[9] Its inaugural concert took place at the Queen's Hall on 3 April 1924 and featured contralto Lady Maud Warrender (1870-1945) and the cellist Beatrice Harrison.
[10] Half the works in the concert were by women composers, and Dame Ethel Smyth was there to give a speech and conduct her piece On the Cliffs of Cornwall.
[11][12] Kimpton conducted several more concerts with the orchestra,[13] including the first performance of Germaine Tailleferre's Piano Concerto No.
Subsequent conductors included Adrian Boult (who on 4 May 1927 conducted the first performance of Gerald Finzi's Violin Concerto with soloist Sybil Eaton), the young Malcolm Sargent, Alec Sherman, Susan Spain-Dunk and (from 1933) Grace Burrows.
[15] Gwynne Kimpton's health issues continued, and she largely withdrew from public life during her final three years.