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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Sixty-Second Season - Prom 48
Performance Date14 September 1956
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersPauline Brockless,
Norma Procter,
Walter Midgley,
Owen Brannigan - vocals,
Watson Forbes - viola
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Choral Society,
Royal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
John Hollingsworth
Set List'Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor', Bach-Elgar,
'Symphony No.9 in D Minor' (Choral), Beethoven (Brockless, Procter, Midgley, Brannigan, BBC Choral Society, Royal Choral Society),
'Viola Concerto', John Greenwood,
'The Happy Forest', Bax
Performance NotesPremiere of 'Viola Concerto', John Greenwood.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1956/90),
Programme (RAHE/1/1956/142)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1956/142BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Prom 4814 September 1956
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cposasit_SehBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1956 - Sixty-Second Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/1565Hollingsworth; John (1916-1963); English conductor
DS/UK/9165Brockless; Pauline Dorothy (1929-); English soprano
DS/UK/9166Procter; Mary Norma (1928-); British contralto
DS/UK/6825Midgley; Walter (1913-1980); English operatic tenor
DS/UK/2719Brannigan; Owen (1908-1973); OBE; English bass
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/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/19124Forbes; Watson Douglas Buchanan (1909-1997); Scottish violist, arranger
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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