CONCERT PROGRAMME DETAILS
From 9th December 1965 to 30th April 1975

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

09.12.1965 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Tragic Overture - Brahms; Cello Conc. - Elgar; Rhapsody: 'A Shropshire Lad' - Butterworth; Symph. No.3 - Sibelius.
Rohan de Saram - cello. [ p r ]

31.03.1966 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Son and Stranger' - Mendelssohn; Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orch. K-Anh.9 - Mozart; Trio for Flute, Oboe & Clarinet and Sea Shanties for Wind Quintet - Arnold; A Song Before Sunrise - Delius; Symph. in D - Arriaga.
Christopher Hyde-Smith - flute, Anthony Camden - oboe, Geoffrey Emmott - clarinet, Kerry Camden - bassoon, Nicholas Busch - horn. [ p r ]

18.05.1966 Rawnsley Hall, Keswick.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Egmont' - Beethoven; Violin Conc. No.1 - Bruch; Suite - Masques et Bergomasques - Fauré; A Song Before Sunrise - Delius; Symph. in D - Arriaga.
Carolyn Sparey - violin. [ p ]

08.12.1966 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'The Consecration of the House' - Beethoven; Piano Conc. - Schumann; Suite from 'The Wise Virgins' - Bach - Walton; Symph. - 'Mathis de Maler' - Hindemith.
David Parkhouse - piano. [ p r ]

01.04.1967 Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture in C, 'In the Italian Style' - Schubert; Clarinet Conc. K622 - Mozart; Violin Conc. No.1 - Bruch; Symph. No.3, 'Scottish' - Mendelssohn.
David Hiley - clarinet, Carolyn Sparey - violin. [ p ]

02.05.1967 MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) ? William Rickaby ( L )
Ballet: 'Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus' - Beethoven; Clarinet Conc. No.1 - Weber; Overture: 'Masquerade' - Nielsen; Suite for Clarinet and Strings - Krenek;
'Karelia' Suite - Sibelius.
Jack Brymer - clarinet. [ p r ]

21.10.1967 Grammar School, Morecambe.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Ballet Suite: 'Zémire et Azor' - Grétry, arr. Beecham; Piano Conc. - Grieg; Symph. No.5 - Vaughan Williams.
Stanley Thewlis - piano. [ p ]

07.12.1967 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Symph. No.31, 'Horn Signal' - Haydn; Piano Conc. No.1 - Liszt; Sonata - Piano and Forte - Gabrieli; Chacony in G Min. - Purcell; Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orch. - Franck; Overture: 'The Magic Flute' - Mozart.
John Clegg - piano. [ p r ]

21.03.1968 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis & John Sumsion* ( Cs ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Euryanthe' - Weber; Violin Conc. - Brahms; Petite Suite - Debussy; 'In Nature's Realm' - Dvorák*; 'Carnival' - Dvorák.
Nella Wisssema - violin. [ p r ]

04.05.1968 Rawnsley Hall, Keswick.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Euryanthe' - Weber; Violin Conc. - Brahms; Petite Suite - Debussy; Four Norwegian Moods - Stravinsky; 'Carnival' - Dvorák.
Nella Wisssema - violin. [ p ]

14.12.1968 Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Tancredi' - Rossini; Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola, K364 - Mozart; Ode - Stravinsky; Symph. No.3, 'Eroica' - Beethoven.
Jonathan Sparey - violin, Carolyn Sparey - viola. [ p r ]

15.03.1969 Grammar School, Morecambe.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Coriolanus' - Beethoven; Violin Conc. D Maj. K218 - Mozart; Variations Symphoniques for Piano & Orch. - Franck; Symph. No.3, 'Eroica' - Beethoven.
Granville Morris - violin, Stanley Thewlis - piano. [ p ]

17.04.1969 In Aid of the Parish Church Restoration Fund. Parish Church, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Coriolanus' - Beethoven; Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola, K364 - Mozart; Organ Conc. in D Min. - Handel; Symph. No.3, 'Eroica' - Beethoven.
Jonathan Sparey - violin, Carolyn Sparey - viola, Jim Noble - organ. [ r ]

14.05.1969 MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) ? William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' - Nicolai; Piano Conc. No.1 - Tchaikovsky; English Dances ( Set 1 ) - Arnold; Symph. No.5 - Nielsen.
Valerie Tryon - piano. [ p r ]

06.12.1969 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Hansel and Gretel' - Humperdinck; Flute Conc. in G, K313 - Mozart;
Birthday Suite for Prince Charles - Tippett; 'Scheherazade' - Rimsky-Korsakov.
Douglas Townshend - flute. [ p r ]

12.03.1970 Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Cockaigne' - Elgar; Cello Conc. - Dvorák; Symph. No.8 - Schubert; Royal Hunt and Storm - Berlioz.
Amaryllis Fleming - cello. [ p r ]

07.05.1970 Lancaster University. Cancelled by ‘mutual agreement’. [ letters ]

18.06.1970 Cancelled due to General Election. [ letter ]

12.12.1970 Beethoven Bi-centenary Concert. Town Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Leonora Overture No.3, Piano Conc. No.5 'Emperor' , Symph. No.8.
Kendall Taylor - piano. [ p r ]

13.03.1971 Grammar School, Morecambe.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'The Secret Marriage' - Cimarosa; Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Falla;
Rhapsody: 'A Shropshire Lad' - Butterworth; Symph. No.8, B163 - Dvorák.
Stanley Thewlis - piano. [ p ]

12.05.1971 MWWMF St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Festival Overture - Shostakovich; Piano Conc. No.20, K466 - Mozart; Piano Solos - Chopin; Symph. No.8, B163 - Dvorák.
John Bingham - piano ( for Denis Matthews ). [ p r ]

11.12.1971 Parish Church, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis & John Sumsion* ( Cs ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage' Mendelssohn; Triple Conc. for Piano, Violin & Cello - Beethoven; Symphonic Dances - Grieg*; Fantasy Overture: 'Romeo and Juliet' - Tchaikovsky.
Hugh Bean - violin, Eileen Croxford - cello, David Parkhouse - piano. [ p r ]

11.03.1972 Grammar School, Morecambe.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
'In the Steppes of Central Asia' - Borodín; Piano Conc. No.2 - Shostakovich; Fantasy Overture: 'Romeo and Juliet' - Tchaikovsky; Symph. No.3 - Brahms.
Barry Sharkey - piano. [ - ]

27.05.1972 Parish Church, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Tam O'Shanter' - Arnold; Violin Conc. - Tchaikovsky;
Little Suite for Orchestra Op.53 - Arnold; Symph. No.3 - Brahms.
Ralph Holmes - violin. [ p ]

09.12.1972 Parish Church, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
'Cockaigne' - Elgar; Piano Conc. No.3 - Bartók; Overture on Russian Themes -
Balakirev; Symph. No.3 'Pastoral' - Vaughan Williams.
Shirley Ormerod - soprano. [ p r ]

10.03.1973 Lancaster College of F.E.
Roger Cann ( C ) William Rickaby ( C )
Overture: 'Cosi fan Tutte' - Mozart; Violin Conc. - Beethoven; Symph. No.3 - Schubert; Festive Overture - Leighton; ? 'A Summer Day' - Prokofiev; ? 'Jeux d'Enfants' - Bizet.
Jonathan Sparey - violin. [ letters & phone ]

17.03.1973 Rawnsley Hall, Keswick.
Roger Cann ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Cosi fan Tutte' - Mozart; Violin Conc. - Beethoven; Symph. No.3 - Schubert; 'A Summer Day' - Prokofiev; Festive Overture - Leighton.
Jonathan Sparey - violin. [ p ]

14.05.1973 MWWMF. St. George's Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis & Barry Sharkey* ( Cs ) William Rickaby ( L )
Johannesburg Festival Overture - Walton*; Piano Conc. - Schumann; Excerpts from 'La Fille Mal Gardée - Hérold arr. Lanchbery; Symphonic Variations Op.78 - Dvorák.
Enloc Wu - piano. [ p r ]

08.12.1973 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey* & Sidney Lewis ( Cs ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Daughter of the Regiment' - Donizetti*; Horn Conc. No.4, K495 - Mozart; 'St. Anthony' Chorale - Brahms; Ballet Suite: 'The Gods go A-Begging' -
Handel / Beecham; Walz & Polonaise, ('Eugene Onegin') - Tchaikovsky; Overture; 'Die Fledermaus' - J.Strauss*.
Ifor James - horn. [ p r ]

06.04.1974 The Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge.
Barry Sharkey & Sidney Lewis* ( Cs ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Die Meistersinger' - Wagner*; Cello Conc. - Haydn; 'La Calinda' - Delius; 'The Banks of Green Willow' - G.Butterworth; Symph. No.1 - Sibelius.
Robert Glenton - cello. [ p r ]

27.04.1974 with Ambleside, Staveley & Windermere Choral Societies.
Parish Church, Kendal.
Reginald Griffiths ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Symph. No.8 - Schubert; Requiem - Brahms.
Christina Clarke - soprano, Neilson Taylor - baritone. [ p r ]

30.11.1974 Parish Church, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Land of the Mountain and the Flood' - MacCunn; Piano Conc. No.4 - Beethoven; Slavonic Dances Nos.2, 4, 6, 8 - Dvorák; Ballet Suite: 'Swan Lake' - Tchaikovsky; 'Crown Imperial' - Walton.
Jan Cap - piano. [ p r ]

15.02.1975 Parish Church, Kendal.
Arthur Butterworth ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Der Freischütz' - Weber; Conc. for Violin & Cello - Brahms; Symph. No.9 'The Great' - Schubert.
Hugh Bean - violin, Eileen Croxford - cello. [ p r ]

30.04.1975 MWWMF. St. Geoge's Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Academic Festival Overture - Brahms; Conc. for Flute & Harp K299 - Mozart;
Carmen Suite No.1 - Bizet; Symph. No.1 - Schumann.
Christopher Hyde-Smith - flute, Marisa Robles - harp. [ p r ]