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Performance TitleBBC Symphony Concerts
Performance Date6 December 1950
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAlan Judd - 'Nuncius',
Michael Redgrave - 'The Saint',
Maude Baker - 'Mark'
Margaret Rolfe - 'Marcellian'
Joan Alexander - 'Voice of the Virgin Erigone',
Marjorie Avis -'Vox Coelestis'
Suzanne Danco - 'Vox Sola', 'Anima Sebastiani'
Secondary PerformersDennis Arundell - translator
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsPhilharmonic Choir
ConductorsAlbert Wolff
Set List'Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien', Debussy
INTERVAL
'Symphonie Fantastique', Berlioz
Performance NotesEnglish premiere of 'Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien' by Debussy, which attempted to reproduce the concert version, by Germaine Inghelbrecht, of the complete music together with spoken passages.

Spoken passages in English (translated from French by Dennis Arundell). Vocal music in French.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1950/276)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1950/276BBC Symphony Concerts - Season 1950-19516 December 1950
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EalaziefaisiniogBBC Symphony Concerts - Season 1950-5110
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/3525Redgrave; Sir; Michael Scudamore (1908-1985); CBE; English actor, director, manager, author.
DS/UK/1563Alexander; Joan (1912-2010); Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/2683Danco; Suzanne (1911-2000); Belgian mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/6728Arundell; Dennis (22 July 1898-10 December 1988); OBE; British actor, writer and opera producer
DS/UK/6719Wolff; Albert (1884-1970); French conductor and composer
DS/UK/6801Judd; Alan (fl 1940s-1980s); British actor
DS/UK/7408Avis; Marjorie (fl 1950s); British contralto and soprano singer
DS/UK/11802Baker; Maude (fl 1940s-1960s); British contralto
DS/UK/8105Rolfe; Margaret (fl 1940s); Vocalist
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