[2] She first made her mark as a composer with the Quintet for flute, oboe and strings, written in 1938 and first performed that year at a concert of the Society for the Promotion of New Music.
[3] The Quintet was heard again in 1944 at Fyvie Hall, Regent Street, played by an ensemble led by Leonard Hirsch.
[7] That year he formed the Harvey Phillips String Orchestra (with leader Hugh Bean), which included in its repertoire Harrison's Five Poems of Ernest Dowson for tenor and string orchestra - the first London performance with Peter Pears as the soloist on 15 December 1952 at the Royal Festival Hall[8] - and her Six Poems of Baudelaire.
[9] Pamela Harrison wrote her 1944 Cello Sonata for Harvey, who gave its debut performance with pianist John Wills at the Wigmore Hall on 9 May 1947.
[4] After the war Harrison went on to compose chamber and orchestral music, as well as vocal settings of Baudelaire, Herrick, Dowson and Edward Thomas.
[16][17] The Edward Thomas song cycle The Dark Forest for tenor and strings was composed in 1957, but had to wait until 1979 for its first broadcast performance, by Ian Partridge.
[18] A modern studio performance in Salford by the BBC Philharmonic with tenor John Finden took place on 10 January 2024.