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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Fifty-Third Season - Prom 21
Performance Date12 August 1947
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersElsie Suddaby,
Astra Desmond,
Roy Henderson - vocals,
Nona Liddell - violin
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Chorus,
Croydon Philharmonic Society
ConductorsSir Adrian Boult,
Alan J Kirby
Set List'Overture' from The Wasps, Vaughan Williams,
'Benedicite', Vaughan Williams (Elsie Suddaby, BBC Chorus, Croydon Philharmonic Society),
'The Lark Ascending', Vaughan Williams (Nona Liddell),
'Five Tudor Portraits', Vaughan Williams (Astra Desmond, Roy Henderson, BBC Chorus, Croydon Philharmonic Society),
'Symphony No.96 in D' (Miracle), Haydn,
'Overture' from Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1947/154),
Programme (RAHE/1/1947/175)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx?1p1LL01kw6rku
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1947/175BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Fifty-Third Season - Prom 2112 August 1947
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UkanyhiobifoifBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Fifty-Third Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1348Suddaby; Elsie (1893-1980); British lyric soprano
DS/UK/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/1344Henderson; Roy Galbraith (4 July 1899-16 March 2000); CBE; English singer baritone
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/3758Croydon Philharmonic Choir; 1914-; British amateur choir
DS/UK/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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