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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Sixty-Second Season - Prom 17 - Wagner Concerts
Performance Date9 August 1956
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersElizabeth Fretwell,
Janet Howe,
James Johnston,
Gwent Lewis,
Karl Kamann - vocals
Orchestra or BandLiverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron
Set List'Overture' from The Flying Dutchman, Wagner,
'Siegfried's Journey to the Rhine' from Gotterdammerung, Wagner,
'Prelude, Act III' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner,
'Sachs' Monologue, Act III, Scene I' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (Kamann),
'Sachs and David' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (Lewis),
'Sachs and Walter, Act III, Scene 2' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (Kamann, Johnston),
'Sachs and Eva - Quintet, Act III, Scene 4' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (Fretwell, Howe, Johnston, Kamann, Lewis),
'Ride of The Valkyries' from Walkure, Wagner,
'Scheherazade', Rimsky-Korsakov
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1956/90),
Programme (RAHE/1/1956/108)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/bs7baOebavvHFW
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1956/108BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Prom 17 - Wagner Concerts9 August 1956
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cposasit_SehBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Sixty-Second Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/2681Howe; Janet (fl 1930s-1950s); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/9983Fretwell; Elizabeth (1920-2006); Australian soprano
DS/UK/6446Johnston; James (1903-1991); Northern Irish tenor, oratorio singer
DS/UK/1275Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; 1840-; English orchestra
DS/UK/19111Kamann; Karl (1899-1959); German bass-baritone
DS/UK/19110Lewis; Gwent (fl 1940s-1950s); Welsh tenor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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