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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Sixty-First Season - Prom 48
Performance Date16 September 1955
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJennifer Vyvyan,
Norma Procter,
James Johnston,
Trevor Anthony - vocals,
Charles Spinks - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Choral Society,
Royal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
John Hollingsworth
Set ListOverture - 'Alceste', Gluck,
'Symphony No.9 in D Minor' (Choral), Beethoven (Vyvyan, Procter, Johnston, Anthony, BBC Choral Society, Royal Choral Society),
Suite - 'The Wise Virgins', Bach, arr. Walton,
'These Things Shall Be', John Ireland (Johnston, BBC Choral Society
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1955/94),
Programme (RAHE/1/1955/122)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/P-6P-ZaPWwGL5
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1955/122BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Proms 47 and 4815-16 September 1955
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eatanyhiob_SazBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Sixty-First Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/1565Hollingsworth; John (1916-1963); English conductor
DS/UK/3154Vyvyan; Jennifer (1925-1974); British classical soprano
DS/UK/9166Procter; Mary Norma (1928-); British contralto
DS/UK/6446Johnston; James (1903-1991); Northern Irish tenor, oratorio singer
DS/UK/6434Anthony; Trevor (1912-1984); Welsh operatic bass singer
DS/UK/8828Spinks; Charles (1915-1992); British harpsichordist, organist, composer, arranger
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
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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