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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Fifty-Fifth Season - Prom 27
Performance Date23 August 1949
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersGeraint Evans - vocal,
Frederick Riddle - viola,
Ernest Christensen,
Thomas Best - pianos
Orchestra or BandLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Choral Society
ConductorsBasil Cameron
Set ListOverture, 'Euryanthe', Weber,
Recit and Aria, 'Il Lacerato Spirito' (Simon Boccanegra), Verdi (Geraint Evans, BBC Choral Society),
'Viola Concerto', Walton, (Frederick Riddle),
'Symphony of Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra', Stravinsky (BBC Choral Society, Ernest Christensen, Thomas Best),
'Symphonie Fantastique', Berlioz
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1949/172),
Programme (RAHE/1/1949/199)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/LB1LB._LfsOtAa
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/199BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Fifty-Fifth Season - Prom 2723 August 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Egagixom_BysBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949: Fifty-Fifth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/8723Evans; Geraint (1922-1992); Welsh bass-baritone
DS/UK/2142Riddle; Frederick (1912-1995); British violinist
DS/UK/7354Christensen; Ernest (fl 1940s); Pianist
DS/UK/3303Thomas; Elin Manahan (1977-); British soprano
DS/UK/1129London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); 1932-; British orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
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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