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Performance TitleRoyal Philharmonic Society, One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth Season 1946-1947 - First Concert - Delius
Performance Date26 October 1946
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersFreda Hart,
Leslie Jones,
Bruce Clark - vocals
Orchestra or BandRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra
ChoirsLuton Choral Society
ConductorsSir Thomas Beecham,
Arthur E Davies
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Fantasia, 'Over The Hills and Far Away', Delius,
'The Song of The High Hills', Delius (Freda Hart, Leslie Jones, Luton Choral Society),
Suite, 'Hassan', Delius
INTERVAL
'Appalachia', Delius (Bruce Clark, Luton Choral Society)
Performance NotesThis was the first concert of the Delius Festival in conjunction with the Delius Trust. This was also the debut concert of the newly formed Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) at a major London venue. Their very first concert had been in Croyden on 11 September 1946.

"It is unnecessary at this time of day to enlarge on the intuitive sympathy and penetrating understanding that Sir Thomas Beecham has of Delius's music. The new orchestra may show its distinctive qualities in detail on other occasions, but on Saturday the overwhelming impression was of a Hall filled with golden tone which enveloped the listener so that he lived for the time being in a world of sense shot through with the peculiar emotional poignancy that is Delius's translation of sunt lacrimae rerum." (The Times, 28 October 1946)

The concert was broadcast on BBC Radio Home Service at 15:00-17:00.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1946/244)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1946/244The Royal Philharmonic Society26 October 1946
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OmabowdoivifclRoyal Philharmonic Society - One Hundred and Thirty Fifth Season 1946-19478
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/41Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO); 1946-; British orchestra
DS/UK/3229Luton Choral Society; 1870-; British amateur choir
DS/UK/346Beecham; Sir; Thomas (29 April 1879-8 March 1961); 2nd Barronet of Ewanville, CH; English conductor and impresario
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