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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Sixty-Fifth Season - Prom 48
Performance Date18 September 1959
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersElsie Morison,
Nancy Thomas,
John Mitchinson,
David Ward - vocals
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Choral Society,
Royal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Maurice Miles
Set List'Prelude' from Lohengrin, Wagner,
'Symphony No.9 in D Minor' (Choral), Beethoven (Elsie Morison, Nancy Thomas, John Mitchinson, David Ward, BBC Choral Society, Royal Choral Society),
'Ritual Dances' from The Midsummer Marriage, Tippett,
'Minuet of The Will-O'-The-Wisps' from Damnation of Faust, Berlioz,
'Dance of The Sylphs' from Damnation of Faust, Berlioz,
'Hungarian March' from Damnation of Faust, Berlioz
Performance NotesProms premiere of 'Ritual Dances' from The Midsummer Marriage, Tippett
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1959/69),
Programme (RAHE/1/1959/119)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/6Q6vCG6T8snE
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1959/119BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Prom 4818 September 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/1564Morison; Elsie Jean (1924-); Australian soprano
DS/UK/7409Thomas; Nancy (fl 1950s); English contralto, vocal teacher
DS/UK/9861Mitchinson; John (1932-); English operatic tenor
DS/UK/10708Ward; David (1922-1983); Scottish bass singer
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/6503Miles; Maurice Edward (1908-1985); English conductor, arranger
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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