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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Sixty-Second Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms
Performance Date21 July 1956
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersNicanor Zabaleta - harp,
Denis Matthews - piano,
Charles Spinks - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set ListOverture - 'Cockaigne', Elgar (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Piano Concerto No.23 in A, K.488', Mozart (Denis Matthews, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Symphony in D Minor', Franck (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Prelude and Cortege' from Le Coq D'Or, Rimsky-Korsakov (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Harp Concerto', Milhaud (Nicanor Zabaleta, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Fete Polonaise', Chabrier (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesEnglish premiere of 'Harp Concerto', Milhaud.
The event was filmed by BBC Television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1956/90),
Programme (RAHE/1/1956/91)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1956/90Henry Wood Promenade Concerts21 July-15 September 1956
RAHE/1/1956/91BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms21 July 1956
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cposasit_SehBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Sixty-Second Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/11795Zabaleta; Nicanor (7 January 1907-1 April 1993); Spanish harpist
DS/UK/2584Matthews; Denis (1919-1988); English pianist
DS/UK/8828Spinks; Charles (1915-1992); British harpsichordist, organist, composer, arranger
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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