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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1960 - Sixty-Sixth Season - Prom 40 - Tchaikovsky Concert
Performance Date7 September 1960
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJosephine Veasey - mezzo-soprano,
Tessa Robbins - violin
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
Sir Eugene Goossens
Set ListOverture-Fantasia - 'Romeo and Juliet', Tchaikovsky,
'Joan of Arc's Farewell' from Joan of Arc, Tchaikovsky (Josephine Veasey),
'Symphony No.6 in B Minor' (Pathetique), Tchaikovsky,
'Poem for Twenty-Two Strings', Humphrey Searle,
'Phantasy Concerto for Violin and Orchestra', Eugene Goossens (Tessa Robbins)
Performance NotesWorld premiere of 'Phantasy Concerto for Violin and Orchestra', Eugene Goossens.
Proms premiere of 'Poem for Twenty-Two Strings', Humphrey Searle.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1960/80),
Programme (RAHE/1/1960/120),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1960/5)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/J9xJ9-PJ9CI_B7
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1960/120BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1960 - Prom 40 - Tchaikovsky Concert7 September 1960
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ilamcdcm_SeahBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1960 - Sixty-Sixth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/9447Veasey; Josephine (1930-2022); British mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/9998Robbins; Tessa (fl 1950s-1960s); British violinist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/227Goossens; Sir; Eugene Aynsley (1893-1962); English conductor and composer
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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