January:

Saturday 1st Glasgow. Messiah. Noon. Evening Kindertotenlieder ([Walter] Susskind).

Sunday 2nd Glasgow. Recital. Reh 10am, Greens Playhouse, Renfield St. Two groups: Prepare thyself Zion, Have mercy Lord. Ombra mai fu, Che faro.

Monday 3rd John. Hair 11am. Ring Emmie. Dinner evening? Parry/Phyllis. 4 tickets for 12th. Salzburg dates for hotel. 7.15 Emmie.

Tuesday 4th Phyllis 5pm.

Wednesday 5th Golf. Bill and Norman. 10am from Baker Street. Green Line 718 to Windsor. Fordbridge Rd, Ashford. Ask for Ashford Manor G[olf] C[lub]. Phyllis morning 10.45. Peter – lunch, check restaurant Edgware Rd. Hair 3pm. Win 5-ish party.

Thursday 6th Nottingham. Blue Triangle Hall. Recital 7.30. Phyllis. Get two tickets for Dorothy. Mad Bess, There's not a swain, Ev. Hymn, Hark. Junge Nonne, Tod, Musensohn, Liebst mich nicht, Erlkönig. Four [by] Wolf. Bable, Soft day, La belle dame, Ash grove, O.C. Black Boy [Hotel].

Friday 7th [Train back] 9.25, arr. 12.35. Mrs Ostrer Casa Prada 1.15. Freddie 5–6 Reh room Maida Vale.

Saturday 8th Albert Hall. Messiah. Royal Choral Society. Aft. Bobbie and Eddie coming round. Dinner Victor Olof.

Sunday 9th Reh 10.30. Recording 11.30–12.15. Studio 5, Maida Vale. Zwerg, Erster Verlust, Schiffer, An den Mond, Schlummerlied, Du liebst mich nicht, Der Kreuzzug, Wiegenlied. 12.45 Lunch Ivor Newton, Garrick Club. Ruth D[raper].

Monday 10th 10 Phyllis. 12–1 Mr Gibilaro, 14 Dineley. Sir M[alcolm Sargent]. 9 Albert Hall Mansions 3pm. Aft. 4pm John. Final fitting.

Tuesday 11th Woking Music Club. County School for Boys. Christ Church Hall 8.15. 50gns. Including 10 [for] Phyllis. 11.30 train. Prepare, Soothing sleep, Whyte lily, Pack. Junge Nonne, Tod, Musensohn, Du bist die Ruh, Erlkönig. Blacksmith, Roses 3, Swallow, Barefoot. Bable, Lough, Rape [Flower song], Ash grove, O.C.

Wednesday 12th Albert Hall. Four Serious. 7.30. Sir Malcolm. [BBC Symphony Orchestra] Reh 10.30. John tickets (2).

Saturday 15th Laren [Holland] 7pm. Dearest consort, Art thou troubled?, Lasciatemi, Piu diceste, Che faro, Frauenliebe, Stanford. Magnificat. Reh 11.30. Dr Mengelberg.

Sunday 16th Hilversum. AVRO [Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep or General Association of Radio Broadcasting]. Alto Rhapsody. Mengelberg. 10 mins on a boat. Where’er you walk, Sigh no more, Bobby Shaftoe.

Monday 17th Lunch 12.30 Raphael [sic] Kubelik. 10.30–11.30 [BBC] Home Service Schubert.