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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1950 - Fifty-Sixth Season - Prom 20 - Wagner-Strauss Concert
Performance Date14 August 1950
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAmy Shuard,
Constance Shacklock,
Alfred Hepworth,
Robert Thomas,
Tom Williams - vocals,
Gwynne Edwards - viola,
Paul Tortelier - violoncello
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron
Set List'Act One, Scene One' from Tannhäuser, Wagner,
Excerpts from 'Das Rheingold', Wagner,
Excerpts from 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg', Wagner,
'Don Quixote, Op.35', Strauss
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1950/155),
Programme (RAHE/1/1950/178)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/ui2uiMJuiyP9St
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1950/178Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - 56th Season - Wagner-Strauss Concert14 August 1950
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OopabidorinofBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1950 - Fifty-Sixth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2682Shuard; Amy (1924-1975); CBE; English operatic soprano
DS/UK/1560Shacklock; Constance (1913-1999); OBE; English contralto
DS/UK/2545Thomas; Robert (fl 1950s-1960s); British tenor
DS/UK/6648Edwards; Gwynne (1909-2000); British violist, violinist, academic
DS/UK/6650Tortelier; Paul (1914-1990); French cellist, composer
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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