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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Fifty-Fifth Season - Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms
Performance Date17 September 1949
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJanet Howe,
Dennis Noble - vocals,
Denis Matthews - piano,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Choral Society
ConductorsSir Adrian Boult
Set List'Overture to a Picaresque Comedy', Arnold Bax,
Aria, 'Softly Awakes My Heart' from Samson and Delilah, Saint-Saens (Janet Howe),
'Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat' (Emperor), Beethoven (Denis Matthews),
'Symphony No.7 in C', Sibelius,
'Songs of the Sea', Stanford (Dennis Noble, BBC Choral Society),
'Fantasia on British Sea-Songs', arr. Henry Wood,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1949/172),
Programme (RAHE/1/1949/224)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/LB1LB._LfsOtAa
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/224BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Fifty-Fifth Season - Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms17 September 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Egagixom_BysBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949: Fifty-Fifth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2681Howe; Janet (fl 1930s-1950s); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/2689Noble; Dennis (1898-1966); British baritone, teacher
DS/UK/2584Matthews; Denis (1919-1988); English pianist
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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