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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1950 - Fifty-Sixth Season - Prom 39
Performance Date5 September 1950
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersNancy Evans -vocal,
William Primrose - viola,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron
Set List'Overture' from Oberon, Weber,
Recit and Aria - 'Air dr Lia' (L'enfant Prodigue), Debussy,
'Concerto for Viola and Orchestra', Bartok,
'Symphony No.5, in Eb', Sibelius
INTERVAL
'Prelude a L'Apres Midi d'un Faune', Debussy,
'Variations on an Original Theme' (Enigma), Elgar
Performance NotesLondon premiere of 'Concerto for Viola and Orchestra', Bartok.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1950/155),
Programme (RAHE/1/1950/198)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1950/198Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - 56th Season - Nancy Evans5 September 1950
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OopabidorinofBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1950 - Fifty-Sixth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2718Evans; Nancy (1915-2000); OBE; English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/2642Primrose; William (1904-1982); Scottish violist, teacher
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/1129London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); 1932-; British orchestra
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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