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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1951 - Winter Series - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms
Performance Date8 January 1951
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersWilliam Parsons - vocal,
Eileen Joyce - pianoforte,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'Overture' from The Barber of Seville, Rossini,
Songs of Travel - 'Bright is the Ring of Words', 'The Roadside Fire', 'The Vagabond', Vaughan Williams,
'Prelude a L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune', Debussy,
'Concerto No.2, in C Minor for Pianoforte and Orchestra', Rachmaninoff,
Symphonic Poem - 'Till Eulenspiegel',
Symphonic Suite - 'Scheherazade', Rimsky-Korsakov
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1951/5)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1951/5The Henry Wood Promenade concerts - Winter Series - William Parsons and Eileen Joyce8 January 1951
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
AibavaifcdiveabBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1951 - Winter Series12
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/2509Parsons; William (1907-1975); English bass singer
DS/UK/1519Joyce; Eileen (1 January 1908-25 March 1991); CMG; Australian pianist
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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