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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1969 - Seventy-Fifth Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms
Performance Date18 July 1969
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersRonald Dowd - tenor
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Chorus,
BBC Choral Society,
Chelsea Opera Group Chorus,
John Alldis Chorus,
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
ConductorsColin Davis
Set List'Grande Messe Des Morts', Berlioz
Performance NotesThis was the first Proms concert with the Hall's new acoustic diffusers, or 'mushrooms'.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1969/82),
Programme (RAHE/1/1969/83)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/TazTb1xTbVuDVx
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1969/83BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1969 - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms18 July 1969
RAHE/1/1969/82Henry Wood Promenade Concerts18 July-13 September 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/6100Davis; Sir; Colin (1927-2013); CH CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/10451Wandsworth School Boys' Choir; 1895-1985; English boys choir
DS/UK/14138John Alldis Choir; fl 1960s-1970s; British choir
DS/UK/13463Chelsea Opera Group Chorus; 1950-; British choir
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/958British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Singers; 1924-; British chamber choir
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/10416Dowd; Ronald (1914-1990); Australian tenor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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