This is a summary of 1946 in music in the United Kingdom. Events February – Kathleen Ferrier's recording contract with Columbia Records expires, and she transfers to Decca. 21 March – Swedish premiere of Peter Grimes, the opera's first performance outside the UK, in Stockholm. June – George Formby is awarded the Order of the British Empire in the 1946 King's Birthday Honours List. 5 July – Michael Tippett arranges the first British performance of Monteverdi's Vespers at Morley College, adding his own organ Preludio for the occasion. 6, 7 & 9 August – Leonard Bernstein conducts the first US performance of Peter Grimes at the Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood. Popular music Geraldo and his Orchestra – "We'll Gather Lilacs" (Ivor Novello) Archie Lewis and The Geraldo Strings – "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)" "It's A Pity To Say Goodnight" – (Billy Reid) Classical music: new works Malcolm Arnold – Symphony for Strings, Opus 13 Edmund Rubbra – Cello Sonata, Opus 60 Michael Tippett – Little Music for String Orchestra Ralph Vaughan Williams – Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, co-arranged with Joseph Cooper William Walton – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Opera Benjamin Britten – The Rape of Lucretia Film and Incidental music William Alwyn – I See a Dark Stranger, starring Deborah Kerr and Trevor Howard. John Ireland – The Overlanders. Alan Rawsthorne – The Captive Heart, starring Michael Redgrave. Musical theatre 7 March – The London production of Song of Norway opens at the Palace Theatre and runs for 526 performances. 19 December – Noël Coward's new musical Pacific 1860 opens at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, starring Mary Martin and Graham Payn. Musical films Gaiety George, released July 22, starring Richard Greene and Ann Todd. I'll Turn to You, directed by Geoffrey Faithfull, starring Terry Randall and Don Stannard The Laughing Lady, directed by Paul L. Stein, starring Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth London Town, released September 30, starring Sid Fields, Greta Gynt, Petula Clark, Kay Kendall and Sonny Hale and featuring Tessie O'Shea and Beryl Davis. The Magic Bow, directed by Bernard Knowles, starring Stewart Granger and Phyllis Calvert Births 3 January – John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) 6 January – Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) (died 2006) 10 January – Aynsley Dunbar, drummer and songwriter 22 January – Malcolm McLaren, impresario and founder of the Sex Pistols (died