Record

Performance TitleYma Sumac, The Melachrino Orchestra and George Melachrino
Performance Date31 May 1952
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersYma Sumac - vocal,
William Hill - Bowen - pianoforte,
Gordon Lewis - clarinet
Orchestra or BandMelachrino Orchestra
ConductorsGeorge Melachrino
Set ListA Film Hit Parade: Broadway Melody, 'Laura', 'Wedding of the Painted Doll', 'Spellbound Theme', 'Please', 'Harry Lime Theme', 'Over the Rainbow', 'A Fine Romance', 'The Warsaw Concerto', 'The Trolley Song',
'Rhapsody in Blue', George Gershwin,
'Four Paintings in Music', Melachrino,
'Winter Sunshine',
'Portait of a Lady',
'Waltz in Watercolours',
'London Pageant',
Two Pieces for the Melachrino Strings - 'While We're Young', Wilder, 'Begin the Beguine', Porter,
'The Artie Shaw Clarinet Concerto',
'A Tchaikovsky Fantasy', arr. Melachrino, Bowen
INTERVAL
Yma Sumac - Moises Vivanco
Performance NotesBritish debut performance and Royal Albert Hall debut performance by Yma Sumac.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1952/109)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1952/109Yma Sumac with the Melachrino Orchestra31 May 1952
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OifaziovafinanYma Sumac, The Melachrino Orchestra and George Melachrino1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3030Sumac; Yma (1922-2008); Peruvian soprano singer
DS/UK/6721Melachrino; George (1909-1965); English musician, film music composer, musical director
DS/UK/7452George Melachrino Orchestra; fl 1940s-1950s; British band
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