National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service :[Programmes of quarto size. 1953-1954]

Includes:

1953:

1953 Wellington Proms. Conductor Michael Bowles; soloists Vincent Aspey, Eric Lawson, Shirley Carter, Linda Parker, Ronald Dowd, Maurice Clare, Mina Foley, Ken Wilson, Norman Booth, Francis Rosner. Concerts 1-5 (24-29 January 1953) in one booklet. Souvenir programme (2 copies)

1953 Christchurch Proms. Conductor Michael Bowles; soloist Ernest Jenner, Linda Parker, Ronald Dowd, Maurice Clare, Royal Christchurch Musical Society, Stewart Harvey, Mary Pratt. Concerts 1-5 (3-7 February 1953) in one booklet. Souvenir programme (2 copies)

1953 Dunedin Proms. Conductor Michael Bowles; soloists Vincent Aspey, Eric Lawson, Shirley Carter, Linda Parker, Ronald Dowd, Maurice Clare, Maurice Till. Concerts 1-4 (9-12 February 1953) in one booklet. Souvenir programme (2 copies)

Alan Loveday violinist; associate artist Ruth Stanfield, pianist. Recital programme with photo of performers [May 1953]

Combined Churches Festival Choir assisted by the National Orchestra. Christmas concerts in honour of the visit to Auckland of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Choir conductor Professor H Hollinrake, soloists Mary Langford, Heather Begg, William Dent, Raymond Windsor; organists Ray Wilson, Trevor Sparling, Arthur Reid. National Orchestra conductor Warwick Braithwaite; leader Vincent Aspey. Town Hall Auckland, 25 and 27 December 1953. Programme (2 copies)

1954:

"The messiah", by George Fredric Handel with massed choirs. Soloists Sybil Phillipps, Mary Pratt, Newton Goodson, Kenneth Macaulay and the National Orchestra ... conductor Warwick Braithwaite; organist and choirmaster H Temple White. Wellington Town Hall, 14 January 1954. Programme (2 copies)

Royal concert in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh by the National Orchestra; conductor Warwick Braithwaite, leader Vincent Aspey. Soloists Dora Drake, Lex MacDonald, Richard Farrell, organist Dr V E Galway, Massed Girls' Choir. Dunedin Town Hall, 26 January 1954. Programme

1954 Wellington Proms. Conductor Warwick Braithwaite; soloists Julie Clarke, Lily Latischeva. Concerts 103 (4-6 February 1954). Souvenir programme (2 copies)

National Orchestra, with Jan Smeterlin, solo pianist. Conductor Warwick Braithwaite, leader Vincent Aspey. Auckland Town Hall, 1 June [1954]. Auckland Festival of the Arts; reprint from official programme

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to quarto size, some illustrated.

Provenance: Acquired from various sources, including the NZ Symphony Orchestra in 2015; one item from the collection of James Gore.