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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Seventy-Fourth Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms
Performance Date19 July 1968
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersCaroline Crawshaw,
Wynford Evans,
Janet Price,
Ian Partridge,
Elizabeth Tippett,
John Barrow,
Vivien Townley,
Neil Howlett,
Meriel Dickinson,
Richard Angas,
Maureen Guy,
David Read,
Gloria Jennings,
Alfreda Hodgson,
Bernard Dickerson,
John Elwes - vocals,
Peter Schidlof - viola
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsColin Davis
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'Serenade To Music', Vaughan Williams (Caroline Crawshaw, Janet Price, Elizabeth Tippett, Vivien Townley, Meriel Dickenson, Maureen Guy, Gloria Jennings, Alfreda Hodgson, Bernard Dickerson, John Elwes, Wynford Evans, Ian Partridge, John Barrow, Neil Howlett, Richard Angas, David Read, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Viola Concerto', Walton (Peter Schidlof, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Symphony No.2 in E Flat Major', Elgar (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesSir Malcolm Sargent memorial concert.

British Movietone B&W video footage of promenaders queing to enter the Royal Albert Hall for the Proms, and shots of Proms posters outside the Hall is held by the Associated Press Archive (Story No. BM93773).
The event was filmed by BBC television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1968/94),
Programme (RAHE/1/1968/95)
2 B&W photographs (RAHE/3/1968/3)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1968/95BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms19 July 1968
RAHE/1/1968/94Henry Wood Promenade Concerts19 July-14 September 1968
RAHE/3/1968/3Photographs of the First Night of the Proms - Sir Malcolm Sargent Memorial Concert.19 July 1968
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oipaneroor_RevBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Seventy-Fourth Season52
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6100Davis; Sir; Colin (1927-2013); CH CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/11607Evans; Wynford (1946-); Welsh tenor
DS/UK/9155Price; Janet (1941-); Welsh soprano
DS/UK/9298Partridge; Ian (1938-); CBE; English lyric tenor
DS/UK/11416Tippett; Elizabeth (fl 1960s-1970s); British soprano
DS/UK/16157Townley; Vivien (fl 1960s-1970s); British soprano
DS/UK/10442Howlett; Neil (1934-); English baritone
DS/UK/13567Dickinson; Meriel (1940-); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/9539Angas; Richard George (18 April 1942-20 August 2013); English bass singer
DS/UK/9736Guy; Maureen (fl 1950s-1980s); British mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/15346Jennings; Gloria (fl 1960s-1970s); British mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/9110Hodgson; Alfreda (1940-1992); English contralto
DS/UK/14505Dickerson; Bernard (fl 1960s-1970s); British tenor
DS/UK/12443Elwes; John (1946-); English tenor
DS/UK/10227Schidlof; Peter (1922-1987); Austrian-British violist, co-founder of the Amadeus Quartet
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/17517Barrow; John (3 August 1931); English baritone singer
DS/UK/17516Read; David (fl 1968); British bass
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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