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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1969 - Seventy-Fifth Season - Prom 3
Performance Date21 July 1969
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersVivien Townley,
Janet Coster,
John Mitchinson - vocals,
Emanuel Hurwitz - violin,
Norman Jones - cello,
Richard Morgan - oboe,
Gwydion Brooke - bassoon
Orchestra or BandNew Philharmonia Orchestra,
11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) and Royal Military School of Music (Kneller Hall) Musicians
ChoirsNew Philharmonia Chorus
ConductorsRudolf Schwarz,
Bandmaster M G Lane
Set List'A Royal Fanfare' (Tribute to Prince Albert's 150th Anniversary)', Bliss (11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) , Royal Military School of Music (Kneller Hall) Musicians),
'Water Music:Suite No.1 in F Major', Handel (New Philharmonia Orchestra),
'Sinfonia Concertante in B Flat for Violin, Cello, Oboe, Bassoon and Orchestra', Haydn (Emanuel Hurwitz, Norman Jones, Richard Morgan, Gwydion Brooke, New Philharmonia Orchestra),
'Hymn of Praise', Mendelssohn (Vivien Townley, Janet Coster, John Mitchinson, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra)
Royal PresenceHRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh
Performance NotesA concert arranged by the Victorian Society and the BBC to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Prince Albert.

Proms premieres of 'Hymn of Praise', 'Water Music:Suite No.1 in F Major' and 'A Royal Fanfare' (Tribute to Prince Albert's 150th Anniversary).

Mr James Orr was in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1969/82),
Programme (RAHE/1/1969/85)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1969/85BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1969 - Prom 321 July 1969
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Opazogcv_R_ZBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1969 - Seventy-Fifth Season52
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2597The Duke of Edinburgh; Prince Philip (1921-2021); British royal family member, consort to Queen Elizabeth II
DS/UK/16157Townley; Vivien (fl 1960s-1970s); British soprano
DS/UK/10421Coster; Janet (fl 1960s-); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/9861Mitchinson; John (1932-); English operatic tenor
DS/UK/10489Hurwitz; Emanuel (1919-2006); CBE; British violinist
DS/UK/14151Morgan; Richard (fl 1960s-1980s); British oboist
DS/UK/6486Brooke; Gwydion (1912-2005); British bassoonist
DS/UK/557Philharmonia Orchestra; 1945-; British orchestra
DS/UK/4050Kneller Hall; Kneller Hall Band; fl 1920s-1970s; British Army band
DS/UK/3536Philharmonia Chorus; 1957-; English choir
DS/UK/2373Schwarz; Rudolf (1905-1994); CBE; Austrian conductor
DS/UK/18075Lane; M.G (fl 1969); British conductor
DS/UK/18074Jones; Norman (fl 1969-); British cellist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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