Record

Performance TitleFestival of Britain Concert
Performance Date29 July 1951
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersJussi Bjorling - vocal,
Beryl Jones - piano
Set List'Ombra Mai Fu' from Xerxes, Handel,
'Die Mainacht, Op.43, No.2', Brahms,
'Verborgenheit', Wolf,
'Fruhlingsglaube, Op.20, No.2', Schubert,
'Die Forelle' from Die Schone Mullerin, Schubert,
'Die Bose Farbe', Schubert,
'Ah, Fuyez Douce Image' from Manon, Massanet,
'The Swan, Op.25, No.2', Grieg,
'A Dream, Op.48, No.6', Grieg,
'Was it a Dream? Op.37, No.4', Sibelius,
'Ingallil', Sibelius,
'Clorinda', Morgan,
'Lilacs, Op.2, No.5', Rachmaninoff,
'In the Silence of Night, Op.4, No.3', Rachmaninoff,
'Addio Allamadre' from Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni
Performance NotesDebut Royal Albert Hall performance by Jussi Bjorling.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1951/151)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1951/151Festival of Britain Concert - Jussi Bjorling29 July 1951
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OtomyrubiveadFestival of Britain Concerts24
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2662Bjorling; Johan Jonatan 'Jussi' (1911-1960); Swedish tenor
DS/UK/1208Newton; Ivor (1892-1981); CBE; English pianist
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