Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1944 - Golden Jubilee Season - Prom 16 - Handel-Elgar Concert
Performance Date28 June 1944
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersJanet Howe - piano,
Heddle Nash - vocal,
Leon Goossens - oboe
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsThe Alexandra Choir
ConductorsSir Henry Wood,
Basil Cameron
Set ListOverture, 'Messiah', Handel,
Recit, 'Comfort Ye' from The Messiah, Handel (Heddle Nash),
Aria, 'Ev'ry Valley', Handel (Heddle Nash),
'Royal Fireworks Music', Handel,
'Plague Chouses' from Israel In Egypt, Handel (The Alexandra Choir),
'He Gave Them Hailstones', Handel (The Alexandra Choir),
'He Sent a Thick Darkness', Handel (The Alexandra Choir),
'He Smote All The Firstborn', Handel (The Alexandra Choir),
'Oboe Concerto No.3 in G Minor', Handel (Leon Goossens),
Coronation Anthem, 'Zadok The Priest', Handel (The Alexandra Choir),
'The Music Makers', Elgar (Janet Howe, The Alexandra Choir),
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1944/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/1944/75)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1944/75BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1944: Golden Jubilee Season - Prom 1628 June 1944
RAHE/1/1944/60BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1944: Golden Jubilee Season10 June-12 August 1944
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OwsagoogotifodBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1943: Golden Jubilee Season17
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2681Howe; Janet (fl 1930s-1950s); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/1360Nash; William 'Heddle' (1894-1961); English tenor
DS/UK/1905Goossens; Leon Jean (1897-1988); CBE, FRCM; British oboist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/39Wood; Sir; Henry (3 March 1869 – 19 August 1944); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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