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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1944 - Golden Jubilee Season - Prom 17
Performance Date29 June 1944
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersDino Borgioli - vocal,
Eda Kersey - violin,
Nina Milkina - piano
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Henry Wood,
Basil Cameron
Set ListOverture, 'Euryanthe', Weber,
Arias, 'E Lucevan Le Stelle' from Tosca, Puccini (Dino Borgioli),
'Recondita Armonia' from Tosca, Puccini (Dino Borgioli),
'Violin Concerto in E Minor', Bax (Eda Kersey),
'Symphony No.5 in E Flat', Sibelius
INTERVAL
'Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra', Franck (Nina Milkina),
'Three Dances' (The Three-Cornered Hat), Falla
Performance NotesThis was the last concert of the season at the Hall due to the danger from V-1 bombs during WWII. The Proms transferred to The Bedford Corn Exchange for the rest of the season. This was also the last Promenade Concert at the Royal Albert Hall for Sir Henry Wood.

Henry Wood's final Royal Albert Hall performance.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1944/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/1944/76)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/A9hA9LZAcQ7-y
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1944/76BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1944: Golden Jubilee Season - Prom 1729 June 1944
RAHE/1/1944/60BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1944: Golden Jubilee Season10 June-12 August 1944
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OwsagoogotifodBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1943: Golden Jubilee Season17
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6300Borgioli; Dino (1891-1960); Italian tenor
DS/UK/1243Kersey; Eda (1904-1944); British violinist
DS/UK/3151Milkina; Nina (1919-2006); Russian born classical pianist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/39Wood; Sir; Henry (3 March 1869 – 19 August 1944); CH; English conductor
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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