Leslie Heward

Leslie Heward (8 December 1897 – 3 May 1943) was an English composer and conductor.

Heward was born in Liversedge, Yorkshire, but became particularly associated with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Halle.

He conducted the first performance (1938) and the first recording (1942) of Ernest John Moeran's Symphony in G minor.

References

Andrew Moeran (March 2006). "Moeran's People and Places". The Worldwide Moeran Database. Retrieved 2007-08-18.

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra music directors

Appleby Matthews (1920) Adrian Boult (1924) Leslie Heward (1930) George Weldon (1944) Rudolf Schwarz (1951) Andrzej Panufnik (1957) Adrian Boult (1959) Hugo Rignold (1960) Louis Frémaux (1969) Simon Rattle (1980) Sakari Oramo (1998) Andris Nelsons (2008)

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