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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1944 - Golden Jubilee Season - Prom 9
Performance Date20 June 1944
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersAstra Desmond - vocal,
Pouishnoff - piano
Orchestra or BandLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorsSir Henry Wood,
Basil Cameron
Set List'Overture', Cockaigne, Elgar,
Cavatina, 'Fac Ut Portem' from Stabat Mater, Rossini (Astra Desmond),
'Piano Concerto No.1 in E Flat', Liszt (Pouishnoff),
'Symphony No.5 in E Minor' (New World), Dvorak
'Piano Concerto in F Sharp Minor', Scriabin (Pouishnoff),
'Hungarian March' from The Damnation of Faust, Berlioz
Performance NotesThis Programme contains an Air Raid notice:-
"In the event of an Air Raid Warning the audience will be informed immediately, so that those who wish to take shelter, either in the building or in public shelters outside, may do so. The concert will then contininue."
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1944/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/1944/68A)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/A9hA9LZAcQ7-y
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1944/68aBBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1944: Golden Jubilee Season - Prom 920 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/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/211Pouishnoff; Leff Nicolas (1891-1959); Ukrainian pianist and composer
DS/UK/1129London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); 1932-; British 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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