City of Belfast Orchestra Season 1959-1960 i n c l u d i n g t w o c o n c e r t s b y t h e B B C S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a f r o m t h e Orchestral Concerts Database compiled by David Byers 1
Cover of the 1959-1960 season brochure Concerts arranged by CEMA [Council for the Encouragement of the Arts immediate forerunner of the Arts Council] in association with Belfast Corporation. The brochure also lists a season of RUC Band Lunchtime Concerts from October 1959 to March 1960. 2
1 9 5 9 0 9 2 5 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 25 Sep 1959 Belfast, Ulster Hall Julius Katchen, piano Berlioz Overture: Carnaval Romain Barber Adagio for Strings Beethoven Piano Concerto o.4 in G Tchaikovsky Symphony o.4 in F minor 3
1 9 5 9 1 0 2 1 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble BBC Symphony Orchestra Date 21 Oct 1959 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 8pm Rudolf Schwarz Paul Beard Berlioz Overture: King Lear Howard Ferguson Diversions on Ulster Airs Richard Strauss Death and Transfiguration Beethoven Symphony o.7 in A Holders of City of Belfast Orchestra Series Tickets will be allowed 20% on a BBC Symphony Orchestra ticket, for either or both concerts. 4
1 9 5 9 1 0 2 3 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble BBC Symphony Orchestra Date 23 Oct 1959 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 8pm Rudolf Schwarz Paul Beard Campoli, violin Mozart Symphony o.31 in D, Paris E.J. Moeran Violin Concerto Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Campoli = Alfredo Campoli 5
1 9 5 9 1 1 0 6 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 06 ov 1959 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 7.45pm Belfast Philharmonic Society Jacqueline Delman, soprano Eileen Gavin, contralto John Mitchinson, tenor Hervey Alan, bass Belfast Philharmonic Chorus Mendelssohn Elijah 6
1 9 5 9 1 1 1 3 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 13 ov 1959 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 8pm Thomas Davidson, piano Mendelssohn Overture: Fingal s Cave E.J. Moeran Sinfonietta Franck Symphonic Variations John Field, transcribed Geoffrey Bush Martini Fantasia Schubert Symphony o.4 in C minor, Tragic 7
1 9 5 9 1 2 0 4 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 04 Dec 1959 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 8pm Paul Tortelier, cello Beethoven Overture: Leonore o.2 Rubbra Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor Dvořák Symphony o.7 in D minor Paul Tortelier listed in the season brochure simply as Tortelier Symphony listed as o.2. 8
1 9 5 9 1 2 1 0 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 10 Dec 1959 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 7pm Belfast Philharmonic Society Elizabeth Simon, soprano Pamela Bowden, contralto David Galliver, tenor Richard Standen, bass Belfast Philharmonic Chorus Handel Messiah 9
1 9 5 9 1 2 1 1 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 11 Dec 1959 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 7pm Belfast Philharmonic Society Elizabeth Simon, soprano Pamela Bowden, contralto David Galliver, tenor Richard Standen, bass Belfast Philharmonic Chorus Handel Messiah 10
1 9 5 9 1 2 1 2 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 12 Dec 1959 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 7pm Belfast Philharmonic Society Elizabeth Simon, soprano Pamela Bowden, contralto David Galliver, tenor Richard Standen, bass Belfast Philharmonic Chorus Handel Messiah 11
1 9 5 9 1 2 3 0 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 30 Dec 1959 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 8pm Christmas Concert see To be announced. Grosvenor High School Choir, cond. Ronald Lee Smetana Dance of the Comedians, Bartered Bride Liadov Musical Snuff Box Pierné March of the Little Leaden Soldiers Tchaikovsky Waltz, The Sleeping Beauty - Soloist Humperdinck Act II, Hansel and Gretel Malcolm Arnold Overture: Tam O Shanter - Choir - Soloist Warlock Three Carols for Women s Voices and Orchestra Also advertised for the same day at 3pm was a Children s Concert. Programme as above, omitting items os. 2,35,7 12
1 9 6 0 0 1 2 2 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 22 Jan 1960 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 8pm Charles Lynch, piano Howard Ferguson Overture for an Occasion Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande Beethoven Piano Concerto o.2 in B flat Brahms Symphony o.2 in D 13
1 9 6 0 0 2 1 9 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 19 Feb 1960 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 8pm Gervase de Peyer, clarinet Gluck Overture: Iphigenia in Aulis Sibelius Suite: Rakastava Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622 Beethoven Symphony o.3, Eroica 14
1 9 6 0 0 2 2 6 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 26 Feb 1960 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 7.45pm Belfast Philharmonic Society Mavis Beattie, soprano Dorothy Beggs, soprano Mary Gilmore, soprano Una O Callaghan, contralto Uel Deane, tenor Frederick Martin, tenor Malcolm McKeown, tenor Henry Hinds, bass Harold Gray, bass Belfast Philharmonic Chorus Bach St John Passion 15
1 9 6 0 0 3 1 8 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 18 Mar 1960 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 8pm Colin Horsley, piano Harty A Comedy Overture Brian Boydell In Memoriam Mahatma Ghandi Rachmaninov Piano Concerto o.2 in C minor Arthur Duff Echoes of Georgian Dublin Schumann Symphony o.4 in D minor 16
1 9 6 0 0 3 2 5 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 25 Mar 1960 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 7.45pm Belfast Philharmonic Society Alan Loveday, violin James Parr, orator Belfast Philharmonic Chorus Beethoven Overture: Egmont Beethoven Violin Concerto, Op.61 Bliss Morning Heroes 17
1 9 6 0 0 4 0 8 Unique reference number Orchestra/Ensemble City of Belfast Orchestra Date 08 Apr 1960 Belfast, Ulster Hall, 8pm Leon Rittweger, organ James Johnston, tenor Glinka Overture: Russlan and Ludmilla Strauss Waltz: The Blue Danube Handel Organ Concerto (details of specific work not given) - Arias - Grieg Suite: Peer Gynt o.1 Vaughan Williams Folk Song Suite - Arias or Songs with piano Rossini Overture: William Tell 18