Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Fifty-Fifth Season - Prom 14 - Wagner-Tchaikovsky Concert
Performance Date8 August 1949
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersVictoria Sladen,
Marjorie Avis,
Marjorie Thomas,
Betty Hutchings,
Murray Dickie,
Kathleen Kay,
Tom Williams,
James Johnston - vocals,
Leslie England - piano,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron
Set ListOverture, 'Rienzi', Wagner,
'Song of the Rhinedaughters' from Gotterdammerung, Wagner (Marjorie Avis, Betty Hutchings, Kathleen Kay),
'Prelude, Act III' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner,
'Sachs and David - Sach's Monologue - Scene1' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (Tom Williams, Murray Dickie),
'Sachs and Walter - Scene 2' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (Tom Williams, James Johnston),
'Sachs and Eva - The Quintet-Scene 4' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (Tom Williams, Victoria Sladen, Marjorie Thomas, Murray Dickie, James Johnston),
'The Ride of the Valkyries' from Die Walkure, Wagner,
'Piano Concerto No.2 in G', Tchaikovsky (Leslie England),
'1812 Overture', Tchaikovsky
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1949/172),
Programme (RAHE/1/1949/186)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/186BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Fifty-Fifth Season - Prom 14 - Wagner-Tchaikovsky Concert8 August 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Egagixom_BysBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949: Fifty-Fifth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3148Sladen; Victoria (1910-1999); British soprano
DS/UK/7408Avis; Marjorie (fl 1950s); British contralto and soprano singer
DS/UK/6445Thomas; Marjorie (1923-2008); English opera and oratorio singer
DS/UK/7483Dickie; Murray (1924-1995); Scottish tenor
DS/UK/7063Williams; Tom (fl 1930s-1950s); English baritone
DS/UK/6446Johnston; James (1903-1991); Northern Irish tenor, oratorio singer
DS/UK/6442England; Leslie (1902-1971); British pianist
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/8714Hutchings; Betty (fl 1940s); English soprano
DS/UK/8715Kay; Kathleen (fl 1940s-1960s); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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