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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1953 - Fifty-Ninth Season - Prom 48
Performance Date18 September 1953
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersElsie Morison,
Gladys Ripley,
Richard Lewis,
Norman Walker - vocals,
Jean Pougnet - violin,
Herbert Downes - viola,
Eric Gritton - piano, organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
Trevor Harvey
Set ListOverture - 'Iphigenia in Aulis', Gluck,
'Symphony No.9 in D Minor' (Choral), Beethoven,
'Romantic Fantasy for Violin, Viola and Orchestra', Benjaminn,
'Toccata in F', Bach-Wood
Performance NotesProms premiere of 'Romantic Fantasy For Violin, Viola and Orchestra', Benjaminn.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1953/83),
Programme (RAHE/1/1953/132)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/5f5I1A5o-2Wq
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1953/132Fifty Ninth Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - Elsie Morison, Gladys Ripley, Richard Lewis and Norman Walker18 September 1953
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Uzogenas_BeapBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1953 - Fifty-Ninth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/1564Morison; Elsie Jean (1924-); Australian soprano
DS/UK/3285Walker; Norman (1907-1963); English bass singer
DS/UK/7477Gritton; Eric (fl 1950s); British organist
DS/UK/1247Ripley; Gladys (1908-1955); English contralto
DS/UK/2661Lewis; Richard (1914-1990); CBE; Welsh tenor
DS/UK/2674Pougnet; Jean (1907-1968); Mauritian concert violinist, orchestra leader
DS/UK/3167Downes; Herbert James (1909-2004); English violist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/2110Harvey; Trevor (1911-1989); English conductor, composer
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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