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This is a summary of 1927 in music in the United Kingdom .
1 January – The British Broadcasting Company is turned into a Corporation and granted a Royal Charter with a public remit. Sir John Reith is appointed as the first Director General.15 January – The first performance of the Fantasie Sonata by Australian composer Roy Agnew (in London studying with Gerrard Williams and Cyril Scott ) at the Wigmore Hall , played by William Murdoch .20 January – On his way to the HMV studios at Hayes, Middlesex , bandleader Jack Hylton is involved in a serious road accident.[ 1] January
15 March – The String Quartet No 2 by Arnold Bax is performed for the first time at the Grotrian Hall in London.25 March – William Alwyn completes his Five Preludes for Orchestra .30 March – A whole evening of music by 21 year-old Christian Darnton is put on at the Grotrian Hall in London, financed by the composer’s parents. Although Darnton had been receiving other performances independently (including one of his Octet at the same hall four days earlier), the event has the unintended effect of straining his relationships with other composers and critics. Peter Warlock and Cecil Gray in particular went along to disrupt the proceedings, viewing it as an example of unmerited privilege.7 July – The first British record programme, presented by Christopher Stone , the UK's first disc jockey , is broadcast by the BBC.13 August – The first Promenade Concert to be held under the auspices of the British Broadcasting Corporation . The Proms had been founded 32 years earlier by Henry Wood and his co-founder Robert Newman , who had died the year before. The first night at the Queen’s Hall includes Elgar ’s Cockagnie Overture and Stanford ’s Songs of the Sea .[ 4] 20 August – There is a willow grows aslant a brook for orchestra by Frank Bridge is performed for the first time at The Proms in Queen’s Hall, the composer conducting.24 October – The Housman song cycle Along the Field for voice and violin by Ralph Vaughan Williams was performed for the first time, at the Grotrian Hall , London.27 October – The first performance of the orchestral Enter Spring by Frank Bridge takes place at the Norwich Triennial Festival, which commissioned the piece.6 December – The first 20th century staging of Monteverdi ‘s 1642 opera The Coronation of Poppea in the UK takes place at Oxford University. It’s a student production, following on from another student production in the US (Smith College, Northampton, Mass.) on April 27, 1927. The first 20th professional production has to wait until 1962 at Glyndbourne .date unknown
Classical music: new works [ edit ] 15 January - Francis Routh , composer and author (died 2021 )26 January - Ronnie Scott , jazz musician and club owner (died 1996 )[ 11] 7 February – Laurie Johnson , composer[ 12] 10 February – Brian Priestman , conductor and music teacher (died 2014 )[ 13] 20 March – John Joubert , South African–born British composer (d. 2019 )[ 14] 12 June – Al Fairweather , jazz musician (died 1993 )[ 15] 14 June – Elaine Hugh-Jones , pianist and composer23 June – Kenneth McKellar , tenor (died 2010 )[ 16] 4 July – Patricia Kern , mezzo-soprano (died 2015 ) [ 17] 19 July – John Hopkins , orchestral conductor who worked in the UK, New Zealand and Australia (died 2013 )[ 18] 11 August – Raymond Leppard , conductor[ 19] 25 September – Sir Colin Davis , orchestral conductor (died 2013 )[ 20] 28 October – Cleo Laine , singer[ 21] 9 November – Ken Dodd , comedian and singer (died 2018 )[ 22] 7 December – Helen Watts , contralto (died 2009 )[ 23] 26 December – Denis Quilley , actor and singer (died 2003 )[ 24] 26 February – Isabel Jay , singer and actress with the d'Oyly Carte Opera Company , 47[ 25] 17 March – James Scott Skinner , violinist, 8331 March – Edward Lloyd , concert and oratorio tenor, 8216 May – Sam Bernard , entertainer, 6328 October – Joseph Eaton Faning , composer and teacher, 772 November – Fred Billington , singer and actor with the d'Oyly Carte, 6321 December – Courtice Pounds , singer and actor with the d'Oyly Carte, 65date unknown – Haldane Burgess , writer and musician, 65
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^ Jennifer Doctor, 'Clark, (Thomas) Edward (1888–1962)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 31 Jan 2013^ BBC Proms Performance Archive ^ IMSLP IMSLP . Retrieved 3 March 2015^ "Edna Deane, Dancer And Inspiration, 90" . The New York Times . Retrieved 27 November 2009 .^ Written for the mayoral procession at the opening of the Hereford Festival on 4 September 1927
^ Foreman, Lewis (20 October 2011). The John Ireland Companion Boydell Press . p. 63. ISBN 978-1843836865 . Retrieved 3 May 2015 . ^ McCanna, Tom. "Works for orchestra" . albertketelbey.org.uk . Retrieved 4 July 2016 . ^ Oxford University Press ^ Frederick J. Spencer (2002). Jazz and Death: Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats 51 . ISBN 978-1-60473-633-5 ^ British Film and Television Yearbook ^ Gerald Norris (June 1981). A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland ISBN 978-0-7153-7845-8 ^ Guy Rickards (16 January 2019). "John Joubert obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 19 July 2019 . ^ Ian Carr; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz 1 . ISBN 978-1-84353-256-9 ^ Gerald Norris (June 1981). A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland ISBN 978-0-7153-7845-8 ^ Alasdair Stevens (23 October 2015). "Obituary: Patricia Kern, mezzo soprano" . The Scotsman . Retrieved 2015-11-21 . ^ The Strad ^ Thomas Akins (2004). Crescendo 75: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, 1930-2005 ^ Roy Hemming (1974). Discovering music: where to start on records and tapes, the great composers and their works, today's major recording artists ^ Eric Martone (8 December 2008). Encyclopedia of Blacks in European History and Culture [2 volumes] ISBN 978-0-313-34449-7 ^ Christian Boniman (3 May 2018). Ken Dodd: How Tickled I Am! ISBN 978-1-388-51770-0 ^ George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood (2010). Opera ^ Harris M. Lentz III (27 April 2004). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture ISBN 978-0-7864-1756-8 ^ Cannon, John. "Old Favourites: Isabel Jay" in The Savoyard, the magazine of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust, Vol. XVII No.1, May 1978.
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