Reconstructions of the concert programmes in which the nine symphonies of Vaughan Williams were first performed.
5: Royal Albert Hall, London 24 June 1943 Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream LPO/RAYMOND LEPPARD Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5 in D LPO/ADRIAN BOULT Handel Tell fair Irene (Atalanta) JAN PEERCE (tenor) VIENNA STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA; HANS SCHWIEGER Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor: SOLOMON (piano) PHlLHARMONIA/HERBERT MENGES Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird (1910): BBC SO/PIERRE BOULEZ Ireland Epic March LPO/ADRIAN BOULT Records (R)