Accompanied by Gerald Moore
Except for a term of study under Weist Hill, a pupil of Ysaye, and another term under John Saunders, Albert Sammons was self-taught. At Harrogate in 1906 he made his debut as a soloist playing the Mendelssohn Concerto at the Kursaal. He was then twenty. Later he was appointed Musical Director at the Waldorf Hotel and in 1908 he joined the New Quartet which was later re-named the London String Quartet. Beecham heard him play a concerto at the Waldorf, a performance that led to an engagement with his Opera and Symphony Orchestra. He stayed with Beecham for six years. Since the war, however, this great English violinist has devoted himself entirely to solo work.