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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Sixty-First Season - Prom 40
Performance Date7 September 1955
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersPeter Pears - vocal,
Dennis Brain - horn
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
John Hollingsworth
Set List'Overture' from Semiramide, Rossini,
'Horn Concerto No.2 in E Flat, K.417', Mozart,
'Symphony No.2 in E Flat', Elgar,
'Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings', Britten,
Overture - 'Amelia Goes To The Ball', Menotti
Performance NotesEnglish premiere of 'Amelia Goes To The Ball', Menotti.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1955/94),
Programme (RAHE/1/1955/118)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/P-6P-ZaPWwGL5
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1955/118BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Proms 39 and 406-7 September 1955
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eatanyhiob_SazBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1955 - Sixty-First Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/1565Hollingsworth; John (1916-1963); English conductor
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/3185Pears; Sir; Peter Neville Luard (1910-1986); English tenor
DS/UK/1558Brain; Dennis (1921-1957); British horn player
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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