Sir Henry Wood

So while he was credited with the intention of bringing out Stabat Mater waltzes -- by no means a difficult feat with Rossini's work -- and a Dead March gallopade, we must never forget that he was the first conductor to introduce symphonic music to the masses and the authentic pioneer of the movement which Sir Henry Wood has carried on at the Queen's Hall for the last twenty years and more.

Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857 Charles Larcom 1921

The account is remarkable not because of the quality of the performance (it isn't that special, and not in the same league as the recording made in 1929 by Albert Sammons under Sir Henry Wood) but because we know the composer was there, conducting his own work.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

The account is remarkable not because of the quality of the performance (it isn't that special, and not in the same league as the recording made in 1929 by Albert Sammons under Sir Henry Wood) but because we know the composer was there, conducting his own work.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010