York Symphony Orchestra Archive

This page contains links to information from the York Symphony Orchestra archive.

Note: The original archive material up to the beginning of the Second World War is now housed in the Borthwick Institute for Archives, located at the University of York. See the Papers of the York Symphony Orchestra 1898-1937

Lists of the works performed in all concerts given by the Orchestra since its foundation.
There are four files, covering the periods 1898-1915, 1919-1939, 1948-1980 and 1980-present.
Lists of all the conductors and leaders since 1898;
Lists of the orchestra's officers (secretaries and chairmen) since 1910;
Selected documents from the history of the orchestra, including reproductions of the programmes and the text of many reviews and other documents;
Reproductions of some historic pictures of the orchestra.

You can also search the archive for conductors, soloists, composers, works or orchestral players. Click on "Search".