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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Sixty-Second Season - Prom 25
Performance Date18 August 1956
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAdele Leigh - vocal,
Campoli - violin
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
Eric Coates
Set List'Overture' from William Tell, Rossini,
'On Hearing The First Cuckoo in Spring', Delius,
'Symphonie Espagnole', Lalo (Campoli),
Aria - 'Depuis Le Jour' from Louise, Charpentier (Leigh),
'Symphony No.2 in B Minor', Borodin,
Suite - 'Four Centuries', Eric Coates,
'Theme and Variations, Suite No.3 in G', Tchaikovsky
Performance NotesProms premiere of 'Four Centuries', Eric Coates.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1956/90),
Programme (RAHE/1/1956/117)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/bs7baOebavvHFW
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1956/117BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Prom 2518 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/1629Campoli; Alfredo (1906-1991); Italian British violinist
DS/UK/6632Coates; Eric (1886-1957); English composer, violist
DS/UK/3145Leigh; Adele (1928-2004); British soprano opera singer
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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