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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1971 - Seventy-Seventh Season - Prom 44
Performance Date8 September 1971
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJennifer Vyvyan,
Mary Wells,
Alfreda Hodgson,
James Bowman,
Charles Brett,
Peter Pears,
Ian Partridge,
John Shirley-Quirk,
Owen Brannigan - vocals
Orchestra or BandEnglish Chamber Orchestra
ChoirsWandsworth School Choir
ConductorsBenjamin Britten
Set List'The Fairy Queen', Purcell
Performance NotesBenjamin Britten's final Royal Albert Hall performance.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1971/98),
Programme (RAHE/1/1971/141),
Poster (RAHE/2/1971/2)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1971/141BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1971 - Seventy-Seventh Season - Prom 448 September 1971
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ionasohiep_RcbBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1971: Seventy-Seventh Season52
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4657English Chamber Orchestra (ECO); 1948-; English chamber orchestra
DS/UK/3154Vyvyan; Jennifer (1925-1974); British classical soprano
DS/UK/11771Wells; Mary (fl 1950s-1970s); English soprano
DS/UK/9110Hodgson; Alfreda (1940-1992); English contralto
DS/UK/10480Bowman; James (1941-); CBE; English counter-tenor
DS/UK/11772Brett; Charles (1941-); English counter-tenor
DS/UK/3185Pears; Sir; Peter Neville Luard (1910-1986); English tenor
DS/UK/9298Partridge; Ian (1938-); CBE; English lyric tenor
DS/UK/9334Quirk; John Shirley- (1931-2014); CBE; English bass-baritone
DS/UK/2719Brannigan; Owen (1908-1973); OBE; English bass
DS/UK/2151London Chamber Orchestra; 1921-; English orchestra
DS/UK/10451Wandsworth School Boys' Choir; 1895-1985; English boys choir
DS/UK/480Britten; Benjamin (22 November 1913-4 December 1976); Baron OM CH; English composer, conductor and pianist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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