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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Seventy-Fourth Season - Prom 41
Performance Date2 September 1968
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAlfred Brendel - piano,
Heather Harper,
John Shirley-Quirk - vocals
Orchestra or BandRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsCharles Groves
Set List'Overture' from Roman Carnival, Berlioz (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major', Beethoven (Alfred Brendel, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Symphony No.3 in F Major', Brahms (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Requiem', Delius (Heather Harper, John Shirley-Quirk, Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Performance NotesProms premiere of 'Requiem', Delius.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1968/94),
Programme (RAHE/1/1968/138)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1968/138BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Prom 412 September 1968
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oipaneroor_RevBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Seventy-Fourth Season52
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/41Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO); 1946-; British orchestra
DS/UK/9860Harper; Heather (1930-); Northern Irish-born British operatic soprano
DS/UK/9334Quirk; John Shirley- (1931-2014); CBE; English bass-baritone
DS/UK/9620Brendel; Sir; Alfred (1931-); KBE; Austrian pianist, poet, artist, author
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/9318Groves; Sir; Charles Bernard (1915-1992); English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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