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SIBELIUS Four legends (revised version) (UK premiere)
Basil Cameron conductor
BBC studio, 11 Novemer 1950
The BBC SO gave the first UK hearings of Oceanides and Night Ride and Sunrise (which they also recorded under Boult) in the 1930s.
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances (UK premiere)
Malcolm Sargent conductor
Royal Albert Hall (Prom), 14 August 1954
The period of Malcom Sargent's chief conductorship of the BBCSO, from 1950, was one of the less adventurous in terms of premieres; but he undertook this UK premiere, as well as British premieres of pieces by Walton, Rubbra and others.
MARTIN Harpsichord Concerto (UK premiere)
Adrian Boult conductor
BBC studio, 29 September 1954
Frank Martin is an underrated composer; Sargent did the large-scale oratorio Golgotha in 1954, but this little concerto, which George Malcolm performed, has lasted better.
MARTINU Symphony No 6 (UK premiere)
Vilem Tausky conductor
BBC studio, 11 June 1955
A Koussevitzky commission for Boston, this took a long time to reach the UK, and was performed by Czech music expert Vilem Tausky.
DALLAPICCOLA Canti di Liberazione (UK premiere)
Nino Sanzogno conductor
BBC studio, 28 February 1959
Vittorio Gui gave the UK premiere of the Symphonic Fragments from the ballet Marsia in 1952, and the Third Programme mounted the UK premiere of Il prigionero in 1954. |
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