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This is a summary of 1943 in music in the United Kingdom. ==Events== * January * *The Committee for the Promotion of New Music (later renamed Society for the Promotion of New Music) is founded by Francis Chagrin in London with the intention of promoting the creation, performance and appreciation of new music by young and unestablished composers. Ralph Vaughan Williams agrees to be president, with Arthur Bliss the committee's vice-president.〔Payne, Anthony. ("Society for the Promotion of New Music" ), Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved 15 June 2014. 〕 * *Arthur Bliss's Piano Concerto and William Walton's ''Belshazzar's Feast'' are recorded under the auspices of the British Council. *27 March – Michael Tippett's String Quartet No. 2 is first performed in London.〔Kendall, Alan. ''The Chronicle of Classical Music''. Thames & Hudson, 2000: p. 234〕 * 24 June – Ralph Vaughan Williams conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the premiere of his Fifth Symphony at a Proms Concert in the Royal Albert Hall.〔 * 15 October – first performance of Benjamin Britten's ''Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings'' with soloists Peter Pears and Dennis Brain at the Wigmore Hall.〔Mitchell, Donald (ed) (1991). ''Letters From A Life: Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 2 1939-45''. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-16058-1. p. 1030〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1943 in British music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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