| Main Performers | Frank Phillips - speaker,
Benno Moiseiwitsch - piano,
George Eskdale - trumpet,
Harold Darke - organ |
| Orchestra or Band | London Symphony Orchestra |
| Choirs | BBC Singers,
Alexandra Choir |
| Conductors | Sir Henry Wood,
Basil Cameron,
Leslie Woodgate,
Charles Proctor |
| Set List | 'Trumpet Voluntary, Purcell-Wood (George Eskdale, Harold Darke),
'Serenade to Music', Vaughan-Williams (The BBC Singers),
'Symphony in One Movement' Samuel Barber,
'Song of Faith', John Alden Carpenter (Frank Phillips, The Alexandra Choir),
'London Pageant', Arnold Bax,
'Suite Fantastique For Piano and Orchestra, Schelling (Moiseiwitsch),
'Variations on an Original Theme' (Enigma), E Elgar |
| Performance Notes | "Mr Winant, the American Ambassador, and Mrs Winant were present at last night's Promenade Concert at the Albert Hall. The Programme, given by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Henry Wood, consisted entirely of music by English and American composers, including Purcell, Samuel Barber, Vaughan Williams, Ernest Schelling, Arnold Bax and Elgar. There was also the first performance of the Song of Faith by the Chicago composer, John Alden Carpenter."
(The Times, 6 August 1941) |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/1941/3A),
Programme (RAHE/1/1941/23) |