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Performance TitleBBC Symphony Orchestra Concert
Performance Date19 May 1944
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersValentine Dyall - speaker

Isobel Baillie,
Gladys Ripley,
Parry Jones,
Norman Walker,
Roy Henderson - vocals
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Choral Society
ConductorsSir Adrian Boult
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'Sea-Drift, for Baritone Solo, Chorus and Orchestra', Delius (Roy Henderson, BBC Choral Society, Valentine Dyall),
'Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.125' (Choral), Beethoven
Performance NotesThis concert was one of four concerts conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, that the BBC held before the BBC Symphony Orchestra went on holiday in preparation for a forthcoming season of Promenade Concerts at the Hall.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1944/42)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1944/42BBC Symphony Orchestra Concert19 May 1944
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UloziefoitifotBBC Symphony Orchestra Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1218Baillie; Dame; Isobel (9 March 1895-24 September 1983); DBE; Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/1247Ripley; Gladys (1908-1955); English contralto
DS/UK/2133Jones; Gwynn Parry (1891-1963); Welsh tenor
DS/UK/3285Walker; Norman (1907-1963); English bass singer
DS/UK/1344Henderson; Roy Galbraith (4 July 1899-16 March 2000); CBE; English singer baritone
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/6513Dyall; Valentine (7 May 1908-24 June 1985); English actor
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