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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Fifty-Fifth Season - Prom 12 - Beethoven Concert
Performance Date5 August 1949
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersEmelie Hooke - vocal,
Solomon (Cutner) - piano
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'Symphony No.2 in D', Beethoven,
Scena and Aria, 'Abscheulicher' (Fidelio), Beethoven (Emelie Hooke),
'Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat' (Emperor), Beethoven (Solomon),
'Overture to a Drama', Humphrey Searle,
'Firebird Suite', Stravinsky
Performance NotesPremiere of 'Overture to a Drama' by Humphrey Searle.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1949/172),
Programme (RAHE/1/1949/184)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/LB1LB._LfsOtAa
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/184BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Fifty-Fifth Season - Prom 12 - Beethoven Concert5 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/2140Hooke; Emelie (fl 1950s); Australian lyric soprano
DS/UK/242Solomon (1902-1988); British pianist
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/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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