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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Sixty-Fifth Season - Prom 44 - Wagner Concert
Performance Date14 September 1959
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersSylvia Fisher,
Sigurd Bjorling,
Marjorie Avis,
Eleanor Capp,
Maude Baker - vocals
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron
Set List'Prelude' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner,
'Hans Sach's Monologue - Wahn! Wahn!' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (Sigurd Bjorling),
'Siegfried Idyll', Wagner,
'Entry of The Gods Into Valhalla' from Rheingold, Wagner (Marjorie Avis, Eleanor Capp, Maude Baker),
'Closing Scene, Act III' from Walkure, Wagner (Sylvia Fisher, Sigurd Bjorling),
'Symphony No.5 in E Flat', Sibelius
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1959/69),
Programme (RAHE/1/1959/115)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/6Q6vCG6T8snE
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1959/115BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Prom 44 - Wagner Concert14 September 1959
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IbosefiekotoovBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Sixty-Fifth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/1617Fisher; Sylvia (1910-1996); Australian soprano
DS/UK/3163Björling; Sigurd (2 November 1907-8 April 1983); Swedish operatic baritone singer
DS/UK/7408Avis; Marjorie (fl 1950s); British contralto and soprano singer
DS/UK/11503Capp; Eleanor (fl 1970s); British soprano
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/11802Baker; Maude (fl 1940s-1960s); British contralto
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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