Jennifer Vyvyan | Performance list

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
25 Jun	Royal Academy of Music (RAM)	Berlioz: Absence	Alan Hooper, pno

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
11 Feb	RAM	Gluck: Che faro	Mixed student recital

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
27 Mar	RAM	Elgar: Sea Pictures (extracts)	Air- raid precaution note on prog.
22 Apr	Stanstead	Handel: Messiah
12 May	Leamington	Mendelssohn: Elijah
2 Jun	Basingstoke	German: Merrie England
12 Jul	RAM	Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel (scenes). Role: the Witch.
18 Jul	RAM	Rose Bruford: Change of Heart (mime with music). Role: Mankind.	Student drama

1946

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
28 Apr	Dover	Recital
23,24 Jul	RAM	Puccini: Suor Angelica (Abbess) & Gianni Schicchi (Nella)
30 Jul	? Floral Hall	Songs with military band.	Victory Concert. JV listed as ‘contralto’.
17 Oct	Neath	Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise. Elgar: For the Fallen. Haydn aria.	Prog included Britten’s Hymn to the Virgin
6 Dec	RAM	Debussy: L'enfant prodigue (extract)	Mixed orch concert
11 Dec	Folkestone	German: Merrie England

1947

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
26 Feb	Blandford	Mendelssohn: Elijah
27 Feb	Sturminster	Mendelssohn: Elijah
3 Mar	RAM	Chausson: Chanson Perpetuelle. Dyson: Wife of Bath fr Canterbury Pilgrims	Mixed student concert. Performers incl Nona Liddell
22 Mar	Cheslyn Hay	Bach: Matthew Passion
4 Apr	East Ham	Handel: Messiah

1948

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
14 Feb	Charterhouse	Orchestral songs
19 Feb	Port Talbot	Haydn: Creation
4 Mar	Swansea	Handel: Messiah
21 Mar	Charterhouse	Handel: Messiah
26 Mar	Chiswick	Handel: Messiah
30 Mar	Burry Port, Carmathen	Handel: Samson
3 Apr	Llanelly	Verdi: Requiem
09 Apr	Grantham	Handel: Samson
29 Apr	Beccles	German: Merrie England
24,29 May	Cambridge Arts Theatre	Britten (arr):Beggar’s Opera ( Jenny Diver)	English Opera Group prod (Tyrone Guthrie). Cond: Britten/Ivan Clayton. With Pears, Nancy Evans, Otakar Kraus
7,9 Jun	Aldeburgh	Britten: Albert herring	EOG prod
16 Jun	Mortlake	Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
25 Jun 1 Jul	Holland Festival (touring)	Britten (arr):Beggar’s Opera ( Jenny Diver)	English Opera Group prod.
5 10 Jul	Cheltenham Festival	Britten (arr):Beggar’s Opera ( Jenny Diver)	English Opera Group prod
7,8 Jul	Cheltenham Festival	Britten: Albert Herring (Nancy)	English Opera Group prod (Frederick Ashton). Cond: Ivan Clayton. Cast incl. Joan Cross
21,22 Jul	Belgium	Britten (arr):Beggar’s Opera ( Jenny Diver)
28, 31 Jul	Cambridge	Britten (arr):Beggar’s Opera ( Jenny Diver)
6,7,9,11,14,15,17,18 Sep	Sadlers Wells	Britten (arr):Beggar’s Opera ( Jenny Diver)
8,10,13,16 Sep	Sadlers Wells	Britten: Albert Herring (Nancy)
17 Sep	BBC broadcast	Britten/Gay: Beggar’s Opera (Jenny Diver)	EOG prod, cond: Britten. Dir: Tyrone Guthrie.
27,28,30 Sep, 2 Oct	Birmingham	Britten/Gay: Beggar’s Opera (Jenny Diver)
29 Sep, 1 Oct	Birmingham	Britten: Albert Herring (Nancy)
11,16 Oct	People’s Palace	Britten: Albert Herring (Nancy) , Britten: Beggar’s Opera (Jenny)	English Opera Group prod (Frederick Ashton).
22 Oct	Grantham	Mendelssohn: Elijah
20 Nov	Central Hall Westminster	Mendelssohn: Elijah
26 Dec	Port Talbot	Handel: Messiah

1949

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
10,13 Jun	Aldeburgh	Britten: Rape of Lucretia (Female Chorus)
14,16 Jun	Aldeburgh Church	Bach Cantatas	Aldeburgh Festival concert. With Pears
29 Jun, 1 Jul	Wolverhampton	Britten: Rape of Lucretia (Female Chorus)
6,8 Jul	Cheltenham	Britten: Rape of Lucretia (Female Chorus)
12,13 Jul	Aberystwyth	Verdi, Mendelssohn, Gounod: Scenes/arias incl Jewel Song/Faust
14,16,21,22 Sep	Copenhagen, then Oslo	Britten: Rape of Lucretia (Female Chorus)
1 Oct	BBC broadcast	Lennox Berkeley: Stabat Mater	EOG Chamber Orch, cond: Ivan Clayton
2,3 Oct	BBC broadcast	Britten: Rape of Lucretia ((Female Chor)	English Opera Group prod. Norman del Mar, cond. Eric Crozier, dir. With Pears & Nancy Evans

1950

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
1 Jan	Llanelly	Handel: Messiah
3 Jan	BBC b’cast: Ring up the Curtain (Home Service)	Offenbach: Tales of Hoffman (excerpts)
5 Jan	BBC b’cast: Come to the Opera (Light Prog)
7 Jan	BBC b’cast, Cardiff
11 Jan	BBC TV, Alexandra Palace	Teresa del R songs (?)
12 Jan	BBC b’cast, Cardiff	Montague Phillips: The Rebel Maid (excerpts)	BBC Welsh Orch, cond: Idris Phillips
1 Feb	Central Hall Westminster	Verdi: Te Deum	Cond: Walter Goehr
11 Feb	Llanelly	‘Hymn of Praise’
12 Feb	Merthyr	Mixed opera recital
18 Feb	Penclawdd	Mozart: Mass 12
2 Mar	Ebbw Vale	Haydn: Creation
16 Mar	Neath	Mixed recital
22 Mar	Leeds	‘Orpheus’ (?)
23 Mar	Swansea	Dvorak: Stabat Mater
29 Mar	Watford	Handel: Messiah
2 Apr	New Tredegar	Handel: Messiah
17 Apr	BBC Maida Vale b’cast	Mozart: Idomeneo (Idamante)	1st major opera for BBC
20 Apr	Penrhiwceiber	Mixed recital
26 Apr	Builth Wells	Haydn: Creation
27 Apr	Glamorgan	Mixed recital
11 May	BBC b’cast	Handel: Jeptha
13 May	Swansea	Dvorak: Stabat Mater
20 May	BBC b’cast	Monteverdi: Vespers
27 May	Llandovery	Mixed recital
11 Jun	Buxton	Mixed recital
22 Jun	Porthcawl	Mixed recital	B’cast
25 Jun	Denbighshire	‘Sacred concert’
7 Jul	BBC b’cast	Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide
15 Jul	V&A Museum	‘Ben’s Suite’ (?)
17 Jul	BBC b’cast	Arne: Judgement of Paris
29 Jul	Neath	Verdi: Requiem
9 Aug	Caerphilly Eisteddfod	Vaughan Williams: Benedicite (in Welsh)	‘Most exciting day of my life’ – diary. Chaired around ground afterwards
24 Aug	Swansea	Mixed recital, orch
26 Aug	Albert Hall	Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims (Wife of Bath aria)	JV’s 1st prom ‘Another thrill of my life’ - diary
3 Sep	Porthcawl	Mixed recital, orch
10 Sep	Colwyn Bay	Mixed recital, orch
2,4,7,9,10 Oct	Fortune Th, London	Milhaud: Le Pauvre Matelot (wife)	London Opera Club. B’cast 15 Oct
5 Oct	Cardiff, b’cast	?
11 Oct	Newcastle	Mixed recital, orch
12 Oct	Port Talbot	Mixed recital, orch
24,25 Oct	Shrewsbury	Mixed recital
08 Nov	Ebbw Vale	Mixed recital
10 Nov	Edinburgh	Mendelssohn: Elijah
11 Nov	Glasgow	Mendelssohn: Elijah
12 Nov	Glasgow	Mixed recital
16 Nov	Hull	Mendelssohn: Elijah
26 Nov	Bournemouth	Verdi: Requiem
28 Nov	BBC b’cast	Handel
6 Dec	Caxton Hall	Gounod (Jewel Song), Dyson (Wife of Bath)	Mixed arias/songs with choir
7 Dec	BBCTV b’cast	Puccini: Il Tabarro
9 Dec	Nottingham	Mixed recital
10 Dec	Liverpool	Handel: Messiah
15 Dec	Bradford	Handel: Messiah
17 Dec	Port Talbot	Handel: Messiah
20 Dec	Neath	Handel: Messiah
21 Dec	Swansea	Handel: Messiah
23 Dec	Liverpool	Handel: Messiah
26 Dec	Penrhwceibei	Mixed recital
28 Dec	Cardiff, b’cast	Mozart: Dove sono, Gounod: Jewel Song

1951

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
10 Jan	Stoke on Trent	?
21,23 Jan	BBC b’cast	Rimsky-Korsakov: Invisible City of Kitezh
9 Jun	St Martin in the Fields	Bach concert
12 Jun	Festival Hall	Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims	An early concert at the RFH, which opened May 51. JV diary calls it Festival Theatre.
15 Jun	Brecon Cathedral, b’cast	Bruch: Ave Maria etc	BBC Welsh SO
17 Jun	Bournemouth	Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony
19 Jun	V&A Museum	Purcell recital
04 Jul	Leeds	Mixed recital, orch
9,11,13 Jul	Cheltenham Festival	Brian Easdale: The Sleeping Children (Matron)	World premiere. EOG prod. Libretto: Tyrone Guthrie. Cond: Norman del Mar
10,12,14 Jul	Cheltenham Festival	Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, arr. Britten	EOG tour
25 Jul	Pontypool	Handel: Messiah
31 Jul & 2 Aug	Liverpool	Brian Easdale: The Sleeping Children (Matron)	EOG tour. Libretto: Tyrone Guthrie. Cond: Norman del Mar
05 Aug	Buxton	Song recital
10 Aug	Llandydno Eisteddfod	Handel: Samson	In Welsh
19 Aug	Birmingham, b’cast	?
30 Aug	Albert Hall	Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony	Prom. BBCSO, Sargent
13,14 Sep	BBC b’cast	‘The Rescue’
18 Sep	Swansea	‘Life of St David’
23 Sep	Colwyn Bay	Mixed recital
30 Sep	Geneva	Handel, Rameau, Verdi, Wolf	Public Finals, Geneva Concours International (joint 1st prize)
7 Oct	Geneva	Verdi: Traviata (Ah, for’se lui)	Geneva Concours International winners’ concert
19,22 Oct	BBC broadcast	Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie	BBC Opera Orch, cond: Roger Desormiere
28 Oct	Newport	Mixed recital
2 Nov	Grantham	Haydn: Creation
4 Nov	Kidderminster	Mixed recital
6 Nov	Tredegar	Mixed recital
13 Nov	Market Drayton	Hayden: Creation
14 Nov	Leeds	Howells: Hymnus Paradisi	Yorks SO, cond: Sargent.
15 Nov	Stoke on Trent	Mixed choral	Etruscan Choral Soc
17 Nov	Nottingham	Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims
23 Nov	Belfast	Berlioz; L’Enfance du Christ
23 Nov	BBC broadcast	Berkeley: Poems of Teresa of Avila. Mozart: Litany	Boyd Neel Orch, cond: Anthony Lewis
27 Nov	Birmingham	Bach, Mozart	Boyd Neel Orch, cond: Anthony Lewis
02 Dec	Leyton	Haydn: Creation
05 Dec	Gloucester	Song recital
08 Dec	Bath Abbey	Bach: Christmas Oratorio
11 Dec	Bradford	Handel: Messiah
12 Dec	Leeds	Handel: Messiah
15 Dec	Liverpool	Bach: Christmas Oratorio
16 Dec	Liverpool	Handel: Messiah
18 Dec	Leeds	Handel: Messiah
19 Dec	Bolton	Handel: Messiah
20 Dec	Llandudno	Handel: Messiah
23 Dec	Port Talbot	Mendelssohn: Elijah
30 Dec	Ebbw Vale	Handel: Messiah

1952

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
3 Jan	Cardiff, b’cast	Mozart arias
13 Jan	Colne, Lancs	Mixed recital
21 Jan	BBC b’cast Maida Vale	Haydn: Gt Organ Mass
23 Jan	Worcester	Brahms: Requiem
24 Jan	‘Kings Cross’	Handel, Verdi, Puccini arias
27 Jan	BBC b’cast Maida Vale	Handel: Chandos Anthem 1
31 Jan	Cardiff	Mount of Olives, Mozart: 12th Mass
7 Feb	Cardiff, b’cast	Mixed recital
9 Feb	Llangennech	Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
11 Feb	Birmingham, b’cast	Tchaikovsky: Letter Scene, Onegin
12 Feb	Liverpool	Beethoven Symphony 9
13 Feb	Bangor	Bach Wolf, Warlock, Dyson	Mixed concert shared with Amadeus Qtet
17 Feb	BBC b’cast	Stravinsky: Les Noces
21 Feb	Chiswick	Handel: Messiah
22,25 Feb	BBC b’cast	Rameau: Dardanus (Venus)	BBC Opera Orch, cond: Edmond Appia
29 Feb	Bradford	Haydn: Creation
1,2 Mar	Pontadulais	St David’s day concert
5 Mar	Bridgend	Mixed arias
9 Mar	Pontefract	Mixed arias
12 Mar	Leeds	Brahms: Requiem
13 Mar	Winchester	Handel: Samson
15 Mar	Holmfirth	Faure: Requiem	Holmfirth Choral Soc
22 Mar	Glasgow	Beethoven: Mass
25 Mar	Maidstone	Vaughan Williams: Serenade. Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims
26 Mar	Lytham	Mixed recital
27 Mar	Hull	Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
30 Mar	Bournemouth	Bach: B Minor Mass
6 Apr	Stoke on Trent	Handel: Messiah
11 Apr	Cardiff	Handel: Messiah
19 Apr	Leeds	Mixed recital
21 Apr	Pontypool	Mendelssohn: Elijah
27 Apr	BBC b’cast	Handel: Chandos Anthem
29 Apr	Chester	Mendelssohn: Elijah
10 May	Croydon	Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony, Faure: Requiem
19 May	Chepstow, b’cast	Mozart: Requiem
21 May	Wrexham	Mixed recital
24 May	Bath Abbey	Brahms: Requiem
29 May	Albert Hall	Brahms: Requiem	LSO, Colin Ratcliffe.
1 Jun	Buxton	?
6 Jun	BBC b’cast	Monteverdi: Orfeo	Cond: Walter Goehr. With Pierre Bernac & Alfred Deller
14 Jun	Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall	Mozart, Weber, Purcell (real Britten) Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation
16 Jun	Aldeburgh Church	Purcell, Dvorak songs
17 Jun	BBC Maida Vale b’cast	Songs	Ernest Lush, pno
26 Jun, 9 Jul	Sadler's Wells	Mozart: Don Giovanni (D.Anna)	Cond: James Robertson
3 Jul	Festival Hall, b’cast	Mozart: Obligation of the First Commandment (juvenile oratorio)	Cond, Harry Blech. With Eliz Schwarzkopf
5 Jul	Festival Hall	Beethoven 9	Cond: de Sabata
17 Jul	Birmingham	Charpentier & Verdi arias	CBSO
22 Jul	Rowton Castle, Shrops	Songs
29.30 Jul	BBC b’cast	Bach: John Passion	Cond: Paul Sacher
2 Aug	Glyndebourne b’cast	Haydn: Great Organ Mass	Boyd Neel Orch, cond: Georges Enesco
6 Aug	Aberystwyth Eisteddfod	Bach: Sleepers Wake. Mozart: Requiem	LSO, cond: Charles Clements
9 Aug	Albert Hall	Dyson: Wife of Bath aria	Prom. RPO, Basil Cameron
12 Sep	Hereford Cathedral	Handel: Messiah	Three Choirs Fest. LSO, Meredith Davies
2,4,8,14 Oct	Sadler’s Wells	Mozart: Seraglio (Konstanze)	Prod: Clive Carey. Cond: James Robertson. Ist Swells staging.
16 Oct	Cardiff	Brahms: Requiem
18 Oct	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah
21 Oct	S Wells	Mozart: Giovanni
23 Oct	Newport	Mendelssohn: Elijah
24 Oct	Worcester	Songs	Norman Franklin, pno
31 Oct	S Wells	Mozart: Giovanni
1 Nov	Sheffield	Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims
5,13 Nov	S Wells	Mozart: Seraglio
15 Nov	Wigan	Handel: Messiah
16 Nov	BBC Maida Vale b’cast	Bach: Lobet Gott
19 Nov	Leeds	Beethoven: Mass in D
20 Nov	Hawley	Mixed recital
21 Nov	Liverpool	Mixed recital
22 Nov	Welsh Tabernacle, Kings Cross	Handel: Messiah
25 Nov	Birmingham	Bach: B Minor Mass
27 Nov	S Wells	Mozart: Seraglio
28 Nov	Grantham	Handel: Messiah
1 Dec	BBC b’cast	Wagner: Senta’s Ballad	BBC Concert Orch
3 Dec	Queens Gate Sch	Songs & pno
5 Dec	Grimsby	Handel: Messiah
6 Dec	Southwark Cath	Handel: Messiah
13,15 Dec	Nottingham	Handel: Messiah	Nottingham Choral Soc
18 Dec	Bolton	Handel: Messiah	Bolton Choral Union. With Pears
19 Dec	Bradford	Handel: Messiah
22 Dec	Huddersfield	Handel: Messiah	Huddersfield Choral, cond; Herbert Bardgett
28 Dec	Bournemouth	Handel: Messiah (x2)	Cond: Roy Henderson
30 Dec	S Wells	Mozart: Seraglio

1953

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
1 Jan	Glasgow	Handel: Messiah	SNO, Karl Rankl, cond. With Pears
3 Jan	Liverpool	Handel: Messiah	Liverpool Phil, cond: Caleb Jarvis
4 Jan	Manchester	Howells: Hymnus Paradisi. Handel: Israel in Egypt
8,10 Jan	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah	Royal Choral Soc, Sargent
15 Jan	Nottingham	songs	Norman Frankling, pno
17 Jan	Liverpool	Handel: Messiah
18 Jan	Glamorgan	Mixed recital
21 Jan	Swansea	Mixed recital
24 Jan	Croydon	Handel: St Cecilia Ode
26,27 Jan	BBC b'cast	Mozart: Vespers
6,9 Feb	BBC b’cast	Lully: Armide (Sidonie)	Boyd Neel Orch, Edmond Appia
07 Feb	Sheffield	Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha	Halle Orch
25 Feb	Glasgow	Songs
1 Mar	Pontypool	Handel, Mozart arias	Choral soc & pno
6 Mar	Belfast	Haydn: Creation
10 Mar	BBC b’cast	Milhaud: Trois Operas Minutes	With Sophie Wyss, Hugues Cuenod
12 Mar	York	Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Hopkins, Dyson songs	Solo recital. Norman Franklin, pno
13 Mar	BBC b’cast	Songs
16 Mar	Eton School	Haydn: Seasons
18 Mar	Stoke on Trent	Bach: Matthew Passion
22 Mar	Albert Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion
25 Mar	Newcastle	Berlioz: Faust
28 Mar	Bristol	Stanford: Stabat Mater
3 Apr	Norwich	Handel: Messiah
5 Apr	Manchester	Handel: Messiah	Cond:Barbirolli
7 Apr	Paisley	Mixed recital	Paisley Phil
10 Apr	Bradford	Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music. Mass in C.
11 Apr	Leeds	Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music. Mass in C.
12 Apr	Bacup	Handel, Mozart, Tchaikovsky arias
20 Apr	Hull	Mozart: Seraglio	SWells tour
22 Apr	London	Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony	LSO, Boult
23 Apr	Petersfield	Bach: B Minor Mass
29 Apr	Leeds	Mozart: Seraglio	S Wells tour, cond: James Robertson
03 May	Birmingham	Michael Haydn: Mass
07 May	Newtown, Montgomery	Handel: Samson
9,13 May	S Wells	Mozart: Seraglio
11 May	Harrogate	Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims
16 May	Warwick	Handel: Messiah
20 May	Festival Hall	Bach: John Passion
23 May	Bath Abbey	Bach: B Minor Mass
28 May	Royal Philharmonic Society, St. James Square, SW1	Purcell, Dyson, Vaughan Williams, Hopkins: songs & pno	Society of Women Musicians: coronation concert
05 Jun	Rialto Cinema	Gay/Arthur Bliss: Beggars Opera (voice of Lucy, ghosting for Daphne Anderson)	Film version, dir: Peter Brook. Laurence Olivier as Macheath.
8,11,13,18,30 Jun, 2,4,7,9,11 Jul	Royal Opera, Covent Garden,	Britten: Gloriana	Premiere. Coronation Royal Gala on 8, cond: Pritchard
10 Jun	RAM	Mozart: Martern aller Arten	Coronation concert. With Clifford Curzon & Griller Qtet, RAM Orch.
20 Jun	Westminster Central Hall	Bach: B Minor Mass
24 Jun	Festival Hall	Handel: Messiah
27 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival	Handel: L’Allegro.
28 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival	Opera excerpts:Gluck, Rossini, Britten
6, 15 Jul	Bournemouth	Mozart: Seraglio	S Wells tour
7,9,11 Jul	Cvt Garden	Britten: Gloriana
20 Jul	Canterbury	Mozart: Seraglio	S Wells tour
26 Jul	Kings Lyn	?	?with Britten & Pears
29 Jul	Albert Hall	Mozart: Come Scoglio	Prom
02 Aug	Buxton	Orch songs
06 Aug	Rhyl Eisteddfod	Mozart arias
1,3,7,9,11 Sep	Edinburgh Festival	Mozart: Idomeneo (Electra)	Glyndebourne Opera prod. John Pritchard, cond. Carl Ebert, dir. With Sena Jurinac & Richard Lewis
5 Oct	Leeds	Mozart: Coronation Mass. Mahler 2	LSO, cond: Krips
10 Oct	Harewood House, Leeds	Purcell: songs	Leeds Festival recital with Pears, Britten
10 Oct	LeedsTown Hall	Handel: Israel in Egypt	Sargent, cond.
11 Oct	Festival Hall	Mahler 2	LSO, cond: Krips
15, 17, 29 Oct	S Wells	Mozart: Seraglio
23, 26 Oct	BBC broadcast	Manolis Kalomiris: The Shadowy Water (opera)	Alec Sherman, cond
31 Oct	Westminster Central Hall	Mendelssohn: Elijah
4 Nov	Albert Hall	Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims	LSO, cond: Charles Proctor
6 Nov	Huddersfield	Delius: Mass of Life	Yorks SO. Cond: Sargent
14 Nov	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah	LSO, ‘Choir of 1000 Voices’, cond: Sargent
15 Nov	BBC b’cast	‘I know what I like’. Home Service.
16 Nov	Aberdare	Opera School concert
23 Nov	Liverpool, b’cast	Mozart: Alleluia
25 Nov	Ilkley	Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Vaughan Williams, Hopkins, Dyson	Solo song recital Norman Franklin ,pno.
29 Nov	Burnley	Mixed recital
02 Dec	Reading	Handel: Messiah
3,4 Dec	Grimsby	Handel: Messiah
5 Dec	Stamford	Handel, Purcell, Wolf,Debussy	Solo recital Norman Franklin, pno
8 Dec	Welshpool	Mixed recital
10 Dec	Blackpool	Handel: Messiah
12 Dec	Wells	Handel: Messiah
13 Dec	Northampton	Handel: Messiah
16 Dec	Leeds	Handel: Messiah
17 Dec	Festival Hall	Handel: Messiah	LPO & Choir Cond: Frederick Jackson
18 Dec	St Albans	Handel: Messiah	Cond: Boult
19 Dec	Bradford	Handel: Messiah
21 Dec	BBC b’cast	Early English songs
23 Dec	Prescot	Bach, Mozart, Handel arias. Christmas songs	Solo recital. Norman Franklin, pno
28 Dec	Dumfries	Mixed orch songs
30 Dec	Aberdeen	Handel: Messiah

1954

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
1 Jan	Edinburgh	Handel: Messiah
3 Jan	BBC b’cast	Berlioz: Childhood of Christ
6 Jan	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah
12 Jan	Keighley, Yorks	Opera recital
13 Jan	Scarborough	Opera recital
17 Jan	Wakefield	?concert
20,22,30 Jan	Sadlers Wells	Mozart: Don Giovanni (D. Anna)	Cond: James Robertson
7 Feb	Leyton	Handel: Messiah
10 Feb	BBC b’cast	Bruckner: Te Deum
28 Feb	Ebbw Vale	Mixed recital
2 Mar	Birmingham	Britten: Spring Symphony	All-Britten prog & CBSO, Pears, Wood. Cond: Willcocks
5,6 Mar	Copenhagen	Handel: Messiah	Cond: Mogens Woldike
11 Mar	Hull	Wagner: Meistersinger (Act III)	Concert perf
14 Mar	Burnley	Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann
22 Mar	Eton	Beethoven: Mass in D
24 Mar	Ibis Mus Soc	Purcell, Hopkins, Dyson songs
26 Mar	Huddersfield	Haydn: Creation	Sargent, cond
28 Mar	York	Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims
1 Apr	Leicester	Recital
4 Apr	Bournemouth	Elgar: The Kingdom	Bournemouth Municipal Orch, cond: Groves
5 Apr	BBC b’cast	Debussy: Ariettes Oubliees
11 Apr	Festival Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion	Bach Choir. Cond: Reginald Jacques
16 Apr	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah	afternoon
16 Apr	Wembley	Handel: Messiah	evening
21 Apr	Liverpool	Mozart: Seraglio
24 Apr	Liverpool	Handel: Solomon	Sargent, cond
27 Apr	Festival Hall	Weber: Der Freischutz (extr). English songs & pno	Insurance Orch
29 Apr	Newport	Mixed recital
8 May	Liverpool	Wagner: Meistersinger (Act III)	Concert perf, Liverpool Phil
12 May	Croydon	Elgar: The Apostles	LSO, cond: Alan Kirby
14 May	Festival Hall	Oratorio extracts
15 May	Croydon	Elgar: The Kingdom	LSO, cond: Kirby
19 May	BBC b’cast	Hovhaness: Easter Cantata	UK premiere?
21 May	Edinburgh	Brahms: Requiem	Karl Rankl, cond
23 May	Oxford	Howells: Hymnus Paradisi
26 May	Bath	Mozart: Requiem
29 May	Warwick	Handel: Messiah
4 Jun	Festival Hall	Beethoven 9	Krips, cond
6 Jun	Colwyn Bay	Opera recital
13 Jun	Buxton	Opera recital
15 Jun	Oxford	Mozart: Seraglio
19 Jun	Aldeburgh	Bach: St John Passion
27 Jun	Bournemouth	Mixed recital
3 Aug	Albert Hall	Rossini: Bel raggio (Semiramide)	Mixed Prom prog.LSO. Cond: Basil Cameron
14,16 Sep	Fenice, Venice	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)	Premiere. EOG, cond Britten, dir Basil Coleman. With Pears, Hemmings
30 Jun	Wigmore Hall	Screw excerpts presentation
6,8,11,16 Oct	Sadler's Wells	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)	EOG prod. London premiere
12 Oct	Bath	Bach: St John Passion	LSO Norman Franklin ,pno.
14 Oct	Neath	Opera recital
18 Oct	Watford	Handel: Messiah
23 Oct	Birmingham	BBC Grand Hotel concert
26 Oct, 3,9 Nov, 2 Dec	S Wells	Mozart:Seraglio
28 Oct	Bridport	recital
29 Oct	Wembley	Mendelssohn: Elijah
30 Oct	Gipton	Mozart, Gounod, Tchaikovsky arias/ensembles	Mixed recital & pno
17 Nov	Krefeld,Germany	Finzi: Et in terra pax
19 Nov	Munchen Gladbach	Mozart: Requiem
20 Nov	Westminster Central Hall	Handel: Messiah
24 Nov	Festival Hall	Delius: Mass of Life
25 Nov	Newport	Haydn: Creation
27 Nov	Barnsley	Mozart, Gounod arias, English songs	Wilfred Parry, pno
28 Nov	Keighley	Handel: Messiah
1 Dec	BBC b’cast	Bach: B Minor Mass
4 Dec	Bournemouth	Mixed recital
5 Dec	Northampton	Handel: Messiah
7 Dec	BBC b’cast	Ballad concert, Home Service
9 Dec	Blackpool	Handel: Messiah
11 Dec	People’s Palace, Mile End	Carol concert
13 Dec	Birmingham	BBC Grand Hotel
15 Dec	Bradford	Handel: Messiah
16 Dec	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah
17 Dec	Festival Hall	Handel: Messiah
18 Dec	Bradford	Handel: Messiah
20 Dec	BBC b’cast	Bach: cantatas
23 Dec	Halifax	Handel: Messiah

1955

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
8 Jan	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah
22 Jan	Leeds	Beethoven 9
24 Jan	BBC b’cast	Milhaud: Orphee
26 Jan	Festival Hall	Bliss: The Olympians (Act II) (Madeleine)	RPO Cond: Bliss
30 Jan	Saddleworth	Recital
04 Feb	Festival Hall	Beethoven 9	LPO Cond: Boult
12,17 Feb, 7,16 Mar	S Wells	Mozart: Seraglio
13 Feb	BBC b’cast	‘In Lighter Mood’
15 Feb	Festival Hall	Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony
20 Feb	Portsmouth	recital	With Owen Brannigan, Gerald Moore
22, 24 Feb	Kings Cambridge	Bach: B Minor Mass
23 Feb	Festival Hall	Arnell: Ode to the West Wind	RPO Cond: Beecham
28 Feb	Birmingham	Handel: Semele
3 Mar	BBC Maida Vale	Handel: Semele
9 Mar	Colne Valley	Mixed recital
16 Mar	Stoke on Trent	Mozart: Mass in C
19 Mar	Skelmanthorpe	Mixed recital
24 Mar	Stroud	Bach: John Passion
27 Mar	Albert Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion	Bach Choir Cond: Jacques
28 Mar, 1,6,14,20,30 Apr, 9 May	Sadlers Wells	Mozart: Don Giovanni (D. Anna)	Cond: Leo Quayle
30 Mar	Leeds	Mozart: C Minor Mass
8 Apr	Festival Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion
11 Apr	Amsterdam	Handel: Messiah
12 Apr	Hilversum	Blast recital
15 Apr	Dorking	Bach: Magnificat
29 Apr	Festival Hall	Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha
10, 12 May	Liverpool	Beethoven 9	Pritchard, cond
14 May	Kendal	Handel: Messiah
26, 28 May	Schwetzingen	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)	EOG, cond Britten, dir Coleman. With Pears, Hemmings.
31 May, 1 Jun	Munich	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)	EOG, cond Britten, dir Coleman. With Pears, Hemmings.
4,Jun	Florence	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)	EOG, cond Britten, dir Coleman. With Pears, Hemmings
9 Jun	Kings Cambridge	Beethoven: Mass in D
13 Jun	Oxford	Mendelssohn: Elijah	Oxford Bach Choir. Cond: Armstrong
15 Jun	St Gabriel’s College SE5	Purcell, Wolf, Mozart, Hopkins, Dyson songs	Norman Franklin, pno
18,20,23 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival, Jubilee Hall	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)
24 Jun	Festival Hall	Holst: Choral Symphony	LPO Cond: Boult
30 Jun	Wigmore Hall	Howells, Holst	Joint English song recital. Gerald Moore, pno
5 Jul	Llangollen	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)
8 Jul	Rotterdam	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)
11 Jul	Hague	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)
13 Jul	Amsterdam	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)
15 Jul	Arnheim	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)
19 Jul	Bruges	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)
21 Jul	Canterbury	Mozart: Seraglio
6 Sep	Hereford Cathedral	Bach: Jauchzet Gott (am). B Minor Mass (pm)	Three Choirs Festival. Cond: Meredith Davies
8 Sep	Hereford Cathedral	Poulenc: Stabat Mater	Three Choirs Festival. LSO. Cond: Meredith Davies. UK premiere
16 Sep	Albert Hall	Beethoven 9	Prom
20,21,23,26,28 Sep, 1,3 Oct	The Scala	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)	EOG, cond Britten, dir Coleman, with Pears, Hemmings
10,12,15 Oct	Cambridge	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)	EOG, cond Britten, dir Coleman, with Pears, Hemmings
14 Oct	Norwich	Handel: Deborah
28 Oct	Nottingham	Recital
30 Oct	Bournemouth	Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony
10 Nov	Festival Hall	Handel: Solomon	Beecham, cond
17,19,23 Nov	Sadlers Wells	Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (Fiordiligi)	Cond: Edric Cundell
25 Nov	Grantham	Haydn: Creation
26 Nov	St Albans Cathedral	Handel: Messiah
1 Dec	Worcester	Recital
3 Dec	Liverpool	Handel: Messiah
4 Dec	Skipton	Purcell, Mozart, Wolf, Howells, Dyson songs	Norman Franklin, pno
6 Dec	Wycombe Abbey School	Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, English songs	Norman Franklin, pno
8 Dec	Leicester	Recital
10 Dec	Coventry	Handel: Messiah
13 Dec	Birmingham	Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate	CBSO, cond: Schwarz
14 Dec	Wolverhampton	Handel: Messiah
15 Dec	Huddersfield	Handel: Messiah
17 Dec	Liverpool	Handel: Messiah
20 Dec	Hull	Bach, Finzi Christmas arias
21,22 Dec	Huddersfield	Handel: Messiah	Sargent, cond TV perf

1956

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
2 Jan	Edinburgh	Handel: Messiah
7 Jan	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah	LSO, RCS, cond: Sargent
14 Jan	Liverpool	Handel: Messiah
16 Jan	Maidstone	Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Dyson songs	Norman Franklin, pno
24 Jan	Birmingham	Mozart: Vespers & arias	Cond: Anthony Lewis
27 Jan	Birmingham	Mozart: songs	Mixed chamber recital, incl Dennis Brain.
28 Jan	Festival Hall	Mozart Requiem	LPO
23 Feb	Colchester	Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Dyson songs	Norman Franklin, pno
26 Feb	Brighton	Mozart arias
3 Mar	Carlisle	Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Howells songs	Jack Pickup, pno
18 Apr	Moscow Conservatoire	Songs	Part of Arthur Bliss’s musical delegation to the USSR. With Gerald Moore, pno
19 Apr	Moscow Tchaikovsky Hall	Mozart: Martern aller Arten	USSR SO, cond: Clarence Raybould
22 Apr	Leningrad	Songs	Moore, pno
25 Apr	Leningrad	Orch concert
28 Apr	Kiev	Songs	TV recital
4 May	Kharkov	Songs	Impromptu concert replacing Cyril Smith who had suffered stroke
5 May	Kharkov	Orch concert
7 May	Moscow	Orch concert	Farewell concert for USSR delegation, attended by Kruschev.
17 May	Norwich	Bach: B Minor Mass
22,23 May	Paris	Britten: Turn of the Screw
28 May	BBC b’cast	Bach, Hasse
30 May	BBC b’cast	Handel, Mozart
1 Jun	St Mark, Hamilton Terr NW8	Purcell, Haydn, Mozart songs	Jean Hamilton (aka Lady Maud), pno
7 Jun	Cambridge	Mozart: C Minor Mass	Boris Ord, cond
13 Jun	Festival Hall	Beethoven 9	Krips, cond
22 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival	Mozart: Impressario etc	With Joan Sutherland
25 Jun	Shrewsbury	Purcell, Wolf, Howells songs	Norman Franklin, pno
27 Jun	Soc of Women Musicians	Recital
27 Jul	Kings Lynn	Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music. Hadley: Fen & Flood (premiere)	BBC Midland Orch. Cond: Vaughan Williams/ Stanford Robinson?
4 Sep	Amsterdam	Radio recording: Schumann
6 Sep	Albert Hall	Bach cantata	Prom
23 Sep	BBC	St Cecilia Mass?
26,29 Sep, 1,3,5 Oct	S Wells	Britten: Turn of the Screw
4 Oct	BBC recording	Bernard Naylor: Cantata
7 Nov	Festival Hall	Haydn; Seasons
8 Nov	Leicester	Mozart: C Minor Mass
15 Nov	Weston super Mare	Handel: Messiah
17 Nov	Westminster Central Hall	Handel: Messiah
21 Nov	Bradford	Beethoven: Mass in D
22 Nov	Grimsby	recital
25 Nov	BBC	Grand Hotel
27 Nov	Henry Wood Soc	Handel: Messiah
29 Nov	Doncaster	Handel: Messiah
1 Dec	Coventry	Handel: Messiah
6 Dec	Festival Hall	Wagner: Lohengrin Act III, scenes 1 & 2	Concert perf & Walter Midgley. RPO, cond: Beecham
8 Dec	Chester	?
9 Dec	BBC b’cast	JC Bach
12 Dec	Bolton	Handel: Messiah
13 Dec	Albert Hall	Christmas repertoire
17,18,19 Dec	Cologne	Mozart: Litany K243	Gurzernich Orch, cond: Gunter Wand

1957

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
14 Feb	Amsterdam Concertgebouw	Handel: Samson
1 Mar	Edinburgh	Beethoven 9
2 Mar	Glasgow	Beethoven 9
8 Mar	Huddersfield	Berlioz: Faust
9 Mar	Liverpool	Bach: Matthew Passion
26 Mar	Woking	Purcell, Brahms, Wolf, Rossini, Hopkins songs	Franklin, pno
27 Mar	Festival Hall	Stravinsky: Les Noces
30 Mar	Nottingham	Bach: Matthew Passion
31 Mar	Bournemouth	Bach: B Minor Mass
2 Apr	Leicester	Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims	CBSO, cond: Dyson
4 Apr	Colchester	Elgar: Apostles
6 Apr	Colchester	Elgar: The Kingdom
9 Apr	Festival Hall	Handel: Messiah
14 Apr	Albert Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion	Jacques Orch, cond: Jacques
15 Apr	Festival Hall	Britten: Spring Symphony	LPO, cond: Hans Swarowsky
19 Apr	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah
25 Apr	BBC	Debussy: Ariettes Oubliees	B’cast concert
19 May	Haddo House	Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony	Composer present
24 May	Bristol Cathedral	Elgar: The Kingdom
31 May	Festival Hall	Beethoven 9	LSO, cond: Krips
1 Jun	Bath	Vaughan Williams: Benedicite
18 Jun	Festival Hall	Beethoven: Mass in D	Bach Choir, LSO, cond: Jacques
22 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival	Bach: St John Passion	Cond: Imogen Holst. Britten, hpsch, Bream, lute, Pears, Evang.
27,29 Jun	Paris	Mozart: Die Entfuhrung	In German
20,23,28,30 Aug, 3,4,6 Sep	Stratford, Ontario	Britten: Turn of Screw
2,4,5 Oct	Berlin	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)
20 Nov	Leeds	Elgar: The Kingdom	Cond. Sargent
22 Nov	Huddersfield	Mozart: C Minor Mass. Dvorak: Te Deum	Huddersfield Choral Soc, RLPO, cond: Sargent
26 Nov	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah	Cond. Wood
11 Dec	Stroud	Bush: In Praise of Mary
12 Dec	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah (extract). Finzi: In Terra Pax	London Senior Orch, cond: Ernest Read
15 Dec	Buxton	Haydn: Creation
18 Dec	Brighton	Christmas songs

1958

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
9 Jan	Cape Town	Mozart: Exsultate. Mahler 4	Cape Town Municipal Orch. Cond: Charles Groves
26 Jan	Johannesburg	B’cast recital
29 Jan	Johannesburg,	Purcell, Debussy, Hopkins, Dyson songs. Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben	Adolph Hallis,pno
30 Jan	Johannesburg	Handel, German, Gounod (Faust) arias	Sth Afr Broadcast Corp Concert Orch
3 Feb	Port Elizabeth	Purcell, Debussy, Hopkins, Dyson songs. Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben	Christie Feros, pno
18 Feb	Cape Town.	Mozart, Verdi arias.	Cape Town Municipal Orchestra
15 Mar	Glasgow	Mozart: Exsultate. Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony	SNO, cond: Wilfred Emery
17 Mar	Antwerp	Beethoven: Missa Solemnis	Antwerp PO, cond: de Vocht
23,30 Mar	Festival Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion	Bach Choir, Jacques Orch, cond: Jacques
31 Mar	BBC	Holst, Bax, Bliss songs	Broadcast concert & Wigmore Ensemble
18 May	Haddo House	Bach: B Minor Mass	Cond: June Gordon
3 Jun	Festival Hall	Beethoven 9	LSO, cond: Krips
4,5 Jun	Cambridge	Bach: B Minor Mass	CUMS
7 Jun	Bath	Bach: B Minor Mass	LSO, cond: Cuthbert Bates
13,16 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival, Jubilee Hall	Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tiresias	UK premiere
20 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival	Schutz: Magnificat
21 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival	Handel: Joshua
15 Jul	Huddersfield	Haydn, Handel, Mozart, Verdi arias
31 Jul	Albert Hall	Mozart: Ch’io mi scordi	BBC Prom. LSO, cond: Basil Cameron. Ernest Lush , pno obbl.
31 Aug	Edinburgh	Haydn: Creation	Royal Danish Orch, cond: Woldike
5 Sep	Edinburgh	Britten: Spring Symphony	All-Britten prog. Royal Opera Orch, cond Britten/Ansermet
7 Sep	Edinburgh	Bach: Magnificat. Haydn: Nelson Mass	SNO, cond: Swarowsky
7 Oct	Croydon	Handel, Purcell, Schubert, Wolf, English songs	Norman Franklin, pno
17 Oct	Leeds	Charpentier: Te Deum (UK premiere)	BBCSO, cond: Schwarz.
?	Leeds Festival	Peter Racine Fricker: The Vision of Judgement	With John Dobson
24 Oct	Geneva	Beethoven 9	UN day concert. Suisse Romande, cond: Ansermet. B’cast 72 countries
29 Oct	Festival Hall	Monteverdi: Vespers	BBCSO, cond: Schwarz. Cast incl Alfred Deller, Heather Harper
23 Nov	Rugby School	Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims. Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region	CBSO, cond: Marcus Beresford
26,28 Nov, 4 Dec	S Wells	Mozart: Seraglio
13 Dec	Sheffield	Handel: Messiah	Halle Orch
14 Dec	Manchester	Handel: Messiah	Halle Orch
16,19 Dec	Huddersfield	Handel: Messiah	Huddersfield Choral, RLPO, cond: Sargent/Herbert Bardgett
20 Dec	Covent Garden	Handel: Samson (staged)	Prod: Herbert Graf. Cond: Leppard

1959

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
?	Pwllheli	Mendelssohn: Elijah
27 Jan	Festival Hall	Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate	Jacques orch, cond: Jacques
04 Feb	Birmingham	Handel, Purcell arias	Mixed chamber prog. Artists incl Neville Marriner, vln.
24 Feb	Festival Hall	Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony	LSO, cond: Jacques
28 Feb	Festival Hall	Handel: Samson (Israelite Woman)	LPO, cond: John Tobin
14 Mar	Sedbergh	Handel, Purcell, Mozart, Wolf, English songs	Norman Franklin, pno
16 Mar	Ulverston	Handel, Purcell, Wolf, English songs	Franklin, pno
18 Mar	Keswick	Handel, Purcell, Wolf, English songs	Franklin, pno
19 Mar	Whitehaven	Handel, Purcell, English songs	Franklin, pno
22 Mar	Festival Hall	Bach: St John Passion	Bach Choir, Jacques Orch, cond: Jacques. Cast incl. Pears
25 Mar	Leeds	Handel: Israel in Egypt (extr). Rossini: Messe Solennelle	RLPO, cond: Sargent
12 Apr	Copenhagen	Handel: L’Allegro ed il Pensieroso	DRSO, cond: Woldike
23 Apr	Birmingham	Beethoven 9	CBSO, cond: Meredith Davies

10 May	Perth	Haydn: The Seasons	SNO, cond: de Csillery
12 May	Festival Hall	Beethoven 9	LPO, cond: Stanley Pope
28 May	Festival Hall	Haydn: Salve Regina & Berenice (scena)	London Mozart Players, cond: Harry Blech
01 Jun	Festival Hall	Beethoven 9	LSO, cond: Krips. Also in prog, Glenn Gould
14 Jun	Victoria & Albert Museum	Purcell: Fairy Queen (concert)	Philomusica of London, cond: Anthony Lewis. Cast incl. Deller
24 Jun	Festival Hall	Handel: Solomon	Bach Choir, Jacques Orch, cond: Jacques
05 Aug	Albert Hall	Bach: cantatas	BBC Prom. BBCSO, cond: Sargent
8 Sep	Edinburgh	Handel: Tra le fiamme	Leppard Ensemble, cond: Leppard

10 Sep	Edinburgh	Haydn: Arianna a Naxos	Harpsichord: Raymond Leppard

26 & 27 Sep	Berlin	Handel: Messiah	Huddersfield Choral Soc, Berlin Philharmonic, cond: Sargent
15 Oct	Swansea	Handel: St Cecilia Day Ode	Halle Orch, cond: Mansel Thomas

22 Oct	Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Hall	Purcell, Handel, English songs, Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben	Flora Kent, pno

23 Oct	Athenaeum	Purcell, Handel, English songs, Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben	Paul Hamburger, pno

29 Oct	Copenhagen	Haydn: Salve Regina & Harmonienmesse	Danish RSO, cond: Woldike
03 Nov	Albert Hall	Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims,	LSO, Alexandra Choir, cond: Charles Proctor

16 Nov	Antwerp	Handel: Messiah	Flemish Opera, cond: de Vocht
18 Nov	Leeds	Haydn: Creation	RLPO, Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, cond: Sargent
30 Nov	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah	LSO, cond: Sargent
04 Dec	Edinburgh	Handel: Judas Maccabaeus	SNO, Edinburgh Choral Union, cond: Gibson
07 Dec	Inverness	Handel, Rossini, English songs	Wight Henderson, pno
10 Dec	Birmingham	Bach: B Minor Mass	Philomusica of London, cond: Lewis

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

1960

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
9 Jan	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah	RCS, LSO, cond: Sargent
26 Jan	Cardiff	BBC recording
9 Feb	Felixstowe	Handel, Mozart, English songs	Franklin, pno
11 Feb	Birmingham	Britten: Spring Symphony	CBSO, cond Britten. With Proctor, Pears
14 Feb	Charterhouse School	Purcell, English songs
16 Feb	Festival Hall	Milner: St Francis. Beethoven: Mass in C	LSO cond Jacques
6 Mar	Hanover	Handel: Messiah
9 Mar	Swindon	Mozart: Exsultate, Dyson: Wife of Bath	Bournemouth SO, cond Groves
11 Mar	Sherborne Girls School,	Purcell, Handel, Wolf, Brahms, English songs	Franklin, pno
16 Mar	Utrecht	Handel: Messiah	TV recording
20 Mar	Cardiff	TV recording: Croeso
25 Mar	Huddersfield	Mendelssohn: Elijah	Huddersfield Choral Soc, RLPO, Sargent.
27 Mar	Burnley	Haydn: Seasons
1 Apr	BBC Maida Vale	Song recital	TV recording. G Moore, pno
4 Apr	Stafford	Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony
7 Apr	Halifax	Beethoven: Missa Solemnis	Halifax Choral, RLPO, Donald Hunt
12 Apr	Liverpool	Fricker: The Vision of Judgement	RLPO, John Pritchard
15 Apr	Norwich	Handel: Messiah	Norwich Phil Soc
23 Apr	Newcastle	Mozart, Purcell arias, English songs
26 Apr	Festival Hall	Britten: Spring Symphony	LPO, Janos Ferencsik
30 Apr	Ware	Handel: Messiah	Ware Choral Soc. With Janet Baker
11 May	Norwich Cathedral	Bach, Handel, Mozart arias	Joint recital with Leon Goossens
2 Jun	Festival Hall	Beethoven 9	LSO, Krips
11,15,22,24 June	Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall	Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream	World premiere. Prod: John Cranko. Cond: Britten. With Alfred Deller, Pears, Cantelo, Brannigan
6,7,9 Jul	Sadlers Wells	Handel: Radamisto	1st English staging since 1728. Handel Opera Soc prod, cond: Charles Farncombe, dir: Douglas Craig
11,12,14,15 Jul	Amsterdam	Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream	World premiere. Prod: John Cranko. Cond: Britten. With Alfred Deller, Pears, Cantelo, Brannigan
31 Jul	BBCTV	Grand Hotel
4 Aug	Cardiff	Beethoven: Mass in D	LSO
8 Sep	Birmingham	Beethoven 9
14 Sep	Torquay	Mozart: Exsultate. Dyson: Wife of Bath	Bournemouth SO, Groves
15 Sep	Bournemouth	Mozart: Exsultate. Bach: Jauchzet Gott	Bournemouth SO, Groves
29 Sep	Cannock	Handel, Rossini, Mozart arias, English song
11 Oct	Albert Hall	Haydn: Creation	LPO, Sargent
14 Oct	Festival Hall	Haydn: Infedelta Delusa (Vespina).	UK premiere. Haydn Orch, cond: Harry Newstone
19 Oct	Caerphilly	Song recital
24 Oct	BBC Bush House	Rimsky-Korsakov
25 Oct	Bath Abbey	Bach: St John Passion	LSO, cond: Cuthbert Bates. Cast incl: Wilfred Brown
27 Oct	Bath Guildhall	Scarlatti: Christmas Cantata	Leppard, hpsch
6 Nov	Victoria & Albert Museum	Bach: Coffee Cantata
8 Nov	Birmingham	Bach: Coffee Cantata. Purcell: Masque, Diocletian.	Philomusica of London, cond: Lewis
9 Nov	Bradford	Haydn: Creation.	Lemare Orch, Herbert Bardgett
11 Nov	Huddersfield	Beethoven: Mass in D.	Huddersfield Choral,RLPO, Sargent
15 Nov	Cardiff	Croeso BBCTV recording
29,30 Nov	Cambridge Guildhall	Mozart: Coronation Mass. Britten: Cantata Academica	CUMS. Conds: Willcocks & Britten. With Pears. UK premiere
3 Dec	Derby	Handel: Messiah
5 Dec	Festival Hall	Mozart: Ch’io mi scordi. Haydn: Arianna a Naxos	Haydn Orch, Cond: Newstone
6 Dec	Croydon	Mozart, Britten folk songs
10 Dec	Swansea	Bach: Christmas Oratorio
13 Dec	Ballymeena	Handel arias, Berlioz, Rossini, English songs
15,16,17 Dec	Belfast	Handel: Messiah	Belfast Phil Soc, Maurice Miles
20 Dec	Dublin	Handel: Messiah	Eireann RSO, cond: Pritchard
26 Dec	Schiedam, Holland,	Handel: Messiah	Cond: Gijsbert Nieuwland
29,31 Dec	Liverpool	Handel: Messiah	RLPO, Pritchard. With Pears

1961

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
28 Jan	Portsmouth	Handel: Messiah	Portsmouth Choral Union
4 Feb	Festival Hall	Handel: Messiah	London Choral Soc, LPO, John Tobin
19 Feb	Burton Park	Handel, Purcell, English songs	Phyllis Spurr, pno
25 Feb	Bishop's Stortford	Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Brahms, Rossini, English songs	Paul Hamburger, pno
26 Feb	Marlborough College	Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Brahms, Rossini, English songs	Paul Hamburger, pno
10 Mar	Festival Hall	Britten: Cantata Academica	London premiere. LSO, cond: George Malcolm. Cast incl. Pears, Watts, Brannigan
19,26 Mar	Festival Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion	Jacques Orchestra, Willcocks
22 Mar	Ibis Musical Society	Handel, Purcell, Rimsky, Hopkins	Phyllis Spurr, pno
10 Mar	Festival Hall	?	LSO. Cast incl. Pears
5 Apr	Festival Hall	Beethoven: Der glorreiche Augenblick	BBCSO & Chorus, cond: Schwarz
8 Apr	Bournemouth	Bach: Matthew Passion	Bournemouth SO, cond: Groves
11 Apr	Haarlem	Bach: Jauchzet Gott	N. Holland PO, cond: Henri Arends
19 Apr	Leeds	Holst: Choral Symphony	Leeds Phil Chorus, RLPO, cond: Sargent
23 Apr	Ahlen, Germany	Beethoven: Missa Solemnis	NWDeutsche Phil, Matthias Buchel
29 Apr	Bunde, Germany	Beethoven: Missa Solemnis	NWDeutsche Phil, Matthias Buchel
6,7 May	Dortmund & Herford	Handel: Messiah	NW Deutsche Phil, Maurits Denaux
17,19,20 May	Sadlers Wells	Handel: Rinaldo (Armida)	Handel Opera Soc prod (Douglas Craig), cond: Charles Farncombe. Design: Anthony Powell
21 Jun	Halle, Handelfestspiele	Handel: Rinaldo (Armida)	Handel Opera Soc prod (Douglas Craig), cond: Charles Farncombe. Design: Anthony Powell
28 Jun, 1 Jul	Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)	Cond: Meredith Davies
11 Aug	Haarlem?	Bach, Mahler,	N. Holland PO. Cond: Henri Arends
15 Aug	Albert Hall	Britten: Cantata Academica	Prom. LSO, cond: George Malcolm
2 Sep	Walsall	Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Verdi arias, English songs
6 Sep	Hereford Cathedral	Mozart: Coronation Mass. Fricker: Vision of Judgement	Three Choirs Fest. LSO, cond: Melville Cook. Also on Prog: Britten Nocturne, with Pears & Britten.
28 Sep	Copenhagen	Purcell: Fairy Queen	Danish RSO, cond: Anthony Lewis. With Pears, Deller, Morison, Hemsley, Thurston Dart
15 Aug	Albert Hall	Britten: Cantata Academica	Prom
25 Aug	Dartington	Janacek: Slavonic Mass	Summer School Ch, Gellhorn
18,19 Oct	Whitehaven	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)
21 Oct	Chelmsford Cathedral	Finzi: Dies Natalis. Mozart: Exsultate.	Recital with organ: Derrick Cantrell
07 Nov	Dumfries	Handel, Mozart, Verdi arias, Berlioz, Rossini, English songs
16 Nov	Stockton	Mozart: Exsultate, Rossini arias, English songs	Joint recital with John Williams & Paul Hamburger
30 Nov	Swansea	Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Brahms, Poulenc, Honegger, English songs	Paul Hamburger, pno
9 Dec	Manchester	Handel: Messiah	Stretford Choral Soc, William Earnshaw
12 Dec	Albert Hall	Christmas Music	London Senior Orchestra, Cond: Ernest Read
16 Dec	Swansea	Handel: Messiah	Swansea Municipal Choir, cond: Ivor Owen
20 Dec	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah	LPO & Choir, cond: Frederic Jackson

1962

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
4 Jan	Bristol	Song recital	Gerald Moore, pno
25 Jan	Bangor	Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Debussy, Poulenc songs	Paul Hamburger, pno
11 Feb	BBC b’cast	Handel: Deidamia (Achilles)	Arnold Goldsborough, cond
20 Feb	Larkhall, Glasgow	Handel, Mozart, Verdi arias, English songs	Cond: John J Hamilton
21 Feb	Dundee	Beethoven: Mass in D
25 Feb	Victoria and Albert Museum	Handel, Purcell, Mozart arias	Joint recital with John Williams & George Malcolm
27 Feb	Croydon	Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben. Debussy, Poulenc, English songs.	Phyllis Spurr,pno
1 Mar	Kidderminster.	Handel, Mozart, Puccini arias, English songs	Kidderminster Choral Soc, cond: Frank Edwards
10,15,18 Mar	Barcelona	Beethoven: Missa Solemnis	Orfeo Catala, Lluis Millet
22 Mar	Halifax	Beethoven: Mount of Olives. Faure: Requiem
25 Mar	Festival Hall	Handel: Messiah	Philharmonia Orch, Wilhelm Pitz
29 Mar	Birmingham	Beethoven 9	Cond: Hugo Rignold
7 Apr	BBC Maida Vale	Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate
8 Apr	Bournemouth	Bach: Matthew Passion	Bournemouth SO, cond: Charles Groves
15 Apr	Festival Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion	Jacques Orch, cond: David Willcocks
17 Apr	Liverpool	Peter Racine Fricker: The Vision of Judgement	3rd perf of piece JV premiered, 1958. RLPO, cond: Pritchard.
20 Apr	Leverkusen, Germany	Bach: Matthew Passion	Westphalian SO, cond: Paul Nitsche. With Gerard Souzay (Evang)
3 May	Copenhagen	Handel: Saul	Danish RSO, Mogens Woldike
15 May	Vienna	Handel: Saul
20 May	Brighton	Beethoven: Mass in C
25 May	Coventry	Bliss: The Beatitudes - premiere	Opening concert, Coventry Cathedral Inauguration Fest.BBCSO, Sargent
14 Jun	Festival Hall	Beethoven 9	LSO, Pierre Monteux
20,22,28,29 Jun	15th Aldeburgh Festival	Britten: Albert Herring (Miss Wordsworth)	EOG prod (Colin Graham), cond: Meredith Davies
26 Jun	Sadlers Wells	Britten: Albert Herring (Miss Wordsworth)	EOG prod (Colin Graham), cond: Meredith Davies
18,20 Jul	Sadlers Wells	Handel: Radamisto	Handel Opera Soc, prod: Douglas Craig, cond: Farncombe. Harpsch: George Malcolm
3,5,7 Sep	Edinburgh	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)	EOG prod (Basil Coleman) at Festival, cond: Meredith Davies. With Pears, Fisher
17 Sep	Liege	Handel arias
20 Sep	Manchester	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)
27 Sep	Leeds	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)
12,17,20,25 October, 3,7,9 Nov	Sadler's Wells	Britten: Turn of the Screw (Governess)	EOG prod (Coleman), cond: Davies, with Lanigan, Fisher
27 Oct	Coalville, Leics	Mozart, Verdi arias/duets. English songs	Joint recital with John Heddle Nash
31 Oct	Central Hall, Westminster	Faure: Requiem. Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony	Alexandra Choir, Charles Proctor
14 Nov	Leeds	Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony
15 Nov	BBC Maida Vale	Handel: L’Allegro
20 Nov	BBC Maida Vale	Handel: Alexander’s Feast
22 Nov	Leeuwarden, Holland	Bach
4 Dec	Croydon	Handel, Purcell, Rameau, Berlioz, Rossini, folk songs	Paul Hamburger, pno
8 Dec	Swansea	Bach, Finzi
14 Dec	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah
17 Dec	Festival Hall	Handel: Messiah
13 Dec	Hull	Handel: Messiah	Hull Choral Union, cond: Alec Redshaw
18 Dec	Worthing	Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate. Handel: Messiah (extr)	Christmas concert. Worthing CO, cond: Kershaw

1963

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
5 Jan	Newcastle	Hoffnung Hogmanay	Comedy concert with Malcolm Arnold, Ian Wallace etc
16 Jan	Leighton Buzzard	Purcell, Rameau, Berlioz, Rossini, Poulenc, English songs	Paul Hamburger, pno
2 Feb	Birmingham	Purcell, Mozart arias. Mozart: Eb Litany.	ECO, Anthony Lewis
6 Feb	Festival Hall	Britten: Spring Symphony	BBCSO, Antal Dorati
10 Feb	Albert Hall	Ho Ho Hoffnung – musical comedy concert	Prod: Colin Graham. With Joseph Horowitz, Ian Wallace, Malcolm Arnold
14 Feb	Birmingham	Britten: War Requiem	CBSO, Meredith Davies
16 Feb	Central Hall, Westminster	Bliss: The Beatitudes	Kensington SO, cond: Leslie Head
2 Mar	Coventry Cathedral	Beethoven: Missa Solemnis	Oxford Bach Choir, Sydney Watson
13 Mar	Leighton Buzzard Arts Club	Handel, Purcell arias, Debussy, Poulenc, English songs	Paul Hamburger, pno
15,17 Mar	Madrid	Beethoven: Mass in D	Spanish National Orch, Luis Millet
20 Mar	Swindon	Song recital: Purcell, Rossini, Debussy, Poulenc, English	Viola Tunnard, pno
6 Apr	Festival Hall	Beethoven 9	LSO, Pierre Monteux
2,4,5 May	New York Lincoln Centre	Britten: Spring Symphony	NYPO, Bernstein
17,24 May	Bethlehem, USA	Bach Cantatas
18,25 May	Bethlehem, USA	Bach: B Minor Mass
13 Jun	BBC broadcast	Bach cantatas	ECO, cond Goldsbrough. With Frans Bruggen
13 Jun	BBC broadcast	Purcell: Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation	Recital with George Malcolm, John Williams
15 Jun	Llandaff	Britten: Les Illuminations
26 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival	Mozart, Bach, Arne
15,17 Jul	Kortrijk & Tongeren, Belgium	Handel: Messiah	Antwerp Phil, Maurits Denaux
26 Jul	Sadlers Wells	Offenbach/Colin Graham: Not in front of the waiter	Entertainment for gala tribute to Joan Cross & Anne Wood
10 Aug	BBC broadcast from Albert Hall	Gilbert & Sullivan evening	BBCSO, Sargent
15 Aug	Folkestone	Purcell, Mendelssohn arias, English songs	Royal Artillery Orch
18 Aug	Worthing	Purcell, Mozart arias, English songs	Worthing Municipal Orch
25 Aug	Ostend	Handel: Messiah	Belgian NO, Andre Van der Noot
13 Sep	Gent	Britten: Spring Symphony	BRTSO, Daniel Sternefeld
29 Sep	Mons	Handel: Messiah	With Janet Baker, Wilfred Brown, Owen Brannigan. Cond: George Hurst. Hpsch: Thurston Dart
2 Oct	Coventry	Mahler 4	Philharmonia Orch, Jascha Horenstein
17 Oct,	Royal Academy of Music	Britten: Les Illuminations	With piano?
23 Oct	Westminster Abbey,	Monteverdi: Vespers.	ECO, Douglas Guest. With Wilfred Brown, Helen Watts, John Noble
31 Oct	Bergen	Britten: Les Illuminations. Purcell & Handel arias	Cond: Odd Gruner-Hegge
7 Nov	Copenhagen	Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate	Danish RSO, Sixten Ehrling
13,14 Nov	Arhus Cathedral	Handel: Messiah	Cond: Walther Borner
18 Nov	Hereford	Haydn: St. Cecilia Mass. Jerusalem (Dyson)	Hereford Choral Society, Capriol Orchestra, Melville Cook
19 Nov	Festival Hall	Britten: Cantata Academica	LSO, Willcocks. With Pears, Watts, Brannigan. Royal Concert for St Ceciliatide.
22 Nov	Festival Hall,	Britten: Gloriana (Lady Rich)	Britten’s 50th birthday concert
26 Nov	Liverpool	Beethoven 9	RLPO, Groves
7,8 Dec	Basel	Handel: Messiah	BOG Orch, Hans Munch
14 Dec	Manchester	Handel: Messiah	Stretford Choral Soc, William Earnshaw

1964

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
9,10 Jan	Oslo	Mozart, Rossini arias	Oslo Phil, Oivin Fjeldstad
26 Jan	Burton Park	Songs: Haydn, Debussy, Poulenc, Howells, Dyson	Joyce Rathbone,pno
30 Jan	Birmingham	Purcell: Masque (Tempest). Linley: Ode on the Spirits of Shakespeare	LCO, Anthony Lewis
14 Feb	Belfast	Beethoven 9
18 Feb	Barnes Music Club	Songs: Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Poulenc, Howells	Paul Hamburger, pno
14 Feb	Belfast	Beethoven 9	City of Belfast Orch, Maurice Miles
18 Feb	Barnes	Songs
21 Feb	Festival Hall	Handel: Messiah	London Senior Orch, cond Ernest Read
27,28 Feb	Berlin	Handel: Jephtha	Berlin Phil, Rafael Kubelik
08 Mar	Festival Hall	Mozart: Exsultate
20 Mar	Bristol Cathedral	Mozart: Exsultate	Cond: Clifford Harker
27 Mar	Festival Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion	London Choral Soc, John Tobin. With Robert Tear
2 Apr	Stavanger	Songs: Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Poulenc, Howells
5 Apr	Gothenburg	Mozart arias	Goteborg Orch
7 Apr	Malmo	Handel: Tra le fiamme	Malmo SO, Mackerras
10 Apr	Dorking	Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony	Leith Hill Festival. Cond: Boult
21 Apr	Newcastle	Bach: Jauchzet Gott, Mahler 4	RLPO, Groves
5 May	Grocers Hall, London	Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate	Philomusica of Lond, Boult. Royal concert, Queen Mother. Also featuring du Pre.
13 May	Festival Hall	Britten: Les Illuminations	Philomusica of London, George Malcolm
16 May	Ragley Hall	Purcell: Fairy Queen	Cond: Anthony Lewis. Incl. Robert Tear
26,29,30 May	Edinburgh	Mozart: Don Giovanni
10 Jun	Exeter Cathedral	Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony	Bournemouth SO, Lionel Dakers
14 Jun	Bournemouth	Mozart: Exsultate	Bournemouth SO, Constantin Silvestri
16 Jun	St Mary le Bow	Bach: B Minor Mass
20 Jun	Blythborough Church	Gluck: Orfeo	Aldeburgh Festival
2 Jul	Sheldonian, Oxford	Handel: Athalia (Athalia)	LSO, Anthony Lewis
4 Jul	Liverpool	Britten: Les Illuminations	RLPO, Meredith Davies
13.14 Jul	Guildhall, London	Purcell: Fairy Queen	ECO, cond: Anthony Lewis. Dir: Brian Trowell
28 Jul	Goteborg	Songs: Handel, Purcell, Wolf etc
31 Aug	Albert Hall	Bliss: The Beatitudes	Prom. BBCSO, cond: Bliss
27 Nov	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah	LPO, Sargent
5 Dec	Macclesfield	Handel: Messiah	With Janet Baker, Forbes Robinson
10 Dec	Albert Hall	Christmas Music	Thomas Armstrong/ Ernest Read conds
12 Dec	Derby	Handel: Messiah
20 Dec	Walthamstow	Handel:Messiah

1965

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
28 Jan	Bergen	Bach: Jauchzet Gott. Rossini arias	Bergen Phil, Rudolf Schwarz
13 Feb	Woking	Vaughan Williams: sea Symphony
24 Feb	Cambridge	Handel: Messiah
28 Feb	Manchester	Tippett: Child of Our Time	Halle orch, Maurice Handford
13 Mar	Antwerp	Britten: War Requiem
18 Mar	Birmingham	Bach: Susser Trost. Beethoven 9	CBSO, Hugo Rignold
28 Mar	Sutton	Bach: Matthew Passion	With Wilfred Brown, John Carol Case
30 Mar	Malmo	Mozart: arias	Malmo SO, Carl von Garaguly
9 Apr	Goteborg	Mozart: arias	Goteborg SO, Bogo Leskovic
14,15,16 Apr	Cologne	Bach: Matthew Passion	Gurzenich Orch, Gunter Wand. With Peter Schreier, Theo Adam, Norma Proctor.
2 May	Festival Hall	Britten: War Requiem
29 May	Warwick	Britten: Spring Symphony
31 May	Festival Hall	Bach: Ach Gott, wie manches Herzenleid & Jauchzet Gott	Philomusica of London, George Malcolm. With John Shirley-Quirk
10 Jun	Kings Cambridge	Fricker: The Vision of Judgement	CUMS, Willcocks. With Kenneth Bowen
22,24 Jun	Sadlers Wells	Handel: Rinaldo (Armida)	Handel Opera Soc, prod: Craig. Cond: Peter Gellhorn
26 Jun	?Holland	Britten: War Requiem
3 Jul	Blenheim Palace	Bernier: Le Café. Campra: La Danse de Flore	Oxford Bach Fest concert, with Frans Bruggen (flute), Simon Preston (hpsch), Sim
6 Aug	Albert Hall	Szymanowski: Stabat Mater	Prom. BBCSO, Gellhorn
15 Aug	Worthing	Verdi: Ah Fors’e Lui. Songs
7 Sep	Gloucester	Szymanowksi: Stabat Mater. Howells: Hymnus Paradisi
8 Sep	Gloucester Cathedral	Britten: War Requiem	CBSO, Melville Cook
7 Nov	BBCTV	Songs of Praise
11 Nov	Wigmore Hall	Purcell, Britten, Tavener	Kirkman concert
17 Nov	Leeds	Poulenc: Stabat Mater. Milner: The Water and the Fire	Leeds Phil Choir, RLPO, Donald Hunt. With Shirley-Quirk
22 Nov	BBC Maida Vale recording	Artist of the Month
25 Nov	Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford	Britten: Les Illuminations
26 Nov	Albert Hall	Handel: Messiah
27 Nov	Durham	Handel: Messiah
4 Dec	Beverley	Handel: Messiah
9 Dec	Albert Hall	Christmas Music	London Senior Orchestra, Thomas Armstrong
11 Dec	Liverpool	Handel: Messiah
12 Dec	Preston	Handel: Messiah
17 Dec	Birmingham	Handel: Messiah
18 Dec	Aylesbury	Handel: Messiah
19 Dec	Walthamstow	Strauss: 4 Last Songs
21 Dec	Birmingham	Handel: Messiah
26 Dec	BBC studio b’cast	Handel: Messiah

1966

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
1 Jan	Glasgow	Handel: Messiah	SNO, Glasgow Choral Union, Leon Lovett. With Shirley-Quirk
10 Jan	Hague	Britten: Les Illuminations
27 Jan	Birmingham	Britten: Cantata Academica
14,15 Feb	Berlin	Handel: Messiah
1 Mar	Liverpool	Britten: Spring Symphony
5 Mar	Frankfurt	Handel: Messiah
17 Mar	Goteborg	Britten: les Illuminations
6 May	Ann Arbor	Kodaly: Te deum	Philadelphia Orch, Thor Johnson. With Sherrill Milnes
8 May	Ann Arbor	Delius: Requiem	Philadelphia Orch, Thor Johnson. With Sherrill Milnes
13,14,20,21 May	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Bach: B minor Mass & cantatas	Bethlehem Bach Choir, Ifor Jones, cond.
26 Jun	Birmingham	Beethoven 9	CBSO, Hugo Rignold
1 Jul	Society of Women Musicians, 4 St James' Square	Songs: Wolf, English	Daphne Ibbott, pno
5 Jul	Goteborg	Songs: Purcell, Debussy, Poulenc, Rossini, Schubert: Shepherd on the Rock	With Carl Tillius(pno), Sten Pettersson (clar)
10 Jul	Netherseale	Mozart: Exsultate & Coronation Mass	Cond: Richard Butt
18 Jul	BBC b’cast	Desert Island Discs
19 Aug	Dartington	Handel: Alexander’s Feast	Academy of St Martins, Neville Marriner. With Robert Tear
7 Sep	Worcester Cathedral	Tippett: Child of Our Time	CBSO, Christopher Robinson
12 Oct	Wigmore Hall	Berlioz & Rossini songs	Martin Jones, pno
21,25,28 Oct, Nov 2,5	Sadlers Wells	Britten: Gloriana (Lady Rich)	Revised version. Colin Graham, prod
6 Nov	Bournemouth	Haydn: Mariazellermesse	Bournemouth SO, Bernard Keefe
7 Nov	Stationers Hall, London	Schubert: Shepherd on the Rocks, songs	EOG Schubertiade, with Pears, Britten, Thea King, Colin Graham, Michael Roll
8 Nov	Woking	Songs: Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Poulenc, English	Paul Hamburger,pno
29 Nov, 2,10,15,29 Dec	Sadlers Wells	Williamson: Violins of Saint-Jacques (Mathilde)	Premiere. Cond: Vilem Tausky, Dir: William Chappell. B’cast Dec 8.
11 Dec	Stowe School	Handel: Messiah	Cond: Angus Watson. With Paul Esswood, Robert Tear
14 Dec	Leeds	Handel: Messiah	Leeds Phil Soc, RLPO, Donald Hunt
19 Dec	4 St James Sq	Tavener: Settings of Four Quartets	SPNM concert, pno: Tavener. Also in prg: RR Bennett, B Ferneyhough.
12 Dec	BBC broadcast	Vaughan Williams: Hodie	Recorded Brecon Cathedral

1967

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
26 Jan	BBC broadcast	Handel: L’allegro ed il pensieroso	ECO, cond: Arnold Goldsborough
31 Jan	BBC broadcast	Szymanowski: Stabat Mater	BBCSO, Sargent
7,10,17	S Wells	Britten: Gloriana
14 Feb	St Marylebone Parish Church	Purcell, Handel, Bach arias	David Robinson, org
19 Feb	Sutton	Bach: B Minor Mass
24 Feb	Amsterdam	Songs: Purcell, Debussy, Poulenc, English	George van Renesse, pno
2 Mar	Copenhagen	Handel: Jephtha (Iphis)	Radio Ch Orch, Mogens Woldike.
6 Mar	Birmingham	Handel: Athalia (Athalia)	ECO, Anthony Lewis. With Paul Esswood, Benjamin Luxon
8 Mar	QEH	Handel: Athalia (Athalia)	ECO, Anthony Lewis. With Paul Esswood, Benjamin Luxon
22,23,24 Mar	Cologne	Bach: Matthew Passion	Gurzenich Orch, Gunter Wand. With Proctor, Schreier
15 Apr	Mynach	Mozart: Requiem. Beethoven 9	Welsh Concert Orch
19 Apr	Watford	Handel: Messiah	Watford Phil Soc
20 Apr	BBC broadcast	Schubert: The Conspirators (Countess)	BBC Northern SO, cond: Leo Wurmser
23 Apr	QEH	Handel: Semele (Semele)	Handel Opera Soc, Charles Farncombe. RPO. With Philip Langridge
5 May	Fakenham	Haydn: Arianna a Naxos. Wolf: songs.	Philip Ledger, pno & hpschd
31 May	Saddleworth	Verdi, Bach, Handel arias	Saddleworth Male Voice Choir. Keith Swallow, pno
2,3 Jun	Coventry Cathedral	Britten: War Requiem	CBSO, David Lepine. With Gerald English, Shirley-Quirk
15 Jun	Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh	Rameau: Zephyre (title role)	Cond: George Malcolm. Ist known performance
25 Jun	Aldeburgh, Snape Maltings	Purcell/Britten: Fairy Queen	ECO, cond Britten. With Pears, Bowman, Tear. 1st Perf of Britten version
1 Jul	QEH	Haydn: Nelson Mass	City of London Choir, Donald Cashmore
12 Jul	Manchester	Bach: B Minor Mass.	Manchester Mozart Orch, Kenneth Long
15 Jul	Birmingham	Haydn: Creation	CBSO, Harold Gray
4 Aug	BBC Cardiff	Milhaud: Le Pauvre M atelot
5 Aug	Horam, Sussex	Handel, Purcell arias	Hamburger, pno
14 Oct	Norwich	Handel, Purcell arias	Mancroft Players
20 Oct, 22,28 Nov, 7 Dec	Sadlers Wells	Williamson: Violins of Saint-Jacques	Cond: Marcus Dods
22 Oct	Cardiff	Orff: Carmina Burana	Cardiff Concert Orch. With Martyn Hill
2 Nov	Bergen	Britten: Our Hunting Fathers	Bergen Phil, Karsten Andersen
26,30 Nov	Oxford, Sheldonian	Beethoven: Missa Solemnis	Oxford Bach Ch, Sydney Watson
12 Dec	Albert Hall	Christmas Music	London Senior Orch, Myers Foggin

1968

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
21 Jan	Norrkoping	Handel: Rinaldo (aria). Mahler 4	Norrkoping SO, Jascha Horenstein
25 Jan	Goteborg	Handel: Rinaldo (aria). Mahler 4	Goteborg SO, Horenstein
30 Jan	Malmo	Handel: Rinaldo (aria). Mahler 4	Malmo SO, Horenstein
20 Feb	Hague	Songs: Handel, Purcell, Wolf, Debussy, Poulenc, English	George van Renesse, pno
9 Mar	NE Essex Tech Coll	Handel: Athalia (Athalia)
12 Apr	Festival Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion	London Choral Soc, Philomusica of London, John Tobin. With Roger Norrington as Evangelist.
9,10,17 May	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Bach: John Passion	Bethlehem Bach Ch, Ifor Jones
14 May	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Songs: Handel, Purcell, Wolf, English	‘Mrs Walter Schrempel’, pno
16 May	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Bach: Christmas Oratorio, John Passion, B Minor Mass (extracts)	Bethlehem Bach Ch, Ifor Jones
24 May	Budapest	Britten: Les Illuminations	New Philharmonia Orch, C M Giulini
29 May	Prague	Britten: Les Illuminations	New Philharmonia Orch, C M Giulini
? May	Hungary	Handel: Rinaldo (Armida)
11 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival	Cesti, Cavalli
14 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival	Leo; Salve Regina
28 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival	Couperin
23 Jul	Liseberg , Sweden	Handel: L’Allegro (scene) & English songs	Carl Tillus, pno
13 Aug	Dynevor Castle, Wales	Malcolm Williamson: The Growing Castle (Agnes & other roles)	Premiere. Prod by composer. With Benjamin Luxon, Nancy Evans, Geoffrey Chard
5 Oct	QEH	Handel: Messiah	London Orpheus Ch & Orch, James Gaddarn. With Paul Esswood, Ian Partridge
25 Oct	Belfast	Vivaldi: Gloria. Faure: Requiem	Ulster Orch, Sergiu Commissiona
11 Dec	Leeds	Handel: Messiah	Leeds Phil Soc, RLPO, Donald Hunt

1969

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
14,17,18 Jan	Australia House, London	Malcolm Williamson: The Growing Castle (Agnes etc)	Prod by composer
19,22,25,28 Feb	Coliseum	Britten: Gloriana
23 Mar	All Souls, Langham Pl	Bach: Matthew Passion	All Souls Ch & Orch, Clark Bedford
4 Apr	Festival Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion	London Choral Soc, London Bach Orch, John Tobin. Robert Tear as Evangelist
12 Apr	Tillicoultry	Verdi, Purcell, Berlioz arias	With Michael Rippon, bar
16 Apr	Blackburn	Britten: Spring Symphony	BBC Northern SO, Horenstein. BBC recording
21 Apr	Netherlands	Haydn: Arianna. English songs	George van Renesse, pno
22 Apr	Amsterdam, Concertgebouw	Haydn: Arianna. English songs	George van Renesse, pno
30 Apr	Alice Otley Sch	Purcell, Wolf, English songs	Paul Hamburger, pno
25 May	Festival Hall	Britten: Les Illuminations	New Philharmonia Orch, Giulini
27 Jun	Bristol	Britten: Les Illuminations	New Philharmonia Orch, Giulini
29 Jun	Aldeburgh Festival	Purcell/Britten: Fairy Queen	Britten, cond
8-12 Jul	Yvonne Arnaud Th, Surrey	Malcolm Williamson: English Eccentrics (various roles)	Vernon Handley, cond. John Hope-Mason, dir.
15 Aug	Brussels	Purcell/Britten: Fairy Queen	ECO, cond Britten. With Bowman, Pears, Brannigan.
28,29 Aug	Bury St Edmunds	Britten: Midsummer Night's Dream (Tytania)	EOG prod. Colin Graham, dir. Meredith Davies, cond.
26 Sep	Goteborg	Malcolm Williamson: The Growing Castle
4,8,11 Oct	Sadlers Wells	Britten: Midsummer Night's Dream (Tytania)	EOG, cond: Meredith Davies. Colin Graham, dir.
18 Oct	Liverpool	Beethoven 9	RLPO, Charles Groves
29 Nov	Amsterdam, Concertgebouw	Haydn & Mozart: scenes/arias	Netherlands CO, David Zinman
30 Nov	Rotterdam	Haydn & Mozart: scenes/arias	Netherlands CO, David Zinman
1 Dec	Hague	Haydn & Mozart: scenes/arias	Netherlands CO, David Zinman
2 Dec	Rotterdam	Haydn & Mozart: scenes/arias	Netherlands CO, David Zinman
18,23,26,27,29,31 Dec, 3,7,10,23 Jan	London Coliseum	Malcolm Williamson: Lucky Peter’s Journey	Premiere. S Wells prod, dir John Cox. Cond: John Barker

1970

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
24 Jan	Coventry	Handel: Messiah
3 Feb	QEH	Malcolm Williamson
28 Feb	Hampstead	Samson and Delilah	Martindale Sidwell, cond. B'cast
14 Mar	Worcester Cathedral	Elgar: The Musicmakers. Britten: Cantata Academica	Worcester Festival Choral Soc, CBSO, Boult & Robinson
15 Mar	BBC b'cast	Britten: Les Illuminations
19,20,21 Mar	S’Hertogenbosch	Bach: Matthew Passion
27 Mar	Festival Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion	London Choral Soc, London Bach CO, Tobin
4 Apr	Cardiff	Janacek: Glagolitic Mass. Orff: Carmina Burana
9,14,17 Apr	London Coliseum	Williamson: Violins of Saint-Jacques (Countess)
19 Apr	Festival Hall	Holst: Choral Symphony	Cond Boult
9 May	Grimsby	Bach: Jauchzet Gott. Mozart: Exsultate	Grimsby Phil Soc, cond: Alec Redshaw
16 May	QEH	Handel: Dixit Dominus	London Orpheus Ch, James Gaddarn
17 May	Alexandra Palace, London	Handel: Messiah	‘Choir of 1000 Voices’, RPO, Yehudi Menuhin, cond.
4,5 Jun	Dusseldorf	Beethoven 9	Dusseldorf SO, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
30 Jun, 2 Jul	Chester	Britten: Albert Herring (Lady Billows)	Phoenix Opera prod. Joan Cross, dir. Leonard Hancock, cond
3 Jul	Madley , Herts	Handel, Purcell, Mozart choral works	Cardiff Polyphonic Ch
8,10 Jul	Guildford	Britten: Albert Herring (Lady Billows)	Phoenix Opera prod. Joan Cross, dir. Leonard Hancock, cond
13,14 Jul	Nottingham	Britten: Albert Herring (Lady Billows)	Phoenix Opera prod. Joan Cross, dir. Leonard Hancock, cond
17,18 Jul	Sheffield	Britten: Albert Herring ( Lady Billows)	Phoenix Opera
24,25 Jul	Exeter	Britten: Albert Herring (Lady Billows)	Phoenix Opera prod. Joan Cross, dir. Leonard Hancock, cond
30,31 Jul	Canterbury	Britten: Albert Herring (Lady Billows)	Phoenix Opera prod. Joan Cross, dir. Leonard Hancock, cond
22,24 Aug	Brussels & Ghent	Britten: Midsummer Night's Dream (Tytania)	EOG at Flanders Festival. Graham, dir. Britten, cond. With Bowman, Tear, Luxon, Cantelo.
29,31 Aug	Snape Maltings	Britten: Midsummer Night's Dream (Tytania)	EOG. Graham, dir. Britten, cond. With Bowman, Tear, Luxon, Cantelo
23 Sep	QEH	Purcell/Britten: Fairy Queen (various roles)	Shortened concert version made for 1967 Aldeburgh Fest. ECO, cond: Britten. With Bowman, Pears, Partridge, Shirley-Quirk
27,29 Nov	Snape Maltings	Rehearsals/ TV recording Britten: Owen Wingrave
10 Dec	Hull	Handel: Messiah
11 Dec	Christ the King, Gordon Sq	Schutz: Christmas Story

1971

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
31 Jan	Hatfield	Brahms: Requiem
6 Feb	Westcliffe	Tippett: Child of our Time	South End Festival Orch & Chorus, Roy Wales.
9 Feb	Albert Hall	Tippett: Child of our Time	South End Festival Chorus, RPO, Roy Wales
11 Feb	Sittingbourne	Songs
14 Feb	Romford, Central Library	Songs: Purcell, Wolf, Britten
4,5,6 Mar	Lancaster Univ	Williamson: Growing Castle	With BBC recording
27 Mar	Grimsby	Purcell: Fairy Queen
9 Apr	Festival Hall	Bach: Matthew Passion	London Choral Soc, Tobin
29 Apr	Amsterdam	Purcell: Fairy Queen
14 May	Limerick	Orff: Carmina Burana	RTE SO, Albert Rosen
16 May	BBC2 TV broadcast	Britten: Owen Wingrave	Premiere. ECO.
25 May	Birmingham	Britten: Spring Symphony	CBSO, Christopher Robinson
08 Jun	Knighton	Songs: Purcell, Wolf, English	Paul Hamburger
2,3 Sep	Aldeburgh	Britten: Midsummer Night’s Dream
06 Sep	Albert Hall	Purcell/Britten: Fairy Queen (various roles)	Shortened concert version made for 1967 Aldeburgh Fest. ECO, cond: Britten. With Bowman, Pears, Partridge, Shirley-Quirk
23, 25 Sep	S Wells	Britten: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tytania)
5,7,8,10,15 Oct	San Francisco	Britten: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tytania)	EOG prod. Cond: Steuart Bedford. Dir: Colin Graham. With Bowman, Tear, Luxon, Cantelo
28 Oct	Castle Hotel, Taunton	Songs
6 Nov	Oxford	?Schoenberg
15 Dec	Stockholm.	Debussy: L'enfant prodigue. Honegger: Judith	Stockholm Phil, Henryk Czyz

1972

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
5 Jan	QEH	Bach: B Minor Mass	London Orpheus Ch & Orch, James Gaddarn
5 Mar	Hatfield	Haydn: Creation	Hatfield Phil, Frank Shipway
19 Mar	Windsor	Songs: Purcell, Wolf, Britten	Joint recital with Leon Goossens, oboe. Wilfrid Parry, pno
25 Mar	Stratford on Avon	Arne: Ode on Spirits of Shakespeare	Orchestra da Camera, John Strickson
27 Mar	Festival Hall	Dvorak: Te Deum	London Senior Orch, Terence Lovett
27 May	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Bach: B Minor Mass	Bethlehem Bach Ch, Alfred Mann
11 Jun	Snape Maltings	Schumann: Scenes from Faust	Britten, cond. With Fischer-Dieskau, Pears
29 Jun	Liverpool Cathedral	Elgar: Apostles	RLPO, Charles Groves
9 Jul	Cheltenham	Malcolm Williamson: The Icy Mirror	Premiere. BBC Northern Orch, cond: John Hopkins
9,17,25 Aug	London Coliseum	Britten: Gloriana (Lady Rich)	Sadlers Wells prod. Colin Graham, dir. Charles Mackerras, cond
2,3 Sep	Munich	Britten: Gloriana (Lady Rich)	Tour of S Wells prod for Munich Olympics
28 Aug	Worcester Cathedral	Vaughan Williams: serenade to Music. Britten: Spring Symphony	Three Choirs Fest. RPO, Richard Lloyd & Christopher Robinson
16,17 Sep	Snape Maltings	Britten: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tytania)	EOG, cond: Steuart Bedford. With Bowman, Alan Opie
5,6 Oct	S Wells	Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tytania
19 Oct	Belgrade	Britten: War Requiem	Belgrade Phil, Yugoslav People’s Army Ch, Hascha Horenstein
12 Dec	St. Johns, Smith Sq	Handel: Athalia (Athalia )	Steinitz Bach Players, Paul Steinitz. BBC Radio 3 invitation concert (b’cast 21 Dec)
23 Dec	Albert Hall	Britten: Ceremony of Carols (adapt extr)	London Choral Soc, Leon Lovett. With Osian Ellis, harp

1973

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
8 Jan	Coliseum	Britten: Gloriana (Lady Rich)	Cond: Mackerras, Dir: Graham
15 Jan	QEH	Samuel Wesley: Confitebor, P M Davies	1st perf modern times. London Mozart Players, Gellhorn
20 Jan	Kensington High Sch	Handel arias	Paul Hamburger, pno
6 May	BBC broadcast	Schubert: Lazarus (Maria)	Philomusica of London, cond: Nicholas Goldschmidt. With Tear, Langridge.
20 Aug	Hereford Cathedral	Bryan Kelly: Let there be Light (premiere). Mozart: Litany	Three Choirs Fest. RPO, Richard Lloyd. With Gabriel Woolf, narr.
23 Aug	Hereford Cathedral	Bizet: Te Deum (UK premiere). Howells: Hymnus Paradisi	Three Choirs Fest. RPO, John Sanders & Richard Lloyd.
2 Sep	Albert Hall	Britten: Gloriana (concert perf)	S. Wells, cond: Mackerras
23 Sep	Northampton RC Cathedral	Bach & Mozart arias
15 Nov	Iceland	Britten: Les Illuminations. Mahler 4	Iceland SO, Karsten Andersen
19 Nov	Iceland	Songs; Handel, Debussy, Wolf, English	Arni Kristjansson, pno

1974

Date	Venue	Repertoire	Detail
14 Mar	Bournemouth	Purcell/Britten: Fairy Queen	Bournemouth Sinfonietta & Ch, Kenneth Montgomery
17 Mar	Croydon	Britten: War Requiem	LSO, Louis Fremaux. With Luxon, Partridge

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