CONCERT PROGRAMME DETAILS
From 29th November 1975 to 4th May 1985

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

29.11.1975 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture; 'Donna Diana' - Reznicek; Bassoon Conc. K191 - Mozart; Gymnopedie No.1 - Satie; Andante & Hungarian Rondo - Weber; Symph. No.1 - Brahms.
William Waterhouse - bassoon. [ p r ]

28.02.1976 Parish Church, Kendal.
Arthur Butterworth ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'Carnival Romain' - Berlioz; Violin Conc. - Dvorák; Symph. No.1 - Beethoven; 'Vltava' - Smetana.
Ralph Holmes - violin. [ p r ]

14.05.1976 with St. Martin's College Choir. St. Martin's College, Lancaster.
Roger Cann ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
15.05.1976 With St. Martin's College Choir. Parish Church, Kendal.
Roger Cann ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Tragic Overture - Brahms; Stabat Mater - Dvorák.
Morag Noble - soprano, Elizabeth Lamb - contralto, Paul Taylor - tenor, Peter Walker - bass. [ p ]

04.12.1976 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
Overture: 'The Force of Destiny' - Verdi; Horn Conc. No.3, K447 - Mozart; Symph. No.9, B178 'New World' - Dvorák.
Robert Ashworth - horn. [ p r ]

11.12.1976 with Kendal South Choir, Kendal & Millom Choral Socs. Parish Church, Kendal.
Jim Noble ( C ) William Rickaby ( L )
'Messiah' - Handel.
Margaret Peers - soprano, Hazel Jones - contralto, Gordon Pullin - tenor, John King - bass, Eric Willan - solo trumpet, William Snowley - harpsichord. [ p r ]

05.03.1977 Parish Church, Kendal.
Reginald Stead ( C ) David Ogden ( L )
Symph. No.93 - Haydn; Piano Conc. No.1 - Beethoven; Symph. No.2 - Sibelius.
Nicola Gebolys - piano. [ p r ]

11.05.1977 MWWMF. St. Geoge's Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Froissart' - Elgar; Symph. No.8 - Beethoven; Piano Conc. No.5, 'Emperor' - Beethoven; 'Crown Imperial' - Walton.
Alan Schiller - piano. [ p r ]

03.12.1977 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) David Ogden ( L )
Overture: 'Prince Igor' - Borodín; Piano Conc. No.2 - Rachmaninov; Symph. No.35, K385 - Mozart; Aelian Dances - Josephs; Spanish Rhapsody - 'España' - Chabrier.
Nancy Loo - piano. [ p r ]

04.03.1978 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Ruy Blas' - Mendelssohn; Violin Conc. - Elgar; Symph. No.5, B54 - Dvorák.
Maureen Smith - violin. [ p r ]

25.05.1978 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'The Consecration of the House' - Beethoven; Clarinet Conc. K622 - Mozart; 'Mont Juic' - Berkley/Britten; Symph. No.2 - Brahms.
Angela Malsbury - clarinet. [ p r ]

25.11.1978 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey & Arthur Butterworth* ( Cs ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Semiramide' - Rossini; Violin Conc. - Arthur Butterworth* ( 1st Perf. );
Symph. No.5 - Tchaikovsky.
Granville Morris - violin. [ p r ]

03.03.1979 Parish Church, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'The Barber of Seville' - Rossini; Cello Conc. - Lalo; Symph. No.4 - Schumann.
Rohan de Saram - cello. [ p r ]

17.03.1979 St. Mary's Church, Walney.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'The Barber of Seville' - Rossini; Piano Conc. No.24, K491 - Mozart; Symph. No.4 - Schumann.
Nicholas Ashton - piano. [ p ]

12.05.1979 MWWMF. Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Festival Overture: - Shostakovich; Piano Conc. No.24, K491 - Mozart; Solo Piano Pieces - Liszt; Symph. No.3 - Saint-Saëns.
Anthony Goldstone - piano, William Snowley - organ. [ p r ]

01.12.1979 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Gerard Doyle ( L )
Overture: 'The Flying Dutchman' - Wagner; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Rachmaninov; Introduction and Allegro Appassionato for Piano and Orch. - Schumann; Symph. No. 5 - Beethoven.
Peter Donohoe - piano. [ p r ]

08.03.1980 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Fantasy Overture: 'Romeo and Juliet' - Tchaikovsky; Violin Conc. - Brahms; Symph. No.2 - Borodín.
Peter Manning - violin. [ p r ]


17.05.1980 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Candide' - Bernstein; Cello Conc. - Elgar; Symph. No.6, B112 - Dvorák.
Caroline Dale - cello. [ p r ]

29.11.1980 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'The Thieving Magpie' - Rossini; Clarinet Conc. No.1 - Weber; 'Karelia' Suite - Sibelius; Symph. No.4 - Tchaikovsky.
Graham Quilter - clarinet. [ p r ]

14.03.1981 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'The Wasps' - Vaughan Williams; 'Sea Pictures' - Elgar; Konzertstück for 4 Horns and Orch - Schumann.; Symph. No.4 - Beethoven.
Hazel Sumsion - mezzo soprano, The Frank Procter Horn Quartet. [ p r ]

13.05.1981 MWWMF. Viennese Evening. Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Die Fledermaus' - Strauss; Piano Conc. No.21, K467 - Mozart; 'Rosamunde' - Entracte - Schubert; Symph. No.100 'Military' - Haydn; Emperor Walz, Pizzicato Polka & Radetzsky March - Strauss.
Joseph Ka-Kit Tam - piano. [ p r ]

05.12.1981 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Symph. No.6 - 'Le Matin' - Haydn; Violin Conc. - Mendelssohn; Symph. No.5 - Nielsen.
David Ogden - violin. [ p r ]

13.03.1982 Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture in the Italian Style - Schubert; Piano Conc. No.1 - Brahms; Symph. No.3 'Eroica' - Beethoven.
Peter Donohoe - piano. [ p r ]

15.05.1982 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' - Nicolai; 'The Walk to the Paradise Garden' - Delius; Trumpet Conc. - Hummel; Symph. No.7, B141 - Dvorák.
Anthony Hindley - trumpet. [ p r ]

19.06.1982 Viennese Evening. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Light Cavalry' - Suppé; 'Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb und Lust' - Jos. Strauss; 'Tritsh Tratch' Polka - Joh. Strauss II; 'Lorelei' Walz - Joh. Strauss I; Pizzicato Polka' - Joh II. & Jos. Strauss; ' Bahn Frei' - E.Strauss; 'Roses from the South' & 'Jubelfest' March - Joh. Strauss II; ' Die Schönbrunner' Walz - Jos. Strauss; 'Cuckoo' Polka - Joh. Strauss II; 'Music of the Spheres' - Jos. Strauss; 'Perpetuum mobile' & 'Blue Danube' - Joh. Strauss II; 'Radetzky' March - Joh. Strauss I. [ p r ]

27.11.1982 Scottish Evening. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'The Land of the Mountain and the Flood' - MacCunn; Scottish Fantasy - Bruch; Four Scottish Dances - Arnold; Symph. No.3, 'Scottish' - Mendelssohn.
Lorraine McAslan - violin. [ p r ]

12.03.1983 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Ruslan and Lyudmila' - Glinka; Piano Conc. No.4 - Beethoven; Symph. No.3 'Rhenish' - Schumann.
Anthony Goldstone - piano. [ p r ]

11.05.1983 MWWMF. Parisian Evening. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Masaniello' - Auber; Pavane - Fauré; Symph. On a French Mountaineer's Song for Piano and Orchestra - d'Indy; 'L'Arlésienne' Suite No.1 - Bizet; Ballet Suite -' Coppélia' - Delibes; Overture: 'Orpheus in the Underworld' - Offenbach.
Kathryn Stott - piano. [ p ]

26.11.1983 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
'St. Anthony' Variations - Brahms; Piano Conc. No.22, K482 - Mozart; Czech Suite - Dvorák Symph. - Bizet.
Allan Schiller - piano. [ p r ]

17.03.1984 with Westmorland Invitation Chorus. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Don Giovani' - Mozart; Operatic Arias: 'Come scoglio' - Mozart, 'Che faro' - Gluck, 'Mon cœur s'ouvra ta voix' - Saint Saëns, 'Dalla sua pace', 'Il mio tesoro' & 'La Vendetta' - Mozart; Symph. No.9, 'Choral' - Beethoven
Julia Parrott - soprano, Louise Jackson - contralto, Paul Nilon - tenor, Clive Bayley - baritone. [ p r ]

12.05.1984 'British At Its Best' Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
English Folk Song Suite - Vaughan Williams; 'The Banks of Green Willow' - Butterworth; 'Sea Pictures' - Elgar; English Dances Set II - Arnold; Symphonic Variations - Parry; Fantasia on British Sea Songs - arr. Wood; 'Rule, Britannia!' - Arne; 'Pomp and Circumstance' March No.1 - Elgar.
Hazel Sumsion - mezzo soprano. [ p r ]

24.11.1984 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture; 'Manfred' - Schumann; Suite No.3 - Tchaikovsky; 'Finlandia' - Sibelius; Piano Conc. No.5, 'Emperor' - Beethoven.
Anthony Goldstone - piano. [ p r ]

16.03.1985 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture; 'Rienzi' - Wagner; Violin Conc. - Brahms; Symphonic Variations - Dvorák; 'Peer Gynt' - Grieg.
Lorraine McAslan - violin. [ c p r ]

04.05.1985 Parish Church, Kendal. (not part of MWWMF)
Sidney Lewis ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K525 - Mozart; Clarinet Conc. K622 - Mozart;
'La Calinda' - Delius; 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring' - Delius; Clarinet Concertino - Tartini arr. Jacob; Symph. No.97 - Haydn.
Jack Brymer - Clarinet. [ p r ]