Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1945 - Fifty First Season - Prom 1
Performance Date21 July 1945
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersStiles-Allen - vocal,
Benno Moiseiwitsch - piano,
Marcel Dupre - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra,
BBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron,
Sir Adrian Boult
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Overture, 'Cockaigne' (In London Town), E Elgar (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Rhapsody On a Theme of Paganini', Rachmaninoff (Moiseiwitsch, London Symphony Orchestra),
Prelude, 'The Forgotten Rite', J Ireland (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Symphony No.5 in C Minor', Beethoven (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Organ Concerto in D Minor, Op.7, No.4', Handel-Wood (Marcel Dupre, London Symphony Orchestra),
Aria, 'Ritorna Vincitor' from Aida, Verdi (Stiles-Allen, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Memorial Fanfare', W Walton (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
March, 'Crown Imperial', W Walton (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesA three minute silence was observed during the concert in memory of Sir Henry Wood.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1945/104),
Programme (RAHE/1/1945/105),
Ticket (RAHE/8/5/1945/1)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/6v36Xe36dAQzr
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1945/105BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 51st Season - Concert One21 July 1945
RAHE/8/5/1945/1Henry Wood Promenade Concerts21 July 1945
RAHE/1/1945/104BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 51st Season21 July-15 September 1945
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
CkosetierifiepBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1945: Fifty First Season50
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1117Stiles-Allen; Lilian (1896-1982); British soprano
DS/UK/1443Moiseiwitsch; Benno (22 February 1890-9 April 1963); CBE; Ukrainian-born Russian pianist
DS/UK/1863Dupre; Marcel (1886-1971); French organist, pianist, composer, pedagogue
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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