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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1954 - Sixtieth Season - Prom 1
Performance Date24 July 1954
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersEileen Joyce - piano,
Sidonie Goossens - harp,
William Overton - trumpet,
Charles Spinks - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
'Trumpet Voluntary', arr. H Wood (Overton, Spinks),
'A London Overture', Ireland,
'Scherzo' from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn,
'Nocturne' from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn,
'Wedding March' from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn,
'Piano Concerto No.3 in C', Prokofiev (Joyce),
'Till Eulenspiegel', R Strauss,
'Lyra Angelica', Alwyn (Goossens),
'Bolero', Ravel
Performance NotesPremiere of 'Lyra Angelica', Alwyn.

The event was broadcast by BBC Television from 19:50-20:50.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1954/68),
Programme (RAHE/1/1954/69)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1954/69Sixtieth Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - Sidonie Goossens - Eileen Joyce - Sir Malcolm Sargent24 July 1954
RAHE/1/1954/68Sixtieth Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - Complete Season Programme24 July - 18 September 1954
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ulanymyg_BaihBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1954 - Sixtieth Season - Diamond Jubilee Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/1519Joyce; Eileen (1 January 1908-25 March 1991); CMG; Australian pianist
DS/UK/6410Goossens; Sidonie (1899-2004); OBE; British harpist
DS/UK/10635Overton; William (fl 1950s-1960s); British trumpeter
DS/UK/8828Spinks; Charles (1915-1992); British harpsichordist, organist, composer, arranger
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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