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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Fifty-Fifth Season - Prom 8
Performance Date1 August 1949
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersNancy Evans - vocal,
Campoli - violin,
Eric Harrison - piano
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Chorus
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'Overture' from Zampa, Herold,
Recit and Aria, 'Ombra Mai Fu' from Xerxes, Handel (Nancy Evans),
Prelude, 'Irmelin', Delius,
'La Calinda' from Koanga, Delius,
'Violin Concerto in E Minor', Mendelssohn (Campoli),
'Symphony No.2 in B Minor', Borodin,
'The Rio Grande, Lambert (Nancy Evans, BBC Chorus, Eric Harrison),
'Theme and Variations' (Suite No.3 in G), Tchaikovsky
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1949/172),
Programme (RAHE/1/1949/180)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/180BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Fifty-Fifth Season - Prom 81 August 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Egagixom_BysBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949: Fifty-Fifth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2718Evans; Nancy (1915-2000); OBE; English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/1629Campoli; Alfredo (1906-1991); Italian British violinist
DS/UK/2665Harrison; Eric (fl 1940s-1960s); British pianist
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/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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