FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN

  • London
    • Introduction
    • South Bank
    • Battersea Pleasure Gardens
    • Press Coverage
  • Leeds
    • Opening Ceremony
    • Press Coverage
    • Celebrations
    • LCC’s account
    • Press Coverage
    • Woodhouse Moor Exhibition
    • Press Release
    • Press Coverage
    • Site Plans
    • Gallery
    • Cine Film
    • Publicity Material
    • British Music Debate
      • A notable Leeds survey of British music
      • Letters
  • Other Towns
    • Campania
    • Mcr v Leeds
    • Bradford
    • York
    • Manchester
  • Current Affairs
    • News Items
    • Cinema
  • Epilogue
    • Retrospectives
    • Memories
    • Cine Films
  • Celebrations
Letters

THE Y.S.O. HAS BEEN BADLY LET DOWN

MICHAEL COLBERT
July 7, 1951

THE Festival of British Music in Leeds has had a shock. It is a tragedy that audiences are so meagre. The West Riding has insulted present-day British composers and eminent artists. Without a blush, I say the programmes are the finest that have been compiled for the Festival anywhere in…

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