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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1953 - Fifty-Ninth Season - Prom 13
Performance Date8 August 1953
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAlfred Orda - vocal,
Mewton-Wood,
Eric Gritton -pianos,
Charles Spinks - celesta,
Gilbert Webster - cimbalom
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron
Set List'Overture' from Ivan The Terrible, Rimsky-Korsakov,
'Russlan's Aria' from Russlan and Ludmilla, Glinka (Orda),
'En Saga', Sibelius,
'Sinfonia Concertante for Piano and Orchestra', Walton,
Suite - 'Hary Janos', Kodaly (Webster),
'Hungarian Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra', Liszt,
'Prelude To Act I' from La Traviata, Verdi,
'Prelude To Act III' from La Traviata, Verdi,
'Capriccio Italien', Tchaikovsky
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1953/83),
Programme (RAHE/1/1953/96)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/5f5I1A5o-2Wq
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1953/96Fifty Ninth Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - Alfred Orda and Mewton Wood8 August 1953
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Uzogenas_BeapBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1953 - Fifty-Ninth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/7477Gritton; Eric (fl 1950s); British organist
DS/UK/3156Orda; Alfred (1914-2004); Polish baritone
DS/UK/2664Mewton-Wood; Noel (20 November 1922-5 December 1953); Australian concert pianist
DS/UK/8828Spinks; Charles (1915-1992); British harpsichordist, organist, composer, arranger
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/8840Webster; Gilbert (fl 1950s-1970s); British cimbalom player
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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