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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1948 - Fifty-Forth Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms
Performance Date24 July 1948
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersConstance Cummings - speaker,
Heddle Nash - vocal,
Clifford Curzon - piano,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
Stanford Robinson,
Basil Cameron
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'Overture' from Le Carnaval Romain, Berlioz,
Aria, 'Il Mio Tesoro' from Don Giovanni, Mozart (Heddle Nash),
Symphonic Poem, 'Le Rouet D'Omphale', Saint-Saens,
'Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat' (Emperor), Beethoven (Clifford Curzon),
'Ballet Music' from The Perfect Fool, Holst
INTERVAL
Scherzo, 'L'Apprenti Sorcier', Dukas,
'Peter and The Wolf', Prokofiev (Constance Cummings),
'Joyeuse Marche', Chabrier
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1948/160),
Programme (RAHE/1/1948/161),
Photographs (RAHE/3/1948/2-5)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx?-r4-rRV-RQ0pqc
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/161BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1948 - Fifty-Forth Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms24 July 1948
RAHE/1/1948/160The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Prospectus24 July-18 September 1948
RAHE/3/1948/5Photograph of a mobile tea trolley outside the Hall serving tea and soft drinks to Prommers24 July 1948
RAHE/3/1948/3Photographs of a mobile tea trolley outside the Hall serving tea and soft drinks to Prommers24 July 1948
RAHE/3/1948/2Photographs of a mobile tea trolley outside the Hall serving tea and soft drinks to Prommers24 July 1948
RAHE/3/1948/4Photographs of a mobile tea trolley outside the Hall serving tea and soft drinks to Prommers24 July 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eraxesez_BoxBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1948: Fifty-Forth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2717Cummings; Constance (1910-2005); CBE; American actress
DS/UK/1360Nash; William 'Heddle' (1894-1961); English tenor
DS/UK/2143Curzon; Sir; Clifford Michael (1907-1982); CBE; English pianist
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/2108Robinson; Stanford (1904-1984); OBE; English conductor, composer
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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