Record

Performance TitleAn Arabian Fantasy
Performance Date2 April 1976
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersNamara Dancers,
Dougie Squires,
David Fanshawe,
Ludmila Nova - vocals
Orchestra or BandArabian Fantasy Concert Orchestra
ChoirsArabian Fantasy Concert Choir
ConductorsOwain Arwel Hughes,
John Lambert
Set List'Dawn', David Fanshawe,
'Gloria' from African Sanctus, David Fanshawe,
'Courtship Dances', Credo from African Sanctus, David Fanshawe,
'Love Song' from African Sanctus, David Fanshawe,
'Salaams', David Fanshawe,
'Arabian Fantasy', David Fanshawe,
'Tribute', David Fanshawe,
'Sirocco-The Desert Wind', David Fanshawe,
'Prelude and Blues', David Fanshawe,
'Boobams', David Fanshawe,
'Mizmar and Brass', David Fanshawe,
'Desert Variations', David Fanshawe,
'Arabian Fantasy', David Fanshawe,
'Elegy', David Fanshawe,
'Arabian Cadenza', David Fanshawe,
'Sirocco Finale', David Fanshawe
Performance Notes"To publicise the show... the British composer-explorer, David Fanshawe, dressed in tribal robes, and dancer Ludmilla Nova rode a camel to the Royal Albert Hall. Fanshawe, celebrated for his musical tone-poem "African Sanctus" is well known for his musical expeditions around the world, was made Sheikh during his visit to the Hadandua tibe in East Sudan." (Text from digital press photograph)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1976/47)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1976/47An Arabian Fantasy2 April 1976
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ooravufuk_XikAn Arabian Fantasy1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/15879Squires; Dougie (1932-); English choreographer
DS/UK/669Hughes; Owain Arwel (1942-); CBE; Welsh conductor
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