The Bernard Herrmann Society

The Concerts

Wednesday 13 November 1946
Thursday 14 November 1946

• Samuel Barber: Overture, School for Scandal
• Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 95
• Bernard Herrmann: The Devil and Daniel Webster – Suite **
• Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)

Halle Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Albert Hall, Peter Street, Manchester

Sunday 17 November 1946

• Schubert: Overture “Rosamunde”
• Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid – Suite
• Chopin: Concerto No. 1 for Pianoforte and Orchestra
• Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

Halle Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Iso Elinson, piano
King’s Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester

Saturday 12 November 1949

• Bernard Herrmann: For the Fallen **
• Walter Piston: The Incredible Flutist, Ballet Suite
• Franz Liszt: A Faust Symphony

Halle Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Eastbrook Hall, Bradford

Monday 14 November 1949

• Bernard Herrmann: For the Fallen
• Mozart: Concerto No. 3 for Violin and Orchestra
• Walter Piston: The Incredible Flutist, Ballet Suite
• Franz Liszt: A Faust Symphony

Halle Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Gioconda De Vito, violin
King’s Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester

Saturday 19 May 1956

• Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger – Overture
• Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
• Robert Russell Bennett: Violin Concerto **
• Borodin: Prince Igor – March & Polovtsian Dances

London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Louis Kaufmann, violin
Royal Festival Hall, London

Monday 21 May 1956

• George Frederick Handel: Water Music – Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty)
• Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
• Sergej Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
• Aaron Copland: The Red Pony – Suite

London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Peter Katin, piano
Royal Festival Hall, London

Wednesday 23 May 1956

• Phyllis Tate: Occasional Overture
• Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
• Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)

London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Friedrich Wührer, piano
Royal Festival Hall, London

Friday 25 May 1956

• Richard Arnell: Lord Byron, Symphonic Poem
• Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
• Franz Liszt: A Faust Symphony

London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Monique Haas, piano
Royal Festival Hall, London

8 May 1960

• Rimsky Korsakoff: Overture – May Night
• Misaskovsky: Symphony No. 21
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Philharmonia Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Lennardo Pennario, piano
Royal Festival Hall, London

13 Mar 1961

• Haydn: Symphony #61
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3
• Dvorak: New World Symphony
• Delius’s Walk to the Paradise Garden

London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Julius Katchen, piano
Royal Festival Hall, London

19 Mar 1961

• Peter Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Elegy (Hamlet)
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

Halle Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
New Trade Hall, Manchester
3 April 1961

• Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Suite from Casse-Noisette Ballet
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Mindru Katz, piano
Royal Festival Hall, London

18 April 1962

• Mendelsohn: Symphony #1
• Liszt: Piano Concerto in A
• Liszt: Totentanz
• Delius: Brigg Fair
• Elgar: Enigma Variations

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Tamas Vasary, piano
Royal Festival Hall, London

20 May 1962

• Gioachino Rossini: Thieving Magpie
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Andre Tchaikovsky, piano
Royal Albert Hall. London

20 May 1963

• Handel: Concerto Grosso No 6
• Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor
• Johann Christian Fischer: Concerto No 2 for Oboe
• John Stanley: Concerto No 1 in D

Beecham Chamber Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Evelyn Rothwell, oboe
Valda Aveling, Harpsichord
Wigmore Hall, London

03 June 1963

• Borodin: Prince Igor – March and Dance
• Rachmanininoff: Piano Concerto No 2
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
John Lill, piano
Royal Festival Hall, London

19 April 1964

• Delius’s: Walk to the Paradise Garden
• Handel: Water Music (arr Harty)
• Gershwin: Symphonic Picture “Porgy and Bess” (arr Robert Russell Bennett)
• Cesar Frank: Symphony in D minor

Halle Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
New Trade Hall, Manchester

18 May 1964

• Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture
• Delius: Walk to the Paradise Garden
• Elgar: Enigma Variations
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

Philharmonia Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Royal Festival Hall, London

28 November 1964

• Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture
• Delius: Walk to the Paradise Garden
• Elgar: Enigma Variations
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

New Philharmonia Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Royal Festival Hall, London

02 December 1966

• Herrmann: Echoes for String Quartet
• Rubbra: Songs

Amici Quartet
Edmund Rubbra, piano
Jean Holmes, soprano
Bernard Herrmann, artistic director

A Redcliffe Concert at the Arts Council,4 St James’s Square, London

21 April 1974

• Arthur Bliss: Fanfare for Heroes
• Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy
• Gioachino Rossini: Il Pianto delle Muse in Morte di Lord Byron
• Elizabeth Maconchy: The Isles of Greece *
• Richard Arnell: Symphonic Portrait – Lord Byron
• Franz Liszt: Tasso, Lamento et Trionfono

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thames Chamber Choir
Trumpeters of the Life Guards
Bernard Herrmann, conductor
Louis Halsey, chorus master
Frederick Riddle, viola
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London

More about this concert: Byron Concert

* World premiere
** UK premiere