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Performance TitleBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Fiftieth Anniversary Special Invitation Concert
Performance Date14 November 1972
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersHeather Harper,
Sybil Michelow,
John Elwes,
Michael Rippon - vocals,
Paul Tortelier - cello
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Chorus
ConductorsSir Adrian Boult (Part 1),
Pierre Boulez (Part 2)
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'Serenade to Music', Vaughan Williams (Heather Harper, Sybil Michelow, John Elwes, Michael Rippon, BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society),
'Cello Concerto in E Minor, Elgar (Paul Tortelier)
INTERVAL
'Sheherazade', Ravel (Heather Harper),
'Three Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet', Berlioz (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Royal PresenceHRH The Duke of Kent,
HRH The Duchess of Kent
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast by BBC Two from 19:30-21:50 and also on BBC Radio 3 from 19:30-20:20.
Lt.-Commander Richard Buckley RN and Miss Jane Pugh were in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1972/193)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/UQfUqbUQ4k3D1
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1972/193BBC Fiftieth Anniversary Special Invitation Concert14 November 1972
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ooxobiopck_KiepBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Fiftieth Anniversary Special Invitation Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9860Harper; Heather (1930-); Northern Irish-born British operatic soprano
DS/UK/10408Michelow; Sybil (1927-2013); South African contralto
DS/UK/12443Elwes; John (1946-); English tenor
DS/UK/9576Rippon; Michael (1938-2004); English bass singer
DS/UK/6650Tortelier; Paul (1914-1990); French cellist, composer
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/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/992Boulez; Pierre (26 March 1925-5 January 2016); CBE; French composer, conductor, writer and creator of musical institutions
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