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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1948, Winter Series - Prom 12 - Last Night of the Proms
Performance Date17 January 1948
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersMargherita Grandi - vocal,
Pouishnoff - piano
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsStanford Robinson,
Sir Adrian Boult
Set List'Overture' from Der Freischutz, Weber,
Scena and Cavatina, 'Vieni T'Affretta' from Macbeth, Verdi (Margherita Grandi),
'Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor', Rachmaninoff (Pouishnoff),
'Enigma Variations', Elgar,
'Royal Hunt and Storm' from The Trojans, Berlioz,
Aria, 'Vissi D'Arte' from Tosca, Puccini (Margherita Grandi),
'Capriccio Espagnole', Rimsky-Korsakov,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesSubscription tickets (promenade-Arena or gallery) 12s
Related Archival MaterialSeries Guide (RAHE/1/1948/3A),
Programme (RAHE/1/1948/17)
Ticket Prices3s 6d -7s 6d
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/17BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1948, Winter Series - Prom 12 - Last Night of the Proms17 January 1948
RAHE/1/1948/3ABBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - Winter Series5-17 January 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Iepapcvig_BagBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1948, Winter Series12
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7568Grandi; Margherita (1894-1972); Italian soprano
DS/UK/211Pouishnoff; Leff Nicolas (1891-1959); Ukrainian pianist and composer
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/2108Robinson; Stanford (1904-1984); OBE; English conductor, composer
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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