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Date:
1919 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1933 | 1934 | 1937

Concert:
29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 |

Venues:

EB	- Exhibition Buildings
FCR	- Festival Concert Rooms
FH	- Folk Hall, New Earswick
RI	- Railway Institute
StG	- St George's Hall, Castlegate
TA	- Tempest Anderson Hall

Conductor: H.A. Bennett

Leader: Leila Willoughby

• Seasons 1919-1920, 1920-1921:
  No concerts

• 29th Concert - Saturday, April 1st, 1922 TA
  (Strings only)
  • Purcell - Suite
  • Handel - Song "Hear me wind and waves" (Singer: Mr. Alan Clark)
  • Bach - Concerto in D minor for piano & orchestra (Piano solo: Mrs. G.L. Brown)
  • Songs: (Singer: Mr. Alan Clark)
    • Hamilton Harty - "The blue hills of Antrim"
    • Parry - "Love is a Bable"
    • Austin - Variations on "The vicar of Bray"
  • Chopin - Ballade in A flat for piano (Piano solo: Mrs. G.L. Brown)
  • Sibelius - Romance in C
  • Songs: (Singer: Mr. Alan Clark)
    • Schumann - "The two grenadiers"
    • Walford Davies - "When child her plays"
    • Stanford - "The old superb"
  • Grainger (arr.)
    • Irish Tune
    • Irish Reel

• 30th Concert - Wednesday, November 10th, 1923 StG
  (Singer: Mr. Raymond Hartley)
  • Mendelssohn - "Hebrides" Overture
  • Debussy - Sacred and Profane Dances for harp and strings (Harp solo: Mr.C.Collier (Halle orchestra))
  • Mozart - Symphony in G minor
  • Elgar - "Dream Children"
  • Purcell (arr. Holst) - "Gordian Knot" Suite
  • Quilter - Three English Dances

• 31st Concert - Wednesday, 16th January, 1924 TA
  (Strings only)
  • Parry - English Suite
  • Giles Farnaby - Suite
  • Bach - Concerto in D for piano, flute, violin and strings
    (Piano: Mr.C.Padel ; flute: Mr.Lupton Whitelock; violin: Mr.Edward Maude)
  • Byrd - Fantazia
  • Chopin - Fantaisie F Minor for piano (Pianist: Mr.C.Padel )
  • Elgar - Serenade Op.20
  • Donjon - "Offertoire" for flute solo (Flute: Mr.Lupton Whitelock)
  • Holst - "St.Paul's" Suite

• 32nd Concert - Wednesday, 5th November, 1924 ?
  • Stanford - Overture "Shamus O'Brien"
  • Beethoven - Symphony No.2 in D
  • Songs: (Singer: Miss Etty Ferguson)
    • Hahn - "D'une prison"
    • Bruneau - "L'heureux vagabond"
    • Puget - "Chanson de route"
    • Hue - "J'ai pleuré en rêve"
  • Farrar - Three English Pastorals
  • Bizet - "L'arlesienne" Suite
  • Songs: (Singer: Miss Etty Ferguson)
    • Holst - "The Dawn"
    • Stanford - "Cuttin' rushes"
    • Herbert - "Loveliest of trees"
    • Shaw - "The bubble song"
  • Jaernefelt - "Praeludium"
  • Berlioz - Hungarian March

• January, 1925
  5 players gave a concert in the Blind School in aid of Y.S.O. funds

• 33rd Concert - Wednesday, 1st April, 1925 FCR
  Conductor: H.A.Bennett
  Asst.Conductor: H.T.Crabtree
  • Beethoven - "Egmont" Overture
  • Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D Op.61 (Violin Solo: J.W.Cowper)
  • Haydn - Symphony No.2 in D
  • Holst - Fugal Concerto for flute, oboe and strings
  • Schubert - "Rosamunde"

• Wednesday, 10th June, 1925 RI
  (Strings only?). Silver collection in aid of Y.S.O. funds.
  With Folk dancers and vocalist.

Conductor: H.A.Bennett

Leader: J.W.Cowper

• 34th Concert - Wednesday, 10th February, 1926 FCR
  • Mozart - Overture "Magic Flute"
  • Songs: (Singer: Miss Joan Elwes )
    • Laws - "The lark"
    • Campion - "Oft have I sighed"
    • Arne - "The lass with the delicate air"
  • Schubert - Unfinished Symphony
  • Quilter - A Children's Overture
  • Elgar - "Dream Children"
  • Songs: (Singer: Miss Joan Elwes )
    • Parry
      • "Three Aspects"
      • "My true love hath my heart"
    • Davidson - "Christmas Eve at Sea"
  • Borodin - "On the Steppes of Central Asia"
  • Dvorák - Slavonic Dances No.7 & 8

• 35th Concert - Wednesday, 9th February, 1927 FCR
  (Conductor: Mr. Edward Maude - vice Mr.J.W. Cowper)
  • Beethoven - "Coriolan" Overture
  • Mozart - Symphony No.39 in E flat
  • Songs: (Singer: Miss E. Groves)
    • Morley - "Sweet nymph come to thy lover"
    • Monro - "My lovely Celia"
    • Purcell - "Hark! the echoing air"
  • Weber - "Euryanthe" Overture
  • Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor
    (played on a Waddington Auto-de-luxe Piano)
  • Songs: (Singer: Miss E. Groves)
    • Quilter - "A last year's rose"
    • Howells - "A madrigal"
  • Sibelius "Finlandia"

• Seasons 1927-1933
  No concerts

Conductor: Mr. F. Kell

Leader: Mr. A.J.Cooper

• 36th Concert - Sunday, 5th November, 1933 EB
  (For York Corporation)
  • Wagner - March from "Tannhaeuser"
  • Nicolai - Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
  • Mozart - Recit and Aria from "The Marriage of Figaro" (Singer: Miss Eva Farrant)
  • Massenet - Fourth Suite "Scenes Pittoresque"
  • Coates - Suite "From the countryside"
  • Songs: (Singer: Miss E. Farrant)
    • Davidson - "A Christmas Carol"
    • Wilson - "Shepherd thy demeanour vary"
  • Sullivan - Selections from "Iolanthe"
  • Elgar - "Pomp and Circumstance" March

• Wednesday, 13th December, 1933 RI
  The orchestra played for the visit of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

• Sunday, 9th December, 1934
  The orchestra played in aid of the Lord Mayor's Christmas Cheer Fund

• Season 1935-1936
  No concerts

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  Conductor: Owen Le P. Franklin

• 37th Concert - Sunday, 31st January, 1937 FH
  • Mendelssohn - "Hebrides" Overture
  • Jaernefelt
    • "Berceuse"
    • "Praeludium"
  • Bizet - "Toreador's Song" from "Carmen" (Singer: Frank Green)
  • Schubert - "Rosamunde"
  • Handel - Piano concerto in B flat major (Pianist: Geoffrey Wilson)
  • Sibelius - "Valse triste"
  • Songs (Singer: Frank Green)
  • Elgar - "Pomp and Circumstance" March No.1

• 38th Concert - Sunday, 25th April, 1937 FH
  • Bach - Three movements from Suite in D
  • Grieg - Piano concerto in A minor ( Pianist: Robert Hay)
  • Handel - Song: "Where'er you walk" (Singer: W.A.Hepworth)
  • Schubert - "Unfinished" symphony (1st movement)
  • German - Three dances from "Henry VIII"
  • Songs: (Singer: W.A.Hepworth)
    • Quilter - "Love's philosophy"
    • Bairstow (arr.) - "So sweet is she"
    • Bridge - "Love went a-riding"
  • Piano solos: (Pianist: Robert Hay)
    • Poldini - Etude in A major
    • Ireland - "The island spell"
    • Livens - "Sing a song of Sixpence"
  • Bridge - "Fireflies"
  • Weber - "Euryanthe" overture

• 39th Concert - Sunday, 26th December, 1937 EB
  (Carol Concert)
  • Songs and carols:
    • "O come, all ye faithful"
    • Vaughan Williams - "And all in the morning"
    • Holst - "I saw three ships"
    • Warlock - "The first mercy"
    • Warlock - "What cheer?"
  • Bach - Three movements from Suite in D
  • Unaccompanied carols:
    • Shaw - "How far is it to Bethlehem"
    • Holst - "Lullay my
  • Chorus and orchestra:
    • Warlock - "Tyrley, tyrlow"
    • Vaughan Williams - "On Christmas night"
    • Warlock - "The sycamore tree"
  • Unaccompanied chorus:
    • Williams - "This day"
    • Scott - "Angels with a joyful greeting"
    • Shaw - "The first Nowell"
  • Warlock - "Capriol" Suite
  • Unaccompanied carols:
    • Howells - "A spotless rose"
    • Shaw - "The holly and the ivy"
  • Chorus and Orchestra:
    • Handel - "Hallelujah" from "Messiah"

• Season 1938-1939
  No concerts

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