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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Sixty-First Season - Prom 36 - Beethoven Concert
Performance Date2 September 1955
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersDenis Matthews - piano,
Roger Winfield - cor anglais
Orchestra or BandHalle Orchestra
ConductorsSir John Barbirolli
Set ListOverture - 'Leonora, No.3', Beethoven,
'Symphony No.2 in D', Beethoven,
'Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat' (Emperor), Beethoven,
Overture - 'Yorick', Geoffrey Bush (First Performance At A Prom),
'Autumn Legend for Cor Anglais and String Orchestra', William Alwyn,
'L'Arlesienne Suite', Bizet
Performance NotesLondon premiere of 'Autumn Legend for Cor Anglais and String Orchestra', William Alwyn.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1955/94),
Programme (RAHE/1/1955/116)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/P-6P-ZaPWwGL5
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1955/116BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Proms 36 and 372-3 September 1955
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eatanyhiob_SazBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Sixty-First Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1000Halle; 1858-; English symphony orchestra
DS/UK/1100Barbirolli; Sir; John (2 December 1899-29 July 1970); CH; English conductor and cellist
DS/UK/14001Winfield; Roger (fl 1950s-1970s); British oboist, cor anglais player
DS/UK/2584Matthews; Denis (1919-1988); English pianist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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