


Collection Description
Collection Title
Mr F.B. Ellis Orchestral and Chamber Concerts (1914)
Unique Identifier
d.488.k.(2-3.)
Description
A collection of programme books for three performances given in 1914 by Mr F.B. Ellis, being Mr F.B. Ellis's Concerts of Modern Orchestral Music nos. 1 and 2, given at the Queen's Hall, London on 20 and 27 March 1914, and Mr F.B. Ellis's Chamber Concert, given at the Aeolian Hall, London on 23 March 1914.
All programmes incorporate a wordbook and include historical and analytical notes with musical examples.
The Queen's Hall concerts were two-part concerts of orchestral and vocal repertory, given by the Queen's Hall Orchestra, conducted by Mr Geoffrey Toye and Mr F.B. Ellis.
The concert on 20 March 1914 included the first London performances of two works by George Butterworth (A 'Shropshire Lad' Rhapsody and Idyll 'The Banks of Green Willow') and the first complete performance of Arnold Bax, Four Orchestral Sketches. That on 27 March 1914 included the first London performance of the revised edition of Delius, In a Summer Garden and the first performances of R. Vaughan Williams, A London Symphony and Arnold Bax, Three Songs, with orchestra (with Miss Dilys Jones).
The chamber concert was a programme of nineteenth and twentieth-century chamber music for piano and strings featuring the London String Quartet (A.E. Sammons, T.W. Petre, H. Waldo Warner and C. Warwick-Evans) with M. Ricardo Viñes-Roda (piano). The programme includes historical and analytical programme notes with musical examples.
All programmes incorporate a wordbook and include historical and analytical notes with musical examples.
The Queen's Hall concerts were two-part concerts of orchestral and vocal repertory, given by the Queen's Hall Orchestra, conducted by Mr Geoffrey Toye and Mr F.B. Ellis.
The concert on 20 March 1914 included the first London performances of two works by George Butterworth (A 'Shropshire Lad' Rhapsody and Idyll 'The Banks of Green Willow') and the first complete performance of Arnold Bax, Four Orchestral Sketches. That on 27 March 1914 included the first London performance of the revised edition of Delius, In a Summer Garden and the first performances of R. Vaughan Williams, A London Symphony and Arnold Bax, Three Songs, with orchestra (with Miss Dilys Jones).
The chamber concert was a programme of nineteenth and twentieth-century chamber music for piano and strings featuring the London String Quartet (A.E. Sammons, T.W. Petre, H. Waldo Warner and C. Warwick-Evans) with M. Ricardo Viñes-Roda (piano). The programme includes historical and analytical programme notes with musical examples.
Format
Date range of collection
1914 - 1914
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
Associated Places
Associated Times
This collection is about
Location Details
British Library, Music Collections
96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB Open Map
Website
Email
Telephone
020 7412 7772
Fax
020 7412 7751
Visiting Information
Reprographic services
See http://www.bl.uk for further details
Collections Overview
See: http://www.bl.uk/music
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
Additional Collection Information
Related Publications
Management Information (Type)
Collection Owner(s)
Collection Creator(s)
Collection Collector(s)
Collection Custodians(s)
Associated Collection(s)