1941
Sunday 2 November 1941
Billesley Common, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Robert Easton, our first soloist
Handel Messiah Robert Easton (Bass)
1942
1942 – Precise Date Unknown
Beacon Building, Hall Green, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Various Various Works
1942 – Precise Date Unknown
Dunlop Concert Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Various Various Works
1942 – Precise Date Unknown – Brighter Birmingham
Unknown Venue, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Various Various Works
May 1942 – Precise Date Unknown
Unknown Venue, Redditch
Conductor: Unknown
Bach Peasant Cantata
Sunday 27 December 1942, 6.45pm
Mossfield Road Barracks, Kings Heath, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Starke With Sword and Lance – march
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Finck Christmas Memories Phantasy
Novello The Dancing Years – “Waltz of my heart” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Murray “I’ll walk beside you” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Provest Escape to Happiness – Intermezzo
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Sullivan Selection
Amers Wee MacGregor – highland patrol
Addinsell Piano Concerto ‘Warsaw’ (Theme only) Gordon Faulkner (Piano)
Squire Selection of songs Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Horn “Cherry ripe” (arr. Lehman) Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
del Riego “Homing” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Bucalossi Grasshopper’s Dance
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
1943
1943 – Precise Dates Unknown – Brighter Birmingham – 6 open-air concerts
Unknown Venue, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Various Various Works
Sunday 14 February 1943, 2.45pm
Beacon Building, Hall Green, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Kern Show Boat – selection Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
German Tom Jones – Recitative Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
German Tom Jones – Waltz Song Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Provest Escape to Happiness – Intermezzo
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Sullivan Selection
Amers Wee MacGregor – highland patrol
Norton Chu Chin Chow – selection
Horn “Cherry ripe” (arr. Lehman) Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
del Riego “Homing” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Bucalossi Grasshopper’s Dance
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
Davies Official March of the RAF
Sunday 14 March 1943, 3.00pm
Beacon Building, Hall Green, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Suppé Morning,Noon and Night in Vienna
Delibes Coppélia – ballet suite
Novello The Dancing Years – “Waltz of my heart” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Straus, Oscar Chocolate Soldier – “My hero” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Jessel Wedding of the Rose – Entr’Acte
German Merrie England – selection
Fletcher Bal Masque – waltz
Addinsell Piano Concerto ‘Warsaw’ (Theme only) Gordon Faulkner (Piano)
Sanderson “Spring’s awakening” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Malotte The Lord’s Prayer Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
German Nell Gwyn – Three Dances
Romberg Desert Song
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
Sunday 15 August 1943, 6.00pm
Danilo Cinema, Quinton, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
The BPO in Lightwoods Park, Bearwood with Minneth Shaw (centre right)
Teike Old Comrades – march
Schubert Rosamunde Overture
German Tom Jones – Waltz Song Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Murray “I’ll walk beside you” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Ancliffe Nights of Gladness – waltz
Coward Bitter Sweet – selection
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld – Gallop
Romberg Desert Song
Addinsell Piano Concerto ‘Warsaw’ (Theme only) Gordon Faulkner (Piano)
Sanderson “Spring’s awakening” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Novello The Dancing Years – “Waltz of my heart” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Fletcher Woodland Pictures – suite
Bucalossi Grasshopper’s Dance
Sullivan Selection
Sunday 31 October 1943, 3.00pm
Beacon Building, Hall Green, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Teike Old Comrades – march
Schubert Rosamunde Overture
Horn “Cherry ripe” (arr. Lehman) Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Wood, Haydn “Bird of Love Divine” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Ancliffe Nights of Gladness – waltz
Coward Bitter Sweet – selection
Wagner Lohengrin – Prelude Act III
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Symphony No. 4 (Pilgrim’s March only)
Mozart, W A Symphony No. 40 (Minuet & Trio only)
Sanderson “Valley of laughter” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Monckton Arcadians – “Pipes of Pan” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Fletcher Woodland Pictures – suite
Sullivan Selection
Saturday 4 December 1943
Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Royston Brown, first oboe (on the left) and Leonard Brown (bassoon)
Belton Down the Mall – march
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Youmans No No Nanette
Puccini Madame Butterfly – “On bel d’i vedremo” Margaret Eaves (Soprano)
Schumann Slumber Song Margaret Eaves (Soprano)
Luigini Ballet Egyptien – suite
Norton Chu Chin Chow – selection
Fletcher Bal Masque – waltz
Rossini Italian Girl in Algiers Overture
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary Frank Moscrop (Trumpet)
German Merrie England – Waltz Song Margaret Eaves (Soprano)
Coates “Bird songs at eventide” Margaret Eaves (Soprano)
Coates Summer Days – Suite
Amers Wee MacGregor – highland patrol
Myddleton The Rose – selection
Sunday 12 December 1943, 6.00pm
Danilo Cinema, Quinton, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Belton Down the Mall – march
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Youmans No No Nanette
Luigini Ballet Egyptien – suite
Norton Chu Chin Chow – selection
Fletcher Bal Masque – waltz
Rossini Italian Girl in Algiers Overture
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary Frank Moscrop (Trumpet)
Coates Summer Days – Suite
Amers Wee MacGregor – highland patrol
Myddleton The Rose – selection
1944
Saturday 15 January 1944
Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Various Various Works Robert Easton (Bass)
Saturday 13 May 1944
Bromsgrove School
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary Frank Moscrop (Trumpet)
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Wagner Lohengrin – Prelude Act III
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Symphony No. 4
Sunday 9 July 1944, 6.30pm – Brighter Birmingham 1944
Sandmere Road School Playing Fields, Yardley Wood, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Coleridge-Taylor Othello – suite
German Tom Jones – Recitative Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
German Tom Jones – Waltz Song Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
del Riego “Homing” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Wagner Lohengrin – Prelude Act III
Purcell “Hark! The echoing air” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Handel Rodelinda – “Art thou troubled?” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Symphony No. 4
Sunday 20 August 1944, 7.30pm – Popular Concert
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Conductor: Ernest Powell/H. Mathew Stevenson
Our soloist Eileen Joyce was the pianist in the film Brief Encounter
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Mozart, W A Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Grieg Piano Concerto Eileen Joyce (Piano)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 (2nd & 4th movements only)
Mussorgsky Fair of Sorochinski – Gopak
Sunday 10 September 1944, 7.00pm
Cateswell House, Hall Green, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Mozart, W A Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
German Tom Jones – Recitative Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
German Tom Jones – Waltz Song Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
del Riego “Homing” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Coleridge-Taylor Othello – suite
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary Frank Moscrop (Trumpet)
Lane-Wilson “Spring’s awakening” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Monckton Arcadians – “Pipes of Pan”
Fletcher Woodland Pictures – suite
Monday 20 November 1944, 7.30pm – A “Music for All” Concert (1st)
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Schubert Marche Militaire
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Luigini Ballet Egyptien – suite
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Violin Concerto (Andante only) Mitchell Michaels (Violin)
Rosse Merchant of Venice – incidental music
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite
German Tom Jones – Recitative Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
German Tom Jones – Waltz Song Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Handel Rodelinda – “Art thou troubled?” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
del Riego “Homing” Minneth Shaw (Soprano)
Vaughan Williams Greensleeves Fantasia
Coleridge-Taylor Othello – suite
1945
Tuesday 16 January 1945, 7.00pm – A “Music for All” Concert (2nd)
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Fučík Florentiner – march
Schubert Rosamunde Overture
Addinsell Piano Concerto ‘Warsaw’ Appleby Matthews (Piano)
Sullivan Selection
Rossini Italian Girl in Algiers Overture
Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Waltz of the flowers only)
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Tuesday 6 February 1945, 7.15pm
County High School, Redditch
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Thaddeus Kozuch
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Mozart, W A Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Grieg Piano Concerto Thaddeus Kozuch (Piano)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Symphony No. 4
Tuesday 6 March 1945, 7.00pm – The 3rd “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Wedding March
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Delibes Coppélia – ballet suite
Fletcher Woodland Pictures – suite
German Nell Gwyn – Three Dances
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Huhn “Invictus” Reginald Hayes (Baritone)
Sanderson “Up from Somerset” Reginald Hayes (Baritone)
Phillips “The fishermen of England” Reginald Hayes (Baritone)
Sibelius Kuolema – Valse Triste
Coleridge-Taylor Othello – suite
Wednesday 7 March 1945, 7.00pm – The 3rd “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Wedding March
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Delibes Coppélia – ballet suite
Fletcher Woodland Pictures – suite
German Nell Gwyn – Three Dances
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Huhn “Invictus” Reginald Hayes (Baritone)
Sanderson “Up from Somerset” Reginald Hayes (Baritone)
Phillips “The fishermen of England” Reginald Hayes (Baritone)
Sibelius Kuolema – Valse Triste
Coleridge-Taylor Othello – suite
Tuesday 1 May 1945, 7.00pm – The 4th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Smith Star Spangled Banner
Starke With Sword and Lance – march
Rossini William Tell Overture
Grieg Piano Concerto Thaddeus Kozuch (Piano)
Coates Summer Days – Suite
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
German Merrie England – selection
Tuesday 18 September 1945, 7.00pm – The 5th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Haines London Scottish – march
Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Gladys Hopkins (Piano)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Ruy Blas Overture
Lane-Wilson Old English Melodies
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music
Tuesday 30 October 1945, 7.00pm – The 6th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Grieg Sigurd Jorsalfar
Coleridge-Taylor Four Characteristic Waltzes – suite
Delibes La Source – ballet suite
Rossini Italian Girl in Algiers Overture
Bucalossi Grasshopper’s Dance
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 (2nd & 4th movements only)
Tuesday 27 November 1945, 7.00pm – The 7th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Violin Concerto Arthur Leavins (Violin)
Coleridge-Taylor Othello – suite
1946
Tuesday 8 January 1946, 7.00pm – The 8th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Ernest Powell
Auber Bronze Horse Overture
Fletcher Sylvan Scenes – suite
Jessel Parade of the Tin Soldiers
Luigini Ballet Egyptien – suite
Bizet Jeux d’Enfants
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus Overture
Coates London Every Day – Suite
Amers Wee MacGregor – highland patrol
Offenbach Tales of Hoffman – selection
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Tuesday 19 March 1946, 7.00pm – The 9th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Reginald King
Thomas Raymond Overture
Rossini William Tell Overture
Waldteufel Skaters waltz / Les Patineurs
King Concert Overture (1st performance in Birmingham)
Strauss, Johann II Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Woodforde-Finden Lover in Damascus – suite
Järnefelt Praeludium
Sullivan Selection
Wednesday 27 March 1946
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Mdme. G. Aid-Briscoe
Gounod Faust (concert version) George Plant (Organ)
Tuesday 7 May 1946, 7.00pm – The 10th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Marjorie Hazelhurst
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin – extracts (Waltz only)
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music (Waltz only)
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Waltz only)
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings (Waltz only)
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite (Waltz only)
Grieg Piano Concerto Marjorie Hazelhurst (Piano)
Rossini Thieving Magpie Overture
Straus, Oscar Chocolate Soldier – selection
Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette
Coates Three Bears – fantasy
Tuesday 21 May 1946, 7.00pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Mdme. G. Aid-Briscoe
German Merrie England (concert version) Helen Hopwood (Soprano), Marion Hayes (Mezzo-soprano), Vera George (Contralto), Cuthbert Ford (Tenor), Jan Van de Gucht (Tenor), Charles Ledger (Bass-Baritone), Frederick Grisewood (Narrator)
Sunday 16 June 1946
Hall Green Parish Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Rossini Thieving Magpie Overture
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin – extracts (Waltz only)
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music (Waltz only)
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Waltz only)
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings (Waltz only)
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite (Waltz only)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Symphony No. 4 (Pilgrim’s March only)
Rossini Italian Girl in Algiers Overture
Straus, Oscar Chocolate Soldier – selection
Coates Three Bears – fantasy
Sunday 30 June 1946, 7.30pm – Series of Popular Concerts No 1
Jephson Gardens Pavilion, Leamington
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin – extracts (Waltz only)
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music (Waltz only)
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Waltz only)
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings (Waltz only)
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite (Waltz only)
Grieg Piano Concerto Marjorie Hazelhurst (Piano)
Rossini Thieving Magpie Overture
Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette
Coates Three Bears – fantasy
Sunday 7 July 1946, 7.30pm – Series of Popular Concerts No 2
Jephson Gardens Pavilion, Leamington
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Rossini Italian Girl in Algiers Overture
Fletcher Bal Masque – waltz
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Violin Concerto Maurice Gilbert (Violin)
Schubert Rosamunde Overture
Straus, Oscar Chocolate Soldier – selection
Coleridge-Taylor Othello – suite
Sunday 14 July 1946, 7.30pm – Series of Popular Concerts No 3
Jephson Gardens Pavilion, Leamington
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Strauss, Johann II Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Coates Summer Days – Suite
Sunday 21 July 1946, 7.30pm – Series of Popular Concerts No 4
Jephson Gardens Pavilion, Leamington
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Vaughan Williams Greensleeves Fantasia
Puccini Madame Butterfly – “On bel d’i vedremo” Ella Cheshire (Soprano)
Mozart, W A Marriage of Figaro – “Voi, che sapete” Ella Cheshire (Soprano)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 (2nd & 4th movements only)
German Nell Gwyn – Three Dances
Bohm “Still as the night” Ella Cheshire (Soprano)
Dvořák “Songs my mother taught me” Ella Cheshire (Soprano)
Grieg “I love thee” Ella Cheshire (Soprano)
Bach Sleepers awake (Cantata No. 140)
Luigini Ballet Egyptien – suite
Sunday 28 July 1946, 7.30pm – Series of Popular Concerts No 5
Jephson Gardens Pavilion, Leamington
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Thomas Raymond Overture
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Mozart, W A Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus Overture
Fletcher Sylvan Scenes – suite
Haines London Scottish – march
Sunday 4 August 1946, 7.30pm – Series of Popular Concerts No 6
Jephson Gardens Pavilion, Leamington
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Weber Oberon Overture
Mozart, W A Clarinet Concerto (1st movement only) Henry Stokes (Clarinet)
German Merrie England – selection
Suppé Morning,Noon and Night in Vienna
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary William Worton (Trumpet)
Coates London Every Day – Suite
Amers Wee MacGregor – highland patrol
Sunday 11 August 1946, 7.30pm – Series of Popular Concerts No 7
Jephson Gardens Pavilion, Leamington
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Auber Bronze Horse Overture
Fletcher Woodland Pictures – suite
Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert
Toye Haunted Ballroom – waltz
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Tuesday 17 September 1946, 7.00pm – The 11th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Frederic Warrender
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Coates Summer Days – Suite
Schumann Piano Concerto Frederic Warrender (Piano)
Weber Oberon Overture
Offenbach Tales of Hoffman – selection
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Tuesday 22 October 1946
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Mdme. G. Aid-Briscoe/E. David Ludlow
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Coleridge-Taylor Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast Henry Wendon (Tenor)
Coleridge-Taylor Othello – suite
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Tuesday 12 November 1946, 7.00pm – The 12th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Starke With Sword and Lance – march
Rossini William Tell – ballet music
Grieg Piano Concerto Marjorie Hazelhurst (Piano)
Fletcher Bal Masque – waltz
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Sibelius Finlandia
Wagner Lohengrin – Prelude Act III
Tuesday 26 November 1946, 7.00pm – Popular Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus Overture
Elgar Bavarian Dances (“Il moderato” only)
Bach Sleepers awake (Cantata No. 140)
Grieg Piano Concerto Marjorie Hazelhurst (Piano)
Coates Three Bears – fantasy
Sibelius Kuolema – Valse Triste
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
1947
Tuesday 21 January 1947, 7.00pm – The 13th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Nicolai Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Toye Haunted Ballroom – waltz
Luigini Ballet Egyptien – suite
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme Norman Jones (Cello)
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Saturday 15 February 1947, 7.00pm
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Rossini Italian Girl in Algiers Overture
Clarke Britons Sing (arrangement of Trumpet Voluntary for choir)
Traditional “My ladye Greensleeves”
Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert
Handel Joshua – “Oh! Had I Jubal’s lyre” Betty Sagon (Mezzo-soprano)
Lahee Bells
Grieg Sigurd Jorsalfar
Saint-Saëns Samson and Delilah – “Softly awakes my heart”
Coates Summer Days – Suite
Arditi A Dream of Home – “Il bacio”
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Songs without Words – “Bee’s Wedding” (arr. Geehl)
Tuesday 18 March 1947, 7.00pm – The 14th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Norman Parkes
Ivan Cousins
Rossini Barber of Seville Overture
Coates Miniature Suite
Addinsell Piano Concerto ‘Warsaw’ Ivan Cousins (Piano)
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Coates London Every Day – Suite
Tuesday 13 May 1947, 7.00pm – The 15th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Auber Bronze Horse Overture
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 (2nd & 4th movements only)
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary William Worton (Trumpet)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Sullivan Selection
Tuesday 10 June 1947, 7.00pm – Grand Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Overture
Delibes La Source – ballet suite
Handel Let the Bright Seraphim Isobel Baillie (Soprano); William Worton (Trumpet)
Rossini William Tell Overture
Järnefelt Praeludium
Järnefelt Berceuse
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2
Tuesday 1 July 1947, 7.30pm
Hall Green Parish Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Monckton Arcadians – complete operetta
Wednesday 2 July 1947, 7.30pm
Hall Green Parish Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Monckton Arcadians – complete operetta
Thursday 3 July 1947, 7.30pm
Hall Green Parish Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Monckton Arcadians – complete operetta
Friday 4 July 1947, 7.30pm
Hall Green Parish Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Monckton Arcadians – complete operetta
Tuesday 8 July 1947, 7.30pm
Hall Green Parish Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Monckton Arcadians – complete operetta (additional performance due to popular demand)
Sunday 20 July 1947, 6.30pm – Popular Concert
Queensbury All-Services Club, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Valerius Netherlands National Anthem
Rossini Thieving Magpie Overture
Järnefelt Berceuse
Järnefelt Praeludium
Fletcher Woodland Pictures – suite
Meyerbeer Prophet – Coronation March
Sibelius Kuolema – Valse Triste
Coleridge-Taylor Othello suite – Willow Song William Worton (Trumpet)
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2
September 1947 – Precise Date Unknown – Music from the Operas (part of Battle of Britain Week)
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Beethoven Fidelio – Leonora No. 3 Overture
Verdi Rigoletto – “Parla, siam soli” Gwen Catley (Soprano); Dennis Noble (Baritone)
Various Various Works
Sunday 21 September 1947, 7.00pm
Shirley Parish Church, Solihull
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Ruy Blas Overture
Elgar Chanson de Nuit
Elgar Chanson de Matin
Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 1 B988 (Andante only) Maurice Gilbert (Violin)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Symphony No. 4 (Pilgrim’s March only)
Rossini William Tell – ballet music
Suppé Morning,Noon and Night in Vienna (encore)
Sunday 28 September 1947, 7.30pm – The 1st “Music for All” Concert
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Ruy Blas Overture
Strauss, Johann II Roses from the South Waltz
Elgar Chanson de Matin
Elgar Chanson de Nuit
Suppé Morning,Noon and Night in Vienna
Richardson Grandmother’s Waltz
Rossini William Tell – ballet music
Ponchielli La Gioconda – Dance of the Hours
Tuesday 30 September 1947, 7.00pm – The 16th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Ruy Blas Overture
Strauss, Johann II Roses from the South Waltz
Elgar Chanson de Matin
Elgar Chanson de Nuit
Suppé Morning,Noon and Night in Vienna
Richardson Grandmother’s Waltz
Rossini William Tell – ballet music
Saint-Saëns The Swan Norman Jones (Cello)
Ponchielli La Gioconda – Dance of the Hours
Tuesday 11 November 1947, 7.00pm – The 17th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Herbert Lumby
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Son and Stranger Overture
Liszt Liebestraume No. 3
Mozart, W A Marriage of Figaro – “Voi, che sapete” Edith Pataky (Soprano)
Puccini Tosca – “Love and music” Edith Pataky (Soprano)
Woodforde-Finden Lover in Damascus – suite
German Merrie England – selection
Puccini Gianni Schicchi – “O mio babbino caro” / “O my beloved father” Edith Pataky (Soprano)
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Romanza Edith Pataky (Soprano)
Coleridge-Taylor Othello – suite
Lumby Newton Lane (First performance)
Lumby Lovely Rosalind (First performance)
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Sunday 16 November 1947, 8.00pm – The 2nd “Music for All” Concert
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Herbert Lumby
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Son and Stranger Overture
Liszt Liebestraume No. 3
Mozart, W A Marriage of Figaro – “Voi, che sapete” Edith Pataky (Soprano)
Puccini Tosca – “Love and music” Edith Pataky (Soprano)
Woodforde-Finden Lover in Damascus – suite
German Merrie England – selection
Puccini Gianni Schicchi – “O mio babbino caro” / “O my beloved father” Edith Pataky (Soprano)
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Romanza Edith Pataky (Soprano)
Coleridge-Taylor Othello – suite
Lumby Newton Lane
Lumby Lovely Rosalind
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Tuesday 25 November 1947, 7.00pm – Popular Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Betty Sagon and Joseph Weingarten
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite
Elgar Chanson de Nuit
Grieg Piano Concerto Joseph Weingarten (Piano)
Verdi Traviata – Introduction Act I
Coates Summer Days – Suite
Coleridge-Taylor Othello suite – Willow Song William Worton (Trumpet)
Mozart, W A Marriage of Figaro – “Tell me fair ladies” Betty Sagon (Mezzo-soprano)
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2 (Habañera only) Betty Sagon (Mezzo-soprano)
Saint-Saëns Samson and Delilah – “Softly awakes my heart” Betty Sagon (Mezzo-soprano)
Wagner Wesendonck Lieder – No. 5: Träume
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2
Wednesday 10 December 1947, 7.00pm – Mendelssohn Centenary
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Appleby Matthews
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Elijah – complete oratorio Ada Alsop (Soprano), Marion Hayes (Contralto), Luther Thomas (Tenor), Owen Brannigan (Bass)
1948
Sunday 18 January 1948, 8.00pm – The 3rd “Music for All” Concert
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Suppé Poet and Peasant Overture
Bizet Carmen – selection
Bath Cornish Rhapsody for piano Robert Friedmann (Piano)
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Thome Mlle Pygmalion – L’Extase
Jessel Wedding of the Rose
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2
Tuesday 20 January 1948, 7.30pm – The 18th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Suppé Poet and Peasant Overture
Bizet Carmen – selection
Bath Cornish Rhapsody for piano Robert Friedmann (Piano)
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Thome Mlle Pygmalion – L’Extase
Jessel Wedding of the Rose
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2
Sunday 29 February 1948, 7.00pm – Celebrity Parade – a Grand Concert
Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus Overture
Coates Three Bears – fantasy
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2
Tuesday 16 March 1948, 7.30pm – The 19th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Weber Euryanthe Overture
Handel Concerto Grosso No. 8 Royston Brown (Oboe)
Chopin Polonaise No. 1
Schubert Symphony No. 8
Fletcher Woodland Pictures – suite
Sibelius Kuolema – Valse Triste
von Blon Sizilietta for trumpet William Worton (Trumpet)
Koenig Post Horn Gallop for trumpet William Worton (Trumpet)
Straus, Oscar Chocolate Soldier – selection
Tuesday 13 April 1948, 7.30pm – The 20th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Thomas Raymond Overture
Massenet Thaïs – Méditation
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Stanley Adams (Piano)
Monckton Arcadians Overture
Grainger No. 15 / Londonderry Air
Waldteufel Skaters waltz / Les Patineurs
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 1
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 6
Gade Jealousy – tango
Tuesday 11 May 1948, 7.30pm – The 21st “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Sousa Liberty Bell
Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Frederick Kelly (Piano)
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Overture
Handel Xerxes – Ombra mai fu (Largo)
German Nell Gwyn – Three Dances
Mozart, L Cassation – “Toy Symphony”
Romberg Student Prince
Tuesday 14 September 1948, 7.00pm – The 22nd “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Fletcher Pearl O’Mine
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Midsummer Night’s Dream – Nocturne
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Violin Concerto (Andante only) Tom Jenkins (Violin)
Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Tom Jenkins (Violin)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Strauss, Johann II Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette
Coates London Every Day – Suite
Saturday 13 November 1948, 7.00pm – Popular Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Joan Hammond
Suppé Morning,Noon and Night in Vienna
Coleridge-Taylor Othello – suite
Verdi Aida – “Ritorna Vincitor!” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Puccini Gianni Schicchi – “O mio babbino caro” / “O my beloved father” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Puccini Tosca – “Vissi d’arte” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Piano Concerto No. 1 Irene Kohler (Piano)
Rossini Thieving Magpie Overture
Gade Jealousy – tango
Grainger No. 15 / Londonderry Air
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Tuesday 23 November 1948, 7.00pm – The 23rd “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/H. Mathew Stevenson
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus Overture
Verdi Traviata – Introduction Act I
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Prize Song John Newman (Tenor)
Puccini La Bohème – “Your tiny hand is frozen” John Newman (Tenor)
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Bizet Carmen – selection
Rossini Barber of Seville Overture
Sullivan Selection
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci – Introduction to Act II
Wagner Tannhäuser – Overture
Saturday 11 December 1948, 7.00pm – The Concert of the Season
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Elena Danieli
Thomas Raymond Overture
Debussy Claire de Lune
Mozart, W A Marriage of Figaro – “Deh vieni non tardar” Elena Danieli (Soprano)
Donizetti Don Pasquale – Norina’s aria Elena Danieli (Soprano)
Coates London Every Day – Suite (Westminster only)
Grieg Piano Concerto Joseph Weingarten (Piano)
Suppé Poet and Peasant Overture
Strauss, Johann II Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
Puccini Tosca – “E lucevan le stelle” Arthur Carron (Tenor)
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci – “On with the motley” Arthur Carron (Tenor)
Curzon Meditation
Puccini La Bohème – “Lovely maid in the moonlight” Elena Danieli (Soprano), Arthur Carron (Tenor)
Ponchielli La Gioconda – Dance of the Hours
1949
Tuesday 18 January 1949, 7.00pm – The 24th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Coates London Every Day – Suite (Knightsbridge only)
Elgar Wand of Youth Suite No. 2
German Henry VIII – Three Dances
Addinsell Piano Concerto ‘Warsaw’ Raymond Jones (Piano)
Balfe The Bohemian Girl Overture
Delibes Sylvia – ballet suite (Pizzicato only)
Litolff Scherzo from Concerto Raymond Jones (Piano)
de Falla Love the Magician – ballet suite (Ritual Fire Dance only)
Tchaikovsky Chant Élégiaque
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1
Sunday 13 March 1949, 8.00pm – Music from the Operas
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus Overture
Verdi Traviata – Introduction Act I
Gounod Faust – Ballad of The King of Thule Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Gounod Faust – Jewel Song Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Bizet Carmen – selection
Rossini Barber of Seville Overture
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci – Introduction to Act II
Puccini La Bohème – “They call me Mimi” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Puccini Tosca – “Love and music” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Puccini Madame Butterfly – “On bel d’i vedremo” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Wagner Tannhäuser – Overture
Tuesday 15 March 1949, 7.15pm – The 25th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Walton Crown Imperial
Quilter Children’s Overture
Martin Evensong
Coates Saxo-rhapsody for alto saxophone James Donovan (Saxophone)
German Merrie England – selection
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary William Worton (Trumpet)
Arne Artaxerxes Overture
Fletcher Woodland Pictures – Bean Feast
Elgar Chanson de Nuit
Sullivan Iolanthe – selection
Saturday 2 April 1949, 7.00pm – Music from the Operas
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Laelia Finneberg
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus Overture
Verdi Traviata – Introduction Act I
Gounod Faust – Ballad of The King of Thule Laelia Finneberg (Soprano)
Gounod Faust – Jewel Song Laelia Finneberg (Soprano)
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Bizet Carmen – selection
Rossini Barber of Seville Overture
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci – Introduction to Act II
Puccini La Bohème – “They call me Mimi” Laelia Finneberg (Soprano)
Puccini Tosca – “Love and music” Laelia Finneberg (Soprano)
Puccini Madame Butterfly – “On bel d’i vedremo” Laelia Finneberg (Soprano)
Wagner Tannhäuser – Overture
Sunday 10 April 1949, 8.00pm – Ballet, Dance and Arias
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Delibes Sylvia – ballet suite (Pizzicato only)
Handel Samson – “Total eclipse” Arthur Carron (Tenor)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Elijah – “If with all your hearts” Arthur Carron (Tenor)
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music
Verdi Otello – “Morte d’Otello” Arthur Carron (Tenor)
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Prize Song Arthur Carron (Tenor)
Sibelius Kuolema – Valse Triste
Ponchielli La Gioconda – Dance of the Hours
Tuesday 12 April 1949, 7.15pm – The 26th “Music for All” Concert – “Ballet and Dance”
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Delibes Sylvia – ballet suite (Pizzicato only)
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music
Paderewski Minuet in G No. 1
Sibelius Kuolema – Valse Triste
Ponchielli La Gioconda – Dance of the Hours
Tuesday 17 May 1949, 7.15pm – The 27th “Music for All” Concert – “By Request”
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Suppé Poet and Peasant Overture
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite
Debussy Claire de Lune
Grieg Piano Concerto Raymond Jones (Piano)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Coates London Every Day – Suite (Westminster meditation only)
Addinsell Piano Concerto ‘Warsaw’ Raymond Jones (Piano)
Grainger No. 15 / Londonderry Air
Sullivan Gondoliers – selection
Tuesday 11 October 1949, 7.15pm – The 28th “Music for All” Concert – “Dance and Ballet”
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite
Gade Jealousy – tango
Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre
Chopin Les Sylphides – ballet selection
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Arabian dance only)
Delibes Sylvia – ballet suite
Luigini Ballet Egyptien – suite
Paderewski Minuet in G No. 1
Ravel Boléro
Fletcher String Suite No. 2 – Fiddle Dance
Coates Four Centuries Suite (20th Century Rhythm only)
Sunday 23 October 1949, 7.00pm
Embassy Sports Drome, Sparkbrook, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Margherita Grandi
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Bizet Carmen – selection
Verdi Aida – “Ritorna Vincitor!” Margherita Grandi (Soprano)
Puccini Tosca – “Vissi d’arte” Margherita Grandi (Soprano)
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Coleridge-Taylor Othello suite – Willow Song William Worton (Trumpet)
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Raymond Jones (Piano)
Coates London Every Day – Suite
Tuesday 25 October 1949, 8.00pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Monckton Arcadians Overture
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Bizet Carmen – selection
von Blon Sizilietta for trumpet William Worton (Trumpet)
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Raymond Jones (Piano)
Coates London Every Day – Suite
Tuesday 22 November 1949, 7.15pm – The 29th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Hérold Zampa
Massenet Thaïs – Méditation
Chabrier España
Chabrier Suite in D major – Air
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Piano Concerto No. 1 Marjorie Hazelhurst (Piano)
Wagner Rienzi – Overture
Williams, C Dream of Olwen for piano Marjorie Hazelhurst (Piano)
Paganini La Campanella for piano Marjorie Hazelhurst (Piano)
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2
Sunday 18 December 1949, 7.00pm – Grand Popular Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Vic Oliver
Vic Oliver
von Flotow Martha
Fletcher Woodland Pictures – suite
Delibes Naila – Pas de Fleurs
Verdi Il Trovatore – “Miserere” Edgar Evans (Tenor), Blanche Turner (Soprano)
Puccini La Bohème – Finale Act I Blanche Turner (Soprano), Edgar Evans (Tenor)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Danse des Mirlitons and Trepak only)
Elgar Serenade (2nd Movement only)
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Overture
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