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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1963 - Sixty-Ninth Season - Prom 11
Performance Date1 August 1963
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersHeather Harper,
Peter Pears,
Thomas Hemsley - vocals,
Simon Preston - organ, chamber organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra,
Melos Ensemble
ChoirsBBC Chorus,
BBC Choral Society,
Highgate School Choir
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
Meredith Davies,
Benjamin Britten
Set List'Overture' from Magic Flute, Mozart (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Symphony No.1 in B Flat Major' (Spring), Schumann (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'War Requiem, Op.66', Britten (Heather Harper, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, The Melos Ensemble, BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, Highgate School Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesProms premiere of 'War Requiem, Op.66', Britten.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1963/89),
Programme (RAHE/1/1963/101),
Poster (RAHE/2/1963/2)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/.Ec.ZnE.WHvzo
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1963/101BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1963 - Prom 111 August 1963
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cbaxclowx_M_NBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1963 - Sixty-Ninth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5616Preston; Simon (1938-2022); CBE; English organist, conductor, composer
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/9860Harper; Heather (1930-); Northern Irish-born British operatic soprano
DS/UK/3185Pears; Sir; Peter Neville Luard (1910-1986); English tenor
DS/UK/11240Hemsley; Thomas (1927-2013); English baritone
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/958British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Singers; 1924-; British chamber choir
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/9075Davies; (Albert) Meredith (1922-2005); British conductor
DS/UK/480Britten; Benjamin (22 November 1913-4 December 1976); Baron OM CH; English composer, conductor and pianist
DS/UK/14134Melos Ensemble; 1950-; British chamber music ensemble
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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