• Source: 1948 in British music

      • This is a summary of 1948 in music in the United Kingdom.


      Events


      10 January – The Amadeus Quartet (formed as the Brainin Quartet in 1947) gives its first recital under this name, at the Wigmore Hall in London, underwritten by Imogen Holst.
      16 January – The day after her New York concert debut, Kathleen Ferrier writes to her sister: "Some of the critics are enthusiastic, others unimpressed".
      17 April – The death of Alice, Viscountess Wimborne, lover of William Walton, ends their 14-year affair.
      21 April
      Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 6 is premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult at the Royal Albert Hall in London and broadcast on the BBC Home Service.
      The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain gives its first concert.
      5 June – Opening of the first Aldeburgh Festival, founded by Benjamin Britten, Eric Crozier and Peter Pears.
      13 October – Kathleen Ferrier joins Sir John Barbirolli and the Hallé Orchestra in a broadcast performance of Mahler's song cycle Kindertotenlieder.
      October – The Duke of Edinburgh is introduced to musical comedy star Pat Kirkwood in her dressing room after a show. They are seen together at a restaurant, creating a scandal in the newspapers.
      13 October – William Walton marries Susana Gil Passo.
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      Steuart Wilson becomes head of music at the BBC; the appointment will result in the forced retirement of Sir Adrian Boult as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
      Harman Grisewood replaces George Barnes as controller of the BBC Third Programme.
      The National School of Opera is founded by Joan Cross.


      Popular music


      Anne Shelton – "If You Ever Fall in Love Again" (Dick Farrelly)
      Dorothy Squires – "A Tree in the Meadow" (Billy Reid)


      Classical music: new works


      Malcolm Arnold – The Smoke (Overture), Op. 21
      Arnold Bax – Magnificat
      Benjamin Britten – Saint Nicolas, for tenor soloist, children's chorus, chorus, and orchestra
      Michael Tippett – Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles
      Ralph Vaughan Williams – Partita for Double String Orchestra


      Opera


      Arthur Bliss – The Olympians
      Norman Demuth – Le Flambeau


      Film and Incidental music


      William Alwyn – The Fallen Idol directed by Carol Reed, starring Ralph Richardson.
      Arnold Bax – Oliver Twist directed by David Lean, starring Alec Guinness.
      Brian Easdale – The Red Shoes directed and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
      Constant Lambert – Anna Karenina, starring Vivien Leigh and Ralph Richardson.
      Elisabeth Lutyens – Penny and the Pownall Case (the first feature film to be scored by a female British composer).
      Ralph Vaughan Williams – Scott of the Antarctic, starring John Mills.
      William Walton – Hamlet, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier.
      John Wooldridge – The Guinea Pig, starring Richard Attenborough.


      Musical theatre


      10 March – Carissima, starring Ginger Rogers and David Hughes, opens at the Palace Theatre and runs for 488 performances.
      22 December – High Button Shoes (Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn) opens at the Hippodrome and runs for 291 performances.


      Musical films


      A Date with a Dream, starring Terry-Thomas, Jeannie Carson and Wally Patch.
      Bless 'Em All, starring Max Bygraves.
      One Night with You, directed by Terence Young and starring Nino Martini, Patricia Roc and Bonar Colleano.


      Births


      17 January – Mick Taylor, guitarist
      19 January – Amanda Holden, English playwright, lyricist and composer (died 2021)
      3 February – Gavin Henderson, English trumpet player and conductor
      28 February – Geoff Nicholls, keyboardist (Black Sabbath) (died 2017)
      4 March – Chris Squire, guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2015)
      11 March – Jan Schelhaas, keyboard player
      22 March – Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer
      16 April – Robert Kirby, arranger (died 2009)
      28 April – Scott Fitzgerald (William McPhail), singer
      12 May – Steve Winwood, R&B singer
      15 May – Brian Eno, synthesizer virtuoso and composer
      21 May – Leo Sayer, singer-songwriter
      29 May – Michael Berkeley, composer
      6 June – Richard Sinclair, bass player (Caravan, The Wilde Flowers, Camel and Hatfield and the North)
      1 July – John Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Strawbs, The Monks and Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera)
      4 July – Jeremy Spencer, English guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
      5 July – Alan Hazeldine, pianist and conductor (died 2008)
      21 July – Cat Stevens (Steven Demetre Georgiou), singer-songwriter
      2 August – Andy Fairweather Low, guitarist, songwriter, producer and vocalist
      26 September – Olivia Newton-John, singer and actress (died 2022)
      3 October – Ian MacDonald (Ian MacCormick), music critic (died 2003)
      11 October – David Rendall, operatic tenor
      24 October
      Dale Griffin, rock drummer and producer (died 2016)
      Barry Ryan, singer-songwriter (died 2021)
      Paul Ryan, singer-songwriter and producer (died 1992)
      22 November – Mick Rock, rock photographer (died 2021)
      3 November – Lulu (Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie), singer and actress
      1 December – Colin Sell, pianist
      3 December – Ozzy Osbourne, singer-songwriter
      20 December – Alan Parsons, engineer and record producer


      Deaths


      9 January – Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, harpsichordist and clavichordist, 75
      21 February – Frederic Lamond, pianist, 80
      17 May – David Evans, composer, 74
      14 June – John Blackwood McEwen, composer, 80
      8 July – Reginald Somerville, composer and actor, 81
      20 August – David John de Lloyd, composer, 65
      12 September – Rupert D'Oyly Carte, impresario, 70
      20 November – Robert Carr, baritone, 67
      24 November – Nellie Wallace, music hall star, actress, comedian, dancer and songwriter, 78
      14 December – R. O. Morris, British composer and teacher, 62
      31 December – Ethel Barns, violinist, pianist and composer, 74


      See also


      1948 in British television
      1948 in the United Kingdom
      List of British films of 1948


      References

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