Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1942 - Forty-Eighth Season - Prom 40 - Handel Concert
Performance Date12 August 1942
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time18:00
Main PerformersAstra Desmond,
Henry Wendon - vocals,
Percy Whitlock - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsThe Alexandra Choir
ConductorsSir Henry Wood,
Sir Adrian Boult
Set List'Overture in D Minor', Handel-Elgar,
'Four Operatic Choruses (Set 1)', Handel (The Alexandra Choir),
'Crown Him Ruler' from Lotario, Handel (The Alexandra Choir),
'Now Cometh May' from Rinaldo, Handel (The Alexandra Choir),
'The Foolish Lover Squanders' from Deidamia, Handel (The Alexandra Choir),
'Hark How The Woods' from Atalanta, Handel (The Alexandra Choir),
Aria, 'Tell Fair Irene' from Atalanta, Handel (Henry Wendon),
Overture 'Semele', Handel,
Aria, 'Where Shall I Fly' from Hercules, Handel (Astra Desmond),
'Organ Concerto No.9 in B Flat', Handel (Percy Whitlock),
'Concerto Grosso No.12 in B Minor' (Hornpipe) Handel,
'Coronation Anthem-''Zadok The Priest'', Handel (The Alexandra Choir),
'Suite for Strings', Rameau-Savage,
'Blest Pair of Sirens', Parry (The Alexandra Choir),
'Jerusalem', Parry (The Alexandra Choir)
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1942/55),
Programme (RAHE/1/1942/97),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1942/3)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1942/97BBC Promenade Concerts - Sir Henry Wood's Forty-Eighth Season - Prom 40 - Handel Concert12 August 1942
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UsakiorobifiobBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1942 - Forty-Eighth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/1335Wendon; Henry (fl 1930s); British operatic tenor
DS/UK/6407Whitlock; Percy William (1 June 1903-1 May 1946); English organist, composer
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/39Wood; Sir; Henry (3 March 1869 – 19 August 1944); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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