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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Fifty-Third Season - Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms
Performance Date13 September 1947
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersTrefor Jones - vocal,
Natasha Litvin - piano
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Adrian Boult,
Stanford Robinson,
Sir Malcolm Sargent,
Basil Cameron
Set List'Overture' from Euryanthe, Weber,
'Symphony No.32 in G Major, K.318', Mozart,
Aria, 'Un Di All' Azzurro Spazio' (Andrea Chenier), Giordano (Trefor Jones),
'Dream Pantomime' from Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck,
'Piano Concerto No.1 in G Minor', Mendelssohn (Natasha Litvin),
'Mars' from The Planets, Holst,
'Jupiter' from The Planets, Holst,
Suite, 'Escales', Ibert,
'Fantasia on British Sea-Songs', arr. Henry J Wood,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesThis was the first time that a part of a Promenade Concert was televised.

Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1947/154),
Programme (RAHE/1/1947/207)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1947/207BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Fifty-Third Season - Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms13 September 1947
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UkanyhiobifoifBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Fifty-Third Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1345Jones; Trefor (fl 1924-1930s); Welsh tenor
DS/UK/7357Spender; Natasha (1919-2010); English pianist, author
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/2108Robinson; Stanford (1904-1984); OBE; English conductor, composer
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
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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