Wagner came to London in 1855 to conduct the entire season of eight concerts for the Philharmonic Society. This programme is based on the first of those concerts. Part 1
Haydn Symphony No 99, in E flat: ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
Mozart Soave sia il vento (Cosl fan tutte)
CHRISTA LUDWIG (mezzo-soprano) LISA DELLA CASA (soprano) PAUL SCHOEFFLER (bass)
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL BOHM
Spohr Violin Concerto No 8, tn A minor (mono) JASCHA HEIFETZ
RCA VICTOR ORCHESTRA conducted bv IZLER SOLOMON
Weber Ocean, thou mighty monster (Oberon)
GUNDULA JANOWITZ (soprano) BERLIN OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by FERDINAND LEITNER Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by PETER MAAG
8.45* Wagner as Conductor
After the final concert a London critic described Wagner as ' the worst conductor to whom the Philharmonic baton has yet been entrusted.' BERNARD KEEFFE thinks otherwise,
9.0* Wagner in London: part 2 Beethoven Symphony No 3, in E flat (Eroica)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by OTTO KIEMPERER .Weber Wie nahte mir der
Schlummer (Der Freischiitz) BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano)
BAVARIAN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by ROBERT HEGER
Mozart Overture: Die Zauberflote
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by COLIN DAVIS Producer KEITH HORNER gramophone records