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Performance TitleA Tribute to Rachmaninoff, in aid of Mrs Churchill's 'Aid To Russia' Fund and The Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Appeal
Performance Date7 June 1943
Performance DayMonday
Main PerformersBenno Moiseiwitsch - piano
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Henry Wood
Set List'Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18', Rachmaninoff,
'Piano Concerto No.3 in D Minor, Op.30', Rachmaninoff,
'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43', Rachmaninoff
Performance NotesMrs Churchill attended and was accompanied by M. Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador, and Madame Maisky. The audience was comprised on over 4,000 Allied Service men and women and many civilians. During the interval Mrs Churchill went to the dressing room to congratulate Moiseiwitsch and Sir Henry Wood. Well over £2,000 was raised. (The Daily Telegraph, 8 June 1943)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1943/54)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1943/54A Tribute to Rachmaninoff, by Moiseiwitsch and Sir Henry Wood with the London Symphony Orchestra7 June 1943
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
YbomaikcfifiopA Tribute to Rachmaninoff, in aid of Mrs Churchill's 'Aid To Russia' Fund and The Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Appeal1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1443Moiseiwitsch; Benno (22 February 1890-9 April 1963); CBE; Ukrainian-born Russian pianist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/39Wood; Sir; Henry (3 March 1869 – 19 August 1944); CH; English conductor
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