January:

Wednesday 2nd Luncheon R.A.C. Pall Mall 12.45. Decca.

Thursday 3rd 12 John. 4 Elsie S. [Suddaby].

Friday 4th Hair 10.30. Jamie 6pm.

Saturday 5th Kathleen M. tea. Dinner out.

Monday 7th London. Prom RAH 7.30. Reh mng. 12 noon. [Brahms Four Serious Songs, conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent].

Tuesday 8th B en's rehearsing. Train Ald[eburgh]. L2.15.9. Taxis L1. Taxi 10 miles L1.10. Porters 5/.

Wednesday 9th B en.

Thursday 10th Home.

Friday 11th John. 4. J.B.

Saturday 12th Gerald 2.15. Emmie dinner. Rehearsal.

Sunday 13th London – Festival Hall. 7.30 Chausson. Gaston Poulet [conductor]. Reh mng. Gerald Played. [Because orchestral parts for the soprano version had been erroneously sent, Gerald Moore agreed to accompany Kathleen in the Poème].

Monday 14th Grimsby. Gerald. 7.30. Where’er, Soothing, Hark, Bess. Gretchen, Haiden Röslein, Suleika, Musensohn. Four Serious. S.N., Little Rd., P.R.T., Kitty. Mrs Osborne.

Tuesday 15th Ring Mr Robson. Pavilion [Hotel, Scarborough].

Wednesday 16th Scarborough. Central Hall. 7.30 Gerald. Where’er, Soothing, Hark, Bess. Piu dicesti, Lasciatemi morire, Che faro. Four Serious Songs. Silent noon, Go not happy day [G.N.H.D.], Little Rd., P.R.T.

Thursday 17th Newcastle. 7.30. Old Assembly Rooms, Westgate Rd. Gerald. Junge Nonne, L & W [Lachen und Weinen], Suleika II, Ganymed, Musensohn. Frauenliebe. Four Serious Songs. S.N., G.N.H.Day, Salley, P.R.T.

Friday 18th Lunch Dr Hutch?

Saturday 17th Carlisle County High School Hall. Lismore Place 7.30. Gerald. Bist du bei mir, Turtle, Hark, Mad Bess. Frauenliebe. Gretchen, Lachen & W., Musensohn, Sonntag, Botschaft. Ca’ the yowes, Blow, Keel row, Kitty.

Monday 21st Nottingham. Reh 2.30. [Peter Pears, tenor, Benjamin Britten, piano] Che faro, Sweet nymph I go before my darling. Purcell: Corydon and Mopsa, Gretchen, Suleika II, Lachen und Weinen, Du liebst mich nicht. Cantata Abraham and Isaac. [premiere of Britten's Canticle II]. Ash grove, Waly, waly, Ca’ the yowes, O[liver] Cromwell. Victoria Station [Hotel]. [Encore: ‘The deaf woman's courtship’ which Britten wrote especially for this tour].

Tuesday 22nd B irmingham. [as Nottingham 21st]. Grand [Hotel].

Wednesday 23rd Dinner Rick. Adelphi [Hotel].

Thursday 24th Liverpool. [as Nottingham 21st]. Adelphi.

Friday 25th Manchester. [stayed with] J.B. [as Nottingham 21st].

Sunday 27th Skipton Town Hall. Gerald. 7.30. Where’er, Turtle, Dido, Mad Bess. Ganymed, L&W., Suleika II, Musensohn. Frauenliebe, S.N., Loughareema, Bable, Kitty.