Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Sixty-First Season - Prom 25 - Gilbert and Sullivan Concert
Performance Date20 August 1955
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersElsie Morison,
Marjorie Thomas,
Walter Midgley,
Owen Brannigan - vocals
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'Overture' from The Yeoman of The Guard, Sullivan,
'When Maiden Loves' from Yeoman of The Guard, Sullivan,
'Were I Thy Bride' from Yeoman of The Guard, Sullivan,
'Tis Done! I Am a Bride' from Yeoman of The Guard, Sullivan,
'Is Life a Boon?' from Yeoman of The Guard, Sullivan,
'Free from His Fetters Grim' from Yeoman of The Guard, Sullivan,
'Strange Adventure' from Yeoman of The Guard, Sullivan,
'Overture' from Iolanthe, Sullivan,
'Peer's Chorus' from Iolanthe, Sullivan,
'Sentry's Song' from Iolanthe, Sullivan,
'When Britain Really Ruled The Waves' from Iolanthe, Sullivan,
'Comes a Train of Little Ladies' from Mikado, Sullivan,
'Three Little Maids' from Mikado, Sullivan,
'Braid The Raven Hair' from Mikado, Sullivan,
'The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze' from Mikado, Sullivan,
'A Wand'ring Minstrel I' from Mikado, Sullivan,
'Poor Wand'ring One' from Pirates of Penzance, Sullivan,
'List and Learn' from Gondoliers, Sullivan,
'When A Merry Maiden Marries' from Gondoliers, Sullivan,
'Take A Pair of Sparkling Eyes' from Gondoliers, Sullivan,
'Dance A Cachucha' from Gondoliers, Sullivan,
'A Children's Overture', Quilter,
'Two Elegiac Melodies', Grieg,
Overture - 'Poet and Peasant', Suppe
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1955/94),
Programme (RAHE/1/1955/109)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/P-6P-ZaPWwGL5
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1955/109BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Proms 24 and 2519-20 August 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/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/1564Morison; Elsie Jean (1924-); Australian soprano
DS/UK/6445Thomas; Marjorie (1923-2008); English opera and oratorio singer
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/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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