Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Sixty-First Season - Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms
Performance Date17 September 1955
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersConstance Shacklock - vocal,
Gina Bachauer - piano,
Charles Spinks - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
Basil Cameron
Set ListOverture - 'Cockaigne', E Elgar,
'Prelude and Cortege' from Le Coq D'Or, Rimsky-Korsakov,
'Piano Concerto in E Flat', J Ireland,
'Symphony No.1 in C', Weber,
March - 'Pomp and Circumstance No.1 in D', E Elgar
ENCORE
'Pomp and Circumstance No.1 in D', Elgar,
'Minuet of The Will O' The Wisps' from Damnation of Faust, Berlioz,
'Hungarian March' from Damnation of Faust, Berlioz,
'Sea Songs', arr. H Wood
ENCORE
'Sea Songs', arr. H Wood,
'Rule Britannia', Arne-Sargent (Constance Shacklock),
'Jerusalem', H Parry,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast by BBC television from 21:00-22:00 introduced by Alvar Lidell.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1955/94),
Programme (RAHE/1/1955/123)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1955/123BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Prom 49 - Last Night of the Proms17 September 1955
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eatanyhiob_SazBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Sixty-First Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/1560Shacklock; Constance (1913-1999); OBE; English contralto
DS/UK/3150Bachauer; Gina (21 May 1913-22 August 1976); Greek classical pianist
DS/UK/8828Spinks; Charles (1915-1992); British harpsichordist, organist, composer, arranger
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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