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Performance TitleTagore Centenary
Performance Date8 May 1961
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersDame Sybil Thorndike,
Sir Lewis Casson,
Viscount Hailsham - speakers

Sm. Rajeswari Datta,
Sm. Tapasi Roy,
Shri Pinaki Chowdhury,
Shri Sugata Das,
Sm. Minakshi Ghosal,
Shri Supryio Ghosh,
Sm. Krishna Mitra,
Shri Utpal Roy,
Sm. Arati Sen Gupta,
Sm. Jayanti Bhattacharyya,
Shri Ajit Ghosh - vocals
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Adrian Boult
Set ListTagore Address and Message from the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan (Viscount Hailsham),
Reading (Dame Sybil Thorndike),
Reading (Sir Lewis Casson)

'Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis', Vaughan Williams,
'Chamber Symphony based on an Indian Theme', J Mayer,
'Enigma Variations', Elgar,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'Indian National Anthem', Rabindranath Tagore
Performance NotesThe event was held to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Indian polymath, poet and Nobel laureate Sir Tagore Rabindranath.

World premiere of 'Chamber Symphony based on an Indian Theme', John Mayer.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1961/61)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1961/61Tagore Centenary8 May 1961
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IohahiegyhizaidTagore Centenary1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/3522Thorndike; Dame; Agnes Sybil (1882-1976); CH DBE; British actress
DS/UK/3523Casson; Sir; Lewis Thomas (1875-1969); MC; British actor, theatre director
DS/UK/9915Hogg; Quintin McGarel (1907-2001); Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone; British Conservative Party politician
DS/UK/17321Jayanti; Sister (fl 1970s-); Indian spiritual leader
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