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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947, Winter Series - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms
Performance Date6 January 1947
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersJanet Howe - vocal,
Benno Moiseiwitsch - piano
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron,
Sir Adrian Boult
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Overture, 'Satyricon', John Ireland,
Air De Lia, 'L'Enfant Prodigue', Debussy (Janet Howe),
'Piano Concerto No.4 in G', Beethoven (Moiseiwitsch),
'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra', Britten,
'Symphony No.5 in E Flat', Sibelius
Performance NotesThe first ever season of winter Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1947/4)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1947/4BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 19476 January 1947
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IesoxoidiedifoirBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947, Winter Series12
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2681Howe; Janet (fl 1930s-1950s); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/1443Moiseiwitsch; Benno (22 February 1890-9 April 1963); CBE; Ukrainian-born Russian pianist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
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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