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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1946 - Fifty-Second Season - Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
Performance Date27 July 1946
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersJanet Howe,
Marjorie Avis,
Leonard Hodgson - vocals,
Pouishnoff - piano
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Choral Society
ConductorsBasil Cameron,
Sir Adrian Boult,
Constant Lambert
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'Overture' from Egmont' Beethoven,
Aria and Rondo - 'Non Piu Mesta' (Cenerentola), Rossini (Janet Howe),
'Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor', Rachmaninoff (Pouishnoff),
'The Song of The High Hills', Delius (Marjorie Avis, Leonard Hodgson, BBC Choral Society)
'Symphony No.9', Shostakovitch,
'Polovtsian Dances' from Prince Igor, Borodin (BBC Choral Society)
Performance NotesEnglish premiere of 'Symphony No.9' by Shostakovitch
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1946/175),
Programme (RAHE/1/1946/176),
Ticket (RAHE/8/5/1946/4),
Photograph (RAHE/3/1946/3)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1946/176BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1946 - Fifty-Second Season - Prom 127 July 1946
RAHE/1/1946/175The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - Fifty-Second Season27 July-21 September 1946
RAHE/8/5/1946/4Henry Wood Promenade Concerts27 July 1946
RAHE/3/1946/3BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - First Night of the Proms27 July 1946
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IgadyrotifynBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1945: Fifty Second Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2681Howe; Janet (fl 1930s-1950s); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/211Pouishnoff; Leff Nicolas (1891-1959); Ukrainian pianist and composer
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
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/6419Lambert; Leonard Constant (1905-1951); British composer, conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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