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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1953 - Fifty-Ninth Season - Prom 4
Performance Date29 July 1953
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJennifer Vyvyan - vocal,
John Francis - flute,
Rudolf Firkusny - piano,
Charles Spinks - celesta, piano
Orchestra or BandBBC.Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'Overture' from Oberon, Weber,
Recit and Aria - 'Come Scoglio' from Cosi Fan Tutte, Mozart (Vyvan),
'Flute Concerto', Lennox Berkeley (Francis),
'Symphony No.1 in C Minor', Brahms,
'Piano Concerto No.2', Martinu (Firkusny),
'Three Dances' from The Three Cornered Hat, Falla
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1953/83),
Programme (RAHE/1/1953/87)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/5f5I1A5o-2Wq
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1953/87Fifty Ninth Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - Jennifer Vyvan, John Francis, Rudolf Firkusny29 July 1953
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Uzogenas_BeapBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1953 - Fifty-Ninth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/3154Vyvyan; Jennifer (1925-1974); British classical soprano
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/8826Firkušný; Rudolf (1912-1994); Czech-born American classical pianist
DS/UK/8828Spinks; Charles (1915-1992); British harpsichordist, organist, composer, arranger
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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