ASO Heritage 1930-40s

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Photos Very first rehearsal of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Adelaide Symphony Orchestra 1936, William Cade conducting? William Cade’s previous orchestra at the Melbourne Regent Theatre circa 1930 Mignon Weston Adelaide oboist 1937 ASO recording circa 1937, Hindmarsh studio ASO recording circa 1941, Hindmarsh Studio 6 ASO Town Hall concert circa 1937-9 William Haydock, Jack Thomas, Guido Giacchino & Jessica Dix circa 1943 Sir Malcolm Sargent & Lyndell Hendrickson concert 1939 Athol Lykke, ABC Concert Manager 1939 - 45 String players 1947 City of Unley Orchestra 1948 Historical photo of Klemperer announcing the very recent death of Richard Strauss, Sept 1949 to the Adelaide Audience Country tour, Naracoorte Caves visit 1949 Alec Findlay Trombonist Eminent conductors & soloists Arthur Rubinstein 1937 (Beethoven Piano Conc. No.3 & Chopin Piano Conc. No.1) Sir Malcolm Sargent Georg Szell 1938 Georg Szell 1939 (Oberon O. & Beethoven Sym No.7) Artur Schnabel 1939 (Moz.Conc. K595) Sir Thomas Beecham 1940 Antal Dorati & Ignaz Friedman 1940 Rafael Kubelik 1949 Elizabeth Schwarzkopf 1949

Anecdotes and articles SA Orchestra membership 1933 SA Orchestra founders and subscribers 1933 SA Orchestra programme title page 1934 Bill Bottrall Clarinets in the 1930s W Dearden Jackson Setting up ABC orchestras - Charles Moses Adelaide Symphony Orchestra created/ renamed SASO ASO first concert preview, Advertiser 21 March 1936 ASO's First concert programme 1936 ASO's First concert in the Town Hall Programme 1936 Union congratulates ASO conductor (W.Cade) ASO's State Centenary concert (M Sargent cond.) 1936 ASO concert repertoire 1936 - 1937 ABC news of new orchestra (+player list) William Cade, ASO's first conductor Guido Giacchino, ASO first cellist Jack Thomas newspaper article 1937 Jack Thomas State symphony Orchestra - Appeal for support Stanislav Victor de Tarczynski, leader 1936-41 Adelaide Studio Orchestra ABC broadcast 1938 Adelaide’s Lyndall Hendrickson’s solo performances for ABC WA circa 1939 Bushfire concert 1939 ASO Ladies Committee 1939 Lady's foot in mouth for Sir Malcolm Thomas Beecham concert review 31 August 1940 ASO membership list May 1940 War charities 1940 Jack Thomas newspaper article 1942 Popular orchestras newspaper article 1942 A call to arms Opera 1945 Ballet 1945 Playing for the troops 1945 Woodwind players during the war String players 1947 Constance Pether, first woman...... ASO membership list 24/6/1948 Enlarged Orchestra membership list 1949 Brewster-Jones's absolutely final last concert