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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Seventy-Second Season 1942-1943) - Elgar's 'Dream of Gerontius'
Performance Date13 March 1943
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersAstra Desmond,
Heddle Nash,
Tom Williams - vocals
Orchestra or BandLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsDr Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'Fantasia on a Theme By Tallis',Vaughan Williams,
'Overture in D Minor', Handel, arr. Elgar,
'The Dream of Gerontius', Elgar (Astra Desmond, Heddle Nash, Tom Williams, Royal Choral Society)
Royal PresenceHRH The Duchess of Kent
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1943/20)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1943/20Royal Choral Society - Dream of Gerontius13 March 1943
RAHE/1/1943/21London Calling Prague - Commemorating the occupation of Czechoslovakia March 15th, 193913 March 1943
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
AigoxoipiexifiovRoyal Choral Society (Seventy-Second Season 1942-1943)5
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/1360Nash; William 'Heddle' (1894-1961); English tenor
DS/UK/1129London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); 1932-; British orchestra
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
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