1903 in British music
overview of the events of 1903 in British music
This is a summary of 1903 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events
8 January - The first performances of Charles Villiers Stanford‘s Four Sonnets from ‘The Triumph of Love’, and his Allegro vivace in G for piano trio are given at St James's Hall, London.
15 January - The first performance of Arthur Hinton‘s Suite in D for Violin and Piano is given by Maud Powell and Katharine Goodson.
29 January - The first performance of Charles Villiers Stanford‘s Clarinet Concerto in A minor takes place in Bournemouth with Charles Draper as soloist, conducted by the composer.
30 January -The first performances of the Sonata for Piano by the London resident Italian composer Alberto Randegger, and Hubert Parry‘s sixth set of English Lyrics (6th Set), are given at St James’ Hall.
12 February - Cyril Scott performs in his own Quartet for Piano and Strings at a Broadwood Concert in St James's Hall, London; the other three parts are played by Fritz Kreisler, Emil Kreuz and Ludwig Lebell.
26 February - The first performance of Donald Tovey’s Trio for Pianoforte, Violin, and Cor Anglais is given by Tovey, Haydn Wood and Edgar Horton at St James’ Hall.
12 March - Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger‘s Violin Concerto, op 17 is played by Fritz Kreisler at a Philharmonic Concert.
6 June - Edward Elgar's Dream of Gerontius is finally given its London premiere at Westminster Cathedral, three years after its troubled premiere in Birmingham. By then it had been heard twice in Germany and twice in America.
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