Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Sixty-Fifth Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms
Performance Date25 July 1959
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersNorma Procter - vocal,
Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick - pianos
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem)
'A London Overture', John Ireland,
'In Haven' from Sea Pictures, Elgar (Norma Procter),
'Sabbath Morning at Sea' from Sea Pictures, Elgar (Norma Procter),
'Where Corals Lie' from Sea Pictures, Elgar (Norma Procter),
Scherzo - 'L'Apprenti Sorcier', Dukas,
'Concerto in E Flat for Two Pianos and Orchestra, K.365', Mozart (Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick),
'Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell', Britten,
'Dance Concertante for Two Pianos and Orchestra (Three Hands), Graham Whettam (Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick) (First performance In London),
Suite - 'La Boutique Fantasque', Rossini-Respighi
Performance NotesThe event was filmed by BBC Television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1959/69),
Programme (RAHE/1/1959/71)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/6Q6vCG6T8snE
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1959/69BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts18 July-13 September 1959
RAHE/1/1959/71BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms25 July 1959
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IbosefiekotoovBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Sixty-Fifth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/9166Procter; Mary Norma (1928-); British contralto
DS/UK/2381Smith; Cyril James (1909-1974); OBE; English concert pianist
DS/UK/2667Sellick; Phyllis (1911-2007); OBE; English pianist, teacher
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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