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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1963 - Sixty-Ninth Season - Prom 47
Performance Date12 September 1963
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersHeather Harper,
Norma Procter,
Peter Pears,
Thomas Hemsley - vocals
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Chorus,
BBC Choral Society,
Boys from Emanuel School
ConductorsBenjamin Britten
Set List'Chacony in G Minor', Purcell (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Cantata Misericordium, Op.69', Britten (Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, BBC Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Sinfonia Da Requiem, Op.20', Britten (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Spring Symphony, Op.44', Britten (Heather Harper, Norma Procter, Peter Pears, BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, Boys from Emanuel School, London Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesUK premiere of 'Cantata Misericordium', Benjamin Britten.
Benjamin Britten's 50th birthday.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1963/89),
Programme (RAHE/1/1963/138),
Poster (RAHE/2/1963/4)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/.Ec.ZnE.WHvzo
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1963/138BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1963 - Prom 4712 September 1963
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cbaxclowx_M_NBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1963 - Sixty-Ninth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9166Procter; Mary Norma (1928-); British contralto
DS/UK/9860Harper; Heather (1930-); Northern Irish-born British operatic soprano
DS/UK/3185Pears; Sir; Peter Neville Luard (1910-1986); English tenor
DS/UK/11240Hemsley; Thomas (1927-2013); English baritone
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/958British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Singers; 1924-; British chamber choir
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
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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