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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1995 - One Hundred and First Season - The Centenary Season - Prom 26 - One Hundredth Anniversary of the First Promenade Concert
Performance Date10 August 1995
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersDonald Maxwell - vocal,
Howard Shelley - piano
Secondary PerformersJohn Cleland (President, Royal Albert Hall),
Marmaduke Hussey (Chairman, BBC)
Orchestra or BandNew Queen's Hall Orchestra
ConductorsBarry Wordsworth
Set ListPresentation of a painting by Tom Phillips, RA, commissioned to celebrate the centenary of the Proms - presented in the Royal Box from the RAH to the BBC (John Cleland, Marmaduke Hussey),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. H Wood (New Queen's Hall Orchestra),
Overture - 'Rienzi', Wagner (New Queen's Hall Orchestra),
'Prologue to 'Pagliacci'', Leoncavallo (Donald Maxwell, New Queen's Hall Orchestra),
'Piano Concerto No.1 in G Minor, Op.25', Mendelssohn (Howard Shelley, New Queen's Hall Orchestra)
INTERVAL
Overture - 'Mignon', Thomas (New Queen's Hall Orchestra),
'Symphony No.8 in B Minor, D759' (Unfinished), Schubert (New Queen's Hall Orchestra),
'Largo al Factotum', from The Barber of Seville, Rossini (Donald Maxwell, New Queen's Hall Orchestra),
'Carmen - Suite No.1', Bizet (New Queen's Hall Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1995/57),
Programme (RAHE/1/1995/83),
Poster (RAHE/2/1995/9),
Invitation,
Painting,
Video (RAHE/5/1995/7)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/N_9NmINhgFkzg
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1995/83BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1995 - One Hundred and First Season - The Centenary Season - Prom 26 - One Hundredth Anniversary of the First Promenade Concert10 August 1995
RAHE/5/1/1995/4BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1995 - One Hundred and First Season - The Centenary Season - Prom 26 - One Hundredth Anniversary of the First Promenade Concert10 August 1995
RAHE/8/4/1995/1BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1995 - One Hundred and First Season - The Centenary Season - Prom 2610 August 1995
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ozoxcfct_VifBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1995 - One Hundred and First Season - The Centenary Season70
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/16869Maxwell; Donald (1948-); British operatic baritone, director, teacher
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
DS/UK/16039Hussey; Marmaduke James 'Duke' (1923-2006); Baron Hussey of North Bradley; English journalist and Governor of the BBC
DS/UK/9239Shelley; Howard Gordon (1950-); OBE; British pianist, conductor
DS/UK/5372Wordsworth; Barry (1948-); British conductor
DS/UK/19925Cleland; John (fl 1990s); British President of Council of the Royal Albert Hall
DS/UK/4264Queen's Hall; Queen's Hall Orchestra; 1895-1995; British orchestra
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