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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Sixty-Fifth Season - Prom 19
Performance Date15 August 1959
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAlexander Young - vocal,
Patricia Bishop - piano,
Gilbert Webster - percussion
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society,
Wembley Philharmonic Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'Overture Di Ballo', Sullivan,
Song Cycle - 'To Julia', Quilter-Sargent (Alexander Young),
'Variations on a Nursery Song', Dohnanyi (Patricia Bishop),
'Hiawatha's Wedding Feast', Coleridge-Taylor (Alexander Young, Royal Choral Society, Wembley Philharmonic Society),
'Suite No.1' from Peer Gynt, Grieg,
'Concerto for Percussion and Small Orchestra', Milhaud (Gilbert Webster),
'Polovtsian Dances' from Prince Igor, Borodin (Royal Choral Society, Wembley Philharmonic Society)
Performance NotesLondon premiere of 'Concerto for Percussion and Small Orchestra', Milhaud.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1959/69),
Programme (RAHE/1/1959/89)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1959/89BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Prom 1915 August 1959
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IbosefiekotoovBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Sixty-Fifth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/9003Young; Alexander Basil (1920-2000); English tenor
DS/UK/8840Webster; Gilbert (fl 1950s-1970s); British cimbalom player
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/8921Wembley Philharmonic Society; fl 1940s-1960s; English choral society
DS/UK/11779Bishop; Patricia (fl 1950s); British pianist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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