Person Open DS/UK/10347 Farncombe; Charles Frederick (1919-2006); English conductor Farncombe Charles Frederick 1919-2006 English conductor Male

Charles Frederick Farncombe (July 29, 1919 – June 30, 2006) was an English conductor. For London audiences, the conductor Charles Farncombe was primarily associated with the productions of the Handel Opera Society, which he helped found and of which he was musical director for the whole of its 30-year existence, from 1955 onwards (in 1977 it was renamed Handel Opera). He was subsequently conductor of the fundraising concerts of the Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir. His work outside Britain covered a wider range of repertory, though still with an emphasis on vocal music, while near his home in Monmouthshire he founded and directed an annual festival of music and drama remarkable in its scope International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 12/17/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 8475f4cb-4a4b-4f26-8f4d-9f21938563b1