| Main Performers | Parry Jones - vocal,
Moura Lympany - piano,
George Thalben-Ball - organ |
| Orchestra or Band | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductors | Sir Henry Wood (first half)
Basil Cameron (second half) |
| Set List | 'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Overture, 'Le Carnaval Romain', Berlioz,
'The Prize Song' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (Parry Jones),
'Piano Concerto in A Minor', Grieg (Moura Lympany),
'Overture-Fantasy' from Romeo and Juliet, Tchaikovsky,
'Organ Concerto No.7 in B Flat' (Set 2, No.1), Handel (George Thalben-Ball),
'Valse Triste', Sibelius,
March - 'Pomp and Circumstance No.1', Elgar |
| Performance Notes | "When Sir Henry Wood came on to open his fiftieth season of promenade concerts on Saturday evening a vast audience rose to greet him. The Albert Hall was packed from roof to ambulatory just under the roof, and something like the old freemasonry which used to distinguish the Proms at Queen's Hall, made itself felt in the larger assembly. Sir Henry Wood conducted the whole of the first part of the concert, and handed over to his associate conductor , who during the first month will be Mr Basil Cameron, for the shorter second part."
(The Times, 12 June 1944)
The London Symphony Orchestra had celebrated their 40th Anniversary the day before the opening night of the Proms. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/1944/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/1944/61),
3 B&W photographs (RAHE/3/1944/1-3) |