Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1961 - Sixty-Seventh Season - Prom 21
Performance Date15 August 1961
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJennifer Vyvyan,
Norma Procter,
Alexander Young,
Owen Brannigan - vocals,
Ernest Lush - piano
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Choral Society,
BBC Women's Chorus
ConductorsGeorge Malcolm
Set List'Two Canzonas from 'Symphonie Sacrae, Nos.3 and No.5', Giovanni Gabrieli (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F for Violin, Three Oboes, Bassoon, Two Horns and Strings', Bach (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Cantata Academica', Britten (Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter, Alexander Young, Owen Brannigan, BBC Choral Society, London Symphony Orchestra),
Serenade - 'Op.135 for Contralto, Women's Chorus and Piano', Schubert (Norma Procter, Ernest Lush, BBC Women's Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Motet in Forty Parts', Tallis (BBC Choral Society),
'Symphony No.2 in D', Beethoven (London Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesProms premieres of 'Two Canzonas from 'Symphonie Sacrae, Nos.3 and No.5', Giovanni Gabrieli, 'Cantata Academica', Britten, and Serenade - 'Op.135 for Contralto, Women's Chorus and Piano', Schubert.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1961/75),
Programme (RAHE1/1961/96)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/ndXnefynej2Edb
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1961/96BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1961 - Prom 2115 August 1961
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Emazealev_SuhBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1961 - Sixty-Seventh Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9166Procter; Mary Norma (1928-); British contralto
DS/UK/3154Vyvyan; Jennifer (1925-1974); British classical soprano
DS/UK/9003Young; Alexander Basil (1920-2000); English tenor
DS/UK/2719Brannigan; Owen (1908-1973); OBE; English bass
DS/UK/6597Lush; Ernest (1908-1988); English classical pianist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/2111British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Women's Chorus; fl 1950s-1960s; British womens' choir
DS/UK/6452Malcolm; George (1917-1997); CBE; English harpsichordist, organist, conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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