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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Sixty-First Season - Prom 16 - Bach-Handel Concert
Performance Date10 August 1955
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersGwyn Griffiths,
Manoug Parikian,
Erich Gruenberg - violins,
Geraint Jones - organ,
George Eskdale - trumpet
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron
Set List'Sinfonia' (Easter Oratorio), Bach,
'Concerto in D Minor, for Two Violins', Bach (Parikian, Gruenberg),
Recit and Aria - 'Behold! I Tell You a Mystery' from Messiah, Handel (Griffiths),
'The Trumpet Shall Sound' from Messiah, Handel,
'Organ Concerto No.14 in A', Handel,
'Music for The Royal Fireworks', Handel-Harty,
'Symphony No.5 in D', Vaughan Williams
Performance NotesProms premiere of 'Organ Concerto No.14 in A', Handel.

The organ's blowing mechanism broke down during the concert shortly before the Oragn Concerto.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1955/94),
Programme (RAHE/1/1955/105)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/P-6P-ZaPWwGL5
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1955/105BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Proms 16 and 1710-11 August 1955
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eatanyhiob_SazBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Sixty-First Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/6298Eskdale; George (1897-1960); British trumpeter
DS/UK/6644Jones; Geraint (1917-1998); British organist, conductor
DS/UK/8470Gruenberg; Erich (1924-); British violinist
DS/UK/3166Parikian; Manoug (1920-1987); British concert violinist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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