Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a UK Pound Amount, 1830 to Present". MeasuringWorth . Retrieved 25 June 2011. These first test recording were not issued until December 1978. They then were included in an LP album called Great British Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos. [37] During 1951 Kathleen had an operation to remove a malignant breast tumour. This seemed to be successful and she resumed her career after a spell in hospital. She toured again, at home and abroad and was one half of many brilliant collaborations – with Roy Henderson, Benjamin Britten, Sir John Barbirolli and the great German conductor Bruno Walter, with whom she was instrumental in bringing the work of the composer Gustav Mahler to a much wider audience. Throughout 1952 she was dogged by problems of movement and it was found that further treatment was necessary. Determined as ever, she fulfilled as many of her commitments as she could between regular hospital visits. Eventually though, she was unable to meet the travel demands. She and Barbirolli were working on an English version of Orfeo and it was as much as she could do to keep up with this. Despite a further operation her condition continued to deteriorate and she was re-admitted to hospital where she died on 8 October 1953. Festival. In fact 1947 was the very year that the BBC first broadcast a cycle of all Mahler’s numbered Kathleen, by Maurice LeonardKathleen, by Maurice Leonard, Hutchinson (1988) – An excellent portrait that enlarges considerably on earlier biographies. It reveals aspects of Kathleen’s life and illness that her sister had been reluctant to focus on so soon after Kathleen’s death, and was written with Winifred’s full co-operation and help. Extensively illustrated. A revised and updated version was published in May 2008 by Nonsuch Publishing.

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Sir Thomas Allen, the distinguished interpreter of British song and Trustee of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, contributes an extensive booklet commentary that brings a lifetime’s experience to bear in an insightful analysis of Ferrier’s dexterous and treasured talent, accented by the distinctive tones of her native Lancashire. To Yoël L. Arbeitman] This was my first encounter with the St. Matthew Passion as an eight-year old choirboy. I still get chills up and down my spine when I think of the effect it had on me. I keep the old LPs even though they are unplayable now from my constant listening. Kathleen Ferrier's singing, although totally unfashionable now, is beautiful -- a real contralto. Elsie Suddaby had a lovely clear soprano decades before Emma Kirkby became a star. There's a wonderful old recording of Mendelssohn's "Elijah" (Beecham)? where she sings the part of the boy who spies the cloud appearing in heaven in the sacrifice scene -- an absolute delight. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Kathleen Ferrier Edition Vol 8". ArkivMusic. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012 . Retrieved 20 May 2011.

Kathleen Ferrier, Elsie Suddaby, Eric Greene, William Parsons, The Bach Choir, The Jacques Orchestra, Reginald Jacques A collection of some of Kathleen Ferrier’s repertoire from British composers. The earliest recording from1947, is of Benjamin Britten’s ‘The Flower Song’ from The Rape of Lucretia, the latest, from 1953 (both BBC recitals) includes Howard Ferguson’s lovely five part Discovery, three songs by William Wordsworth and Edmund Rubbra’s Three Psalms, specially written for Ferrier. Kathleen Ferrier, Joan Taylor, The Nottingham Oriana Choir, The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Roy HendersonPergolesi, Stabat Mater, with R Henderson, J Taylor & BNSO 1946 (Dutton 2CDAX 2005)
Schubert, Brahms, Mahler, Wolf, Stanford, Parry, Jacobson & Rubbra Lieder and songs (1947-1952): previously unissued recordings from BBC Archives and the National Sound Archive in 2017. Kathleen Ferrier Remembered (SOMM CD264)

Soloists; Vienna Symphony Orchestra cond. Herbert von Karajan; Wiener Singverein; Alois Forer and Anton Heiler (organ); Karl Pilss (harpsichord)A rarity in Ferrier’s repertoire – she had sung it only once before and was never to again – the Magnificat was a work the much-loved singer felt a close affinity with, joyfully declaring: “Oh! The Magnificat – I am in my element in this sort of music!” In 2012 Decca issued a 14-CD + 1-DVD boxed set (Kathleen Ferrier: Centenary Edition - The Complete Decca Recordings) which comprises all recordings published by that company, including several important 'off-air' recordings to which they had the rights. a b c d e f g "Kathleen Ferrier Edition Vol 7". ArkivMusic. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012 . Retrieved 20 May 2011. Leonard wrongly refers to Alma Mahler as "the composer's daughter". [54] Ferrier met Anna Mahler, the composer's daughter, at a reception after the concert. [55]