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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Sixty-Fifth Season - Prom 21 - Masters of The Twentieth Century Concert
Performance Date18 August 1959
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersColin Horsley,
Charles Spinks,
Eric Gritton - pianos
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Choral Society
ConductorsBasil Cameron,
Sir William Walton
Set ListInformal 'Happy Birthday' (audience),
'Sinfonietta' - Janacek,
'Piano Concerto in G', Ravel (Colin Horsley),
'Symphony of Psalms', Stravinsky (BBC Choral Society, Charles Spinks, Eric Gritton),
Presentation of flowers (gladioli) and cheque (£5 5s) for the Musician's Benevolent Fund to Basil Cameron (Ludmila Anderle, Patsy Clifton)
INTERVAL
'Symphony', Sir William Walton
Performance NotesThe Prom celebrated Basil Cameron's 75th birthday.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1959/69),
Programme (RAHE/1/1959/91)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1959/91BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Prom 21 - Masters of The Twentieth Century Concert18 August 1959
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IbosefiekotoovBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1959 - Sixty-Fifth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/7477Gritton; Eric (fl 1950s); British organist
DS/UK/2340Horsley; Colin (1920-2012); OBE; New Zealand pianist, teacher
DS/UK/8828Spinks; Charles (1915-1992); British harpsichordist, organist, composer, arranger
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/1075Walton; Sir; William Turner (1902-1983); OM; English composer
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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