1927 in British music
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This is a summary of 1927 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
- January
- Peter Warlock's string serenade is recorded for the National Gramophonic Society, by John Barbirolli and an improvised chamber orchestra; it is the first recording of the composer's work ever to be released.[1]
- Edward Clark transfers from BBC Newcastle to London as a programme planner, at the request of Percy Pitt.[2]
- date unknown
- Following the death of impresario Robert Newman in the previous year, publishers Chappell & Co. withdraw their financial support for The Proms, to be replaced by the BBC.
- Rebecca Clarke forms the English Ensemble piano quartet with Marjorie Hayward, Kathleen Long and May Mukle.
- Gustav Holst is commissioned by the New York Symphony Orchestra to write a symphony, but does not do so. Instead, he starts work on the tone poem Egdon Heath, which is premiered by the NYSO in the following year.[3]
- The first recordings of Frederick Delius's music are conducted by Thomas Beecham for the Columbia label: the "Walk to the Paradise Garden" interlude from A Village Romeo and Juliet, and On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, performed by the orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Popular music
- Herbert Farjeon - "I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of Wales".[4]
- Will Fyffe - "I Belong to Glasgow"
Classical music: new works
- Arnold Bax - Northern Ballad No. 1
- Arthur Bliss - Oboe Quintet
- Havergal Brian - Symphony No. 1 Gothic
- Frank Bridge - Rhapsody: Enter Spring
- Edward Elgar - Civic Fanfare[5]
- Gerald Finzi - Violin Concerto
- Victor Hely-Hutchinson - Carol Symphony
- John Ireland - Sonatina[6]
- Constant Lambert - The Rio Grande[7]<
Opera
- Geoffrey Toye - The Red Pen, with libretto by A. P. Herbert.
Musical theatre
- 1 December - The review Clowns in Clover opens at the Adelphi Theatre ; it funs for 508 performances.
Births
- 26 January - Ronnie Scott, jazz musician and club owner (died 1996)
- 7 February - Laurie Johnson, composer
- 10 February - Brian Priestman, conductor and music teacher (died 2014)
- 12 June - Al Fairweather, jazz musician (died 1993)
- 14 June - Elaine Hugh-Jones, pianist and composer
- 23 June - Kenneth McKellar, tenor (died 2010)
- 4 July – Patricia Kern, mezzo-soprano
- 19 July – John Hopkins, orchestral conductor who worked in the UK, New Zealand and Australia (died 2013)
- 25 September - Sir Colin Davis, orchestral conductor (died 2013)
- 9 November - Ken Dodd, comedian and singer
- 28 October - Cleo Laine, singer
- 7 December - Helen Watts, contralto (died 2009)
- 26 December - Denis Quilley, actor and singer (died 2003)
Deaths
- 26 February - Isabel Jay, singer and actress with the d'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 47[8]
- 17 March - James Scott Skinner, violinist, 83
- 31 March - Edward Lloyd, concert and oratorio tenor, 82
- 16 May - Sam Bernard, entertainer, 63
- 2 November - Fred Billington, singer and actor with the d'Oyly Carte, 63
- 21 December - Courtice Pounds, singer and actor with the d'Oyly Carte, 65
date unknown - Haldane Burgess, writer and musician, 65
References
- ↑ Smith, Barry (1994). Peter Warlock: The Life of Philip Heseltine. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-816310-X. p 244
- ↑ Jennifer Doctor, 'Clark, (Thomas) Edward (1888–1962)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 31 Jan 2013
- ↑ IMSLP IMSLP. Retrieved 3 March 2015
- ↑ "Edna Deane, Dancer And Inspiration, 90". New York Times. November 26, 1995. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ↑ Written for the mayoral procession at the opening of the Hereford Festival on 4 September 1927
- ↑ Foreman, Lewis (20 October 2011). The John Ireland Companion. Suffolk, England: Boydell Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-1843836865. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ↑ Oxford University Press
- ↑ Cannon, John. "Old Favourites: Isabel Jay" in The Savoyard, the magazine of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust, Vol. XVII No.1, May 1978.
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