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Performance TitleElgar Centenary
Performance Date2 June 1957
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersJanet Howe - mezzo-soprano,
Yehudi Menuhin - violin,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsHenry Wood Festival Choir:
Alexandra Choir,
BBC Choral Society,
Board of Trade Choir,
Epping Forest Orchestral and Choral Society,
Ilford Choral Society,
Kingsway Choral Society,
London Orpheus Choir,
South West London Choral Society,
Trevor Owen Singers,
Wallington Philharmonic Society,
Watford and District Philharmonic Society,
Wembley Philharmonic Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save The Queen', arr. Elgar, (National Anthem)
'Enigma Variations', Elgar,
'Violin Concerto in B Minor', Elgar (Menuhin),
'The Music Makers', Elgar (Janet Howe, Henry Wood Festival Choir)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1957/67)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1957/67Elgar Centenary2 June 1957
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OibikinykoxevElgar Centenary1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/2681Howe; Janet (fl 1930s-1950s); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/121Menuhin; Yehudi (22 April 1916-12 March 1999); Baron Menuhin OM KBE; American-born Russian violinist and conductor
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/9830Whitehall Choir; 1943-; British choir
DS/UK/9947Ilford Choral Society; 1941-2012; British choir
DS/UK/9949Trevor Owen Singers; fl 1950s-1960s; British choir
DS/UK/9953South West London Choral Society; 1886-; British choir
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