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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Fifty-Third Season - Prom 25
Performance Date16 August 1947
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJoan Alexander - vocal,
Cyril Smith - piano,
George Thalben-Ball - organ,
Malcolm Arnold - trumpet,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron
Set List'Trumpet Voluntary', Purcell-Wood (Malcolm Arnold, Arnold Greir),
'On Hearing The First Cuckoo in Spring', Delius,
'Symphonic Variations', Franck (Cyril Smith),
'Ein Schwan', Grieg, (Joan Alexander),
'Ich Liebe Dich', Grieg (Joan Alexander),
'Symphony No.6 in B Minor (Pathetique)', Tchaikovsky
INTERVAL
'Organ Concerto No.9 in B Flat, Op.7, No.3' (Hallelujah)', Handel (George Thalben-Ball),
'Polovtsian Dances' from Prince Igor, Borodin
Performance NotesJo Vincent was indisposed and replaced by Joan Alexander.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1947/154),
Programme (RAHE/1/1947/179)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx?1p1LL01kw6rku
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1947/179BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Fifty-Third Season - Prom 2516 August 1947
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UkanyhiobifoifBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1947 - Fifty-Third Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2381Smith; Cyril James (1909-1974); OBE; English concert pianist
DS/UK/1233Ball; Sir; George Thomas Thalben- (1896-1987); English organist, composer
DS/UK/6447Arnold; Sir; Malcolm (21 October 1921-23 September 2006); CBE; English composer and trumpet player
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/1129London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); 1932-; British orchestra
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
DS/UK/1563Alexander; Joan (1912-2010); Scottish soprano singer
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