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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Fifty-Third Season - Prom 2
Performance Date21 July 1947
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersMary Bothwell,
Janet Howe,
Torsten Ralf - vocals,
Evelyn Rothwell - oboe,
Helen Gaskell - cor anglais
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Adrian Boult,
Alan Rawsthorne
Set List'Prelude, Act I' from Tristan and Isolde, Wagner,
'Isolde's Narration' from Tristan and Isolde, Wagner (Mary Bothwell),
'Act II, Scene II' from Tristan and Isolde, Wagner (Mary Bothwell, Janet Howe, Torsten Ralf),
'Prelude, Act III' from Tristan and Isolde, Wagner (Helen Gaskell),
'Isolde's Love-Death' from Tristan and Isolde, Wagner (Mary Bothwell),
'Oboe Concerto', Alan Rawsthorne (Evelyn Rothwell)
Performance NotesEnglish premiere of 'Oboe Concerto' by Alan Rawsthorne
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1947/154),
Programme (RAHE/1/1947/155)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx?1p1LL01kw6rku
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1947/155BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Fifty-Third Season - Prom 221 July 1947
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UkanyhiobifoifBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Fifty-Third Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7298Bothwell; Mary (1900-1985); Canadian contralto
DS/UK/2681Howe; Janet (fl 1930s-1950s); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/7299Ralf; Torsten (1901-1954); Swedish tenor
DS/UK/2663Rothwell; Lady; Evelyn (24 January 1911-25 January 2008); OBE; English oboist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/6363Rawsthorne; Alan (1905-1971); British composer
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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