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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Winter Series - First Concert
Performance Date10 January 1949
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersMargherita Grandi - vocal,
Solomon (Cutner) - piano,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'Overture' from Carnival, Dvorak,
'Sleep-Walking Scene' from Macbeth, Verdi (Margherita Grandi),
'Symphony No.8 in B Minor' (Unfinished), Schubert,
'Piano Concerto No.1 in B Flat Minor', Tchaikovsky (Solomon),
Suite, 'La Boutique Fantasque', Rossini,
Aria, 'Vissi D'Arte' from Tosca, Puccini (Margherita Grandi),
'Prelude' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner
Related Archival MaterialProspectus (RAHE/1/1949/3A),
Programme (RAHE/1/1949/4)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/4BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Winter Series - First Concert10 January 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Crahiohok_BiepBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Winter Series12
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7568Grandi; Margherita (1894-1972); Italian soprano
DS/UK/242Solomon (1902-1988); British pianist
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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