Charles River Sinfonietta

In 1912 he married a singer, Sylvia Dalton, and they had their first son. In WW1 he played in the Scottish band as a horn and viola player. After the war he continued his professorship at the Royal Academy of Music where he remained until his death in 1961. He also taught for over 40 years at the Tobias Matthay Piano School. As a performer he was admired for his talent as a pianist and was always giving concerts at the Queen’s Hall and Royal Albert Hall. He performed all four of his piano concertos he composed as the soloist. Lots. of his compositions he dedicated to renowned musicians who would perform them. Yes Fritz Kreisler was one who premiered York Bowen’s suite for violin and piano opus 28, in 1910 That piece also got performed by some other well known violinists including Joseph Szigetti, Michael Zacherewitsch, and Efrem Zimbalist. in 1920 a celebrated violinist Majorie Haward performed Bowen’s violin concerto opus 33. And the first performances of his sonata for Horn and piano opus 101, and his concerto for horn , strings and timpani opus 150 were premiered and performed by the famous. horn players Aubrey Brain and Dennis Brain. As a piano soloist he gave the world premiere of William Walton’s Sinfonia Concertante for Orchestra and piano and he along with Henry Wood and Frederick Kiddie gave the first British performance of Mozart’s concerto for 3 pianos and orchestra k 242. York Bowen made the first recording of Beethoven’s piano concerto #4 in G.