The Cheltenham Music Festival

From information I collated for another forum, here is a list of principal works given their first public performances at the Cheltenham Music Festivals between 1945 and 1970:

1945 Arthur Bliss - Miracle in the Gorbals, concert suite (first British performance)
1945 Benjamin Britten - Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes, Op.33a (first concert performance)
1945 Benjamin Britten - Kermesse Canadienne, Op.19 (first British public performance)

1946 Benjamin Britten – Piano Concerto, Op.13 (revised version)
1946 Edmund Rubbra – Symphony No.2 (revised version)

1947 Richard Hall - Theme and Variations, for string quartet
1947 Alan Rawsthorne – Oboe Concerto
1947 Ian Whyte – Symphony No.1

1948 Arthur Benjamin – Symphony No.1
1948 Alan Rawsthorne – Violin Concerto
1948 William Wordsworth - String Quartet No.3 in A, Op.30

1949 Richard Arnell - String Quartet No.3, Op.31
1949 Richard Arnell – Symphony No.4, Op.52
1949 Handel (arr. Barbirolli) - Concerto for Viola and Strings
1949 Gordon Jacob – Symphonic Suite
1949 Philip Sainton - Nadir, Symphonic Poem
1949 George Dyson - Concerto da Camera, for string orchestra
1949 Alec Rowley - An English Suite, for string orchestra
1949 Bernard Stevens - Theme and Variations for string quartet, Op.11

1950 Francis Baines – Concerto for Trumpet and Strings
1950 Arnold Bax – Concertante for Piano (left hand)
1950 Anthony Collins – Symphony No.2 for Strings
1950 Peter Racine Fricker – Symphony, Op.9
1950 William Alwyn – Symphony No.1 in D
1950 Richard Arnell - String Quintet, Op.60
1950 Edmund Rubbra - Piano Trio, Op.68
1950 William Wordsworth - Quartet in D for oboe and strings, Op.44

1951 Arnold Van Wyk – Symphony No.1 in A minor (British premiere)
1951 Handel (arr. Barbirolli) - Concerto in B flat for oboe and strings
1951 Maurice Jacobson – Symphonic Suite for Strings
1951 John Gardner – Symphony No.1 in D minor, Op.2
1951 Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No.1, Op.22
1951 Brian Easdale - The Sleeping Children, Opera
1951 Humphrey Searle - Poem for twenty-two strings, Op.18 (British premiere)
1951 Philip Sainton - Serenade Fantastique, for oboe and strings
1951 Franz Reizenstein - Serenade in F

1952 Richard Arnell - String Quartet No.2, Op.14
1952 Richard Arnell - String Quartet No.4, Op.62
1952 Arthur Benjamin – Piano Concerto (Quasi una Fantasia)
1952 John Veale – Symphony
1952 Eric Coates - Interlude
1952 William Wordsworth – Sinfonia in A minor for Strings
1952 Anthony Collins - Hogarth Suite for Oboe and String Orchestra
1952 Geoffrey Bush - The Spanish Rivals, Overture
1952 Gerald Finzi - Love's Labours Lost, suite, Op.28
1952 John Gardner - Variations on a Waltz of Carl Nielsen, Op.13

1953 Richard Arnell – Symphony No.3, Op.40
1953 Iain Hamilton – Symphony No.2, Op.10
1953 William Wordsworth – Symphony No.3 in C, Op.48
1953 John Joubert - Overture, Op.3
1953 Geoffrey Bush - The Rehearsal, Overture
1953 Peter Racine Fricker - String Quartet No.2, Op.20
1953 Alec Rowley - Serenata, for string orchestra
1953 Phyllis Tate - String Quartet in F

1954 Geoffrey Bush – Symphony No.1
1954 Stanley Bate – Symphony No.3
1954 Peter Racine Fricker – Violin Concerto No.2, Op.21
1954 Alun Hoddinott – Clarinet Concerto
1954 Graham Whettam – Viola Concerto
1954 Alan Rawsthorne - String Quartet No.2
1954 Alec Rowley - The Boyhood of Christ, suite for string orchestra

1955 Gerald Finzi – Cello Concerto, Op.40
1955 William Alwyn - Autumn Legend, for cor anglais and string orchestra
1955 Humphrey Searle – Piano Concerto No.2
1955 Brian Easdale – Concerto Lirico for Piano and Orchestra
1955 Robin Milford - Overture for a Celebration
1955 Lennox Berkeley - Suite from Nelson, Op.42
1955 Lennox Berkeley - Sextet for clarinet, horn and string quartet, Op.47

1956 Francis Burt - Iambics, Op.5
1956 Iain Hamilton – Symphonic Variations, Op.19
1956 Daniel Jones – Symphony No.3
1956 Kenneth Leighton – Cello Concerto, Op.31
1956 Antony Hopkins - Ten O'Clock Call, Opera
1956 Geoffrey Bush - If the Cap Fits, Opera
1956 Benjamin Frankel - Quintet for clarinet and strings, Op.28
1956 Peter Racine Fricker - Litany for double string orchestra, Op.26

1957 Robert Simpson – Symphony No.2
1957 Arthur Butterworth – Symphony No.1
1957 Arnold Cooke – Clarinet Concerto
1957 Malcolm Arnold – Horn Concerto No.2, Op.58
1957 John Gardner – Piano Concerto No.1, Op.34
1957 William Mathias - Sonatina for clarinet and piano, Op.3
1957 Malcolm Williamson - Janua Coeli (Piano Sonata No.2)
1957 Ralph Walter Wood - String Quartet No.3
1957 William Wordsworth - String Quartet No.5 in G minor, Op.63

1958 Malcolm Williamson – Piano Concerto
1958 Alun Hoddinott – Harp Concerto, Op.11
1958 Ian Parrott – Cor Anglais Concerto
1958 Carlo Martelli - Serenade for string orchestra
1958 Franz Reizenstein - Preludes and Fugues, Op.32 Nos.7-12
1958 Alan Ridout - A Song Cycle to Poems by George Barker
1958 Matyas Seiber - Tre Pezzi, for cello and orchestra (British premiere)
1958 Robert Simpson - Allegro Deciso, for string orchestra
1958 Grace Williams - Six Poems by Gerald Manley Hopkins, for contralto and string sextet

1959 Arnold Cooke – Violin Concerto
1959 John Addison – Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet and Horn
1959 Malcolm Lipkin – Piano Concerto
1959 Iain Hamilton – Violin Concerto, Op.15
1959 Anthony Milner - Variations for Orchestra, Op.14
1959 Anthony Hopkins - Hands Across the Sky, Opera
1959 Harrison Birtwistle - Refrains and Choruses, for wind quintet
1959 Benjamin Frankel - String Trio, Op.34
1959 Peter Maxwell Davies - St Michael, sonata for seventeen wind instruments
1959 Alun Hoddinott - Piano Sonata No.1, Op.17
1959 Joseph Horovitz - Gentleman's Island, opera
1959 Kenneth Leighton - Piano Quintet, Op.34
1959 Hugh Wood - String Quartet in B flat
1959 William Wordsworth - Piano Quintet in D, Op.65

1960 Ralph Walter Wood – Piano Concerto
1960 Richard Rodney Bennett - Five Pieces for Orchestra
1960 Francis Burt - Espressione Orchestrale, Op.10
1960 Reginald Smith Brindle - Cosmos, four movements for Orchestra
1960 Arthur Benjamin - Divertimento for wind quintet
1960 Arthur Bliss - Ballads of the Four Seasons
1960 Adrian Cruft - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Schola Decaniensis
1960 Peter Maxwell Davies - Ricercare and Doubles on "To Many a Well"
1960 Benjamin Frankel - Symphony No.1, Op.33 (British premiere)
1960 Alexander Goehr - Four Songs from the Japanese, for voice and orchestra, Op.9
1960 Nicholas Maw - Nocturne, for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
1960 Nicholas Maw - Six Chinese Songs
1960 Thea Musgrave - Colloquy, for violin and piano
1960 John Ogdon - Variations and Fugue for piano, Op.4
1960 Alan Rawsthorne - Sonata for violin and piano

1961 Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No.5, Op.74
1961 Alan Rawsthorne - Concerto for Ten Instruments
1961 John Wilks - Six Pieces for Orchestra
1961 William Bardwell - The Tragic Mask
1961 Richard Rodney Bennett - Journal for Orchestra
1961 Alan Bush - Dorian Passacaglia and Fugue for Orchestra, Op.52
1961 Don Banks - Sonata da Camera
1961 David Blake - Divertimento for flute and piano
1961 Reginald Smith Brindle - Five Sketches for violin and guitar
1961 Peter Racine Fricker - Twelve Studies for Piano, Op.38
1961 Iain Hamilton - Five Love Songs, for tenor and orchestra
1961 David Wynne - Septet for flute, clarinet bassoon and string quartet

1962 Alun Hoddinott – Symphony No.2, Op.29
1962 Benjamin Frankel – Symphony No.2, Op.38
1962 Alexander Goehr – Violin Concerto
1962 Lennox Berkeley - Autumn's Legacy, song cycle, Op.58
1962 Gordon Crosse - Villanelles, Op.2
1962 Anthony Gilbert - Piano Sonata
1962 David Harries - Clarinet Quintet, Op.15
1962 Christopher Headington - Piano Sonata
1962 Elisabeth Lutyens - Quincunx, for orchestra
1962 William Mathias - Sonata for violin and piano, Op.15
1962 Ian Parrott - Septet for flute, clarinet, string quartet and piano
1962 Hugh Wood - String Quartet No.1, Op.4

1963 Thea Musgrave – Sinfonia
1963 Reginald Smith Brindle - Homage to H.G. Wells for Orchestra
1963 Richard Rodney Bennett - Nocturnes, for chamber orchestra
1963 Arthur Bliss - A Knot of Riddles
1963 Iain Hamilton - Arias, for small orchestra
1963 John Joubert - In Memoriam 1820, Op.39

1964 Alan Rawsthorne – Symphony No.3
1964 William Schuman – Violin Concerto
1964 Elisabeth Lutyens - Music for Orchestra III, Op.56
1964 Edmund Rubbra - String Quartet No.3, Op.112
1964 Alun Hoddinott - Harp Sonata, Op.36
1964 Lennox Berkeley - Diversions, four pieces for eight instruments, Op.63
1964 John Wilks - Beata L'Alma, for soprano and orchestra
1964 Harrison Birtwistle - Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments
1964 Peter Maxwell Davies - Veni Sancte Spiritus

1965 Arthur Bliss - Hymn to Apollo (revised version)
1965 Wilfred Josephs - Symphony No.2, Op.42
1965 Alan Bush - Variations, Nocturne and Finale for Piano and Orchestra, Op.60
1965 Don Banks - Divisions for Orchestra
1965 Gordon Crosse - Sinfonia Concertante, Op.13
1965 Benjamin Frankel - String Quartet No.5, Op.43
1965 David Carhart - Fantasy in Three Movements, for piano
1965 William Mathias - Piano Trio, Op.30
1965 Roberto Gerhard - Concerto for Orchestra

1966 Arnold Cooke - Piano Sonata No.2
1966 Gordon Crosse - Purgatory, opera, Op.18
1966 Alun Hoddinott - Piano Concerto No.3, Op.44
1966 Norman Kay - Passacaglia for orchestra
1966 John McCabe - Symphony No.1, Elegy
1966 Phyllis Tate - The What D'Ye Call It, opera
1966 Egon Wellesz - Symphony No.6, Op.95 (British premiere)

1967 Benjamin Frankel - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Op.45
1967 Robert Simpson - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
1967 Harrison Birtwistle - Three Lessons in a Frame for piano and five instruments
1967 Peter Maxwell Davies - Hymnos for clarinet and piano
1967 Priaulx Rainier - Aequora Lunae
1967 Edmund Rubbra - Eight Preludes for Piano, Op.131

1968 Gordon Crosse - Concerto for Chamber Orchestra, Op.8
1968 Reginald Smith Brindle - Amalgam, for percussion ensemble
1968 Elizabeth Maconchy - Three Cloudscapes for Orchestra
1968 Anthony Gilbert - Missa Brevis, Op.4
1968 Cornelius Cardew - The Great Digest (fragment) for chorus and organ
1968 Denis ApIvor - String Abstract ('67)
1968 Alun Hoddinott - Divertimenti for Eight Instruments, Op.58
1968 Edmund Rubbra - Violin Sonata No.3, Op.133

1969 Alun Hoddinott - Sinfonietta No.2, Op.67
1969 Tristram Cary - Continuum [electronic composition]
1969 Gordon Jacob - Suite for Bassoon and String Quartet
1969 Alan Bush - Time Remembered, Op.67
1969 Lennox Berkeley - Symphony No.3, Op.74
1969 John Metcalf - Chorales and Variants for two orchestral ensembles

1970 Peter Dickinson - Transformations for orchestra
1970 George Brown - Prisms [electronic composition]
1970 Howard Davidson - Omega Centauri [electronic composition]
1970 William Alwyn - Sinfonietta for Strings
1970 Jeffrey Bishop - Spells and Incantations
1970 Richard Stoker - Nocturnal, Op.37 for horn, violin and piano
1970 Humphrey Searle - Zodiac Variations
1970 Michael Tippett - The Shires Suite for Orchestra and Chorus
1970 John Tavener - Coplas for voices and tape
1970 Robin Holloway - Souvenirs de Schumann for orchestra
1970 Howard Riley - Textures for String Quartet