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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1960 - Sixty-Sixth Season - Prom 30 - Beethoven Concert
Performance Date26 August 1960
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJoyce Barker,
Helen Watts - vocals,
Douglas Whittaker - flute, piccolo
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
Sir Arthur Bliss
Set ListOverture - 'Leonora No.3', Beethoven,
Recit and Aria - 'Abscheulicher' from Fidelio, Beethoven (Joyce Barker),
'Symphony No.3 in E Flat' (Eroica), Beethoven,
Pastoral - 'Lie Strewn The White Flocks', Bliss (Helen Watts, BBC Choral Society, Douglas Whittaker),
'Two Dances from Checkmate' - 'The Red Knight's Mazurka', 'Finale - Checkmate'
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1960/80),
Programme (RAHE/1/1960/110),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1960/5)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/J9xJ9-PJ9CI_B7
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1960/110BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1960 - Prom 30 - Beethoven Concert26 August 1960
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ilamcdcm_SeahBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1960 - Sixty-Sixth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/9973Barker; Joyce (6 June 1931-23 May 1992); South African soprano singer
DS/UK/9323Watts; Helen (1927-2009); CBE; Welsh contralto
DS/UK/8845Whittaker; Douglas Robert (1925-1974); Australian flautist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/7050Bliss; Sir; Arthur (2 August 1891-27 March 1975); CH KCVO; English composer and conductor
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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