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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1961 - Sixty-Seventh Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms
Performance Date22 July 1961
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJohn Ogdon - piano
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem),
'Overture' from The Journey to Rheims, Rossini,
'Piano Concerto No.2, Op.102', Shostakovich (John Ogdon),
'Symphony No.4 in F Minor', Tchaikovsky,
'Mazeppa', Liszt,
'Symphonic Variations', Franck (John Ogdon),
'Emperor Waltzes', J Strauss
Performance NotesThe event was filmed by BBC Television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1961/75),
Programme (RAHE1/1961/76)
B&W Photograph (RAHE/3/1961/2)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1961/75Henry Wood Promenade Concerts22 July-16 September 1961
RAHE/1/1961/76BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1961 - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms22 July 1961
RAHE/3/1961/2Photograph of Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting at the First Night of the Proms22 July 1961
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Emazealev_SuhBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1961 - Sixty-Seventh Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/10443Ogdon; John (1937-1989); English pianist, composer
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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