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Performance TitleRoyal Philharmonic Society, London Philharmonic Orchestra and John Pritchard
Performance Date25 November 1964
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersHeather Harper,
Peter Pears,
Thomas Hemsley - vocals,
Ralph Downes - organ
Secondary PerformersSir Thomas Armstrong - prize-giver,
Benjamin Britten - speaker
Orchestra or BandLondon Philharmonic Orchestra,
Melos Ensemble
ChoirsBoys' Choir (Highgate School)
ConductorsJohn Pritchard
Set List'War Requiem', Benjamin Britten

Presentation of Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society to Benjamin Britten (Sir Thomas Armstrong)
Performance NotesThe Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society was presented to Benjamin Britten at this concert, which took place three days after the composer's fifty-first birthday. Sir Thomas Armstrong presented the medal as Chairman of the LPO's management committee. Struck in 1870, the gold medal of the RPS commemorated the centenary of Beethoven's birth. At the time, the only other living composers to hold the medal were Igor Stravinsky, Sir Arthur Bliss and Sir William Walton.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1964/182)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1964/182Royal Philharmonic Society, London Philharmonic Orchestra and John Pritchard25 November 1964
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oidoncdem_MietRoyal Philharmonic Society, London Philharmonic Orchestra and John Pritchard1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1004London Philharmonic Choir; 1947-; English choir
DS/UK/9860Harper; Heather (1930-); Northern Irish-born British operatic soprano
DS/UK/3185Pears; Sir; Peter Neville Luard (1910-1986); English tenor
DS/UK/11240Hemsley; Thomas (1927-2013); English baritone
DS/UK/6473Downes; Ralph William (1904-1993); Professor; English organist, organ designer, music director, academic
DS/UK/1129London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); 1932-; British orchestra
DS/UK/14134Melos Ensemble; 1950-; British chamber music ensemble
DS/UK/9347Pritchard; Sir; John Michael (1921-1989); OBE; English conductor
DS/UK/480Britten; Benjamin (22 November 1913-4 December 1976); Baron OM CH; English composer, conductor and pianist
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