Edward Clark's Programmes and Conducting Y
1: Edward Clark Concerts 1921. Dates, locations, programmes, performers
2: Selection of Clark’s conducting engagements 1927–1947. First performances, external engagements, and otherwise remarkable broadcasts only
3: Full programme of the Festival of English and French Music 1940, organised by Lutyens and Clark’s Association of British Musicians
4: The North East Regional Orchestra’s ‘Master Pianists’ series 1942. Dates, locations, programmes, performers
5: The North East Regional Orchestra’s Darlington concert series 1942–3, organised by Harry M. Millen. Dates, locations, programmes, performers
6: The North East Regional Orchestra’s Summer Season 1943
7: Edward Clark’s conducting engagements with the BBC Feature and Drama Departments between 1945 and 1960
8.Oskar Fried’s live appearances on the BBC. Dates, BBC radio stations, programmes, performers. |
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Note
The following lists have been assembled from programmes in the Edward Clark Papers (Northwestern University), The Radio Times, The Listener, The Times, BBC Written Archives Caversham (RCONT1 Artist: Edward Clark); with additional information from Jennifer Doctor, The BBC and Ultra-Modern Music, 1922–1936. Shaping a Nation’s Tastes (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1999), and BBC Genome.
1: Edward Clark Concerts 1921. Dates, locations, programmes, performers.
(* indicates UK premiere where known; ** indicates world premiere where known).
Date, location |
Programme |
Performers |
8 Apr 1921
20:15
Queen’s Hall |
Joseph Haydn, Symphony no. 100, ‘Military’ (1793/4)
Arthur Bliss, ‘Storm Music’ from inc. music for Aldwych prod. of Shakespeare’s The Tempest (1921)
Arnold Bax, The Bard of Dimbovitza (1914)
Igor Stravinsky, Suite from The Firebird Suite (1919) |
Ethel Fenton (mez), orchestra led by Charles Woodhouse, Edward Clark (cond.) |
20 Apr 1921
15:00
Aeolian Hall |
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Overture to inc. music for The Wasps (1909)
Alessandro Scarlatti, Cantata ‘Oh di Betlemme altera povertà (‘Christmas Cantata’)
Wolfgang A. Mozart, Haffner Serenade KV250 (1776)
Arthur Bliss, Conversations (first two movements, 1920)
Germaine Tailleferre, Image (1918)**
Francis Poulenc, Cocardes (1919)*
Darius Milhaud, Le boeuf sur le toit (1919)* |
Gladys Moger (sop),
orchestra led by Charles Woodhouse,
Edward Clark (cond.) |
6 May 1921
15:00
Aeolian Hall |
J. S. Bach, Overture from Suite no. 2 BWV 1067, B minor (1738-9)
Ferruccio Busoni, Concertino for clarinet and orch. (1918)*
Arnold Schoenberg, Kammersinfonie op. 9 (1916)*
Arthur Bliss, Rout (1920, arr. 1921 for this concert)
Frederick Delius, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Summer Night on the River (1912/1911)
Carl Maria von Weber, Overture to F. Schiller’s Turandot, Prinzessin von China (1809) |
Grace Crawford (sop), Haydn Draper (cl), Gordon Walker (fl), orchestra led by Charles Woodhouse, members of the Oriana Madrigal Society, Edward
Clark (cond.) |
20 May 1921
20:15
Queen’s Hall |
Vincent d’Indy, Prelude to Fervaal (1889-93)
Gustav Holst, Japanese Suite (1915, replacing Stravinsky, Pulcinella Suite[*])
Manuel de Falla, Noches en los jardines de España (1909-15)*
W. A. Mozart, Horn Concerto in E flat major [KV417/447/495?]
Maurice Ravel, Valses nobles et sentimentales (1912)
Eugene Goossens, Four Conceits (1917)
Howard Carr, The Jolly Roger (pre-1917) |
Manuel de Falla (pf), Aubrey Brain (hn), orchestra led by Charles Woodhouse, Edward Clark (cond.) |
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2: Selection of Clark’s conducting engagements 1927–1947. First performances, external engagements, and otherwise remarkable broadcasts only
(* indicates UK premiere where known; ** indicates world premiere where known). Dates, locations or BBC radio stations, programmes, performers.
Date, location/BBC radio station |
Programme |
Performers |
19 Jun 1927
16:30
London Regional |
BBC Stravinsky programme:
Mavra (Overture)
‘Suite for small orchestra’
Concerto for Piano and Winds (cond. Clark)*
Suite from The Firebird (1919 orch.) |
Igor Stravinsky (pf and cond.), The Wireless Symphony Orchestra, Edward Clark (cond.) |
12 Jul 1927
Arts Theatre Club |
Igor Stravinsky, L’histoire du soldat |
Unknown musicians, Edward Clark (cond.) |
10 Oct 1927
20:00
London Regional |
BBC Bartók programme:
Piano Concerto no. 1*
Dance Suite |
Béla Bartók (pf), The Wireless Symphony Orchestra, Edward Clark (cond.) |
10 Jan 1928
Aeolian Hall
Gerald Cooper Concert |
Gerald Cooper Concert of wind chamber music: Unconducted chamber music and
Joseph Haydn, Octet
Charles-François Gounod, Petite Symphonie |
Information unavailable |
5 Jul 1928
20:45
Arts Theatre Club
[broadcast on 5GB, Handel and Mozart only] |
George Frideric Handel, Concerto Grosso B flat, op. 3 no. 1
W. A. Mozart, Violin Concerto in A major
Manuel de Falla, El amor brujo (selection)
William Walton, Façade Suite arrangement**
Richard Strauss, inc. music from Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme) |
Arts Theatre Chamber Orchestra, led by Arthur Catterall (vn), Edward Clark (cond.) |
early Dec 1928
Boulestin Restaurant, London |
private function, programme unknown |
unknown chamber orchestra, Edward Clark (cond.) |
20 Dec 1928
Prague |
programme unknown, British contemporary music |
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Clark (cond.) |
1929
Frankfurt Opera |
programme unknown |
Opera House orchestra, Edward Clark (cond.) |
10 Oct 1931
20:30
BBC London Reg. |
Paul Hindemith, Kammermusik no. 3 |
BBC Chamber Orchestra and soloists, Edward Clark (cond.) |
3 Aug 1932
21:35
BBC National |
‘A Miscellany’ [music with readings]
Paul Hindemith, Hin und zurück
Jacques Ibert, Donogoo (3 mvts, inc. music)
Eugene Goossens, Chamber Music op. 51 (Joyce) |
Theatre Orchestra, Edward Clark (cond.) |
6 Sep 1932
19:20
BBC National |
Georges Bizet, Petite suite
Darius Milhaud, Saudades do Brazil (overture and five dances)
Modest Musorgsky, Scherzo in Bb
Walter Leigh, The Pride of the Regiment (sel.) |
Michael Doré (vn),
BBC Orchestra (C), Edward Clark (cond.) |
5 Feb 1933
16:15
BBC National, Cardiff |
Arnold Schoenberg, Cello Concerto G minor (after Monn, Clavicembalo Concerto in D, 1746)* |
Antoni Sala (vc), BBC Symphony Orchestra (C) |
10 Apr 1933
19:45
BBC London Reg. |
Ildebrando Pizzetti, Concerto dell’estate (cond. Pizzetti)
Alfredo Casella, Scarlattiana (cond. Clark)
Ottorino Resphigi, Fontane di Roma (cond. Clark) |
Francesco Ticciati (pf), BBC Orchestra (D), Ildebrando Pizzetti and Edward Clark (conds.) |
30 May 1933
21:20
BBC National |
Unspecified works by George Frideric Handel
Ottorino Respighi, Antiche Danze ed Arie*
Unspecified works by Arthur Honegger
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Idillio Concertante*
Paul Hindemith, Kammermusik op 24 no 1* |
Alec Whittaker (ob), BBC Orchestra (G) |
15 Sep 1933
22:00
BBC National |
Works by J. C. Bach, Ernst Krenek, Benjamin Britten, Arthur Bliss |
Nora Gruhn (sop), BBC Orchestra (C), Edward Clark (cond.) |
23 Dec 1933
20:00
BBC London Reg. |
William Walton, Façade Suite |
Ina Souez (sop), BBC Orchestra (D), Edward Clark (cond.) |
Mar 1934
Moscow |
Edward Elgar, Cockaigne
Frederick Delius, ‘Brigg Fair’
John Ireland, Piano Concerto
Constant Lambert, Music for Orchestra
William Walton, Façade Suite
English songs |
Marian [Maria?] Yudina (pf), unknown vocal soloist, BBC Orchestra, Edward Clark (cond.) |
23 Mar 1934
21:00
BBC London Reg. |
BBC Concert of Contemporary Music: ‘Some American Composers’
Henry Cowell, Sinfonietta
Virgil Thomson, Capital, Capitals
Edgard Varèse, Octandre
Adolf Weiss, Andante from Chamber Symphony |
BBC Male Voice Quartet, London Symphony Orchestra section, Edward Clark (cond.) |
29 Jun 1934
21:00
BBC London Reg. |
BBC Concert of Contemporary Music: British Music
Bernard van Dieren, Diafonia for bar & orch
Leighton Lucas, Partita for pf & orch
Benjamin Britten, Sinfonietta |
Dennis Noble (bar), Clara Asher-Lucas (pf), London Symphony Orchestra section, Leighton Lucas and Edward Clark (conds.) |
(18 Jan 1935
22:20
BBC National) |
(BBC Concert of Contemporary Music:
Roger Sessions, Suite from The Black Maskers
Arthur Bliss, Melée fantasque (cond. Arthur Bliss)
George Gershwin, Rhapsody no. 2 for pf & orch
Aaron Copland, Dance Symphony) |
Solomon (pf), BBC Orchestra (D), Arthur Bliss and Clarence Raybould (conds.) [Clark replaced by Raybould] |
8 Feb 1935
22:00
BBC National |
BBC Concert of Contemporary Music:
Bertold Brecht/Kurt Weill, Dreigroschenoper (“Tupenny-ha’penny Opera”) |
BBC Orchestra |
10 Mar 1935
21:20
BBC London Reg. |
Arnold Schoenberg, Gurrelieder (Part I?) |
May Blyth (sop), Enid Cruickshank (contr), Parry Jones (ten), BBC Orchestra (B), Edward Clark (cond.) |
12 Apr 1935
20:30
BBC National |
Aleksandr Mosolov, Turkmenian Music* [?]
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, music from Swan Lake |
BBC Orchestra (D), Edward Clark (cond.) |
24 Jan 1936
20:10
BBC London Reg. |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Overture to Die Weihe des Hauses
W. A. Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major
Béla Bártok, Romanian Folk Dance
Johann Strauß, Walzer ‘Frühlingsstimmen’ |
Eduard Steuermann (pf), BBC Orchestra (C), Edward Clark (cond.) |
21 Feb 1936
22:20
BBC National |
BBC Concert of Contemporary Music: Riccardo Malipiero programme
Preludes to Tre commedie goldoniane
Filomela e l’infatuato* |
Ina Souez (sop), Heddle Nash (ten), Stanley Pope (bar), BBC Men’s Chorus, BBC Orchestra, Edward Clark (cond.) |
7 Jul 1946
15:00
ROH Covent Garden
Live broadcast Home Service |
Opening orch. concert of the London ISCM Festival
Richard Mohaupt, Stadtpfeifermusik**
Elisabeth Lutyens, Three Symphonic Preludes**
Robert de Roos, Piano Concerto
Elsa Barraine, Symphony no. 2
Sergey Prokofiev, Ode to the End of the War |
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Edward Clark, Gregor Fitelberg, Bertus van Lier (conds.) |
27 Jan 1947
23:05
Third Programme |
‘Contemporary Music’ programme
Alban Berg, Chamber Concerto |
ensemble from BBC soloists |
16 Nov 1947
18:00
Third Programme |
Elisabeth Lutyens programme: solo pieces and
Chamber Concerto no. 1 for nine instruments |
ensemble from BBC soloists |
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3: Full programme of the Festival of English and French Music 1940, organised by Lutyens and Clark’s Association of British Musicians.
Only the first two of the programmed 10 concerts ran. Dates, locations, programmes, performers, changes made to programmes.
Date, location |
Programme |
Performers |
Changes |
18 Jun 1940 (Tue)
20:00
Queen’s Hall |
Hector Berlioz, Overture Le carnaval romain (1844)
John Ireland, Piano Concerto in E flat (1930)
Jacques Ibert, First Suite from the Ballet Diane de Poitiers (1934; 1st English perf.)
INTERVAL
Claude Debussy, Ibéria (1910)
Frederick Delius, Brigg Fair (1907)
Paul Dukas, L’apprenti sorcier (1897) |
Clifford Curzon (pf),
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Basil Cameron |
Ireland Pf Concerto as a substitution for Maurice Ravel Pf Concerto [?G, 1929-31]
Delius substituted for Vincent d’Indy, Jour d’été à la montagne (1905)
Curzon replaced Marguerite Long; Cameron replaced Philippe Gaubert
Existing printed programme |
19 Jun 1940 (Wed)
20:00
National Gallery |
4 English songs (John Bartlet, Henry Purcell, T.A. Arne)
Howard Ferguson, Sonata in F minor (1938-40)
INTERVAL
3 English songs (Charles Wood, Charles Villiers Stanford, Charles Hubert H. Parry)
Claude Debussy, ‘La soirée dans Grenade’ (from Estampes, 1903)
Claude Debussy, ‘Poissons d’or’ (from Images, series 2, 1907)
Claude Debussy, ‘General Lavine – eccentric’ (from Préludes, bk 2, 1911–13)
Claude Debussy, ‘La fille aux cheveux de lin (Préludes, bk 1, 1910)
Claude Debussy, ‘Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest’ (Préludes, bk 1, 1910)
4 English songs (E.J.S. Moeran, John Ireland, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Peter Warlock) |
Roy Henderson (bar),
Myra Hess (pf),
Gerald Moore (pf acc.) |
Existing printed programme |
21 Jun 1940 (Fri)
20:00
National Gallery |
William Boyce (arr. C. Lambert), Overture ‘The Power of Music’1 (arr. 1937)
Henry Purcell, The Gordion Knot Unty’d Suite/incid. Music (1690)
Gabriel Fauré, Pavane in F sharp (1887)
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, Céphale et Procris, ou L’amour conjugal, ?Suite (1773)
Erik Satie, Jack in the Box (orchd. Milhaud, 1926)
Emmanuel Chabrier, ‘Idylle’, ‘Danse villageoise’ (from Suite pastorale, 1880-1)
Moeran, Lonely Waters (1932)
Constant Lambert, Pomona (?excerpts)
Songs (Hector Berlioz, Gabriel Fauré) |
Maggie Teyte (sop),
LPO, Constant Lambert |
No existing printed programme |
25 Jun 1940 (Tue)
20:00
Queen’s Hall |
Darius Milhaud, Suite provençale (1936)
César Franck, La procession (1888)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, A London Symphony (1911-3, rev.1918, rev.1933)
Edouard Lalo, Symphonie espagnole (1874)
Jules Massenet, ‘Pleurez, mes yeux’ (from Le Cid, 1885)
Georges Bizet, ‘Patrie’ overture (1873) |
Ninon Vallin (sop),
Zino Francescatti (vn),
LPO, Henry Wood |
Not realised |
26 Jun 1940 (Wed)
20:00
National Gallery |
John Dowland, Lachrimae or Seven Teares (7 pavanes 1604)
Gabriel Fauré, ?Cinq mélodies ‘de Venise’ (1891)
Henry Purcell, Chacony (1678)
Henry Purcell, Fantasias in four parts (?1680)
Calude Debussy, Trois mélodies (1891)
François Couperin, Le Parnasse, ou L’apothéose de Corelli (1724) |
Ninon Vallin (sop)
The Cembalo Trio,
The Andre Mangeot String Quartet |
Not realised |
28 Jun 1940 (Fri)
20:00
National Gallery |
Chansons (Josquin des Prez, ‘Le jeune Lassus’, Clément Janequin)
Harpsichord pieces (Thomas Arne, Henry Purcell, William Byrd, ?John Bull)
Francis Poulenc, Mass in G (1937)
Madrigals (Byrd, ?Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Weelkes)
Harpsichord pieces (?Tomkins, John Wilbye, Couperin)
Peter Warlock, Corpus Christi (1919)
Charles V. Stanford, ‘Coelos ascendit hodie’, from 3 Motets (1905) |
Lucille Wallace (hpd),
The Fleet Street Choir,
T. B. Lawrence |
Not realised |
2 Jul 1940 (Tue)
20:00
Queen’s Hall |
Arnold Bax, Tintagel (1917-9)
Hector Berlioz, Three fragments from Roméo et Juliette (1839)
Hector Berlioz, Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d’Hamlet (1844)2
Vincent d’Indy, Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français (1886)
Edward Elgar, ‘Enigma’ Variations (1899) |
Jean Doyen (pf),
LPO, Hamilton Harty |
Not realised |
3 Jul 1940 (Wed)
20:00
National Gallery |
John Ireland, Piano Trio no.2 (1917)
John Ireland, Songs [unspecified]
Alan Rawsthorne, Duo for two Violins [?=Theme and Variations, 1937]; Songs [unspecified]
Maurice Ravel, Piano Trio (1914) |
Janine Micheau (sop),
Jean Doyen (pf),
Kathleen Washbourne (vn),
Jessie Hinchcliffe (vn),
The Grinke Trio |
Not realised |
5 Jul 1940 (Fri)
20:00
National Gallery |
Gabriel Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande Suite (1900)
Edward Elgar, Sérénade lyrique for strings (1899)
Maurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899)
Darius Milhaud, Scaramouche (sax.+orch., ? 1st performance)
Benjamin Britten, Les illuminations (1939)
Frederick Delius, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (1912)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Overture, The Wasps (1909) |
Sophie Wyss (sop),
LPO, Malcolm Sargent |
Not realised |
9 Jul 1940 (Tue)
20:00
Queen’s Hall |
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dardanus, Suite
William Walton, Viola Concerto (1928-9, rev.1936-7)
Albert Roussel, Bacchus et Ariane (1930, 1st English Perf.)
Claude Debussy, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1891–4)
Lord Berners, Fugue (1924)
Maurice Ravel, Alborada del grazioso (1918) Daphnis et Chloé (?2nd Suite) |
Lionel Tertis (va),
LPO, Charles Munch |
Not realised |
1. Lambert’s arrangement for str orch, wind ad lib.
2. Originally for SATB, orch.
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4: The North East Regional Orchestra’s ‘Master Pianists’ series 1942. Dates, locations, programmes, performers.
Date, location |
Programme |
Performers |
10 May 1942
City Hall, Newcastle |
Master Pianists [order of items unknown]
Franz Schubert, Rosamunde, Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 3
W. A. Mozart, Serenade ‘Haffner’
Edward German, Henry VIII Dance
Franz Liszt, works for solo pf
Hector Berlioz, Hungarian March |
Frederic Lamond (pf), NERO |
14 Jun 1942
City Hall, Newcastle |
Master Pianists/United Nations Day [order of items unknown]
Various national anthems
Gioachino Rossini, The Barber of Seville, Overture
Léo Delibes, music from Sylvia
Georges Bizet, L’arlesienne Suite
W. A. Mozart, Concerto for 2 pianos Eb
J. S. Bach, Concerto for 2 pianos C major |
Clifford Curzon, Louis Kentner (pf), NERO |
5 Jul 1942
City Hall, Newcastle |
Master Pianists
Carl Maria von Weber, Oberon, Overture
Johann Strauß, Ballet from Ritter Pasman
Fryderyk Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 1
Amilcare Ponchielli, Dance of the Hours from La gioconda
Emmanuel Chabrier, Fête polonaise from Le roi malgré lui
Various pf solo pieces, announced on the evening
Ferdinand Hérold, Zampa, Overture |
Leff Poushnioff (pf), NERO |
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5: The North East Regional Orchestra’s Darlington concert series 1942–3, organised by Harry M. Millen. Dates, locations, programmes, performers.
Date, location |
Programme |
Performers |
29 Nov 1942
Majestic Cinema, Darlington |
[programme included/order of items unknown]
Felix Mendelssohn, Hebrides Overture
Franz Liszt, La campanella for solo pf
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto in B flat (no. 1)
George Frideric Handel, Largo (with organ)
Bedřich Smetana, Vltava (Moldau)
Johann Strauß, Die Fledermaus, Overture |
Cyril Smith (pf), Harry Millen (org), NERO |
24 Jan 1943
Majestic Cinema, Darlington |
[programme included/order of items unclear]
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 5 ‘Emperor’ [replacing Rachmaninov, PF Conc. no. 2]
Fryderyk Chopin, 3 pieces for solo pf
Franz Liszt, Symphonic Poem no. 3, ‘Les Preludes’
J. S. Bach, Aria from Suite D
Carl Maria von Weber, Der Freischütz, Overture
Hector Berlioz, Carnaval Romain Overture |
Louis Kentner (pf) [replacing Eileen Joyce], NERO |
14 Mar 1943
Majestic Cinema, Darlington |
Otto Nicolai, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture
Edward Elgar, Serenade for str orch
Johann Strauß, Waltz ‘Wein, Weib und Gesang’
Franz Liszt, Fantasia on popular Hungarian tunes for pf & orch
Antonin Dvorak, Carnival Overture
Fryderyk Chopin, solo pf pieces
Aleksandr Borodin, Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor |
Mark Hambourg (pf), NERO |
27 Jun 1943
Majestic Cinema, Darlington |
[advertised as the 5th concert in a Darlington series]
Felix Mendelssohn, Ruy Blas, Overture
Franz Schubert, Entreactes and ballet music fr. Rosamunde
Serge Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto no. 2
Fryderyk Chopin, Andante spianato & Polonaise, solo pf
Edvard Grieg, 2 elegiac melodies
Richard Wagner, Tannhäuser, Overture |
Benno Moisewitsch (pf), NERO |
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6: The North East Regional Orchestra’s Summer Season 1943
Date, location |
Programme |
Performers |
9 May 1943
City Hall, Newcastle |
Bedřich Smetana, The Bartered Bride, Overture
W. A. Mozart, Bassoon Concerto
Felix Mendelssohn, Italian Symphony
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Variation from Suite in G
Edvard Grieg, Elegiac Melodies for Strings
Carl Maria von Weber, Oberon, Overture |
Archie Camden (bs), NERO, Henry Wood [replaced by Clarence Raybould] (cond.) |
13 Jun 1943
City Hall, Newcastle |
Georges Bizet, Carmen, Prelude and 2 Entreactes
Camille Saint-Saens, ‘Softly Awakes my Heart’ from Samson and Delilah
Jean Sibelius, Valse triste
Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto
Manuel de Falla, 3 Dances from El amor brujo
Goring Thomas, ‘My Heart is Weary’ from Nadezha
Franz Liszt, Funerailles & Gnomenreigen for solo pf
Richard Wagner, Tannhäuser, Overture |
Clifford Curzon (pf), Peggy Lynn (contr), NERO |
4 Jul 1943
City Hall, Newcastle |
[programme included/order of items unknown]
George Frideric Handel, Water Music
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 4
Arias by W. A. Mozart, Charles-François Gounod
works for orch. by George Frideric Handel, Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz
Franz Schubert, Rosamunde, Overture
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, ‘Procession’ & Dance of the Tumblers |
Irene Scharrer (pf), Harry Schuttleworth (bass), NERO |
1 Aug 1943
City Hall, Newcastle |
[programme included/order of items unknown]
Carl Maria von Weber, Konzertstück
Franz Liszt (arr. Ferruccio Busoni), Spanish Rhapsody
Joseph Haydn, Trumpet Concerto
Joseph Haydn, Surprise Symphony
orch. works by W. A. Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Sergey Prokofiev |
Louis Kentner (pf), Jack Mackingtosh (cornet), NERO |
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7: Edward Clark’s conducting engagements with the BBC Feature and Drama Departments between 1945 and 1960
(* indicates mechanical reproduction of programme during Clark’s lifetime).
Dates of recording and broadcast, titles, composers or producers, where known.
Date of recording (R) Date of broadcast (B) where different |
Title |
Composer / producer, where known |
22 Sep 1946
Overseas Service |
Margate (Exchange progr. Coney Island3 |
Lutyens / Joel O’Brien [replacing Louis MacNeice and R. D. Smith] |
29 Dec 1946
Overseas Service |
Oxford (Exchange progr. Princeton) |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
5 Feb 1947
Overseas Service |
Port of London (Exchange progr.) |
Lutyens / Maurice Brown |
1 Apr 1947
Overseas Service |
London Stock Exchange (Exchange progr.) |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 20 Apr 1947
(B) 22 Apr 1947
00.30
Overseas Service |
Infinite Variety |
? / R. D. Smith |
(B) 24 Apr 1947
19.30
Third Programme* |
Imaginary Conversations: Ophelia |
Lutyens / Rayner Heppenstall |
(R) 19 July 1947 |
London Undergrounds (exchange progr) |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 25 Jul 1947
Overseas |
Lorna Doone Country (Exchange Progr.) |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 25 Jul 1947
Overseas |
Theatre Workshop (Exchange Progr.) |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 25 Jul 1947
Overseas Programme |
‘Hyde Park’ (Exchange Progr.) |
Lutyens / David Thomson |
(R) 10 Mar 1948 |
The Life History of an Illusion |
John Buckland / ? |
(R) 2 June 1948 |
The Devil’s Horse |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 15 Jan 1949
(B) 19 Jan 1949
Third Programme* |
Bartholomew Fair |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R?) 1949, 6 Apr
(B) 19 Apr 1949
19.45
Third Programme* |
Fisher King |
Lutyens / E. J. King Bull |
(R) 18 Nov 1949 |
Canada, Britain and Trade |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 28 Dec 1949 |
The Welfare State |
Kenneth Pakeman / R. D. Smith |
(R) 18 Jan 1950 |
Export Jigsaw - ? |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 16 Feb 1950 |
Export Jigsaw – Wool |
Lutyens / ? |
(R) 1 Mar 1950 |
Export Jigsaw – Jewellery |
Lutyens / John Bridge |
(R) 5 Oct 1950
(B) 25 Mar 1951
21.30
Home Service |
Canterbury Cathedral |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 11 Jan 1951
(B) 14 Jan 1951
18.25
Third Programme* |
King Henry VIII |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 24 Jan 1953
(B) 31 May 1953
22.30
Light Programme |
Westminster Abbey [‘A portrait in sound of this shrine of British freedom’] |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith, with Harold Darke (org)4 |
(R) 23 Oct 1953
Third Programme |
Final Meeting |
Lutyens / Terence Tiller
14 insts. |
(R) 18 Mar 1954 |
The Story of Pigling Bland |
? / Michael North
insts. & singers |
(R) 31 Mar 1954 |
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson |
? / ? |
(R) 22 Apr 1954 |
Beatrix Potter [no. 8] |
? / ? |
(R) 17 Jun 1954
(B) 20 Jun 1954
19.05
Third Programme* |
Sire Halewyn |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 7 Feb 1955
(B) 13 Feb 1955
15.00
Third Programme* |
Life’s a Dream |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith
11 insts. |
(R) 10 July 1955
(B) 14 Aug 1955
18.00
Third Programme |
Love after Death |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith
14 insts., mezzo-sopr, bar |
(R) 1 Aug 1955 (alt 2 Jul or 16 Jan 1954, unclear)
(B) 21 Aug 1955
Home Service |
Death of a Town |
Lutyens / Peter Duval Smith? |
(R) 4 Oct 1955
(B) 16 Oct 1955
15.00
Third Programme |
Every Man in his Humour |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 12, 13, 14 Nov 1955
(B) 4 Dec 1955
20.30
Third Programme* |
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder |
Dessau / R. D. Smith
10 insts. |
(R) 23 or 24 Nov 1955
(B) 27 Nov 1955
15.25
Third Programme* |
The Palm Wine Drinkard |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith
Ambrosian Singers |
(R) 12 Mar 1956
(B) 21 Mar 1956
20.35
Third Programme* |
The Trial of Thomas Cranmer |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 14 Apr 1956
(B) 16 Apr 1956
19.30
Third Programme* |
Envoy Extraordinary |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith
7 insts., singer |
(R) 22 Aug 1956
(B) 26 Aug 1956
18.10
Third Programme* |
Bussy d’Ambois |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith
11 insts. |
(R) 14 Jan 1960
(B) 30 Mar 1960
20.00
Third Programme* |
Antony and Cleopatra |
Lutyens / R. D. Smith |
(R) 10 Mar 1960
(B) 23 Oct 1960
17.40
Third Programme* |
Hamlet |
Lutyens / Cedric Messina |
3. These programmes were conceived and broadcast in exchange with the Overseas American Exchange, bringing BBC-produced features about Britain to the US, and vice versa.
4 Darke had been Lutyens’s composition tutor during her studies at the Royal College of Music.
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8.Oskar Fried’s live appearances on the BBC. Dates, BBC radio stations, programmes, performers.
Date and BBC Radio Station |
Programme |
Performers |
30 Sep 1927
2LO, 5XX |
W. A. Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik
George Frideric Handel, chorus from Judas Maccabaeus
Claude Debussy, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Richard Wagner, Tannhäuser orchestral excerpt |
Wireless Chorus and SO |
10 Jan 1928
5GB |
W. A. Mozart, Die Zauberflöte overture,
Johannes Brahms, Rhapsody for alto, male chorus, and orchestra op. 53,
Johannes Brahms, Symphony no. 1 |
Liverpool Philharmonic Soc. |
17 May 1929
2LO, 5XX |
Adrien Boieldieu, Le calife de Bagdad
W. A. Mozart, Symphony no. 39 KV 543 |
Wireless Symphony Orchestra |
10 Jan 1930
5GB |
Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique |
Wireless Symphony Orchestra |
3 Apr 1930
Regional Progr. |
Gustav Holst, Double Concerto op. 49 |
Royal Philharmonic Soc. |
15 Mar 1931
Regional Progr. |
Richard Wagner, Tannhäuser Overture
John Ireland, Symphonic Rhapsody Mai Dun
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 6 (‘Pathetique’) |
BBC Orchestra |
27 Jan 1935
Regional Progr. |
Gustav Mahler, Symphony no. 9 |
BBC Orchestra |
2 Feb 1936
Regional Progr. |
Gustav Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde |
BBC Orchestra |
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