CONCERT PROGRAMME DETAILS
From 8th December 1955 to 10th May 1965
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

08.12.1955 Friends' Meeting House, Kendal.
Kenneth Anderson ( C ) ? ( L )
Overture & Suite from Ballet 'Comus' - Purcell, arr. Lambert; Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello, Oboe, Bassoon and Orch. - Haydn*; Symph. No.41, K551 - Mozart; Serenade for Strings - Elgar; Soirées Musicales - Rossini, arr. Britten. *Members of the Orchestra. [ draft p ]

14.03.1956 Kirkby Lonsdale Fellowship Concert. Queen Elizabeth School Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale.
Kenneth Anderson & Sidney Lewis ( Cs ) ? ( L )
Programme included:- 3 Pieces - Bach; Violin Conc. No.6 in A Min. - Vivaldi;
A Work by Gerrard Williams; Serenade for Strings - Elgar; A Work by Tchaikovsky; Caliph of Baghdad - Boieldieu.
Kenneth Anderson - violin. [ copy letter ]

18.03.1956 with Kendal Choral Soc. Town Hall, Kendal.
Eric Wetherell ( C ) John Evans ( L )
'Jephthah' - Carissimi; 'Acis and Galatea' - Handel. Violet Willis - soprano, Michael Griffith-Jones - tenor, Albert Bettany - bass, Barbara Johnson - cello, Jennifer Townrow - continuo. [ p r ]

24.06.1956 Mozart Bicentenary Concert, with Special Mozart Choir. Town Hall, Kendal.
Eric Wetherell ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture: 'Il Sogno di Scipione', Overture: 'Bastien et Bastienne', Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola, K364, Symph. No.41, K551, Mass in Bb, K275.
Eli Goren - violin, Patrick Ireland - viola, Kathleen Wilson - soprano, Doreen Kitching - contralto, Graham Earnshaw - tenor, Conrad Davies - baritone. [ p r ]

11.08.1956 Royal Lunchtime Concert. County Hall, Kendal.
Kenneth Anderson ( C )
No details known. [ r ]

09.12.1956 With Kendal Choral Soc. Town Hall, Kendal.
Eric Wetherell ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Cantata No.180, 'Rise, O Soul' - Bach; Selection of Early Operatic Arias; Air from Suite No.3 in D - Bach; Concerto Grosso in B Min. - Handel; Selection of Old Italian Airs; Christmas Cantata - Geoffrey Bush.
Sylvia Jacobs - soprano, Evelyn MacDuff - contralto, Brian O'Keefe - tenor, Leslie Holme - baritone, Monica Leighton - oboe, Sidney Lewis - continuo. [ p ]

13.05.1957 MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Eric Wetherell ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture: 'A Life for the Tsar' - Glinka; Piano Conc. No.5, 'Emperor' - Beethoven; Symph. No.89 - Haydn; Divertimento in Bb - Berkeley.
Denis Matthews - piano. [ p r ]

18.05.1957 MWWMF 'Messiah'. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
John Hopkins ( C ) Kenneth Anderson ( L )
Mary Baines - soprano, Norma Procter - contralto, David Galliver - tenor, Harvey Alan - bass. [ p r ]

12.12.1957 Friends' Meeting House, Kendal.
Eric Wetherell ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture: Leonora No.3 - Beethoven; Harpsichord Conc. in D Min. - Bach; Harpsichord Conc. in D Maj. - Haydn; Symph. No.2 - Brahms.
Valda Aveling - harpsichord. [ p r ]

29.05.1958 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture: 'The Barber of Seville' - Rossini; Violin Conc. No.2 - Bruch; L'Arlésienne, Suite No.2 - Bizet; Symph. No.5 - Beethoven.
Yfrah Neaman - violin. [ p r ]

09.12.1958 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture: 'Alceste' - Gluck; Symph. No.6 - Schubert; Horn Conc. No.3, K447 - Mozart; Sinfonietta - Jacob.
Eric Wetherell - horn. [ p r ]

04.05.1959 MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture: 'Der Freischütz' - Weber; Oboe Conc. K314 - Mozart; Symph. No.7, B141 - Dvorák; Karelia Suite - Sibelius.
Leon Goossens - oboe. [ p r ]

09.05.1959 MWWMF 'Messiah'. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Stanford Robinson ( C ) Kenneth Anderson ( L )
Barbara Yates - soprano, Norma Procter - contralto, Cyril Hornby - tenor, John Holmes - bass. [ p r ]

16.12.1959 Town Hall, Kendal.
John Sumsion (For Sidney Lewis) ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture: 'Il Seraglio' - Mozart; Double Conc. for Violin & Cello - Brahms; Symph. No.103, 'Drum Roll' - Haydn; Overture: 'Die Meistersinger' Wagner.
Ralph Holmes - violin, Rohan de Saram - cello. [ p r ]

31.03.1960 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) John Evans ( L )
Overture: 'Egmont' - Beethoven; Piano Conc. No.23, K488 - Mozart; 2 Piano Solos: Impromptu in Gb - Schubert & Les Jeux d'Eau à la Villa d'Este - Liszt; Symph. No.3 - Schumann; Little Suite Op.53 - Arnold.
Kendall Taylor - piano. [ p r ]

08.12.1960 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture in the Italian Style - Schubert; Violin Conc. - Beethoven; Symph. No.2 - Tchaikovsky.
Tessa Robbins - violin. [ p r ]

08.05.1961 MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Hansel and Gretel' - Humperdinck; Piano Conc. No.2 - Brahms;
'Jeux d'Enfants' - Bizet; The Walk to the Paradise Garden - Delius; 'Pomp and Circumstance' Marches Nos. 2 & 4 - Elgar.
Ross Pratt - piano ( For Lamar Crowson ). [ p r ]

13.05.1961 MWWMF 'Messiah'. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
George Hurst ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Margaret Lane - soprano, Sybil Michelow - contralto, Kenneth Bowen - tenor, John Holmes - bass, William Lang - trumpet. [ p r ]

13.12.1961 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture; 'Rosamunde' - Schubert; Cello Conc. - Dvorák; Elégie for Cello and Orch. - Fauré; Serenade No.9, K320 'Posthorn' - Mozart.
Rohan de Saram - cello. [ p r ]

12.04.1962 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Manfred' - Schumann; Piano Conc. No.1 - Beethoven; Little Suite - Dag Wirén; Symph. in C Maj. - Bizet.
Maria Donska - piano. [ p r ]

10.06.1962 No details known. [ draft list of players ]

12.12.1962 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'La Chasse du Jeune Henri' - Méhul; Clarinet Conc. K622 - Mozart; Symph. No.2 - Borodín; Academic Festival Overture - Brahms.
Gervase de Peyer - clarinet. [ p r ]

23.12.1962 Carol Concert for Homes for the Aged. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Details not known. [ Patrons' letter ]

13.05.1963 MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Oberon' - Weber; Symphonie Espagnole - Lalo; The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams; Symph. No.6, 'Pastoral' - Beethoven.
Frederick Grinke - violin. [ p r ]

18.05.1963 MWWMF 'Messiah'. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
George Hurst ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Honor Sheppard - soprano, Felicity Harrison - contralto, Robert Tear - tenor, John Lawrenson - bass, Maurice Murphy - trumpet, John Nourse - harpsichord. [ p r ]

11.12.1963 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Symph. No.102 - Haydn; Horn Conc. No.1 - Strauss; Suite: 'Pelléas et Mélisande' - Fauré; Concert Rondo for Horn and Orch. K371 - Mozart; Ballet Suite: 'Zemire et Azor' - Grétry arr. Beecham.
Ifor James - horn. [ p r ]

15.04.1964 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Music for the Royal Freworks - Handel, ed. Seiffert; Piano Conc. No.2 - Rachmaninov; 'From Bohemia's Woods and Fields' - Smetana; 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring' and 'Summer Night on the River' - Delius; Overture: 'Les Francs Juges - Berlioz.
Valerie Tryon - piano. [ p r ]

20.05.1964 Rawnsley Hall, Keswick.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Symph. No.102 - Haydn; Oboe Conc., K314 - Mozart; Ballet Suite: 'Zemir et Azor' - Grétry arr. Beecham; 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring' and 'Summer Night on the River' - Delius; Overture: 'The Barber of Seville' - Rossini.
Helen Powell - oboe. [ p ]

16.12.1964 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Hebrides' - Mendelssohn; Violin Conc. - Sibelius; Pastoral Suite - Larsson; Symph. No.6, B112 - Dvorák.
Tessa Robbins - violin. [ p r ]

10.05.1965 MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) ? William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Prince Igor' - Borodín; Piano Conc. No.4 - Beethoven; Siegfried Idyll - Wagner; Symph. No.5 - Vaughan Williams.
Maria Donska - piano. [ p r ]