York Symphony Orchestra Concerts 1948-1980

Date:
1948 | 1949
1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959
1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979
1980

Venues:

FH	- Folk Hall, New Earswick
GH	- The Guildhall
JL	- Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
KM	- King's Manor
M	- The Minster
MR	- Milton Rooms, Malton
MS	- The Mount School
RC	- Rialto Cinema
RT	- Rowntree Theatre
SJ	- The Chapel, St. John's College
SP	- Memorial Hall, St. Peter's School
TA	- Tempest Anderson Hall

Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine

Wednesday, 10th March, 1948 MS
- Beethoven - Overture "Prometheus"
- Elgar Serenade for strings
- Bach (arr.Waine) Suite "The well-tempered Orchestra"
- Howells "Puck's Minuet"
- Haydn Symphony in D ("London")

Conductor: Francis Jackson

Leader: Geoffrey Stevens

Sunday, 27th June, 1948 FH
- Beethoven Overture "Prometheus"
- Songs: (Singer: Gwendolen Veevers; Pianist: Frederic Waine)
  - Arne - "Where the bee sucks"
  - Handel - "Art thou troubled"
  - Horn - "Cherry ripe"
- Haydn Symphony in D ("London")
- Elgar Serenade for strings
- Songs: (Singer: Gwendolen Veevers; Pianist: Frederic Waine)
  - Delius
    - "Twilight fancies"
    - "Sweet Venevil"
  - Somervell
    - "Shepherd's Cradle Song"
    - "Gathering daffodils"
- Mendelssohn - Overture "Fingal's cave"
- Howells - "Puck's Minuet"
- Grainger - "Molly on the shore"
Sunday, 4th, July, 1948 MR
- Beethoven - Overture "Prometheus"
- Schubert - Song: "Shepherd on the rock" (Singer: Margaret Churchouse)
- Haydn - Symphony in D ("London")
- Elgar - Serenade for strings
- Songs: (Singer: Margaret Churchouse; pianist: Allan Wicks)
  - Speaks - "Morning"
  - Quilter - "Now sleeps the crimson petal"
  - La Forge - "Song of the open"
- Mendelssohn - Overture "Fingal's cave"
- Howells - "Puck's Minuet"
- Grainger - "Molly on the shore"
Sunday, 14th November, 1948
'Orchestral School' held by Bernard Shore
Sunday, 27th February, 1949 SP
- Nicolai - Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
- Avison - Concerto in E minor for strings
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 in B flat
- Vaughan Williams - Folk Song Suite
Sunday, 13th March, 1949 FH
- Nicolai - Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 in B flat
- Avison - Concerto in E minor for strings
- Arias: (Singer: Mary Collier)
  - Haydn - "With verdure clad" (The Creation)
  - Handel - "Let the bright seraphim" (Samson)
- Fauré - Pavane
- Vaughan Williams - Folk Song Suite
Sunday, 20th March, 1949 MR
- Nicolai - Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 in B flat
- Avison - Concerto in E minor for strings
- Arias: (Singer: Mary Collier)
  - Haydn - "With verdure
  - Handel - "Let the bright seraphim" (Samson)
- Fauré - Pavane
- Vaughan Williams - Folk Song Suite
Sunday, 27th March, 1949 RT
- Nicolai - Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 in B flat
- Avison - Concerto in E minor for strings
- Arias: (Singer: Mary Collier)
  - Haydn - "With verdure clad" (The Creation)
  - Handel - "Let the bright seraphim" (Samson)
- Fauré - Pavane
- Vaughan Williams - Folk Song Suite
Wednesday, 1st June, 1949 M
- Fauré - 'Requiem'
Sunday, 11th December, 1949 RC
(With York Musical Society)
Leader: Irene Hawkins
- Handel - "The Messiah"
Sunday, 19th March, 1950 RT
- Mendelssohn - Overture "Ruy Blas"
- Bach - Concerto in A major for piano (Soloist: Frederic Waine)
- Warlock - "Capriol" Suite
- Schubert - Symphony in B minor
- Weinberger - Polka from "Schwanda the Bagpiper"
Sunday, 16th April, 1950 FH
Sunday, 4th March, 1951 FH
Sunday, 8th April, 1951 RT
- Beethoven - Overture "Egmont"
- Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (Soloist: John McMullen)
- Brahms (arr. Jacques) - Choral prelude "Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen"
- Howells - "Puck's Minuet"
- Mozart - Symphony in D K504 ("Prague")
Sunday, 30th March, 1952 RT
- Haydn - "Oxford" Symphony
- Mozart - Violin Concerto in D ( Soloist: Raymond Cohen)
- Alwyn - Suite of Scottish Dances
- Vaughan Williams
  - The lark ascending (Soloist: Raymond Cohen)
  - "Running Set"
Sunday, 22nd February, 1953 FH
Thursday, 8th April, 1954 TA
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Schubert - Ballet music from "Rosamunde"
- Mendelssohn - Symphony No.4 in A ("Italian")
- Jackson - Hornpipe and Pavane
- Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor (Soloist: Francis Jackson)
- Mozart - Overture "The magic flute"
Friday, 1st April, 1955 TA
- Weber - "Freischütz" Overture
- Beethoven - Symphony No.8 in F
- Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor (Soloist: Frederic Waine)
- Rawsthorne - "Street Corner" overture
Wednesday, 2nd May, 1956 TA
Conductor: Frederic Waine
- Beethoven - "Coriolan" Overture
- Dvorák - Symphony No.4 in G
- Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 (Soloist: Francis Jackson)
- Bullock - Two Irish Tunes
Wednesday, 3rd April, 1957 TA
Conductors: Frederic Waine, Francis Jackson
- Glinka - Russlan and Ludmilla
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor
- Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (Soloist: Joseph Cooper)
- Moeran - Serenade in G
Wednesday, 27th November, 1957 M
(with York Musical Society)
- Rossini - "Petite Messe Solennelle"
Monday, 24th March, 1958 TA
- Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.4
- Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.1 in C (Soloist: Keith Swallow )
- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4 in F minor
- Walton - Music for children

Monday, 30th June, 1958
Open Rehearsal with Bernard Shore, with performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto
Friday, 31st October, 1958 M
(With York Musical Society)
Concert for Diamond Jubilee Year of the English Folk Dance and Song Society
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Singers: Stella Kemp-Welch, Michael Ockenden
- Song:
  - Vaughan Williams - "Benedicte"
- Foster - Piano Concerto founded on country dance tunes (Pianist: Keith Swallow )
- Carol:
  - Crossley-Holland - "The Sacred Dance"
- Holst - Somerset Rhapsody
- Song for unaccompanied chorus:
  - Holst - "This have I done for my true love"
- Smyth - Two interlinked folk melodies
- Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on the old 104th Psalm tune
Monday, 29th December, 1958 M
(With York Musical Society)
- Handel - The Messiah
Wednesday, 29th April, 1959 TA
- Mozart - Overture "The Marriage of Figaro"
- Schubert - "Unfinished"
- Jackson - Andante from Symphony in D
- Beethoven - Violin Concerto (Soloist: Raymond Cohen)
Tuesday, 15th December, 1959 M
(With York Musical Society)
- Handel - "The Messiah"
Wednesday, 17th February, 1960 RC
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Weber - Overture "Euryanthe"
- Poulenc - Concerto for two pianos (Soloists: Cyril Smith , Phyllis Sellick)
- Jackson - Finale from Symphony in D
- Mozart - Concerto for two pianos (K 365)
Wednesday, 16th March, 1960 M
(With York Musical Society)
- Haydn - "The Creation"
Tuesday, 20th December, 1960 M
(With York Musical Society)
- Handel - "Messiah"
Wednesday, 15th February, 1961 TA
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Beethoven - "Prometheus" Overture
- Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto (Soloist: Frederick Grinke )
- Benjamin - Two Jamaican Pieces
- Vaughan Williams - Concerto Academico for violin and strings (Soloist: Frederick Grinke )
- Bizet - Symphony in C
Wednesday, 14th March, 1962 TA
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Beethoven - Symphony No.3 ("Eroica")
- Mendelssohn - "Hebrides" Overture
- C�sar Franck - Variations symphoniques for piano and orchestra (Soloist: Francis Jackson)
Wednesday, 28th November, 1962 KM
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Schubert - Symphony No.5 in B flat
- Mozart - Clarinet Concerto (Soloist: Cynthia Mottram)
- Handel - Organ Concerto in G minor (Solo Organ: Frederic Waine)
- Dodgson - Villanelle
Wednesday, 27th March, 1963 TA
- Mozart - Symphony No.41 ("Jupiter")
- Dodgson - Villanelle
- Fauré - Pelleas and Melisande
- Bach - Concerto in C major for two harpsichords (Soloists: Francis Jackson, Percy Lovell)
Monday, 25th November, 1963 TA
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Beethoven - "Egmont" Overture
- Haydn - Symphony No.103 in E flat ("Drum Roll")
- Fauré - Pelleas and Melisande
- Saint-Saëns - Piano concerto No.2 (Soloist: Francis Jackson)
Wednesday, 11th March, 1964 RT
Conductor: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Beethoven - "Coriolan" overture
- Mozart - Symphony No.40 in G minor K 550
- Handel - Organ Concerto No.16 in F (Soloists: Frederic Waine, Francis Jackson)
- Saint-Saëns - Symphony No.3 in C minor Op.78
Wednesday, 11th November, 1964 SP
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Haydn - Symphony No.104 ("London")
- Vaughan Williams - "The lark ascending" (Soloist: Frederick Grinke )
- Bartók - Seven Rumanian Dances
- Beethoven - Violin concerto in D major (Soloist: Frederick Grinke )
Monday, 15th March, 1965 M
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
Soloists: Florence Hooton, Beverley Jones
- Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.1
- Boccherini - Cello concerto
- Brahms - Four serious songs
- Elgar - Cello concerto
Wednesday, 17th November, 1965 SP
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Rossini - Overture "William Tell"
- Beethoven - Symphony No.7
- Bach
- Harpsichord Concerto in D minor (Soloist: Anthony Cooke)
- Rossini-Britten - Soirées Musicales
Wednesday, 16th March, 1966 M
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Altenburg - Concerto for seven trumpets and timpani
- Haydn - Symphony No.99 in E flat
- Mozart - Flute Concerto in G major (Soloist: Clarissa Melville)
- Dvorák - Symphony No.7 in D minor
Wednesday, 16th November, 1966 SP
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Arriaga - Symphony in D minor
- Bach - Concerto for two violins in D minor (Soloists: Frederic Waine, Stella Kemp-Welch)
- Bizet - Symphony in C major
Wednesday, 8th March, 1967 M
- Boyce - Symphony No.1 in C major
- Brahms - Variations on a theme by Haydn
- Beethoven - Piano concerto in G major (Soloist: Colin Horsley)
- Leighton - Festive overture
Thursday, 16th November, 1967 SP
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Mozart - Overture "Marriage of Figaro"
- Beethoven - Symphony No.2 in D major
- Brahms - Double Concerto in A minor (Soloists: John Tunnell, Charles Tunnell)
Tuesday, 12th December, 1967 M
- Handel - "The Messiah"
Tuesday, 5th March, 1968 M
(with York Musical Society)
Schubert Concert
- Schubert
  - Three Motets
  - "Unfinished" Symphony
  - Mass in A flat
Wednesday, 20th March, 1968 TA
Conductors: Francis Jackson, Frederic Waine
- Gabrieli (arr. Vaughan-West) - Sonata Pian e forte for wind
- Mendelssohn - Symphony No.3 ("Scottish")
- Haydn - Cello Concerto in C major (Soloist: Moray Welsh)
- Hoddinott - Variation for Orchestra Op.31
Thursday, 14th November, 1968 M

Haydn - Symphony No.31 in D major (with the Horn signal)
Hindemith - From Symphony "Mathis der Maler"
Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major Op.83 (Soloist: Denis Matthews)

Tuesday, 3rd December, 1968 M
(with York Musical Society and York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir)
- Brahms - Alto Rhapsody
- Beethoven - Symphony No.5 in C minor
- Brahms - Song of Destiny
- Vivaldi - Gloria
Saturday, 10th May, 1969 SP
- Handel (arr.Beecham) - Suite "The gods go a-begging"
- Schubert - Symphony No.4 in C Minor ("Tragic")
- R. Strauss - Oboe Concerto (Soloist: Celia Nicklin)
- Walton - Suite "Facade"
Friday, 14th November, 1969 JL
Conductor: David Blake
(with members of the York University Orchestra)
- Rossini - "The Italian girl in Algiers"
- Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (Soloist: Francis Jackson)
- Delius - "The walk to the Paradise Garden"
- Ravel - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Soloist: Francis Jackson)
December, 1969 M
( with York Musical Society)
- Handel - "Messiah"
Saturday, 14th March, 1970 SP
- Vaughan Williams - Overture "The Wasps"
- Beethoven - Symphony No.1 in C major
- Berlioz - Symphony "Harold in Italy" (Soloist: Cecil Aronowitz)
Saturday, 20th June, 1970
(with York Musical Society) M
- Elgar - "The Dream of Gerontius"
Friday, 13th November, 1970 JL
Programme included:
- Vaughan Williams - Tuba concerto (Soloist: Andrew Wilson-Dickson)
- Dvorák - Symphony No.6 in D major
Saturday, 6th March, 1971 SP
- Mozart - Overture "The marriage of Figaro"
- Handel - Harp Concerto in B flat (Soloist: Susan Drake)
- Jackson - Overture "Brigantia" Op.38 (first performance)
- Debussy - Danse sacree et danse profane
- Borodin - Symphony No.2 in B minor
Saturday, 22nd May, 1971 M
- Bach - Cantata No. 68 (soloist Eileen Poulter)
- Borodin - Symphony No. 2 in B minor
- Jackson -Overture "Brigantia" Op. 38
- Poulenc - "Gloria" (soloist Eileen Poulter)

Conductor: Francis Jackson

Leader: Ronald Easey

Friday, 19th November, 1971 JL
- Handel - Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 3
- Prokofiev - Classical Symphony
- Delius - On hearing the first cuckoo in spring
- Brahms - Violin Concerto (soloist: Sylvia Rosenberg )
Saturday, 13th May, 1972 M

Handel - Concerto for organ in B flat (Soloist: Martin Neary)
Wilson-Dickson - Dance
Hindemith - Concerto for organ, 1962 (Soloist: Martin Neary)
Brahms - Symphony No.4 in E minor

Friday, 24th November, 1972 JL
- Weber - "Oberon" overture
- Schumann - Symphony No.1 in B flat
- Dodgson - Villanelle
- Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5 in E fat ("Emperor") (Soloist: Antony Peebles)
Wednesday, 13th December, 1972 M
(with York Musical Society)
- Handel - "The Messiah"
Saturday, 24th March, 1973 SP
- Rossini - Overture "La Cenerentola"
- Beethoven - Symphony No.8 in F
- Leighton - Festive overture
- R. Strauss - Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat (Soloist: Barry Tuckwell)
Friday, 23rd November, 1973 JL
- Nicolai - Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
- Spohr - Symphony No.3 in C minor Op.78
- Britten - Country Dances from "Gloriana"
- Dvorák - Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104 (Soloist: Julian Lloyd Webber)
Saturday, 18th May, 1974 M - Sir Edward Bairstow Centenary
Soloists: The Fitzwilliam Quartet
- Jacob - Fantasia on the Alleluia Hymn
- Smetana - Vltava (from "Ma Vlast")
- Bairstow - "Coronation" March
- Elgar - Introduction and Allegro for strings
- Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Festival Overture
Saturday, 23rd November, 1974 SP
- Mendelssohn - Overture "The Hebrides"
- Beethoven - Symphony No.2 in D major Op.36
- Martinu - Sinfonietta "La Jolla"
- Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A (K 622) (Soloist: Jack Brymer )
Thursday, 15th May, 1975 SJ
- Schubert - Overture "Rosamunde"
- Haydn - Symphony No.3 in E flat ("The Drum Roll")
- Jackson - Overture "Brigantia"
- Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor (Op.18) (Soloist: Philip Fowke)
Friday, 21st November, 1975 SP
- Mendelssohn - Overture "The Fair Melusine"
- Richard Rodney Bennett - Party Piece
- Mozart - Concerto in C for flute and harp, K 299 (Soloists: Una O'Donovan, Peter Lloyd)
- Beethoven - Symphony No.6 in F ("Pastoral") Op.68
Saturday, 20th March, 1976 JL
- Mozart - Overture "Idomeneo"
- Hugh Cole - Black Lion Dances
- Elgar - Sea Pictures (Op.37) (Soloist: Linda Finnie)
- Dvorák - Symphony No.9 in E minor ("From the New World")
Saturday, 20th November, 1976 SP
- Mozart - Symphony No.35 in D ("Haffner")
- Copland - "Appalachian Spring"
- Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E flat (Soloist: Bram Wiggins)
- Ravel - "Pavane pour une infante defunte"
- Debussy - "Petite Suite"
Saturday, 5th February, 1977 SP
(Concert for Young People) [Photo]
Leader: Geoffrey Stevens
Pianists: Christian Vassie, Francis Jackson
- Rossini - Overture "La Scala di Seta"
- Schubert - Symphony No.5 in B flat (first movement)
- Bach - Overture in B minor (later movements - with flute) (Solo flute: Sarah Brooke)
- Richard Rodney Bennett - Party Piece
- Mozart - Piano Concerto in E flat (K 271) (first movement)
- Weinberger - Polka from "Schwanda the Bagpiper"
Saturday, 7th May, 1977 M
- Mendelssohn - Overture "Ruy Blas"
- Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor (Op.47) (Soloist: Andrew Watkinson )
- Dvorák - Symphony No. 8 in G (Op.88)

Conductor: Francis Jackson

Leader: Sheila Hawken

Saturday, 19th November, 1977 SP
- Walton - Overture "Portsmouth Point"
- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.2 in C minor, op.17
- Howells - "Puck's Minuet"
- Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor (Soloist: Dennis Lee)
Saturday, 11th March, 1978 SP
- Schubert - Symphony No 3 in D
- Mozart - Bassoon Concerto K191 (Soloist: Michael Chapman)
- Beethoven - Overture "Coriolan"
- Elgar - Romance for bassoon and orchestra (Soloist: Michael Chapman)
- Lennox Berkeley - Divertimento
Saturday, 18th November, 1978 SP
- Mendelssohn - Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream'"
- Dvorák - Legends I-V
- Vaughan Williams - Suite for Viola and Orchestra (Soloist: Christopher Wellington)
Saturday, 31st March, 1979 JL
- Weber - Overture "Euryanthe"
- Jackson - Symphony in D minor
- Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major Op.61 (Soloist: Erika Klemperer)
Open rehearsals of all Beethoven symphonies:
- Monday, 23rd April, 1979: Nos. 1 and 4
- Monday, 30th April, 1979: Nos. 2 and 7
- Monday, 7th May, 1979: Nos. 3 and 8
- Monday, 14th May, 1979: Nos. 5 and 6
- Monday, 21st May, 1979: No. 9
Saturday, 24th November, 1979 SP
- Leighton - A Festive Overture
- Haydn - Symphony No.104 ("London")
- Moeran - Sinfonietta
- Beethoven - Piano concerto No.5 ("Emperor") (Soloist: Mark Resmer)
Saturday, 22nd March, 1980 GH
- Rawsthorne - Overture "Street Corner"
- Saint-Saëns - Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor (Soloist: Andrew Watkinson )
- Brahms - Symphony No.2 in D