That was a concert of the Royal Philharmonic Society with soloists Maud Willby and Norman Stone, with the newly formed Philharmonic Choir under the direction of its founder Charles Kennedy Scott making its first public appearance.
Then there was the first European performance of the Walton Concerto in 1941, which he gave with the Royal Philharmonic Society.
In 1920 Chess and Robinson left for London where Robinson was employed as treasurer to the Royal Philharmonic Society.
He became Chair of the Royal Philharmonic Society from 1997-2005: the Society awarded him an Honorary Membership, which it rarely bestows, in 2011.
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The scheme, devised by the Royal Philharmonic Society in partnership with the PRS Foundation, was designed to allow composers the time and space to create new work, and to take their place at the heart of the orchestral community.