CONCERT PROGRAMME DETAILS
From Autumn 1945 to 14th May 1955

MWWMF = Mary Wakefield Westmorland Music Festival concert
( C ) = Conductor(s) ( L ) = Leader
N.B. Where there are two conductors listed, the works identified by an asterisk (*) were conducted by the similarly identified conductor.

Source Origins:
[ c ] = Pre-concert Press Coverage on file, (excluding Adverts)
[ p ] = Programme on file [ r ] = Concert Press Review(s) on file

Autumn 1945 Inaugural Concert. Levens Hall, Levens.
Kenneth Anderson ( C ) ? ( L )
No details known. [ - ]

01.05.1946 First Formal Concert. MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Anthony Bernard* & Kenneth Anderson ( Cs ) Frances Rimington ( L )
Overture: 'Armida' - Haydn; Symph. in C Maj. - Dittersdorf;
Cantata: 'The Forsaken Merman - Somervell*; Slavonic Dance in F Maj. - Dvorák;
Polka from 'Schwanda the Bagpiper' - Weinberger; Songs, (Stanley Pope):
'Blow, blow, thou Winter Wind' - Quilter, 'O Mistress Mine' - Quilter,
'The Ship of Rio' - Keel, 'The Way that Lovers use' - Rowley,
'Sea Winds' - Harrison; Coronation Anthem: 'Zadok the Priest' - Handel*;
'Non Nobis Domine' - Quilter*.
Stanley Pope - bass, Ruth Gairdner - accompanist. [ c p r ]

18.05.1946 Public Rehearsal & Performance. Assembly Room, Kendal High School for Girls
Kenneth Anderson ( C ) ? ( L )
Programme details not known. [ r ]

13.02.1947 Town Hall, Kendal.
Kenneth Anderson ( C ) Frances Rimington ( L )
Overture: 'Fingal's Cave' - Mendelssohn; Piano Conc. No.20, K466 - Mozart;
Brandenburg Conc. No.3 - Bach; Symph. No.8 - Beethoven.
Kathleen Long - piano. [ c r ]

10.05.1947 MW Junior Festival with Combined Choirs. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Dr. R. Walker Robson* & Kenneth Anderson ( Cs ) Frances Rimington ( L )
Combined Singing: 'England, my England' - Vaughan Williams*, 'Flocks in Pastures Green Abiding' - Bach*; Symph. No.104, 'London' - Haydn; Serenade for Strings - Elgar; Combined Singing: Three Songs of Courage - Dyson*; Overture: 'Hansel and Gretel' - Humperdinck. [ p r ]

20.11.1947 St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Kenneth Anderson ( C ) ? ( L )
Overture: 'Egmont' - Beethoven; Violin Conc. No.1 - Bruch; Symph. No.5 - Schubert.
Thomas Matthews - violin. [ r ]

02.05.1949 MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Christopher Cowan ( C ) Frances Rimington ( L )
Overture: 'The Duenna' - Linley; Symph. No.1 - Beethoven; Cello Conc. - Haydn;
Suite: 'English Folk Songs' - Vaughan Williams; Elégie for Cello and Orch. - Fauré;
Symph. No.35, K385, 'Haffner' - Mozart.
Peggy Sampson - cello. [ c p r ]

12.03.1950 St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Kenneth Anderson ( C ) ? ( L )
Overture: 'Coriolanus' - Beethoven; Piano Conc. No.3 - Beethoven; Symph. No.8, B163 - Dvorák.(Programmed but not played due to lack of time: 'Siegfried Idyll' - Wagner)
Ruth Gairdner - piano. [ r ]

07.05.1951 MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Kenneth Anderson ( C ) Frances Rimington ( L )
Overture: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' - Nicolai; Symph. No.40, K550 - Mozart; Piano Conc. No.1 - Beethoven; 2 Piano Solos: Homage à Rameau - Debussy, Toccata from 'Le Tombeau de Couperin' - Ravel; 'Tales from the Vienna Woods' - J. Strauss; March: 'Pomp and Circumstance' No.4 - Elgar.
Kathleen Long - piano. [ p r ]

11.05.1951 MWWMF 'Messiah'. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Charles Groves ( C ) Kenneth Anderson ( L )
Ena Mitchell - soprano, Catherine Lawson - contralto, Alfred Hepworth - tenor,
William Parsons - bass. [ p r ]

20.04.1952 St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Kenneth Anderson ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture: 'Die Meistersinger' - Wagner; Symph. No.9, B178, 'New World' - Dvorák; Violin Conc. in E Min. - Mendelssohn; Fantasy-Overture: 'Romeo and Juliet' - Tchaikovsky.
Alan Loveday - violin. [ p r ]

05.05.1953 MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Kenneth Anderson ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture; 'Armida' - Haydn, arr. Hans Gál; Piano Conc. No.4 - Beethoven;
Prelude on the Welsh Hymn Tune 'Rhosymedre' - Vaughan Williams; Symph. No.7 - Beethoven.
Mary Grierson - piano. [ p r ]

09.05.1953 MWWMF 'Messiah'. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
John Hopkins ( C ) Kenneth Anderson ( L )
Ceinwen Rowlands - soprano, Nancy Thomas - contralto, Cyril Hornby - tenor, Owen Brannigan - bass. [ p ]

17.12.1953 Friends' Meeting House, Kendal.
Kenneth Anderson ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture: 'Rosamunde' - Schubert; Symph. No.31, K297 - Mozart; Piano Conc. in D Min. - Bach; Children's Overture - Quilter; Siegfried Idyll - Wagner; Polka from 'Schwanda the Bagpiper' - Weinberger.
Ruth Gairdner - piano. [ p ]

09.04.1954 High School for Girls, Kendal.
Kenneth Anderson ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture: 'Oberon' - Weber; 'La Calinda' - Delius; Miniature Concerto for Piano and Orch. - Rowley; Selection from 'La Boutique Fantasque' - Rossini arr. Respighi; Symph. No.3, 'Eroica' - Beethoven.
Mary Earl - piano. [copy letter r ]

09.05.1955 MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Kenneth Anderson ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture: 'La Clemenza di Tito' - Mozart; Symph. No.5 - Schubert; Cello Conc. - Saint-Saëns; ' Kol Nidrei' - Bruch; Symph. No.8 - Beethoven.
Eileen Croxford - cello. [ p r ]

14.05.1955 MWWMF 'Messiah'. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
John Hopkins ( C ) Kenneth Anderson ( L )
Jennifer Vyvyan - soprano, Norma Procter - contralto, Cyril Hornby - tenor, Roger Stalman - bass. [ p ]