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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1948 - Fifty-Forth Season - Prom 12 - Beethoven Concert
Performance Date6 August 1948
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAstra Desmond - vocal,
Kendall Taylor - piano
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron
Set List'Overture' from Prometheus, Beethoven,
'Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat', Beethoven (Kendall Taylor),
'Symphony No.3 in E Flat' (Eroica), Beethoven,
Symphonic Poem, 'En Saga', Sibelius,
Songs with Orchestra, 'Ragnhild', Grieg (Astra Desmond),
'Solveig's Lullaby' from Peer Gynt, Grieg (Astra Desmond),
'Fugue for Orchestra', Searle
Performance NotesPremiere of 'Fugue for Orchestra' by Searle.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1948/160),
Programme (RAHE/1/1948/173)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/173BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1948 - Fifty-Forth Season - Prom 12 - Beethoven Concert6 August 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eraxesez_BoxBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1948: Fifty-Forth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/1244Taylor; Kendall (1905-1999); English pianist, teacher
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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