York Symphony Orchestra Concerts 1899-1914

Date:
1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906
1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914

Concert:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |

Venues:

EB	- Exhibition Buildings
FCR	- Festival Concert Rooms
M	- York Minster

Conductor: T. Tertius Noble

Leader: Miss Editha Knocker

1st Concert - Wednesday, 5th April, 1899 FCR
- Mozart - Overture "Nozze di Figaro"
- Wagner - Song "O Star of Eve" (Tannhäuser) (Soloist: Mr.Dawson)
- Bargiel - Adagio (Cello: Mr.Jack Groves)
- Somervell - Cycle of songs from Tennyson's "Maud", Nos.5, 6, 7, 10, 11. (Soloist: Mrs.Burrell)
- Haydn - Symphony No.2 in D
- Noble - Overture "The Wasps"
- Benedict - Song "Rage thou angry storm" (Soloist: Mr.Dawson)
- Elgar - Serenade for strings
- Marcello - Sonata in F (Cello: Mr.Jack Groves)
- White - Songs (Soloist: Mrs.Burrell)
  - "A memory"
  - "When the swallows homeward fly"
- German - Gypsy Suite (3 movements)
2nd Concert - Wednesday, 21st February, 1900 FCR
- Chopin - Funeral March
- Mendelssohn - Introduction and Allegro from Reformation Symphony
- Grieg - Andante for strings
- Schubert - Allegro moderato from Unfinished Symphony
- Mendelssohn - Allegro Maestoso
Sunday, 22nd April, 1900 M
Military Service
The orchestra played:
- Chopin - Funeral March
- Mendelssohn - Introduction and Allegro from Reformation Symphony
- Grieg - Andante for strings
- Schubert - Allegro moderato from Unfinished Symphony
- Mendelssohn - Allegro Maestoso
- and hymns arranged by T.Noble
3rd Concert - Thursday, 6th December, 1900 FCR
- Mendelssohn - "Ruy Blas" Overture
- Grieg - Suite for strings
- Gounod - Song "Salve Dimora" (Soloist: Mr.Reginald Crawford)
- Schubert - Unfinished Symphony
- Handel - Recitative and Aria (Soloist: Mr.Reginald Crawford)
- Beethoven - "Egmont" Overture
- Mozart - Piano Concerto in A (Soloist: Herr Padel )
- Purcell - Suite for strings
- Pelissier - Song "Awake" (Soloist: Mr. Reginald Crawford)
- Rossini - Overture "William Tell"
4th Concert - Wednesday, 20th November, 1901 FCR
- Bizet - "L'arlésienne" Suite
- Noble - Song "Winter" (Singer: Mrs. Burrell)
- Bach - Suite for strings
- Sullivan - Masque Music
- Handel - Songs:
  - "Armida Respietata",
  - "Lascia ch'io pianga"
- Mozart - "Jupiter" Symphony
- Goring Thomas - Song "My heart is weary"
- Landon Ronald - Suite de ballet
5th Concert - Thursday, 10th April, 1902 FCR
- Sullivan - Masque Music
- Weber - Konzertstück (Soloist: Herr Padel )
- Noble - Motet "Come O thou traveller" (The Minster Choir)
- Mendelssohn - "Hebrides" Overture
- Part songs:
  - Parry - "O love they wrong thee much"
  - Rathbone - "Come away sweet love" (The Minster Choir)
- Bruch - Violin Concerto (Soloist: Mr. P.V.Sharman)
- Walthew - Part song "Golden Slumbers"
- Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite
6th Concert - Thursday, 20th November, 1902 EB
- Schubert - "Rosamunde"
- Purcell - Suite for strings
- Brahms - Song "Liebestreu" (Singer: The Hon.Norah Dawnay)
- Mozart - "Figaro"
- Tchaikovsky - "Nutcracker" Suite
- Wagner - Introduction to Act 3 of "Lohengrin"
- Bach - Song "My heart ever faithful" (Singer: The Hon.Norah Dawnay)
- Rossini - "William Tell"
- Stanford (arr.) - Irish Airs:
  - "Emer's farewell to Cucullain"
  - "Battle Hymn"
- Meyerbeer - "Coronation" March
7th Concert - Tuesday, 5th May, 1903 EB
- Mackenzie - "Britannia" - A nautical overture
- Tchaikovsky - Elegie for strings
- Tchaikovsky - Variations sur un Theme Rococo (Solo Cello: Mr. Withers)
- Mozart - Symphony in G Minor
- Smetana - Overture "Die verkaufte Braut"
- Cello solos with orchestral accompaniment: (Solo Cello: Mr. Withers)
  - Noble - "The Lament"
  - Popper - "Elfentanz"
- Moszkowsky - Two Spanish Dances
8th Concert - Thursday, 26th November, 1903 EB
Conductors: Edward German and Tertius Noble
- Bizet - "L'arlésienne" suite
- German - Overture "Richard III"
- Songs: (Singer: The Hon.Norah Dawnay)
  - Somervell (arr.) - "Where be going"
  - Parker - "Come, O come, my life's delight"
- German - Symphonic poem "Hamlet"
- German - "Nell Gwyn" Dances
- German - Song: "O peaceful England" (Singer: The Hon.Norah Dawnay)
- Noble - "The Wasps". Introduction to Acts II & III
- German - Dances "Henry VIII"
9th Concert - Tuesday, 3rd May, 1904 EB
- Moskowski - Suite "From Foreign Parts":Russia, Spain
- Coleridge Taylor (arr.) - Song "The three ravens" (Singer: Mr.Francis Harford)
- Mozart - "Prague" Symphony
- Sterndale Bennett - Song "'Tis jolly to hunt" ( Singer: Mr.Francis Harford)
- Weber - Overture "Der Freischütz"
- Noble - Song "Winter" (Singer: Mr.Francis Harford)
- Stanford - Irish Rhapsody No.1
- Moskowski - Suite: "From foreign parts": Germany, Hungary
10th Concert - Friday, 4th November, 1904 EB
- Chopin - Marche funèbre (In memory of Gerald Hudson, one of the members)
- Brahms - Three Hungarian Dances
- Beethoven - Violin Concerto (Solo Violin: Miss Nora Clench )
- Tchaikovsky - 'Nutcracker' Suite
- Violin solos:
  - Richard Strauss - Lento
  - Dvorák - Humoreske
- Elgar - March "Pomp and Circumstance"
11th Concert - Tuesday, 7th March, 1905 EB
Conductors: Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Tertius Noble
- Weber - "Oberon"
- Coleridge Taylor
  - Orchestral Ballade
  - Song "Beat, Beat Drums" (Singer: Mr. J. Coleman)
- Henschel - Andante from Serenade for Strings
- Coleridge Taylor - Overture "Hiawatha"
- Wagner - Song "O Star of Eve" (Singer: Mr. J. Coleman)
- Elgar - March "Pomp and Circumstance"
- Coleridge Taylor
  - Song "Shoshones' Adieu"
  - March "Ethiopia Saluting the Colours"
Tuesday, 10th October, 1905 EB
Grand Concert Recital by Canon Fleming in aid of York Training Home for Girls:
- Weber - Overture "Der Freischütz"
- German - "Nell Gwyn" Dances
- Elgar - Serenade for strings
- Brahms - 2 Hungarian Dances
- Moskowski - "From foreign parts": Russia, Spain
- Meyerbeer - "Coronation" March
12th Concert - Thursday, 23rd November, 1905 EB
- Weber - Overture "Oberon"
- Songs:
  - Goss - "O Thou whose beams"
  - Rogers - "Break, Break, Break!" (Male Voice Choir)
- Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A
- Songs:
  - Hiles - "Hushed in Death"
  - Walmisley - "Music all powerful" (Male Voice Choir)
- Schubert - Ballet Music "Rosamunde"
- Wesley - Song "I wish to tune my quivering lyre" (Male Voice Choir)
- Bach - Brandenburg concerto for strings
- Sullivan - Song "The long day closes" (Male Voice Choir)
- Brahms - 2 Hungarian Dances
13th Concert - Monday, 19th February, 1906 EB
- Noble - Suite for orchestra
- Weber - Song "Softly sighs" (Singer : Miss Ethel Lister)
- Mozart - Symphony in G minor
- Wagner - "Lohengrin". Introduction to Act III
- Gounod - Song "The Jewel song" (Singer : Miss Ethel Lister)
- Noble - Solemn Prelude
- Ambroise Thomas - Song "I am Titania" (Singer : Miss Ethel Lister)
- Luigini - Ballet Egyptian
Tuesday, 9th October, 1906 EB
Recital by Canon Fleming, assisted by the YSO, in aid of York County Hospital
Orchestral Contributions:
- Mendelssohn - "Hebrides" Overture
- German - "Henry VIII" Dances
- Luigini - Ballet Egyptian
- Noble - Suite for orchestra
- Schubert - Ballet Music "Rosamunde"
- Elgar - "Imperial" March
Wednesday, 28th November, 1906 EB
Concert in aid of Barnardos
- German - "Nell Gwyn" Suite
- Gretrz - Song "La tauvette avec ses petits" (Singer: Miss Betty Booker)
- Sullivan - Masque Music
- Schumann - Piano Concerto in A Minor (Soloist: Mr. Alfred Hollins )
- Mozart - "Figaro" Overture
- Songs: (Singer: Miss Betty Booker)
  - Royds - "Lookin' back"
  - Walker -
    - "Bluebells from the clearings"
    - "The wind on the wold"
- Tchaikovsky - "Nutcracker" Suite
- Piano solos: (Soloist: Mr. Alfred Hollins )
  - Chopin - Berceuse
  - Moskowski - Tarantelle
- Elgar - "Pomp and Circumstance" March
14th Concert - Monday, 11th February, 1907 EB
- Mendelssohn - Overture "Ruy Blas"
- Bruch - Violin Concerto (Soloist: Mr. John Dunn)
- Mozart - Piano Concerto in E flat (Soloist: Miss Caroline Bigge)
- Violin solos: (Soloist: Mr. John Dunn)
  - Dunn - "Berceuse"
  - Elgar - "La capricieuse"
- Purcell - Suite for strings
- Moskowski - Spanish Dances 1 & 2
15th Concert - Monday, 18th November, 1907 EB
- Mozart - "Figaro" Overture
- Handel - Song "Guardian Angels" (Singer: Miss Mabel Dalby)
- Beethoven - "Eroica" Symphony
- Elgar - "Cockaigne" overture
- Songs: (Singer: Miss Mabel Dalby)
  - Wagner - Senta's Ballad
  - Bach - Aria
  - Mozart - Minuet
  - Brahms - "Die Mainacht"
  - Holst - "The Moon in Merry June"
- German - "Nell Gwyn" Suite
16th Concert - Monday, 2nd March, 1908 FCR
- Sibelius - "Finlandia"
- Mozart - Violin Concerto in D Major (Soloist: Miss Leila Willoughby )
- Wood - Song "Ethiopia saluting the colours" (Soloist: Mr.Plunket Greene )
- Noble - Three pieces for violin and orchestra (Soloist: Miss Leila Willoughby )
- Songs: (Soloist: Mr.Plunket Greene )
  - Stanford - Five songs of the sea
  - Bach - Aria
  - Somervell (arr.) - "The gentle maiden"
  - Stanford (arr.) - "Trottin' to the fair"
- Stanford - Irish Rhapsody No.1
17th Concert - Monday, 9th November, 1908 FCR
- Moskowski - Orchestral Suite "From foreign parts": 1. Spain, 2. Russia
- Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto in G Minor (Soloist: Mr.Leonard Borwick )
- Weber - Overture "Der Freischütz"
- Grieg - Holberg Suite for strings
- Piano solos: (Soloist: Mr.Leonard Borwick)
  - Bach - Organ fugue in G minor
  - Scarlatti - Three pieces
- Rossini - "William Tell" Overture
18th Concert - Monday, 15th March, 1909 FCR
Mendelssohn Centenary Concert
- Mozart - "Figaro" Overture
- Mendelssohn
  - Violin Concerto (Soloist: Mr.P.V.Sharman)
  - Italian Symphony
- Haynes - "Idyll" (Violin solo with orchestra; soloist: Mr.P.V.Sharman)
- Jaernefelt
  - "Berceuse"
  - "Prelude"
- Mendelssohn - "Hebrides" Overture
19th Concert - Tuesday, 30th November, 1909 EB
- Nicolai - Overture "Merry Wives of Windsor"
- Weber - Song: "Softly sighs" (Singer: Miss Ethel Lister)
- Schubert - Unfinished symphony
- Jaernefelt - "Berceuse", "Prelude"
- Meyerbeer - Song: "Roberto toi que j'aime" (Singer: Miss Ethel Lister)
- Elgar - "Wand of Youth" Suite
- Wagner - Song "Elizabeth's greeting" (Singer: Miss Ethel Lister)
- Mendelssohn - "Hebrides" Overture
20th Concert - Thursday, 14th April, 1910 EB
- Haydn - Symphony in D
- Handel - Concerto (Soloists: Miss Knocker , Miss Willoughby , Mr Groves, Miss Ethel Page)
- Chopin - Piano solo "Scherzo" op.31 (Soloist: Miss Ethel Page)
- Sarasate - Violin solo (Soloist: Miss Willoughby )
- Sibelius - Valse triste
- Bach - Concerto for piano and string orchestra (Soloist: Miss Ethel Page)
- Beethoven - Overture "Egmont"
21st Concert - Monday, 28th November, 1910 EB?
- Beethoven - "Prometheus" Overture
- German - "Welsh Rhapsody"
- Handel - Aria "Honour and Arms"
- Tchaikovsky - "Nutcracker" Suite
- Songs: (Singer: Mr. Campbell McInnes )
  - Purcell - "An evening hymn"
  - Peel -
    - "Requiem"
    - "In Youth is Pleasure"
- Coleridge Taylor - Ballade in A Minor
22nd Concert - Monday, 20th March, 1911 EB
- Nicolai - Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
- Noble - Gavotte and March from a suite
- Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor (Soloist: Miss Fanny Davies )
- Sinigaglia - Danse Piemontese No.2
- Jaernefelt
  - "Berceuse"
  - "Praeludium"
- Piano solos: (Soloist: Miss Fanny Davies )
  - Schumann - Romance in B flat minor
  - Chopin - Nocturne in B major Op.9
  - Sgambati - Toccata
- Haydn - Farewell" Symphony
23rd Concert - Monday, 6th November, 1911 EB
- Mozart - Overture "The Magic Flute"
- Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D (Soloist: M. Zacharewitsch )
- Kotchetoff - "A la balalaika"
- Elgar - "Wand of Youth" Suite
- Violin solos: (Soloist: M. Zacharewitsch )
  - Schubert - "Ave Maria"
  - Cardmen - "Danse"
  - Zacharewitsch - "Imagination"
- Luigini - Egyptian Ballet
24th Concert - Monday, 11th March, 1912 EB
- Weber - "Euryanthe" Overture
- Stanford - Songs of the Fleet (Singer: Mr. H. Plunket Greene )
- Matheson - Aria for string orchestra
- Sibelius - Valse Triste
- Beethoven - Symphony No.5
- Songs: (Singer: Mr. H. Plunket Greene )
  - Wood - "Ethiopia saluting the colours"
  - Somervell (arr.) - "The gentle maiden"
  - Stanford - "Trottin' to the fair"
- Elgar - Imperial March Op.32
25th Concert - Monday, 4th November, 1912 EB
- Mendelssohn - Overture "Ruy Blas"
- Handel - Larghetto and Gavotte for string orchestra
- Beethoven - Piano Concerto in G Major Op.58 (Soloist: Miss Fanny Davies )
- Wagner - Overture "Die Meistersinger"
- Piano solos: (Soloist: Miss Fanny Davies )
  - Mendelssohn - Scherzo a capriccio, Lied ohne Worte
  - Debussy - Toccata in C sharp minor
- Bizet - "L'arlésienne" Suite
26th Concert - Wednesday, 26th March, 1913 EB
(Tertius Noble's last concert) [Photo]
- Beethoven - "Coriolan" Overture
- Wieniawski - Violin Concerto No.2 (Solo violin: Miss Leila Willoughby )
- Grainger - "Mock Morris" for strings
- Balfour Gardiner - "Shepherd Fennel's Dance"
- Mozart - Symphony in G minor
- Bruch - Romance for Violin and Orchestra (Solo violin: Miss Leila Willoughby )
- Noble - March (from Orchestral Suite)

Conductors: Edward C. Bairstow and Miss E. G. Knocker

Leaders: Miss E. G. Knocker and Miss Leila Willoughby

27th Concert - Wednesday, 26th November, 1913 EB
- Cherubini - Overture "Anacreon"
- Verdi - Scena and Cavatina from "Ernani" (Singer: Miss Caroline Hatchard )
- Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor (Soloist: Herr Padel )
- Grieg - "Peer Gynt" Suite
- Heckscher - Suite "Dances of the Pyrenees"
- Phillips - Songs: (Singer: Miss Caroline Hatchard )
  - "In the deep silence of the night"
  - "The Enchanted Forest"
  - "My Dreamland Rose"
  - "I dreamt that I was the wind"
- Berlioz - Marche Hongroise from "Faust"
28th Concert - Monday, 16th March, 1914 EB
- Smetana - Overture "The Bartered Bride"
- Handel - Aria "Si tra i ceppi" ("Berenice") (Singer: Mr. Campbell McInnes )
- Beethoven - Symphony No.2 in D
- Sibelius - Romance in C
- Kotchetoff - A la Balalaika
- Songs: (Singer: Mr. Campbell McInnes )
  - Vaughan Williams - "Silent Noon"
  - Hahn - "D'une prison"
  - Brahms - "Von ewiger Liebe"
- Dvorák - Slavonic Dances
Tuesday, 15th December, 1914. M
War Memorial Service
Conductor: Dr.E.Bairstow
Chorus: York Musical Society
- Schubert - Unfinished Symphony
- Brahms - "German Requiem"

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