7 Nov Dumfries Handel, Mozart, Verdi arias, Berlioz, Rossini, English songs

16 Nov Stockton Mozart: Exsultate, Rossini arias, English songs

Joint recital with John Williams & Paul Hamburger

30 Nov

Swansea Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Brahms, Poulenc, Honegger, English songs

Paul Hamburger, pno

9 Dec

Manchester Handel: Messiah Stretford Choral Soc, William Earnshaw

12 Dec

Albert Hall Christmas Music London Senior Orchestra, Cond: Ernest Read

16 Dec

Swansea Handel: Messiah Swansea Municipal Choir, cond: Ivor Owen

20 Dec Albert Hall Handel: Messiah LPO & Choir, cond: Frederic Jackson

1962 4 Jan Bristol Song recital Gerald Moore, pno

25 Jan Bangor Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Debussy, Poulenc songs

Paul Hamburger, pno

11 Feb BBC b’cast Handel: Deidamia (Achilles)

Arnold Goldsborough, cond

20 Feb Larkhall, Glasgow Handel, Mozart, Verdi arias, English songs

Cond: John J Hamilton

21 Feb Dundee Beethoven: Mass in D

25 Feb

Victoria and Albert Museum

Handel, Purcell, Mozart arias

Joint recital with John Williams & George Malcolm

27 Feb

Croydon Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben. Debussy, Poulenc, English songs.

Phyllis Spurr,pno

1st Mar Kidderminster. Handel, Mozart, Puccini arias, English songs

Kidderminster Choral Soc, cond: Frank Edwards

10, 15 & 18 Mar

Barcelona Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Orfeo Catala, Lluis Millet

22 Mar Halifax Beethoven: Mount of Olives. Faure: Requiem

25 Mar

Festival Hall Handel: Messiah Philharmonia Orch, Wilhelm Pitz

29 Mar Birmingham Beethoven 9 Cond: Hugo Rignold

7 Apr

BBC Maida Vale Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate

08 Apr

Bournemouth Bach: Matthew Passion Bournemouth SO, cond: Charles Groves

15 Apr

Festival Hall Bach: Matthew Passion Jacques Orch, cond: David Willcocks

17 Apr

Liverpool Peter Racine Fricker: The Vision of Judgement

3rd perf of piece JV premiered, 1958. RLPO, cond: Pritchard.

20 Apr

Leverkusen, Germany

Bach: Matthew Passion Westphalian SO, cond: Paul Nitsche. With Gerard Souzay (Evang)

3 May Copenhagen Handel: Saul Danish RSO, Mogens Woldike

15 May Vienna Handel: Saul

20 May Brighton Beethoven: Mass in C

25 May Coventry Bliss: The Beatitudes - premiere

Opening concert, Coventry Cathedral Inauguration Fest.BBCSO, Sargent

14 Jun Festival Hall Beethoven 9 LSO, Pierre Monteux

20, 22, 28, 29 Jun

15th Aldeburgh Festival

Britten: Albert Herring (Miss Wordsworth)

EOG prod (Colin Graham), cond: Meredith Davies

26 Jun Sadlers Wells Britten: Albert Herring (Miss Wordsworth)

EOG prod (Colin Graham), cond: Meredith Davies

18 & 20 Jul Sadlers Wells Handel: Radamisto Handel Opera Soc, prod: Douglas Craig, cond: Farncombe. Harpsch: George Malcolm

3,5,7 Sep

Edinburgh Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

EOG prod (Basil Coleman) at Festival, cond: Meredith Davies. With Pears, Fisher

17 Sep Liege Handel arias

20 Sep Manchester Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

27 Sep Leeds Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

12, 17, 20, 25 October , 3, 7, 9 Nov

Sadler's Wells Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)

EOG prod (Coleman), cond: Davies, with Lanigan, Fisher

27 Oct

Coalville, Leics Mozart, Verdi arias/duets. English songs

Joint recital with John Heddle Nash

31 Oct Central Hall, Westminster

Faure: Requiem. Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony

Alexandra Choir, Charles Proctor

14 Nov Leeds Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony

15 Nov BBC Maida Vale Handel: L’Allegro

20 Nov BBC Maida Vale Handel: Alexander’s Feast

22 Nov Leeuwarden, Holland

Bach

4 Dec

Croydon Handel, Purcell, Rameau, Berlioz, Rossini, folk songs

Paul Hamburger, pno

8 Dec Swansea Bach, Finzi

14 Dec Albert Hall Handel: Messiah

17 Dec Festival Hall Handel: Messiah

13 Dec Hull Handel: Messiah Hull Choral Union, cond: Alec Redshaw

18 Dec

Worthing Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate. Handel: Messiah (extr)

Christmas concert. Worthing CO, cond: Kershaw

1963 5 Jan Newcastle Hoffnung Hogmanay Comedy concert with Malcolm Arnold, Ian Wallace etc

16 Jan

Leighton Buzzard Purcell, Rameau, Berlioz, Rossini, Poulenc, English songs

Paul Hamburger, pno

2 Feb Birmingham Purcell, Mozart arias. Mozart: Eb Litany.

ECO, Anthony Lewis

6 Feb Festival Hall Britten: Spring Symphony

BBCSO, Antal Dorati

10 Feb

Albert Hall Ho Ho Hoffnung – musical comedy concert

Prod: Colin Graham. With Joseph Horowitz, Ian Wallace, Malcolm Arnold

14 Feb

Birmingham Britten: War Requiem CBSO, Meredith Davies

16 Feb Central Hall, Westminster

Bliss: The Beatitudes Kensington SO, cond: Leslie Head

2 Mar

Coventry Cathedral Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Oxford Bach Choir, Sydney Watson

13 Mar Leighton Buzzard Arts Club

Handel, Purcell arias, Debussy, Poulenc, English songs

Paul Hamburger, pno

15 & 17 Mar Madrid Beethoven: Mass in D Spanish National Orch, Luis Millet

20 Mar

Swindon Song recital: Purcell,

Rossini, Debussy, Poulenc, English

Viola Tunnard, pno

6 Apr Festival Hall Beethoven 9 LSO, Pierre Monteux

2,4,5 May New York Lincoln Centre

Britten: Spring Symphony

NYPO, Bernstein

17 , 24 May Bethlehem, USA Bach Cantatas

18 , 25 May Bethlehem, USA Bach: B Minor Mass

13 Jun BBC broadcast Bach cantatas ECO, cond Goldsbrough. With Frans Bruggen

13 Jun BBC broadcast Purcell: Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation

Recital with George Malcolm, John Williams

15 Jun Llandaff Britten: Les Illuminations

26 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Mozart, Bach, Arne

15 & 17 Jul

Kortrijk & Tongeren, Belgium

Handel: Messiah Antwerp Phil, Maurits Denaux

26 Jul Sadlers Wells Offenbach/Colin Graham: Not in front of the waiter

Entertainment for gala tribute to Joan Cross & Anne Wood

8 Aug BBC broadcast from Albert Hall

Gilbert & Sullivan evening

BBCSO, Sargent

15 Aug Folkestone Purcell, Mendelssohn arias, English songs

Royal Artillery Orch

18 Aug Worthing Purcell, Mozart arias, English songs

Worthing Municipal Orch

25 Aug Ostend Handel: Messiah Belgian NO, Andre Van der Noot

13 Sep Gent Britten: Spring Symphony

BRTSO, Daniel Sternefeld

29 Sep Mons Handel: Messiah With Janet Baker, Wilfred Brown, Owen Brannigan. Cond: George Hurst. Hpsch: Thurston Dart

2 Oct

Coventry Mahler 4 Philharmonia Orch, Jascha Horenstein

17 Oct,

Royal Academy of Music

Britten: Les Illuminations

With piano?

23 Oct

Westminster Abbey, Monteverdi: Vespers. ECO, Douglas Guest. With Wilfred Brown, Helen Watts, John Noble

31 Oct

Bergen Britten: Les Illuminations. Purcell & Handel arias

Cond: Odd Gruner-Hegge

7 Nov Copenhagen Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate

Danish RSO, Sixten Ehrling

13 &14 Nov

Arhus Cathedral Handel: Messiah Cond: Walther Borner

18 Nov

Hereford Haydn: St. Cecilia Mass. Jerusalem (Dyson)

Hereford Choral Society, Capriol Orchestra, Melville Cook

19 Nov

Festival Hall Britten: Cantata Academica

LSO, Willcocks. With Pears, Watts, Brannigan. Royal Concert for St Ceciliatide.

22 Nov

Festival Hall, Britten: Gloriana (Lady Rich)

Britten’s 50th birthday concert

26 Nov Liverpool Beethoven 9 RLPO, Groves

7 & 8 Dec Basel Handel: Messiah BOG Orch, Hans Munch

14 Dec Manchester Handel: Messiah Stretford Choral Soc, William Earnshaw

1964 9 & 10 Jan Oslo Mozart, Rossini arias

Oslo Phil, Oivin Fjeldstad

26 Jan

Burton Park Songs: Haydn, Debussy, Poulenc, Howells, Dyson

Joyce Rathbone,pno

30 Jan

Birmingham Purcell: Masque (Tempest). Linley: Ode on the Spirits of Shakespeare

LCO, Anthony Lewis

14 Feb Belfast Beethoven 9

18 Feb

Barnes Music Club Songs: Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Poulenc, Howells

Paul Hamburger, pno

14 Feb

Belfast Beethoven 9 City of Belfast Orch, Maurice Miles

18 Feb Barnes Songs

21 Feb Festival Hall Handel: Messiah London Senior Orch, cond

Ernest Read

2& & 28 Feb

Berlin Handel: Jephtha Berlin Phil, Rafael Kubelik

8 Mar Festival Hall Mozart: Exsultate

20 Mar

Bristol Cathedral Mozart: Exsultate Cond: Clifford Harker

27 Mar

Festival Hall Bach: Matthew Passion London Choral Soc, John Tobin. With Robert Tear

2 Apr

Stavanger Songs: Handel, Purcell,

Wolf, Debussy, Poulenc, Howells

5 Apr Goteborg Mozart arias Goteborg Orch

7 Apr

Malmo Handel: Tra le fiamme Malmo SO, Mackerras

10 Apr

Dorking Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony

Leith Hill Festival. Cond: Boult

21 Apr Newcastle Bach: Jauchzet Gott, Mahler 4

RLPO, Groves

5 May

Grocers Hall, London

Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate

Philomusica of Lond, Boult. Royal concert, Queen Mother. Also featuring du Pre.

13 May Festival Hall Britten: Les Illuminations

Philomusica of London, George Malcolm

16 May

Ragley Hall Purcell: Fairy Queen Cond: Anthony Lewis. Incl. Robert Tear

26, 29, 30 May

Edinburgh Mozart: Don Giovanni

10 Jun

Exeter Cathedral Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony

Bournemouth SO, Lionel Dakers

14 Jun

Bournemouth Mozart: Exsultate Bournemouth SO, Constantin Silvestri

16 Jun St Mary le Bow Bach: B Minor Mass

20 Jun Blythborough Church

Gluck: Orfeo Aldeburgh Festival

2 Jul Sheldonian, Oxford Handel: Athalia (Athalia)

LSO, Anthony Lewis

4 Jul

Liverpool Britten: Les Illuminations

RLPO, Meredith Davies

13.14 Jul

Guildhall, London Purcell: Fairy Queen ECO, cond: Anthony Lewis. Dir: Brian Trowell

28 Jul Goteborg Songs: Handel, Purcell, Wolf etc

31 Aug

Albert Hall Bliss: The Beatitudes Prom. BBCSO, cond: Bliss

27 Nov

Albert Hall Handel: Messiah LPO, Sargent

5 Dec

Macclesfield Handel: Messiah With Janet Baker, Forbes Robinson

10 Dec Albert Hall Christmas Music Thomas Armstrong/ Ernest Read conds

12 Dec

Derby Handel: Messiah

20 Dec Walthamstow Handel:Messiah

1965 28 Jan Bergen Bach: Jauchzet Gott. Rossini arias

Bergen Phil, Rudolf Schwarz

13 Feb Woking Vaughan Williams: sea Symphony

24 Feb Cambridge Handel: Messiah

28 Feb Manchester Tippett: Child of Our Time

Halle orch, Maurice Handford

13 Mar Antwerp Britten: War Requiem

18 Mar Birmingham Bach: Susser Trost. Beethoven 9

CBSO, Hugo Rignold

28 Mar Sutton Bach: Matthew Passion With Wilfred Brown, John Carol Case

30 Mar

Malmo Mozart: arias Malmo SO, Carl von Garaguly

9 Apr

Goteborg Mozart: arias Goteborg SO, Bogo Leskovic

14,15, 16 Apr

Cologne Bach: Matthew Passion Gurzenich Orch, Gunter Wand. With Peter Schreier, Theo Adam, Norma Proctor.

2 May Festival Hall Britten: War Requiem

29 May Warwick Britten: Spring Symphony

31 May Festival Hall Bach: Ach Gott, wie manches Herzenleid & Jauchzet Gott

Philomusica of London, George Malcolm. With John Shirley-Quirk

10 Jun Kings Cambridge Fricker: The Vision of Judgement

CUMS, Willcocks. With Kenneth Bowen

22 & 24 Jun Sadlers Wells Handel: Rinaldo (Armida)

Handel Opera Soc, prod: Craig. Cond: Peter Gellhorn

26 Jun ?Holland Britten: War Requiem

3 Jul Blenheim Palace Bernier: Le Café. Campra: La Danse de Flore

Oxford Bach Fest concert, with Frans Bruggen (flute), Simon Preston (hpsch), Sim

6 Aug Albert Hall Szymanowski: Stabat Mater

Prom. BBCSO, Gellhorn

15 Aug Worthing Verdi: Ah Fors’e Lui. Songs

7 Sep Gloucester Szymanowksi: Stabat Mater. Howells: Hymnus Paradisi

8 Sep Gloucester Cathedral

Britten: War Requiem CBSO, Melville Cook

7 Nov BBCTV Songs of Praise

11 Nov Wigmore Hall Purcell, Britten, Tavener

Kirkman concert

17 Nov

Leeds Poulenc: Stabat Mater. Milner: The Water and the Fire

Leeds Phil Choir, RLPO, Donald Hunt. With Shirley-Quirk

22 Nov BBC Maida Vale recording

Artist of the Month

25 Nov Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Britten: Les Illuminations

26 Nov Albert Hall Handel: Messiah

27 Nov Durham Handel: Messiah

4 Dec Beverley Handel: Messiah

9 Dec Albert Hall Christmas Music London Senior Orchestra,

Thomas Armstrong


12 Dec Preston Handel: Messiah

17 Dec Birmingham Handel: Messiah

18 Dec Aylesbury Handel: Messiah

19 Dec Walthamstow Strauss: 4 Last Songs

21 Dec Birmingham Handel: Messiah

26 Dec BBC studio b’cast Handel: Messiah

1966 1 Jan Glasgow Handel: Messiah SNO, Glasgow Choral Union, Leon Lovett. With Shirley-Quirk

10 Jan Hague Britten: Les Illuminations

27 Jan Birmingham Britten: Cantata Academica

15, 15 Feb Berlin Handel: Messiah

1 Mar Liverpool Britten: Spring Symphony

5 Mar Frankfurt Handel: Messiah

17 Mar Goteborg Britten: les Illuminations

6 May

Ann Arbor Kodaly: Te deum Philadelphia Orch, Thor Johnson. With Sherrill Milnes

8 May Ann Arbor Delius: Requiem Philadelphia Orch, Thor Johnson. With Sherrill Milnes

13, 14, 20 & 21 May

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bach: B minor Mass & cantatas

Bethlehem Bach Choir, Ifor Jones, cond.

26 Jun Birmingham Beethoven 9 CBSO, Hugo Rignold

1 Jul

Society of Women Musicians, 4 St James' Square

Songs: Wolf, English Daphne Ibbott, pno

5 Jul Goteborg Songs: Purcell, Debussy, Poulenc, Rossini, Schubert: Shepherd on the Rock

With Carl Tillius(pno), Sten Pettersson (clar)

10 Jul Netherseale Mozart: Exsultate & Coronation Mass

Cond: Richard Butt

18 July BBC b’cast Desert Island Discs

19 Aug Dartington Handel: Alexander’s Feast

Academy of St Martins, Neville Marriner. With Robert Tear

7 Sep Worcester Cathedral

Tippett: Child of Our Time

CBSO, Christopher Robinson

12 Oct

Wigmore Hall Berlioz & Rossini songs Martin Jones, pno

21, 25, 28 Oct, Nov 2, 5

Sadlers Wells Britten: Gloriana (Lady Rich)

Revised version. Colin Graham, prod

6 Nov Bournemouth Haydn: Mariazellermesse

Bournemouth SO, Bernard Keefe

7 Nov Stationers Hall, London

Schubert: Shepherd on the Rocks, songs

EOG Schubertiade, with Pears, Britten, Thea King, Colin Graham, Michael Roll

8 Nov Woking Songs: Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Poulenc, English

Paul Hamburger,pno

29 Nov, 2, 10, 15, 29 Dec

Sadlers Wells Williamson: Violins of Saint-Jacques (Mathilde)

Premiere. Cond: Vilem Tausky, Dir: William Chappell. B’cast Dec 8.

11 Dec Stowe School Handel: Messiah Cond: Angus Watson. With Paul Esswood, Robert Tear

14 Dec Leeds Handel: Messiah Leeds Phil Soc, RLPO, Donald Hunt

19 Dec 4 St James Sq Tavener: Settings of Four Quartets

SPNM concert, pno: Tavener. Also in prg: RR Bennett, B Ferneyhough.

12 Dec BBC broadcast Vaughan Williams: Hodie

Recorded Brecon Cathedral

1967 26 Jan BBC broadcast Handel: L’allegro ed il pensieroso

ECO, cond: Arnold Goldsborough

31 Jan BBC broadcast Szymanowski: Stabat Mater

BBCSO, Sargent

7,10,17 S Wells Britten: Gloriana

14 Feb St Marylebone Parish Church

Purcell, Handel, Bach arias

David Robinson, org

19 Feb Sutton Bach: B Minor Mass

24 Feb Amsterdam Songs: Purcell, Debussy, Poulenc, English

George van Renesse, pno

2 Mar Copenhagen Handel: Jephtha (Iphis) Radio Ch Orch, Mogens Woldike.

6 Mar Birmingham Handel: Athalia (Athalia)

ECO, Anthony Lewis. With Paul Esswood, Benjamin Luxon

8 Mar QEH Handel: Athalia (Athalia)

ECO, Anthony Lewis. With Paul Esswood, Benjamin Luxon

22, 23, 24 Mar

Cologne Bach: Matthew Passion Gurzenich Orch, Gunter Wand. With Proctor, Schreier

15 Apr Mynach Mozart: Requiem. Beethoven 9

Welsh Concert Orch

19 Apr Watford Handel: Messiah Watford Phil Soc

20 Apr BBC broadcast Schubert: The Conspirators (Countess)

BBC Northern SO, cond: Leo Wurmser

23 Apr QEH Handel: Semele (Semele)

Handel Opera Soc, Charles Farncombe. RPO. With Philip Langridge

5 May Fakenham Haydn: Arianna a Naxos. Wolf: songs.

Philip Ledger, pno & hpschd

31 May Saddleworth Verdi, Bach, Handel arias

Saddleworth Male Voice Choir. Keith Swallow, pno

2, 3 Jun Coventry Cathedral Britten: War Requiem CBSO, David Lepine. With Gerald English, Shirley-Quirk

15 Jun Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh

Rameau: Zephyre (title role)

Cond: George Malcolm. Ist known performance

25 Jun Aldeburgh, Snape Maltings

Purcell/Britten: Fairy Queen

ECO, cond Britten. With Pears, Bowman, Tear. 1st Perf of Britten version

1 Jul QEH Haydn: Nelson Mass City of London Choir, Donald Cashmore

12 Jul

Manchester Bach: B Minor Mass. Manchester Mozart Orch, Kenneth Long

15 Jul Birmingham Haydn: Creation CBSO, Harold Gray

4 Aug BBC Cardiff Milhaud: Le Pauvre M atelot

5 Aug Horam, Sussex Handel, Purcell arias Hamburger, pno

14 Oct

Norwich Handel, Purcell arias Mancroft Players

20 Oct, 22, 28 Nov, 7 Dec

Sadlers Wells Williamson: Violins of Saint-Jacques

Cond: Marcus Dods

22 Oct Cardiff Orff: Carmina Burana Cardiff Concert Orch. With Martyn Hill

2 Nov Bergen Britten: Our Hunting Fathers

Bergen Phil, Karsten Andersen

26, 30 Nov Oxford, Sheldonian Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Oxford Bach Ch, Sydney Watson

12 Dec Albert Hall Christmas Music London Senior Orch, Myers Foggin

1968 21 Jan

Norrkoping Handel: Rinaldo (aria). Mahler 4

Norrkoping SO, Jascha Horenstein

25 Jan Goteborg Handel: Rinaldo (aria). Mahler 4

Goteborg SO, Horenstein

30 Jan Malmo Handel: Rinaldo (aria). Mahler 4

Malmo SO, Horenstein

20 Feb Hague Songs: Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Poulenc, English


9 Mar NE Essex Tech Coll Handel: Athalia (Athalia)

12 Apr Festival Hall Bach: Matthew Passion London Choral Soc, Philomusica of London, John Tobin. With Roger Norrington as Evangelist.

9, 10, 17 May Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bach: John Passion Bethlehem Bach Ch, Ifor Jones

14 May Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Songs: Handel, Purcell, Wolf, English

‘Mrs Walter Schrempel’, pno


Bach: Christmas Oratorio, John Passion, B Minor Mass (extracts)

Bethlehem Bach Ch, Ifor Jones

24 May Budapest Britten: Les Illuminations

New Philharmonia Orch, C M Giulini

29 May Prague Britten: Les Illuminations

New Philharmonia Orch, C M Giulini

?May

Hungary Handel: Rinaldo (Armida)

11 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Cesti, Cavalli

14 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Leo; Salve Regina

28 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Couperin

23 July

Liseberg , Sweden Handel: L’Allegro (scene) & English songs

Carl Tillus, pno

13 Aug…

Dynevor Castle, Wales

Malcolm Williamson: The Growing Castle (Agnes & other roles)

Premiere. Prod by composer. With Benjamin Luxon, Nancy Evans, Geoffrey Chard

5 Oct QEH Handel: Messiah London Orpheus Ch & Orch, James Gaddarn. With Paul Esswood, Ian Partridge

25 Oct Belfast Vivaldi: Gloria. Faure: Requiem

Ulster Orch, Sergiu Commissiona

11 Dec Leeds Handel: Messiah Leeds Phil Soc, RLPO, Donald Hunt

1969 14, 17, 18 Jan Australia House, London

Malcolm Williamson: The Growing Castle (Agnes etc)

Prod by composer

19,22,25,28 Feb

Coliseum Britten: Gloriana

23 Mar All Souls, Langham Pl

Bach: Matthew Passion All Souls Ch & Orch, Clark Bedford

4 April

Festival Hall Bach: Matthew Passion London Choral Soc, London Bach Orch, John Tobin. Robert Tear as Evangelist

12 Apr

Tillicoultry Verdi, Purcell, Berlioz arias

With Michael Rippon, bar

16 Apr Blackburn Britten: Spring Symphony

BBC Northern SO, Horenstein. BBC recording

21 Apr

Netherlands Haydn: Arianna. English songs


22 Apr

Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

Haydn: Arianna. English songs


30 Apr Alice Otley Sch Purcell, Wolf, English songs

Paul Hamburger, pno

25 May

Festival Hall Britten: Les Illuminations

New Philharmonia Orch, Giulini

27 Jun Bristol Britten: Les Illuminations

New Philharmonia Orch, Giulini

29 Jun Aldeburgh Festival Purcell/Britten: Fairy Queen

Britten, cond

8 – 12 Jul Yvonne Arnaud Th, Surrey

Malcolm Williamson: English Eccentrics (various roles)

Vernon Handley, cond. John Hope-Mason, dir.

15 Aug Brussels Purcell/Britten: Fairy Queen

ECO, cond Britten. With Bowman, Pears, Brannigan.

28 & 29 Aug Bury St Edmunds Britten: Midsummer Night's Dream (Tytania)

EOG prod. Colin Graham, dir. Meredith Davies, cond.

26 Sep Goteborg Malcolm Williamson: The Growing Castle

4 , 8, 11 Oct Sadlers Wells Britten: Midsummer Night's Dream (Tytania)

EOG, cond: Meredith Davies. Colin Graham, dir.

18 Oct Liverpool Beethoven 9 RLPO, Charles Groves

29 Nov

Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

Haydn & Mozart: scenes/arias

Netherlands CO, David Zinman

30 Nov Rotterdam Haydn & Mozart: scenes/arias


1 Dec Hague Haydn & Mozart: scenes/arias


2 Dec Rotterdam Haydn & Mozart: scenes/arias


18, , 23,26, 27, 29, 31 Dec, 3, 7, 10, 23 Jan

London Coliseum Malcolm Williamson: Lucky Peter’s Journey

Premiere. S Wells prod, dir John Cox. Cond: John Barker

1970 24 Jan Coventry Handel: Messiah

3 Feb QEH Malcolm Williamson

28 Feb Hampstead Samson and Delilah Martindale Sidwell, cond. B'cast

14 Mar Worcester Cathedral

Elgar: The Musicmakers. Britten: Cantata Academica

Worcester Festival Choral Soc, CBSO, Boult & Robinson

15 Mar BBC b'cast Britten: Les Illuminations

19, 20, 21 Mar S’Hertogenbosch Bach: Matthew Passion

27 Mar

Festival Hall Bach: Matthew Passion London Choral Soc, London Bach CO, Tobin

4 Apr Cardiff Janacek: Glagolitic Mass. Orff: Carmina Burana

9, 14, 17 Apr London Coliseum Williamson: Violins of Saint-Jacques (Countess)

19 Apr Festival Hall Holst: Choral Symphony

Cond Boult

9 May Grimsby Bach: Jauchzet Gott. Mozart: Exsultate

Grimsby Phil Soc, cond: Alec Redshaw

16 May

QEH Handel: Dixit Dominus London Orpheus Ch, James Gaddarn

17 May

Alexandra Palace, London

Handel: Messiah ‘Choir of 1000 Voices’, RPO, Yehudi Menuhin, cond.

4 & 5 Jun Dusseldorf Beethoven 9 Dusseldorf SO, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos

30 Jun, 2 Jul Chester Britten: Albert Herring (Lady Billows)

Phoenix Opera prod. Joan Cross, dir. Leonard Hancock, cond

3 Jul Madley , Herts Handel, Purcell, Mozart choral works

Cardiff Polyphonic Ch

8, 10 Jul Guildford Britten: Albert Herring (Lady Billows)


13, 14 Jul Nottingham Britten: Albert Herring (Lady Billows)


17 &18 Jul

Sheffield Britten: Albert Herring ( Lady Billows)

Phoenix Opera

24,25 Jul Exeter Britten: Albert Herring (Lady Billows)


30, 31 Jul Canterbury Britten: Albert Herring (Lady Billows)


22 & 24 Aug Brussels & Ghent Britten: Midsummer Night's Dream (Tytania)

EOG at Flanders Festival. Graham, dir. Britten, cond. With Bowman, Tear, Luxon, Cantelo.

29 & 31 Aug

Snape Maltings Britten: Midsummer Night's Dream (Tytania)

EOG. Graham, dir. Britten, cond. With Bowman, Tear, Luxon, Cantelo

23 Sep QEH Purcell/Britten: Fairy Queen (various roles)

Shortened concert version made for 1967 Aldeburgh Fest. ECO, cond: Britten. With Bowman, Pears, Partridge, Shirley-Quirk

7-29 Nov Snape Maltings Rehearsals/ TV recording Britten: Owen Wingrave

10 Dec Hull Handel: Messiah

11 Dec Christ the King, Gordon Sq

Schutz: Christmas Story

1971 31 Jan Hatfield Brahms: Requiem

6 Feb

Westcliffe Tippett: Child of our Time

South End Festival Orch & Chorus, Roy Wales.

9 Feb Albert Hall Tippett: Child of our Time

South End Festival Chorus, RPO, Roy Wales

11 Feb Sittingbourne Songs

14 Feb

Romford, Central Library

Songs: Purcell, Wolf, Britten

4, 5, 6 Mar Lancaster Univ Williamson: Growing Castle

With BBC recording

27 Mar Grimsby Purcell: Fairy Queen

9 Apr Festival Hall Bach: Matthew Passion London Choral Soc, Tobin

29 Apr Amsterdam Purcell: Fairy Queen

14 May Limerick Orff: Carmina Burana RTE SO, Albert Rosen

16 May BBC2 TV broadcast Britten: Owen Wingrave

Premiere. ECO.

25 May Birmingham Britten: Spring Symphony

CBSO, Christopher Robinson

8 Jun Knighton Songs: Purcell, Wolf, English

Paul Hamburger

2,3 Sep Aldeburgh Britten: Midsummer Night’s Dream

8 Sep Albert Hall Purcell/Britten: Fairy Queen (various roles)

Shortened concert version made for 1967 Aldeburgh Fest. ECO, cond: Britten. With Bowman, Pears, Partridge, Shirley-Quirk

23, 25 Sep S Wells Britten: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tytania)

5, 7, 8, 10, 15 Oct

San Francisco Britten: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tytania)

EOG prod. Cond: Steuart Bedford. Dir: Colin Graham. With Bowman, Tear, Luxon, Cantelo

28 Oct Castle Hotel, Taunton

Songs

6 Nov Oxford ?Schoenberg

15 Dec Stockholm. Debussy: L'enfant prodigue. Honegger: Judith

Stockholm Phil, Henryk Czyz

1972 5 Jan QEH Bach: B Minor Mass London Orpheus Ch & Orch, James Gaddarn

5 Mar Hatfield Haydn: Creation Hatfield Phil, Frank Shipway

19 Mar Windsor Songs: Purcell, Wolf, Britten

Joint recital with Leon Goossens, oboe. Wilfrid Parry, pno

25 Mar Stratford on Avon Arne: Ode on Spirits of Shakespeare

Orchestra da Camera, John Strickson

27 Mar Festival Hall Dvorak: Te Deum London Senior Orch, Terence Lovett


Bach: B Minor Mass Bethlehem Bach Ch, Alfred Mann

11 Jun Snape Maltings Schumann: Scenes from Faust

Britten, cond. With Fischer-Dieskau, Pears

29 Jun Liverpool Cathedral Elgar: Apostles RLPO, Charles Groves

9 July Cheltenham Malcolm Williamson: The Icy Mirror

Premiere. BBC Northern Orch, cond: John Hopkins

9, 17, 25 Aug…

London Coliseum Britten: Gloriana (Lady Rich)

Sadlers Wells prod. Colin Graham, dir. Charles Mackerras, cond

2, 3 Sep Munich Britten: Gloriana (Lady Rich)

Tour of S Wells prod for Munich Olympics

28 Aug Worcester Cathedral

Vaughan Williams: serenade to Music. Britten: Spring Symphony

Three Choirs Fest. RPO, Richard Lloyd & Christopher Robinson

Sep 16,17 Snape Maltings Britten: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tytania)

EOG, cond: Steuart Bedford. With Bowman, Alan Opie

5, 6 Oct S Wells Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tytania

19 Oct Belgrade Britten: War Requiem Belgrade Phil, Yugoslav People’s Army Ch, Hascha Horenstein

12 Dec

St. Johns, Smith Sq Handel: Athalia (Athalia ) Steinitz Bach Players, Paul Steinitz. BBC Radio 3 invitation concert (b’cast 21 Dec)

23 Dec

Albert Hall Britten: Ceremony of Carols (adapt extr)

London Choral Soc, Leon Lovett. With Osian Ellis, harp

1973 8 Jan Coliseum Britten: Gloriana (Lady Rich)

Cond: Mackerras, Dir: Graham

15 Jan QEH Samuel Wesley: Confitebor, P M Davies

1st perf modern times. London Mozart Players, Gellhorn

20 Jan Kensington High Sch

Handel arias Paul Hamburger, pno

6 May BBC broadcast Schubert: Lazarus (Maria)

Philomusica of London, cond: Nicholas Goldschmidt. With Tear, Langridge.

20 Aug Hereford Cathedral Bryan Kelly: Let there be Light (premiere). Mozart: Litany

Three Choirs Fest. RPO, Richard Lloyd. With Gabriel Woolf, narr.

23 Aug Hereford Cathedral Bizet: Te Deum (UK premiere). Howells: Hymnus Paradisi

Three Choirs Fest. RPO, John Sanders & Richard Lloyd.

2 Sep Albert Hall Britten: Gloriana (concert perf)

S. Wells, cond: Mackerras

23 Sep Northampton RC Cathedral

Bach & Mozart arias

15 Nov

Iceland Britten: Les Illuminations. Mahler 4

Iceland SO, Karsten Andersen

19 Nov

Iceland Songs; Handel, Debussy, Wolf, English

Arni Kristjansson, pno

1974 14 Mar Bournemouth Purcell/Britten: Fairy Queen

Bournemouth Sinfonietta & Ch, Kenneth Montgomery

17 Mar Croydon Britten: War Requiem LSO, Louis Fremaux. With Luxon, Partridge

? Mar Birmingham Britten CBSO

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