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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Sixty-Second Season - Prom 30 - Beethoven Concert
Performance Date24 August 1956
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersWilliam McAlpine - vocal,
Denis Matthews - piano,
Charles Spinks - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'Overture' from Prometheus, Beethoven,
'Adelaide', Beethoven (McAlpine),
'Piano Concerto No.4 in G', Beethoven,
'Symphony No.2 in D', Beethoven,
'Piano Concerto in G', Rubbra,
'The Perfect Fool', Holst
Performance NotesProms premiere of 'Piano Concerto in G', Rubbra.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1956/90),
Programme (RAHE/1/1956/122)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/bs7baOebavvHFW
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1956/122BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Prom 30 - Beethoven Concert24 August 1956
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cposasit_SehBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Sixty-Second Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/6451McAlpine; William (1922-2004); British tenor
DS/UK/2584Matthews; Denis (1919-1988); English 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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