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Performance TitleA Grand Charity Concert, in aid of The Red Cross and St. John Fund
Performance Date18 March 1943
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersYehudi Menuhin - violin
Orchestra or BandLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorsSir Henry J.Wood
Set List'Academic Festival Overture', Brahms,
'Violin Concerto in D,Op.77', Brahms (Yehudi Menuhin),
'Violin Concerto No.4 in D Major, K.218', Mozart (Yehudi Menuhin0,
'Overture Cockaigne', Elgar
Performance NotesThis concert was the first of four concerts that Menuhin played at the Royal Albert Hall specifically to raise money for wartime charities during March-April 1943.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1943/23),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1943/9)
Ticket Prices3s 6d-£2 2s
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1943/23A Grand Charity Concert, in aid of the Red Cross and St. John Fund - Yehudi Menuhin and the London Philharmonic Orchestra18 March 1943
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IepakaikeabifiovA Grand Charity Concert, in aid of The Red Cross and St. John Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/121Menuhin; Yehudi (22 April 1916-12 March 1999); Baron Menuhin OM KBE; American-born Russian violinist and conductor
DS/UK/1129London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); 1932-; British orchestra
DS/UK/39Wood; Sir; Henry (3 March 1869 – 19 August 1944); CH; English conductor
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