What "Who's Who" Says About Dr. Sargent

Radio Record, 21 August 1936, Page 18

What "Who's Who" Says About Dr. Sargent

SARGENT, Harold Malcolm Watts, Mus.D., Dunelm; A.R.C.O.; F.R.C.M.; Conductor-in-Chief Royal Choral Society sinc2 1928;- Musical Director CourtauldSargent Concerts since 1929; Musical Director and Conductor Leicester Symphony Orchestra since 1922; Conductor Robert Mayer Concerts for Children since 1924; Conductor Bradford Festival Choral Society sinee 1928; ‘Conductor Orchestral Classes, and Professor Royal College of Music, since 1923; Conductor British Women’s Symphony © Orchestri since 1925; Conductor Lord Palmer's Patron’s Fund Concerts since 1924; Conduetor Huddersfield Choral Society since 1982; Conductor Leicester Philharmonic Choral Society; b. 29 April, 1895; s, of Henry Edward Sargent, Stamford,

Lines; m.'1923 Hileen Laura Harding, d. of Frederic Horne, Drinkstone, Suffolk; one s. and d. Hdue. Stamford School. A.R.C.O, (Sawyer Prize) 1910, Artieled pupil, Peterborough Cathedral, 1911-14; . Mus-B. 1914-24; Organist, Melton Mowbray Parish Church, 1914-1924; during war served 27th Durham Light Infantry ; . Mus.D., Dunelm, 1919. Pupil of Moiseiwitch, 1919-21; conducted own composition, Impression on a Windy Day, at ueen’s Hall Promenade Concert, 1921. followed by Scherzo and Finale; condue‘tor, B.N.O.C. Conducted first performance Vaughan Williams’ Hugh the Drover and .Holst’s Boar’s Head, 1924; Con- » ductor Llandudno Orchestral Seasons, 1926-28. Conducted Hiawatha Production Royal Albert Hall, since 1926; Conductor Diachileff Season’s Russian Ballet, 1927-30; Conductor Gramophone Company (H.M.V. Records), Musical Director and Conductor for London Season Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, since 1926 ;. Musical Director, British International Pictures, Carmen Production, 1981; has also conducted Scottish Orchestra, Halle Orchestra. Brand Lane Concerts, Liverpool Philharmonie, TLendon Museum Concerts, Portsmouth Philharmonie, ete.