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Performance TitleRoyal Concert 1964 - St Cecilia's Festival in aid of The Musicians' Benevolent Fund and Allied Charities
Performance Date24 November 1964
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersPaula Deane,
Moura Lympany - piano,
Yehudi Menuhin - violin
Orchestra or BandKneller Hall Trumpeters,
BBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsAntal Dorati,
Lt.-Colonel B H Brown
Set List'Royal Fanfare', J Hotchkis (Kneller Hall Trumpeters),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. G Jacob,
'Fanfare for Freedom', F Morgan (Kneller Hall Trumpeters),
'Silken Ladder - Overture', Rossini (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Violin Concerto in B Minor', Elgar (Yehudi Menuhin, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Piano Concerto No.1 in D Flat', Prokofiev (Moura Lympany, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Till Eulenspiegel', R Strauss (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth II,
HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh
Performance NotesThe Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Sir Edward Ford and Squadron Leader Michael Walmsley were om attendance.

The event was recorded by the BBC and televised at 22:30 on 22 December 1964.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1964/181)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1964/181Royal Concert 1964 - St Cecilia's Festival in aid of The Musicians' Benevolent Fund and Allied Charities24 November 1964
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Aifafcgin_MietRoyal Concert 1964 - St.Cecilia's Festival, in aid of The Musicians' Benevolent Fund and Allied Charities1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/121Menuhin; Yehudi (22 April 1916-12 March 1999); Baron Menuhin OM KBE; American-born Russian violinist and conductor
DS/UK/1494Lympany; Dame; Moura (1916-2005); English concert pianist
DS/UK/4050Kneller Hall; Kneller Hall Band; fl 1920s-1970s; British Army band
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/6837Dorati; Antal (9 April 1906-13 November 1988); KBE; Hungarian-born American conductor and composer
DS/UK/13398Brown; Basil H (fl 1960s); MBE; British conductor
DS/UK/2597The Duke of Edinburgh; Prince Philip (1921-2021); British royal family member, consort to Queen Elizabeth II
DS/UK/3143Queen Elizabeth II; Queen; Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (21 April 1926-8 September 2022); Queen of the British Isles, Constitutional Monarch of the Commonwealth, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Defender of the Faith
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