Extra Tracks

Below are tracks from our library that never made it onto one of our compact discs. They can be downloaded here as high quality 320kbs AAC encoded (MP3) files. Those originating on 78rpm discs are raw and no attempt to clean up the surface noise had been made although we have removed some loud cracks and bangs. Please note the previews are compressed files so the sound is not as good as that on the whole track.

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Sir Henry Wood (1869-1944)

Henry Wood like his his father became a craftsman and model maker. Young Henry also played the organ and became deputy organist of St Mary Aldermanbury at the age of ten. Henry also learned the piano and violin, but it was not until he entered the Royal Academy of Music at the age of sixteen that he received methodical tuition. On leaving the Royal Academy of Music he found work as a singing teacher and as an orchestral and choral conductor, gaining experience by working for several opera companies. In 1893, Robert Newman, manager of the Queen's Hall, proposed holding a series of promenade concerts with Wood as conductor. Newman's aim was to educate the musical taste of the public who were not used to listening to serious classical music. On 10 August 1895 the first of the Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts took place. Wood remained in sole charge of the Proms (with one or two exceptions) until 1941 when he shared the conducting with Basil Cameron and, in the following season, with Sir Adrian Boult as well. During Wood's time the Proms were a central feature of British musical life and he gained the nickname of "Timber" from the Promenaders. He brought about many innovations. He fought continuously for improved pay for musicians, and introduced women into the orchestra in 1911.

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1st movement

2nd movement

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