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Performance TitleLondon Symphony Orchestra International Series 1973-1974 - Benjamin Britten Sixtieth Birthday Concert
Performance Date25 November 1973
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersSheila Armstrong,
Anna Reynolds,
Peter Pears - vocals,
Douglas Cummings - cello
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsWandsworth School Boys' Choir,
London Symphony Chorus
ConductorsAndre Previn
Set List'Sinfonia Da Requiem, Op.20', Britten,
'Cello Concerto No.1 in E Flat, Op.107', Shostakovich (Douglas Cummings),
'Spring Symphony, Op.44', Britten (Sheila Armstrong, Anna Reynolds, Peter Pears, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, London Symphony Chorus)
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 from 19:30-20:30 and filmed for BBC Television.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1973/182)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1973/182London Symphony Orchestra International Series 1973/74 - Benjamin Britten Sixtieth Birthday Concert25 November 1973
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Inavusowg_KclLondon Symphony Orchestra International Series 1973-1974 - Benjamin Britten Sixtieth Birthday Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9297Armstrong; Sheila (13 August 1942); Dr; English soprano singer
DS/UK/11791Reynolds; Anna (1931-2014); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/3185Pears; Sir; Peter Neville Luard (1910-1986); English tenor
DS/UK/12425Cummings; Douglas (1946-); English cellist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/10451Wandsworth School Boys' Choir; 1895-1985; English boys choir
DS/UK/1021London Symphony Chorus (LSC); London Symphony Orchestra; 1966-; English orchestra
DS/UK/10523Previn; Andre (6 April 1929-28 February 2019); KBE; German-born American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor
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