Broadway production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. That same year, Malcolm Arnold dedicated his A Sussex Overture, Op. 31, to Herbert Menges and the Brighton Philharmonic Society. He considered that he had a strong affinity with Bach and conducted the Viennese classics and composers such as Verdi and Tchaikovsky with restraint, while his Brahms and Dvorak are warmer in his interpretations. His rehearsal and conducting technique were commended for their economy and he would often forego the baton in more expressive passages. A later critic, discussing his recordings, praised the rhythmic acuity, superb internal balance in the orchestra and the precision of attack he achieved, comparing his approach with Paray and Monteux. He had conducting engagements with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He became Director of Music at the Chichester Festival Theatre from 1962. Herbert Menges was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1963. He died on 20 February 1972, in London, aged 69. His name now appears as tribute on some Brighton and Hove buses. Many of his letters and scores are held at McMaster University Library, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was married in 1935 to Evelyn Stiebel and had three children, Nicholas, Christopher (an Academy Award-winning cinematographer) and Susannah. Recordings Herbert Menges made a number of recordings, almost all of which were of concertante works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 1-5, Philharmonia Orchestra, Solomon Johannes Brahms, Violin Concerto in D, London Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Szigeti Britten, Piano Concerto, Jacques Abram, Philharmonia Orchestra, recorded Abbey Rd, 25 January 1956 Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Moura Lympany Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Philharmonia Orchestra, Solomon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 and 24, Philharmonia Orchestra, Solomon Sergei Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Philharmonia Orchestra, Shura Cherkassky Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1, London Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Szigeti Sergei Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Shura Cherkassky Alan Rawsthorne, Piano Concerto No. 1, Philharmonia Orchestra, Moura Lympany Edmund Rubbra, Piano Concerto in G, Op. 55, Philharmonia Orchestra, Jacques Abram Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Philharmonia Orchestra, Solomon Dmitri Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 1 (for piano, trumpet and strings), Philharmonia Orchestra, Shura Cherkassky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor, London Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Tortelier Ralph