Sargent made two tours of South America. In 1950 he conducted in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro and Santiago. His programmes included Vaughan Williams's "London" and 6th Symphonies; Haydn's Symphony No. 88, Beethoven's Symphony No. 8, Mozart's "Jupiter" symphony, Schubert's 5th, Brahms's 2nd and 4th and Sibelius's 5th symphonies, Elgar's "Serenade for Strings", Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", Strauss's "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks", Walton's Viola Concerto and Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Pierre Fournier. In 1952 Sargent conducted in all the above-mentioned cities and also in Lima. Half his repertory on that tour consisted of British music and included Delius, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Walton and Handel.