Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Wednesday, 10th March, 1948
The Mount School
Beethoven – Overture “Prometheus”
Elgar – Serenade for strings
Bach (arr Waine) – Suite “The well-tempered Orchestra”
Howells – “Puck’s Minuet”
Haydn – Symphony in D (“London”)
Documents
Conductor: Francis Jackson
Leader: Geoffrey Stevens
Sunday, 27th June, 1948
Folk Hall, New Earswick
Beethoven – Overture “Prometheus”
Songs: (Singer: Gwendolen Veevers; Pianist: Frederic Waine)
- Arne – “Where the bee sucks”
- Handel – “Art thou troubled”
- Horn – “Cherry ripe”
Haydn – Symphony in D (“London”)
Elgar – Serenade for strings
Songs: (Singer: Gwendolen Veevers; Pianist: Frederic Waine)
- Delius – “Twilight fancies”
- Delius – “Sweet Venevil”
- Somervell – “Shepherd’s Cradle Song”
- Somervell – “Gathering daffodils”
Mendelssohn – Overture “Fingal’s cave”
Howells – “Puck’s Minuet”
Grainger – “Molly on the shore”
Documents
Sunday, 4th, July, 1948
Milton Rooms, Malton
Beethoven – Overture “Prometheus”
Schubert – Song: “Shepherd on the rock” (Singer: Margaret Churchouse)
Haydn – Symphony in D (“London”)
Elgar – Serenade for strings
Songs: (Singer: Margaret Churchouse; pianist: Allan Wicks)
- Speaks – “Morning”
- Quilter – “Now sleeps the crimson petal”
- La Forge – “Song of the open”
Mendelssohn – Overture “Fingal’s cave”
Howells – “Puck’s Minuet”
Grainger – “Molly on the shore”
Documents
Sunday, 14th November, 1948
“Orchestral School” held by Bernard Shore
Sunday, 27th February, 1949
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Nicolai – Overture “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Avison – Concerto in E minor for strings
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B flat
Vaughan Williams – Folk Song Suite
Documents
Sunday, 13th March, 1949
Folk Hall, New Earswick
Nicolai – Overture “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B flat
Avison – Concerto in E minor for strings
Arias: (Singer: Mary Collier)
- Haydn – “With verdure clad” (The Creation)
- Handel – “Let the bright seraphim” (Samson)
Fauré – Pavane
Vaughan Williams – Folk Song Suite
Documents
Sunday, 20th March, 1949
Milton Rooms, Malton
Nicolai – Overture “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B flat
Avison – Concerto in E minor for strings
Arias: (Singer: Mary Collier)
- Haydn – “With verdure
- Handel – “Let the bright seraphim” (Samson)
Fauré – Pavane
Vaughan Williams – Folk Song Suite
Documents
Sunday, 27th March, 1949
Rowntree Theatre
Nicolai – Overture “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B flat
Avison – Concerto in E minor for strings
Arias: (Singer: Mary Collier)
- Haydn – “With verdure clad” (The Creation)
- Handel – “Let the bright seraphim” (Samson)
Fauré – Pavane
Vaughan Williams – Folk Song Suite
Documents
Wednesday, 1st June, 1949
The Minster
Fauré – “Requiem”
Sunday, 11th December, 1949
Rialto Cinema
Leader: Irene Hawkins
with York Musical Society
Handel – “The Messiah”
Documents
Sunday, 19th March, 1950
Rowntree Theatre
Mendelssohn – Overture “Ruy Blas”
Bach – Concerto in A for piano (Soloist: Frederic Waine)
Warlock – “Capriol” Suite
Schubert – Symphony in B minor
Weinberger – Polka from “Schwanda the Bagpiper”
Documents
Sunday, 16th April, 1950
Folk Hall, New Earswick
Sunday, 4th March, 1951
Folk Hall, New Earswick
Sunday, 8th April, 1951
Rowntree Theatre
Beethoven – Overture “Egmont”
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 in G (Soloist: John McMullen)
Brahms (arr Jacques) – Choral prelude “Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen”
Howells – “Puck’s Minuet”
Mozart – Symphony in D K.504 (“Prague”)
Documents
Sunday, 30th March, 1952
Rowntree Theatre
Haydn – “Oxford” Symphony
Mozart – Violin Concerto in D (Soloist: Raymond Cohen)
Alwyn – Suite of Scottish Dances
Vaughan Williams
- The Lark Ascending (Soloist: Raymond Cohen)
- “Running Set”
Documents
Sunday, 22nd February, 1953
Folk Hall, New Earswick
Thursday, 8th April, 1954
Tempest Anderson Hall
Conductors: Frederic Waine, Francis Jackson
Schubert – Ballet music from “Rosamunde”
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.4 in A (“Italian”)
Jackson – Hornpipe and Pavane
Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor (Soloist: Francis Jackson)
Mozart – Overture “The magic flute”
Documents
Friday, 1st April, 1955
Tempest Anderson Hall
Weber – “Freischütz” Overture
Beethoven – Symphony No.8 in F
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor (Soloist: Frederic Waine)
Rawsthorne – “Street Corner” overture
Documents
Wednesday, 2nd May, 1956
Tempest Anderson Hall
Conductor: Frederic Waine
Beethoven – “Coriolan” Overture
Dvorák – Symphony No.4 in G
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor op.54 (Soloist: Francis Jackson)
Bullock – Two Irish Tunes
Documents
Wednesday, 3rd April, 1957
Tempest Anderson Hall
Conductors: Frederic Waine, Francis Jackson
Glinka – Russlan and Ludmilla
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor (Soloist: Joseph Cooper)
Moeran – Serenade in G
Documents
Wednesday, 27th November, 1957
The Minster
with York Musical Society
Rossini – “Petite Messe Solennelle”
Documents
Monday, 24th March, 1958
Tempest Anderson Hall
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.4
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.1 in C (Soloist: Keith Swallow)
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor
Walton – Music for children
Documents
Monday, 30th June, 1958
Open Rehearsal with Bernard Shore, with performance of Elgar’s Cello Concerto
Friday, 31st October, 1958
Concert for Diamond Jubilee Year of the English Folk Dance and Song Society
The Minster
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Singers: Stella Kemp-Welch, Michael Ockenden
with York Musical Society
Song:
- Vaughan Williams – “Benedicte”
Foster – Piano Concerto founded on country dance tunes (Pianist: Keith Swallow)
Carol:
- Crossley-Holland – “The Sacred Dance”
Holst – Somerset Rhapsody
Song for unaccompanied chorus:
- Holst – “This have I done for my true love”
Smyth – Two interlinked folk melodies
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on the old 104th Psalm tune
Documents
Monday, 29th December, 1958
The Minster
with York Musical Society
Handel – The Messiah
Documents
Wednesday, 29th April, 1959
Tempest Anderson Hall
Mozart – Overture “The Marriage of Figaro”
Schubert – “Unfinished”
Jackson – Andante from Symphony in D
Beethoven – Violin Concerto (Soloist: Raymond Cohen)
Documents
Tuesday, 15th December, 1959
The Minster
with York Musical Society
Handel – “The Messiah”
Documents
Wednesday, 17th February, 1960
Rialto Cinema
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Weber – Overture “Euryanthe”
Poulenc – Concerto for two pianos (Soloists: Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick)
Jackson – Finale from Symphony in D
Mozart – Concerto for two pianos (K 365)
Documents
Wednesday, 16th March, 1960
The Minster
with York Musical Society
Haydn – “The Creation”
Documents
Tuesday, 20th December, 1960
The Minster
with York Musical Society
Handel – “Messiah”
Documents
Wednesday, 15th February, 1961
Tempest Anderson Hall
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Beethoven – “Prometheus” Overture
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto (Soloist: Frederick Grinke)
Benjamin – Two Jamaican Pieces
Vaughan Williams – Concerto Academico for violin and strings (Soloist: Frederick Grinke)
Bizet – Symphony in C
Documents
Wednesday, 14th March, 1962
Tempest Anderson Hall
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 (“Eroica”)
Mendelssohn – “Hebrides” Overture
César Franck – Variations symphoniques for piano and orchestra (Soloist: Francis Jackson)
Documents
Wednesday, 28th November, 1962
King’s Manor
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Schubert – Symphony No.5 in B flat
Mozart – Clarinet Concerto (Soloist: Cynthia Mottram)
Handel – Organ Concerto in G minor (Solo Organ: Frederic Waine)
Dodgson – Villanelle
Documents
Wednesday, 27th March, 1963
Tempest Anderson Hall
Mozart – Symphony No.41 (“Jupiter”)
Dodgson – Villanelle
Fauré – Pelleas and Melisande
Bach – Concerto in C for two harpsichords (Soloists: Francis Jackson, Percy Lovell)
Documents
Monday, 25th November, 1963
Tempest Anderson Hall
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Beethoven – “Egmont” Overture
Haydn – Symphony No.103 in E flat (“Drum Roll”)
Fauré – Pelleas and Melisande
Saint-Saëns – Piano concerto No.2 (Soloist: Francis Jackson)
Documents
Wednesday, 11th March, 1964
Rowntree Theatre
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Beethoven – “Coriolan” overture
Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor K 550
Handel – Organ Concerto No.16 in F (Soloists: Frederic Waine, Francis Jackson)
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No.3 in C minor op.78
Documents
Wednesday, 11th November, 1964
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Haydn – Symphony No.104 (“London”)
Vaughan Williams – “The lark ascending” (Soloist: Frederick Grinke)
Bartók – Seven Rumanian Dances
Beethoven – Violin concerto in D (Soloist: Frederick Grinke)
Documents
Monday, 15th March, 1965
The Minster
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Soloists: Florence Hooton, Beverley Jones
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.1
Boccherini – Cello concerto
Brahms – Four serious songs
Elgar – Cello concerto
Documents
Wednesday, 17th November, 1965
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Rossini – Overture “William Tell”
Beethoven – Symphony No.7
Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor (Soloist: Anthony Cooke)
Rossini-Britten – Soirées Musicales
Documents
Wednesday, 16th March, 1966
The Minster
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Altenburg – Concerto for seven trumpets and timpani
Haydn – Symphony No.99 in E flat
Mozart – Flute Concerto in G (Soloist: Clarissa Melville)
Dvorák – Symphony No.7 in D minor
Documents
Wednesday, 16th November, 1966
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Arriaga – Symphony in D minor
Bach – Concerto for two violins in D minor (Soloists: Frederic Waine, Stella Kemp-Welch)
Bizet – Symphony in C
Documents
Wednesday, 8th March, 1967
The Minster
Boyce – Symphony No.1 in C
Brahms – Variations on a theme by Haydn
Beethoven – Piano concerto in G (Soloist: Colin Horsley)
Leighton – Festive overture
Documents
Thursday, 16th November, 1967
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Mozart – Overture “Marriage of Figaro”
Beethoven – Symphony No.2 in D
Brahms – Double Concerto in A minor (Soloists: John Tunnell, Charles Tunnell)
Documents
Tuesday, 12th December, 1967
The Minster
Handel – “The Messiah”
Documents
Tuesday, 5th March, 1968
The Minster
with York Musical Society
Schubert Concert
Schubert
- Three Motets
- “Unfinished” Symphony
- Mass in A flat
Documents
Wednesday, 20th March, 1968
Tempest Anderson Hall
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Gabrieli (arr Vaughan-West) – Sonata Pian e forte for wind
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.3 (“Scottish”)
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C (Soloist: Moray Welsh)
Hoddinott – Variation for Orchestra op.31
Documents
Thursday, 14th November, 1968
The Minster
Haydn – Symphony No.31 in D (with the Horn signal)
Hindemith – From Symphony “Mathis der Maler”
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat op.83 (Soloist: Denis Matthews)
Documents
Tuesday, 3rd December, 1968
The Minster
with York Musical Society and York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir
with York Musical Society
Brahms – Alto Rhapsody
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor
Brahms – Song of Destiny
Vivaldi – Gloria
Documents
Saturday, 10th May, 1969
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Handel (arr.Beecham) – Suite “The gods go a-begging”
Schubert – Symphony No.4 in C Minor (“Tragic”)
R Strauss – Oboe Concerto (Soloist: Celia Nicklin)
Walton – Suite “Facade”
Documents
Friday, 14th November, 1969
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
Conductor: David Blake
with members of the York University Orchestra
Rossini – “The Italian girl in Algiers”
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor (Soloist: Francis Jackson)
Delius – “The walk to the Paradise Garden”
Ravel – Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Soloist: Francis Jackson)
Documents
December, 1969
The Minster
with York Musical Society
Handel – “Messiah”
Documents
Saturday, 14th March, 1970
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Vaughan Williams – Overture “The Wasps”
Beethoven – Symphony No.1 in C
Berlioz – Symphony “Harold in Italy” (Soloist: Cecil Aronowitz)
Saturday, 20th June, 1970
The Minster
with York Musical Society
Elgar – “The Dream of Gerontius”
Friday, 13th November, 1970
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
Programme included:
Vaughan Williams – Tuba concerto (Soloist: Andrew Wilson-Dickson)
Dvorák – Symphony No.6 in D
Saturday, 6th March, 1971
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Mozart – Overture “The marriage of Figaro”
Handel – Harp Concerto in B flat (Soloist: Susan Drake)
Jackson – Overture “Brigantia” op.38 (first performance)
Debussy – Danse sacree et danse profane
Borodin – Symphony No.2 in B minor
Saturday, 22nd May, 1971
The Minster
Bach – Cantata No.68 (soloist Eileen Poulter)
Borodin – Symphony No.2 in B minor
Jackson -Overture “Brigantia” op.38
Poulenc – “Gloria” (soloist Eileen Poulter)
Conductor: Francis Jackson
Leader: Ronald Easey
Friday, 19th November, 1971
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
Handel – Concerto Grosso No.3 op.6
Prokofiev – Classical Symphony
Delius – On hearing the first cuckoo in spring
Brahms – Violin Concerto (soloist: Sylvia Rosenberg)
Saturday, 13th May, 1972
The Minster
Handel – Concerto for organ in B flat (Soloist: Martin Neary)
Wilson-Dickson – Dance
Hindemith – Concerto for organ, 1962 (Soloist: Martin Neary)
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor
Friday, 24th November, 1972
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
Weber – “Oberon” overture
Schumann – Symphony No.1 in B flat
Dodgson – Villanelle
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat (“Emperor”) (Soloist: Antony Peebles)
Wednesday, 13th December, 1972
The Minster
with York Musical Society
Handel – “The Messiah”
Saturday, 24th March, 1973
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Rossini – Overture “La Cenerentola”
Beethoven – Symphony No.8 in F
Leighton – Festive overture
R Strauss – Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat (Soloist: Barry Tuckwell)
Friday, 23rd November, 1973
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
Nicolai – Overture “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Spohr – Symphony No.3 in C minor op.78
Britten – Country Dances from “Gloriana”
Dvorák – Cello Concerto in B minor op.104 (Soloist: Julian Lloyd Webber)
Saturday, 18th May, 1974
Sir Edward Bairstow Centenary
The Minster
Soloists: The Fitzwilliam Quartet
Jacob – Fantasia on the Alleluia Hymn
Smetana – Vltava (from “Ma Vlast”)
Bairstow – “Coronation” March
Elgar – Introduction and Allegro for strings
Rimsky-Korsakov – Russian Easter Festival Overture
Saturday, 23rd November, 1974
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Mendelssohn – Overture “The Hebrides”
Beethoven – Symphony No.2 in D op.36
Martinu – Sinfonietta “La Jolla”
Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A (K 622) (Soloist: Jack Brymer)
Thursday, 15th May, 1975
The Chapel, St John’s College
Schubert – Overture “Rosamunde”
Haydn – Symphony No.3 in E flat (“The Drum Roll”)
Jackson – Overture “Brigantia”
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor (op.18) (Soloist: Philip Fowke)
Friday, 21st November, 1975
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Mendelssohn – Overture “The Fair Melusine”
Richard Rodney Bennett – Party Piece
Mozart – Concerto in C for flute and harp, K 299 (Soloists: Una O’Donovan, Peter Lloyd)
Beethoven – Symphony No.6 in F (“Pastoral”) op.68
Saturday, 20th March, 1976
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
Mozart – Overture “Idomeneo”
Hugh Cole – Black Lion Dances
Elgar – Sea Pictures (op.37) (Soloist: Linda Finnie)
Dvorák – Symphony No.9 in E minor (“From the New World”)
Saturday, 20th November, 1976
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Mozart – Symphony No.35 in D (“Haffner”)
Copland – “Appalachian Spring”
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in E flat (Soloist: Bram Wiggins)
Ravel – “Pavane pour une infante defunte”
Debussy – “Petite Suite”
Saturday, 5th February, 1977
Concert for Young People
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Leader: Geoffrey Stevens
Pianists: Christian Vassie, Francis Jackson
Rossini – Overture “La Scala di Seta”
Schubert – Symphony No.5 in B flat (first movement)
Bach – Overture in B minor (later movements – with flute) (Solo flute: Sarah Brooke)
Richard Rodney Bennett – Party Piece
Mozart – Piano Concerto in E flat (K 271) (first movement)
Weinberger – Polka from “Schwanda the Bagpiper”
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Saturday, 7th May, 1977
The Minster
Mendelssohn – Overture “Ruy Blas”
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor (op.47) (Soloist: Andrew Watkinson)
Dvorák – Symphony No.8 in G (op.88)
Conductor: Francis Jackson
Leader: Sheila Hawken
Saturday, 19th November, 1977
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Walton – Overture “Portsmouth Point”
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.2 in C minor, op.17
Howells – “Puck’s Minuet”
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor (Soloist: Dennis Lee)
Saturday, 11th March, 1978
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Schubert – Symphony No 3 in D
Mozart – Bassoon Concerto K191 (Soloist: Michael Chapman)
Beethoven – Overture “Coriolan”
Elgar – Romance for bassoon and orchestra (Soloist: Michael Chapman)
Lennox Berkeley – Divertimento
Saturday, 18th November, 1978
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Mendelssohn – Overture “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Dvorák – Legends I-V
Vaughan Williams – Suite for Viola and Orchestra (Soloist: Christopher Wellington)
Saturday, 31st March, 1979
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
Weber – Overture “Euryanthe”
Jackson – Symphony in D minor
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D op.61 (Soloist: Erika Klemperer)
Open rehearsals of all Beethoven symphonies:
Monday, 23rd April, 1979: Nos. 1 and 4
Monday, 30th April, 1979: Nos. 2 and 7
Monday, 7th May, 1979: Nos. 3 and 8
Monday, 14th May, 1979: Nos. 5 and 6
Monday, 21st May, 1979: No. 9
Saturday, 24th November, 1979
Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School
Leighton – A Festive Overture
Haydn – Symphony No.104 (“London”)
Moeran – Sinfonietta
Beethoven – Piano concerto No.5 (“Emperor”) (Soloist: Mark Resmer)
Saturday, 22nd March, 1980
The Guildhall
Rawsthorne – Overture “Street Corner”
Saint-Saëns – Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor (Soloist: Andrew Watkinson)
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D