English conductor, organist and composer (1895–1967)
Malcolm Sargent in 1941
Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (29 April 1895 – 3 October 1967) was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. The musical ensembles with which he was associated included the Ballets Russes, the Huddersfield Choral Society, the Royal Choral Society, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, and the London Philharmonic, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Royal Philharmonic orchestras. Sargent was held in high esteem by choirs and instrumental soloists, but because of his high standards and a statement that he made in a 1936 interview disputing musicians' rights to tenure, his relationship with orchestral players was often uneasy. Despite this, he was co-founder of the London Philharmonic, was the first conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic as a full-time ensemble, and played an important part in saving the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from disbandment in the 1960s.
As chief conductor of London's internationally famous summer music festival the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts ("the Proms") from 1947 to 1967, Sargent was one of the best-known English conductors. When he took over the Proms, he and two assistants conducted the two-month season between them. By the time he died, he was assisted by a large international roster of guest conductors.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Sargent turned down an offer of a musical directorship in Australia and returned to Britain to bring music to as many people as possible as his contribution to national morale. His fame extended beyond the concert hall: to the British public, he was a familiar broadcaster in BBC radio discussion programmes, and generations of Gilbert and Sullivan devotees have known his recordings of the most popular Savoy Operas. He toured widely throughout the world and was noted for his skill as a conductor, his championship of British composers, and his debonair appearance, which won him the nickname "Flash Harry".
Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (29 April 1895 – 3 October 1967) was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading...
the UK. In 1942 her career was boosted when she met the conductor MalcolmSargent, who recommended her to the influential Ibbs and Tillett concert management...
performances. The first suite was arranged in 1945 by the conductor MalcolmSargent. In 1963 Muir Mathieson, who had conducted the music for the original...
The conductor MalcolmSargent's career as a recording artist began in the days of acoustic recording, shortly before the introduction of the microphone...
21:9:1945 "Have Mercy, Lord, on Me" Bach National Symphony Orchestra cond. MalcolmSargent David McCallum (violin) London: Kingsway Hall 6:2:1946 3 From St Matthew...
to the Royal Albert Hall, until the advent of MalcolmSargent as Proms chief conductor in 1947. Sargent held this post until 1966; his associate conductor...
in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and MalcolmSargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony...
century, the studio was extensively used by British conductor Sir MalcolmSargent, whose house was located near the studio building. The Gramophone Company...
successor, Sir MalcolmSargent, was popular with the public but had poor rapport with his players, and orchestral morale dropped. Sargent's successor, Rudolf...
remained so under his successors, though often rearranged, notably by Sir MalcolmSargent. A highlight of the Fantasia is the hornpipe ("Jack's the Lad"); Wood...
and from 1947 a boisterous 'tradition' was created by the conductor MalcolmSargent, making "Land of Hope and Glory" part of a standard programme for the...
three operas by Frederick Delius. Together with his younger colleague MalcolmSargent, Beecham founded the London Philharmonic, and he conducted its first...
with dialogue. Ad hoc casts of operatic singers conducted by Sir MalcolmSargent in the 1950s and 60s and Sir Charles Mackerras in the 1990s have made...
of the Liverpool Philharmonic, which the Hallé's former conductor MalcolmSargent had transformed into a full-time, permanent orchestra. Only four of...
Supraphon SU3676-2 1965 Lorne Greene London Symphony Orchestra Sir MalcolmSargent RCA Victor Red Seal LSC 2783 1965 Sean Connery Royal Philharmonic Orchestra...
Carte – Conductor: MalcolmSargent 1957 D'Oyly Carte – New Symphony Orchestra of London; Conductor: Isidore Godfrey 1961 Sargent/Glyndebourne – Pro Arte...
singer in the world. She also recorded Gilbert and Sullivan with Sir MalcolmSargent, but never sang in standard operas. Goodbye author/composer Paolo Tosti...
while there, he completed the slow movement of his First Symphony. MalcolmSargent, conductor, was born at Ashford in 1895. Thomas Tallis, composer and...
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