This is a summary of 1904 in music in the
United Kingdom.
Events
7 January - The first performance of the Nonet for Four Voices, Four Strings and Pianoforte by
Henry Walford Davies, with the composer at the piano, takes place at the
St James's Hall in London.
14 March - The opening of a three day
Elgar Festival at Covent Garden - the first time such as event has been put on for a living English composer - which concludes on
16 March with the first performance of the orchestral work In the South.[1]
20 May -
Frank Bridge conducts the first performance of his symphonic poem, Mid of the Night at the St James’ Hall in London.
9 June - The
London Symphony Orchestra puts on its inaugural concert under the direction of
Hans Richter at the
Queen’s Hall. The program includes music by Wagner, Bach, Mozart, Elgar and Liszt, concluding with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.[2]
5 July - Edward Elgar is knighted at the King’s investiture.[2]
20 August – The UK premiere of
Claude Debussy‘s Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune takes place at the
Proms in the Queen’s Hall, nearly ten years after its premiere in Paris. Debussy’s music was not well known in the UK until the late Edwardian period.
7 September – The Love that Casteth Out Fear, a “sinfonia sacra” for contralto, bass, semi-chorus and orchestra by Sir
Hubert Parry, is performed for the first time in Gloucester.[2]
21 September – The first performance of
Edward German's Welsh Rhapsody, conducted by the composer, takes place at the Cardiff Music Festival.[2]
6 October – Everyman, a choral cantata by Sir Henry Walford Davies, is premiered at the Leeds Festival, conducted by
Charles Stanford.[4]
Other premieres at the Leeds Festival in October include Queen Mab, a poem for chorus and orchestra by
Joseph Holbrooke, Five Songs of the Sea by Stanford. The Witches Daughter by
Alexander Mackenzie and A Ballad of Dundee by
Charles Wood.
26 November – The first performance of Joseph Holbrooke’s orchestral tone poem Ulalume is conducted by the composer at the Queen’s Hall.
^"Show Girldom's Zenith in New Musical Play". The New York Times. 29 August 1905. p. 5.
^Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). "Addinsell, Richard (Stewart)". The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. pp.
5.
ISBN0-674-37299-9.
^"Vivian Ellis". Robert Farnon Society. Archived from
the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009. His date of birth is frequently given as 1904 but the Births, Marriages and Deaths Index gives 1903 as the year of registration.
This is a summary of 1904 in music in the
United Kingdom.
Events
7 January - The first performance of the Nonet for Four Voices, Four Strings and Pianoforte by
Henry Walford Davies, with the composer at the piano, takes place at the
St James's Hall in London.
14 March - The opening of a three day
Elgar Festival at Covent Garden - the first time such as event has been put on for a living English composer - which concludes on
16 March with the first performance of the orchestral work In the South.[1]
20 May -
Frank Bridge conducts the first performance of his symphonic poem, Mid of the Night at the St James’ Hall in London.
9 June - The
London Symphony Orchestra puts on its inaugural concert under the direction of
Hans Richter at the
Queen’s Hall. The program includes music by Wagner, Bach, Mozart, Elgar and Liszt, concluding with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.[2]
5 July - Edward Elgar is knighted at the King’s investiture.[2]
20 August – The UK premiere of
Claude Debussy‘s Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune takes place at the
Proms in the Queen’s Hall, nearly ten years after its premiere in Paris. Debussy’s music was not well known in the UK until the late Edwardian period.
7 September – The Love that Casteth Out Fear, a “sinfonia sacra” for contralto, bass, semi-chorus and orchestra by Sir
Hubert Parry, is performed for the first time in Gloucester.[2]
21 September – The first performance of
Edward German's Welsh Rhapsody, conducted by the composer, takes place at the Cardiff Music Festival.[2]
6 October – Everyman, a choral cantata by Sir Henry Walford Davies, is premiered at the Leeds Festival, conducted by
Charles Stanford.[4]
Other premieres at the Leeds Festival in October include Queen Mab, a poem for chorus and orchestra by
Joseph Holbrooke, Five Songs of the Sea by Stanford. The Witches Daughter by
Alexander Mackenzie and A Ballad of Dundee by
Charles Wood.
26 November – The first performance of Joseph Holbrooke’s orchestral tone poem Ulalume is conducted by the composer at the Queen’s Hall.
^"Show Girldom's Zenith in New Musical Play". The New York Times. 29 August 1905. p. 5.
^Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). "Addinsell, Richard (Stewart)". The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. pp.
5.
ISBN0-674-37299-9.
^"Vivian Ellis". Robert Farnon Society. Archived from
the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009. His date of birth is frequently given as 1904 but the Births, Marriages and Deaths Index gives 1903 as the year of registration.