1950
Tuesday 31 January 1950, 7.15pm – The 30th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Monckton Arcadians Overture
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci – Intermezzo
German Merrie England – “English rose” John Miles (Tenor)
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus – Laughing Song Doreen Perkins (Soprano)
German Merrie England – “When true love hath found a man” Doreen Perkins (Soprano), John Miles (Tenor)
Puccini La Bohème – Selection
Weber Oberon Overture
Gounod Faust – Lend Me Your Aid E. Whitehouse (Trombone)
Verdi Traviata – Introduction Act I
Romberg Student Prince – Serenade John Miles (Tenor)
German Tom Jones – Waltz Song Doreen Perkins (Soprano)
Romberg Student Prince – “Deep in my heart” Doreen Perkins (Soprano), John Miles (Tenor)
Sullivan Mikado – selection
Saturday 11 February 1950, 7.00pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Puccini La Bohème (concert version) Laelia Finneberg (Soprano), Kathleen Garrard (Soprano), Ronald Bristol (Tenor), Stanley Mason (Tenor), Raymond Harris (Baritone), Charles Ledger (Bass-Baritone), Rowena Robinson (Narrator)
Saturday 4 March 1950, 7.00pm – Music from the Operas
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Weber Der Freischütz Overture
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Rimsky-Korsakov Snow Maiden – Dance of the Tumblers
Ciléa “Troppo Signori troppo” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Verdi Force of Destiny – “Pace mio dio” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Wagner Lohengrin – Prelude Act III
Puccini Manon Lescaut – “In quelle trine morbide” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Puccini Manon Lescaut – “Sola perduta abbandonata” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Smetana Bartered Bride – 3 Dances
Wagner Tannhäuser – Overture
Sunday 5 March 1950, 8.00pm – Music from the Operas
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Weber Der Freischütz Overture
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Rimsky-Korsakov Snow Maiden – Dance of the Tumblers
Ciléa “Troppo Signori troppo” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Verdi Force of Destiny – “Pace mio dio” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Wagner Lohengrin – Prelude Act III
Puccini Manon Lescaut – “In quelle trine morbide” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Puccini Manon Lescaut – “Sola perduta abbandonata” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Smetana Bartered Bride – 3 Dances
Wagner Tannhäuser – Overture
Tuesday 28 March 1950, 7.15pm – The 31st “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Elgar Chanson de Nuit
Elgar Chanson de Matin
Coates Three Bears – Fantasy
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Bizet Carmen – selection
Coates Summer Days – Suite
Elgar Serenade (2nd movement only)
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1
Saturday 6 May 1950
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Thomas Raymond Overture
Järnefelt Praeludium
Järnefelt Berceuse
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 (2nd movement only)
Giordano Andrea Chénier – “La mamma morta” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Charpentier Louise – “Depuis le jour” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Suppé Poet and Peasant Overture
Boccherini Quintet in A major – Minuet
Puccini La Bohème – “They call me Mimi” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Puccini Tosca – “Vissi d’arte” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Grainger No. 15 / Londonderry Air
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Saturday 1 July 1950, 12.30pm – Concert Contest in the Bato’swijk Park
Oosterbeek, Holland
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2
Wednesday 5 July 1950, 8.00pm
Oosterbeek, Holland
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Coates Summer Days – Suite
Elgar Serenade (2nd movement only)
Grieg Piano Concerto Raymond Jones (Piano)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Coates Four Centuries Suite (20th Century Rhythm only)
Thursday 6 July 1950, 8.00pm
Grote Zaal, Nijmegen, Holland
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Coates Summer Days – Suite
Elgar Serenade (2nd mvt only)
Grieg Piano Concerto Raymond Jones (Piano)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Coates Four Centuries Suite (20th Century Rhythm only)
Friday 7 July 1950, 8.00pm
Oosterbeek, Holland
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus Overture
Bach Sleepers awake (Cantata No. 140)
Verdi Traviata – Introduction Act I
Litolff Scherzo from Concerto Raymond Jones (Piano)
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci – Intermezzo
Sullivan Selection
Ponchielli La Gioconda – Dance of the Hours
Coates London Every Day – Suite (Knightsbridge only)
Elgar Serenade (2nd mvt only) – Encore
Saturday 8 July 1950, 12.30pm – Concert Contest in the Bato’swijk Park
Oosterbeek, Holland
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2
Tuesday 10 October 1950, 7.15pm – The 32nd “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Auber Bronze Horse Overture
Massenet Thaïs – Méditation
Delibes La Source – ballet suite
Järnefelt Praeludium
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette
Sullivan Selection
Sibelius Kuolema – Valse Triste
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1
Wednesday 15 November 1950
Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Balfe The Bohemian Girl (Complete Opera) Eileen Merle (Soprano); Joyce Haynes (Contralto); Bernard Alker (Tenor); John Cooper (Tenor); Maurice Burt (Baritone); Arthur Kinman (Bass)
Thursday 16 November 1950
Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Balfe The Bohemian Girl (Complete Opera)
Friday 17 November 1950
Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Balfe The Bohemian Girl (Complete Opera) Eileen Merle (Soprano); Joyce Haynes (Contralto); Bernard Alker (Tenor); John Cooper (Tenor); Maurice Burt (Baritone); Arthur Kinman (Bass)
Saturday 18 November 1950
Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Balfe The Bohemian Girl (Complete Opera)
Tuesday 21 November 1950, 7.15pm – The 33rd “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Rossini Italian Girl in Algiers Overture
Järnefelt Berceuse
Weber Concertino for clarinet Henry Stokes (Clarinet)
Fletcher Pearl O’Mine
Briccialdi Carnival of Venice for flute Winifred Irvin (Flute)
Sullivan Iolanthe – selection
Toye Haunted Ballroom – waltz
Bizet Jeux d’Enfants (Galop No. 4 only)
German Nell Gwyn – Three Dances
le Thiere Silver Birds for piccolo Winifred Irvin (Piccolo)
Vaughan Williams Greensleeves Fantasia
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
1951
Saturday 20 January 1951, 7.00pm – Music from the Operas
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Edgar Morgan
Verdi Aida – Grand Chorus
Rossini Semiramide Overture
Thomas Mignon – Entr’Acte – Gavotte
Bizet Carmen – Flower Song Dennis Stephenson (Tenor)
Verdi Rigoletto – “Cara nome” Blanche Turner (Soprano)
Verdi Il Trovatore – “Miserere” Blanche Turner (Soprano), Dennis Stephenson (Tenor)
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Easter Hymn
Puccini Madame Butterfly – Love Duet Blanche Turner (Soprano), Dennis Stephenson (Tenor)
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Tuesday 13 February 1951, 7.15pm – The 34th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Davey Marks
Auber Masaniello / Dumb Girl of Portici
Respighi La Boutique Fantasque – selection
Tchaikovsky Quartet op. 11 – Andante Cantabile
Franck Symphonic Variations for Piano Marjorie Hazelhurst (Piano)
Boïeldieu Caliph of Baghdad Overture
Ippolitof-Ivanof Caucasian Sketches
Rota Legend of the Glass Mountain
Sullivan Pirates of Penzance – selection
Tuesday 13 March 1951, 7.15pm – The 34th “Music for All” Concert (NB error on programme – this was actually the 35th “Music for All” concert)
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Davey Marks
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Delibes Sylvia – ballet suite
Marks Traditional Airs
Tchaikovsky Joan of Arc – “Adieu forêts” Beryl Holly (Soprano)
Puccini Tosca – “Vissi d’arte” Beryl Holly (Soprano)
Khachaturian Gayaneh – Waltz
Khachaturian Gayaneh – Sabre Dance
Thomas Raymond Overture
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci – Prologue Charles Ledger (Bass-Baritone)
Rossini Barber of Seville – “Largo al factotum” Charles Ledger (Bass-Baritone)
von Blon Sizilietta for trumpet William Worton (Trumpet)
Sullivan HMS Pinafore – selection
Sunday 6 May 1951, 7.15pm – Festival of Britain in Birmingham
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Michael Colston
Walton Crown Imperial
Boccherini Quintet in A major – Minuet
Verdi La Traviata – selection
Meyerbeer L’Africaine – “O Paradiso” Walter Midgley (Tenor)
Puccini Manon Lescaut – “Donna non vidi mai” Walter Midgley (Tenor)
Puccini Turandot – “Nessun dorma” Walter Midgley (Tenor)
Wagner Rienzi – Overture
Elgar Bavarian Dances (In Hammersmith (Lullaby))
Sullivan Selection
Tuesday 4 September 1951, 7.00pm
Moseley and Balsall Heath Institute, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
More Mermaid – complete opera (First Production)
Wednesday 5 September 1951, 7.00pm
Moseley and Balsall Heath Institute, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
More Mermaid – complete opera
Thursday 6 September 1951, 7.00pm
Moseley and Balsall Heath Institute, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
More Mermaid – complete opera
Friday 7 September 1951, 7.00pm
Moseley and Balsall Heath Institute, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
More Mermaid – complete opera
Tuesday 11 September 1951 – The 35th “Music for All” Concert
Central Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Sousa Liberty Bell
Thomas Raymond Overture
Rossini William Tell – ballet music
Schumann “Two Grenadiers” Charles Ledger (Bass-Baritone)
Gounod Faust – Serenade Charles Ledger (Bass-Baritone)
Sullivan Di Ballo Overture
MacDowell Woodland Sketches – To a Wild Rose
Mozart, L Cassation – “Toy Symphony”
Romberg Student Prince
Sunday 7 October 1951 – Festival of Britain Concert
Borough Hall, Stafford
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Walton Crown Imperial
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Violin Concerto Alan Loveday (Violin)
Bizet Carmen – selection
Elgar Serenade
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci – Prologue Charles Ledger (Bass-Baritone)
Rossini Barber of Seville – “Largo al factotum” Charles Ledger (Bass-Baritone)
Grainger No. 15 / Londonderry Air
Ponchielli La Gioconda – Dance of the Hours
Tuesday 6 November 1951, 7.15pm – The 36th “Music for All” Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Fletcher Spirit of Pageantry – march
Monckton Arcadians Overture
Coleridge-Taylor Othello – suite
Grieg Piano Concerto Mary Saunders (Piano)
Schubert Rosamunde Overture
Litolff Scherzo from Concerto Mary Saunders (Piano)
Cadman At Dawning for trumpet William Worton (Trumpet)
Marshall I Hear You Calling Me for trumpet William Worton (Trumpet)
Sullivan Gondoliers – selection
Friday 28 December 1951, 8.00pm – Old-Tyme Ball
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Fred Cumberland/Davey Marks
Various Various Works Mr & Mrs A Harvey (MCs and Demonstrators)
1952
Friday 8 February 1952, 8.00pm – Old-Tyme Ball
Tower Ballroom, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Fred Cumberland/Davey Marks
Various Various Works Mr & Mrs A Harvey (MCs and Demonstrators)
Saturday 16 February 1952, 7.00pm – Music from the Operas
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Verdi Aida – Grand Chorus
Smetana Bartered Bride – 3 Dances
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2 (Chanson du Toréador only) Charles Ledger (Bass-Baritone)
Puccini La Bohème – Musetta’s Song Patricia Lakin (Soprano)
Puccini Tosca – “Stars are brightly shining” William Joyce (Tenor)
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Romanza Margaret Pollard (Mezzo-soprano)
Gounod Faust – Finale Act III Patricia Lakin (Soprano), Margaret Pollard (Mezzo-soprano), William Joyce (Tenor), Charles Ledger (Bass-Baritone)
German Merrie England – Finale Act I Patricia Lakin (Soprano), Margaret Pollard (Mezzo-soprano), Florence Machen (Contralto), William Joyce (Tenor), Charles Ledger (Bass-Baritone)
Khachaturian Gayaneh – Dance of the Young Maidens
Khachaturian Gayaneh – Lullaby
Khachaturian Gayaneh – Sabre Dance
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Saturday 15 March 1952, 7.00pm – Popular Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Berlioz Damnation of Faust – Hungarian March
Nicolai Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Verdi Rigoletto – selection
More Mermaid – Prelude (First Concert Performance)
von Flotow Martha – “M’appari tutl’amour” Walter Midgley (Tenor)
Bizet Carmen – Flower Song Walter Midgley (Tenor)
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci – “On with the motley” Walter Midgley (Tenor)
Weber Euryanthe Overture
Sibelius Romance
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
Tuesday 8 April 1952, 7.15pm – The 37th “Music for All” Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Hérold Zampa
Coates Three Elizabeths – Suite
Weinberger Schwanda the Bagpiper – Polka
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Alan Loveday (Violin)
Offenbach Tales of Hoffman – selection
Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Alan Loveday (Violin)
Rota Legend of the Glass Mountain
Wood, Henry Fantasia on British Sea Songs
1952 – Date unknown
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Various Various Works
Sunday 5 October 1952 – The 38th “Music for All” Concert
Borough Hall, Stafford
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Wagner Tannhäuser – Overture
Bach Sleepers awake (Cantata No. 140) (arr. Bantock)
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Alan Loveday (Violin)
Beethoven Fidelio – Leonora No. 3 Overture
Grieg Holberg Suite
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Overture
1953
1953 – Date Unknown – The 39th “Music for All” Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Various Various Works
1953 – Date Unknown – The 40th “Music for All” Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Various Various Works
Sunday 10 May 1953, 8.00pm
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Järnefelt Berceuse
Järnefelt Praeludium
Delibes La Source – ballet suite
Massenet Thaïs – Méditation
Gounod Faust – Ballad of The King of Thule Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Gounod Faust – Jewel Song Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus Overture
Boccherini Quintet in A major – Minuet
Dvořák Rusalka – “O silver moon” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Puccini Tosca – “Vissi d’arte” Joan Hammond (Soprano)
Friedemann Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1
Tuesday 9 June 1953 – Popular Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Various Various Works Ronald Bristol (Tenor)
Wednesday 11 November 1953 – Festival of Remembrance (1st)
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Elgar Enigma Variations – Nimrod only
Mackenzie Benedictus
Elgar Spirit of England, No. 3
Davies A Solemn Melody
Various Various Works
Monk “Abide with me”
1954
1954 – Date Unknown – Sunday Afternoon Concerts
Winson Green Prison, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Various Various Works
Saturday 13 February 1954 – The 41st “Music for All” Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Mary Saunders (Piano)
Delibes Sylvia – ballet suite (Pizzicato only)
Grieg Piano Concerto Mary Saunders (Piano)
1954 – Date Unknown – The 42nd “Music for All” Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Various Various Works
1954 – Date Unknown – The 43rd “Music for All” Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Various Various Works
Thursday 11 November 1954 – Festival of Remembrance (2nd)
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Various Various Works
1955
Tuesday 22 February 1955
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Suppé Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna
Verdi Aida – Grand Chorus
Verdi Aida – Finale Act II ballet music
Verdi Traviata – Introduction Act I
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2 (Habañera only) Mary Grimmett (Mezzo-soprano)
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 (Seguedille only) Mary Grimmett (Mezzo-soprano)
Verdi Rigoletto – selection
Romberg Student Prince (Overture)
Romberg Student Prince – Drinking Song Irene Burdett (Soprano)
Romberg Student Prince – “Come answer our call” Irene Burdett (Soprano)
Romberg Student Prince – “Deep in my heart” Irene Burdett (Soprano), Robert Murphy (Tenor)
Romberg Student Prince (Gavotte only)
Romberg Student Prince – “Just we two”
Romberg Student Prince – “Ensemble”
Romberg Student Prince – Serenade Robert Murphy (Tenor)
Romberg Student Prince – “When the spring” Irene Burdett (Soprano), Robert Murphy (Tenor)
Romberg Student Prince – “Come boys” Irene Burdett (Soprano), Robert Murphy (Tenor)
Tuesday 26 April 1955, 7.30pm – The 44th “Music for All” Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Berlioz Damnation of Faust – Hungarian March
Brahms Little Sandman, Blacksmith and Lullaby
Lalo Symphonie Espagnole Kenneth Page (Violin)
Grainger No. 15 / Londonderry Air
Liszt Hungarian Folk Themes Fantasia Marjorie Hazelhurst (Piano)
Waldteufel Estudiantina Waltz
Coates Miniature Suite
Delibes Sylvia – ballet suite
Thursday 3 November 1955
Moseley and Balsall Heath Institute, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Michael Colston
Schubert Rosamunde Overture
Mozart, W A Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Handel Samson – “Total eclipse” Ronald Bristol (Tenor)
Coleridge-Taylor Hiawatha – “Onaway awake beloved” Ronald Bristol (Tenor)
Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (1st movement only)
Kennedy-Fraser Songs of the Hebrides (arr. Baynes)
Gounod Faust – “All hail thou dwelling” Ronald Bristol (Tenor)
Bizet Carmen – Flower Song Ronald Bristol (Tenor)
Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1
Friday 11 November 1955 – Festival of Remembrance (3rd)
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Grieg Sigurd Jorsalfar – Homage March
Elgar Spirit of England, No. 3
Wood, Henry Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Various Various Works
Monk “Abide with me”
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Tuesday 15 November 1955
West Bromwich Institute
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Schubert Rosamunde Overture
Mozart, W A Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Violin Concerto Kenneth Page (Violin)
Kennedy-Fraser Songs of the Hebrides (arr. Baynes)
Delius Koanga – La Calinda
Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
1956
Sunday 22 January 1956
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Verdi Sicilian Vespers
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci – Intermezzo
Bizet Carmen – selection
Mozart, W A Marriage of Figaro – “Voi, che sapete” Jaqueline Delman (Soprano)
Donizetti Don Pasquale – “Quel guardo il Cavaliere” Jaqueline Delman (Soprano)
Verdi Overture Force of Destiny
Verdi Aida – Prelude
Puccini La Bohème – “They call me Mimi” Jaqueline Delman (Soprano)
Puccini Madame Butterfly – “On bel d’i vedremo” Jaqueline Delman (Soprano)
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Sunday 13 May 1956
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Colston
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
Byng Day in Naples
Smetana Bartered Bride – 3 Dances
Bach Suite in D major – Air
Coates London Again – Suite
Elgar Chanson de Matin
Elgar Chanson de Nuit
Litolff Scherzo from Concerto Dola Harris (Piano)
Sullivan Gondoliers – selection
Sunday 11 November 1956 – Midlands Festival of Remembrance
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Various Various Works
1957
Sunday 17 February 1957
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Various Various Works
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto (No. unknown) Marjorie Hazelhurst (Piano)
Tuesday 19 March 1957, 7.30pm – A Choral and Orchestral Concert of Works by Mendelssohn
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Elijah – “Thanks be to God”
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Elijah – “Hear ye Israel” Ann Pardoe (Soprano)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Elijah – “Be not afraid”
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Violin Concerto Kenneth Page (Violin)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang) Ann Pardoe (Soprano), Patricia Taylor (Soprano), Phillip Russell (Tenor)
Sunday 12 May 1957
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Michael Colston
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Overture
Verdi Aida – Prelude
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci – “On with the motley” Walter Midgley (Tenor)
Bizet Carmen – Flower Song Walter Midgley (Tenor)
Meyerbeer L’Africaine – “O Paradiso” Walter Midgley (Tenor)
Verdi Sicilian Vespers
Respighi La Boutique Fantasque – selection
Chopin Les Sylphides – ballet selection
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Friday 31 May 1957
St. Mary’s Church, Warwick
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Thomas Tunnard
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Brahms German Requiem Tess Lees (Soprano), Paul Riley (Baritone)
Thursday 31 October 1957
Moseley and Balsall Heath Institute, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
MacCunn Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Delius Koanga – La Calinda
Borodin Nocturne
Bach “My heart ever faithful” Jacqueline Tabbush (Soprano)
Bach “Sheep may safely graze” Jacqueline Tabbush (Soprano)
Smetana Bartered Bride – 3 Dances
Schubert Rosamunde – selection arranged for 4 trombones
Mozart, W A Marriage of Figaro – “Deh vieni non tardar” Jacqueline Tabbush (Soprano)
Mozart, W A Marriage of Figaro – “Voi, che sapete” Jacqueline Tabbush (Soprano)
Massenet Scènes Pittoresques
Sunday 10 November 1957 – Midlands Festival of Remembrance
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow
Various Various Works
1958
Friday 14 February 1958
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Michael Colston
Wagner Rienzi – Overture
Vaughan Williams English Folksong Suite
Grieg Piano Concerto Donald Hoskins (Piano)
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin – extracts (Waltz only)
Rota Legend of the Glass Mountain Donald Hoskins (Piano)
Grainger No. 15 / Londonderry Air
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
Saturday 15 February 1958
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Michael Colston
Wagner Rienzi – Overture
Vaughan Williams English Folksong Suite
Grieg Piano Concerto Donald Hoskins (Piano)
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin – extracts (Waltz only)
Rota Legend of the Glass Mountain Donald Hoskins (Piano)
Grainger No. 15 / Londonderry Air
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
Sunday 16 March 1958
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Michael Colston
Tchaikovsky March Slave
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Overture, Sugar Plum, Trepak, March, Mirlitons, Flowers)
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Alan Loveday (Violin)
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin – extracts
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music
Tchaikovsky Quartet op. 11 – Andante Cantabile
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
Sunday 11 May 1958 – A Concert in Memory of Eric Coates
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Michael Colston
Coates London Every Day – Suite
Coates Three Bears – Fantasy
Coates Saxo-rhapsody for alto saxophone Michael Krein (Saxophone)
Coates Enchanted Garden – Ballet Music
Coates Merrymakers Overture
Coates Four Centuries Suite
Coates High Flight
Sunday 9 November 1958 – Midlands Festival of Remembrance
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: E. David Ludlow/Kenneth Page
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (4th movement only)
Bach Sleepers awake (Cantata No. 140)
1959
Sunday 15 March 1959 – Concert in aid of The British Empire Cancer Campaign
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page/Cyril Perfect
Beethoven Fidelio – Leonora No. 3 Overture
Mozart, W A Marriage of Figaro – “Deh vieni non tardar” Marian Studholme (Soprano)
Rossini Barber of Seville – “Una voce poco fa” Marian Studholme (Soprano)
Grieg Holberg Suite – Air and Rigaudon
Puccini Tosca – “E lucevan le stelle” Robert Thomas (Tenor)
Puccini Tosca – “Recondita armonia” Robert Thomas (Tenor)
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite
Thomas Raymond Overture
Bizet Pearl Fishers – “Leila and Nadir” Marian Studholme (Soprano), Robert Thomas (Tenor)
Verdi Rigoletto – “Gilda and the Duke” Marian Studholme (Soprano), Robert Thomas (Tenor)
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Sunday 8 November 1959 – Midlands Festival of Remembrance
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page/Michael Colston
Butterworth Shropshire Lad
Hemming Threnody of a Soldier Killed in Action
Coates London Every Day – Suite
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