1931 in British music

This is a summary of 1931 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

• 24 January – Mary Garden makes her last appearance with the Chicago Civic Opera company. She retires to her native Scotland.
• 22–28 July – The ninth annual ISCM Festival of Contemporary Music takes place in London and Oxford, with concerts of orchestral, choral, and chamber music.
• 22 August – Anton Webern’s Passacaglia Op. 1 receives its first performance in England at the Proms, by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Henry Wood.
• date unknown – Gustav Holst appears as an extra in a crowd scene in the film The Bells.

Popular music

• "Close Your Eyes", by D. Carter and H. M. Tennent
• "Lady Of Spain"; music by Tolchard Evans, lyrics by Erell Reaves
• "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", by Noël Coward
• "My Girl's Pussy", by Harry Roy and his Bat Club Boys

Classical music: new works

• Havergal Brian – Symphony No. 2 in E minor
• Frank Bridge – Phantasm, for piano and orchestra
• Benjamin Britten –
• Christ's Nativity, Christmas Suite, for SATB choir
• Plymouth Town, ballet, for orchestra
• String Quartet in D
• Arnold Cooke – Passacaglia, Scherzo, and Finale, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and string quartet
• Frederick Delius –
• Fantastic Dance, for orchestra
• Irmelin Prelude, for orchestra
• George Dyson – The Canterbury Pilgrims (Geoffrey Chaucer), for soprano, tenor, baritone, choir, and orchestra
• Edward Elgar – Soliloquy, for oboe and orchestra
• Gerald Finzi – To Joy, for voice and piano, op. 13
• Patrick Hadley – Symphonic Ballad: The Trees So High
• Gustav Holst – Twelve Welsh Folk Songs, for choir, H183
• Herbert Howells –
• "A Maid Peerless", for SSAA choir and orchestra
• Severn, for SATB choir
• Gordon Jacob – Passacaglia on a Well-Known Theme, for orchestra
• Elizabeth Maconchy –
• A Hymn to Christ, A Hymn to God the Father, for double choir
• The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo, for choir and orchestra
• Cyril Scott –
• Concerto, for cello and orchestra
• Trio No. 1, for violin, viola, and cello
• Trio No. 2, for violin, viola, and cello
• Herbert Sumsion – Piano Trio
• Michael Tippett – Symphonic Movement, for orchestra
• Ralph Vaughan Williams –
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• Piano Concerto in C major
• William Walton – Belshazzar's Feast (oratorio)