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Performance TitleSt. Cecilia's Festival Royal Concert 1968 with the Halle Orchestra and Kneller Hall Band and Trumpeters, in aid of Musicians' Benevolent Fund, The Benevolent Funds of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, and the Musicians' Union
Performance Date19 November 1968
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersGina Bachauer - piano
Orchestra or BandHalle Orchestra,
Kneller Hall Band and Trumpeters
ConductorsLt.-Colonel Basil Brown,
Sir John Barbirolli
Set ListMarch - 'Crown Imperial', Walton (Halle Orchestra),
'On Hearing The First Cuckoo in Spring', Delius (Halle Orchestra),
'Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major', Beethoven (Gina Bachauer, Halle Orchestra),
Overture - 'Street Corner', Rawsthorne (Halle Orchestra),
'Elizabethan Suite', arr. Barbirolli (Halle Orchestra),
'1812 Overture', Tchaikovsky (Halle Orchestra, Kneller Hall Band and Trumpeters)
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Performance NotesThe event was recorded by BBC Sound.

Mrs Patrick Campbell-Preston and Captain Richard Jenkins were in attendance.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cbagaxeaf_RivSt. Cecilia's Festival Royal Concert 1968 with the Halle Orchestra and Kneller Hall Band and Trumpeters, in aid of Musicians' Benevolent Fund, The Benevolent Funds of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, and the Musicians' Union1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1000Halle; 1858-; English symphony orchestra
DS/UK/4050Kneller Hall; Kneller Hall Band; fl 1920s-1970s; British Army band
DS/UK/1100Barbirolli; Sir; John (2 December 1899-29 July 1970); CH; English conductor and cellist
DS/UK/13398Brown; Basil H (fl 1960s); MBE; British conductor
DS/UK/3150Bachauer; Gina (21 May 1913-22 August 1976); Greek classical pianist
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