Contains the following programme notes:

A26
17/10/1955, Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells, BBC Concert Orchestra, Gordon Heard, Eileen Joyce, Charles Mackerras. Glinka, Strauss, Dohnanyi, Copland, Verdi, Delius

A27
31/10/1955, Royal Festival Hall, London Symphony Orchestra, Royalton Kisch, Ilona Kabos. Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Symphony no. 8. Piano concerto no. 4, Symphony no. 7

A29
[Oct-Dec 1955], programme note for Ibert: Concerto da Camera for Also Saxophone and eleven instruments (carbon typescript only)

A30
16/12/1955, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royalton Kisch. Beethoven: Overture Coriolan, Symphony no. 3, Symphony no. 7

A31
03/02/1956, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royalton Kisch. Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Symphonies nos 6 and 3

A32
02/03/1956, Royal Festival Hall, London Symphony Orchestra, Royalton Kisch. Mendelssohn: Hebrides overture; Brahms: Symphony no.4; Dvorak: New World Symphony

A33
[March 1956], Tilford, Tiford Bach Society. J. S. Bach, J. C. Bach, Johan Roman, Vivaldi, Couperin. Leaflet of programme notes by Cooke for the music of the fourth Tilford Bach Festival

A34
07/04/1956, Royal Festival Hall, London Symphony Orchestra, Royalton Kisch. Rossini: Overture, The Thieving Magpie; Brahms: Symphony no. 3; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6

A35
16/04/1956, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royalton Kisch, Joseph Cooper. Beethoven: Overture, Egmont; Symphony no. 8; Piano concerto no. 4; Symphony no. 7

A36
22/05/1956, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royalton Kisch, Zadel Skolovsky. Weber: Overture Oberon; Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto no. 1; Schubert: Symphony no. 9

A37
25/06/1956, A37, Royal Festival Hall, London Symphony Orchestra, Royalton Kisch, Franz Reizenstein. Beethoven: Overture, Egmont; Piano concerto no. 5; Symphony no. 3

A38
26/09/1956, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royalton Kisch, Eric Heidsieck. Schubert: Rosamunde overture; Beethoven: Piano concerto no. 5; Brahms: Symphony no. 1

A39
07/09/1956, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Vienna Hofmusikkapelle, Josef Krips, Richard Lewis, Oscar Czerwenka. Schubert programme

A40
08/10/1956, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royalton Kisch, Franz Reizenstein. Beethoven: Overture, Egmont; Symphony no. 8; Piano concerto no. 3; Symphony no. 7

A41
03/10/1956, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Austin, Nathan Milstein. Ireland: London overture; Glazunov: Violin concerto; Beethoven: Violin concerto; Wagner: Siegried's journey to the Rhine, New Era concert. Programme notes by Cooke

A42
25/10/1956, Royal Festival Hall, London Symphony Orchestra, Royalton Kisch. Mendelssohn: Hebrides overture; Beethoven: Symphony no. 6; Sibelius: Symphony no. 2

A43
31/10/1956, Royal Festival Hall, London Symphony Orchestra, Jaroslav Krombholc, Gary Graffman. Suk: Serenade for strings; Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto no. 1; Roussel: Symphony no. 3, New Era concert. Programme notes by Cooke

A44 NOT FOUND

A45
Programme note ‘for the Haydn-Mozart Society’s Concert on November 6th [1956]; carbon typescript, 5 pp.

A46
Introductory note on the life and work of Robert Simpson, with accompanying letter dated 9 April 1956; carbon typescript, 5 pp.

A48
28/11/1956, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Austin, Julius Katchen. Berlioz: Overture, Le Carnaval Romain; Still: Symphony no. 1; Beethoven: Piano concerto no. 3; Honegger: Pacific 231, New Era concert. Programme notes by Cooke