<div id="LayerE10" class="Black_Text" style="visibility: visible; overflow: visible; width:500px; z-index:0; left:0px; top:0px; position:absolute; "> <div align="center" name="textnamecont" id="textnamecont" style="font-family : arial; font-size : 10pt; border:none; position:relative; width:100%; left:0px; top:2px; visibility:visibile; overflow:inherit; z-index:12;"> <div name="imagename" id="imagename" style="background-color:#eeeeee; color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-family:arial; font-size : 10pt; text-align:center; border:none; position:relative; width:95%; height:18px; z-index:10; overflow:inherit;"> George Weldon </div> </div> <br> <div align="left" name="infodisplayscroll" id="infodisplayscroll" style="font-family : arial; font-size : 10pt; border:none; position:relative; width:95%; left:20px; top:6px; visibility:visibile; overflow:inherit; z-index:10;"> <font size="1" class="Black_Text"><strong> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" bordercolor="#000000" border="0" width="460"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top"> <div><font size="1" class="DarkRed_SubHead"><strong>George Weldon (1908-1963)</strong></font></div> <div><font size="1" class="DarkRed_SubHead"><strong> </strong></font></div> <div><font size="1" class="DarkRed_SubHead"><strong><img height="160" width="160" src="/EZ/hr/hr/imagelibrary/weldon.jpg" alt="" title="" /> </strong></font></div> <div><font size="1" class="DarkRed_SubHead"><strong> </strong></font></div> <div><span class="Black_Text">George Weldon (1908-1963) came to prominence in 1943 when he was appointed conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in succession to Leslie Heward. After seven years, he left, possibly as a result of rumours about his relationship with a married colleague. </span></div> <div><span class="Black_Text"> </span></div> <div><span class="Black_Text">In 1952, Barbiroli invited him to Manchester as Assistant Conductor with the Halle. He also made a series of recordings with various London orchestras, including two versions of Elgar's Sea Pictures with Gladys Ripley, the Enigma Variations & In the South. </span><br /> <br /> </div> <div><br /> <br /> <br /> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></strong></font> </div> <br> <div align="center" style="border:none; position:relative; width:100%; left:0px; top:0px; visibility:visibile; overflow:inherit; z-index:12;"> <a href="sitemap.php?PHPSESSID=2v2h5ddksbul1880u0qou8vns2" target="_self"><img border = "0" src="images/vi_returnpage.gif"></a> </div><br></div>
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