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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Seventy-Fourth Season - Prom 26
Performance Date16 August 1968
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersDonald Douglas - speaker
Vladimir Ashkenazy - piano
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Chorus,
BBC Choral Society,
Alexandra Choir,
Croydon Philharmonic Society
ConductorsColin Davis,
Sir Arthur Bliss
Set List'Introduction and Allegro for Strings', Elgar (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major', Beethoven (Vladimir Ashkenazy, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Morning Heroes', Bliss (Donald Douglas, BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, Alexandra Choir, Croydon Philharmonic Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesProms premiere of 'Morning Heroes', Bliss.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1968/94),
Programme (RAHE/1/1968/122)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1968/122BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Prom 2616 August 1968
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oipaneroor_RevBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Seventy-Fourth Season52
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6100Davis; Sir; Colin (1927-2013); CH CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/7050Bliss; Sir; Arthur (2 August 1891-27 March 1975); CH KCVO; English composer and conductor
DS/UK/10648Ashkenazy; Vladimir (6 July 1937); Russian- born Icelandic conductor and pianist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/958British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Singers; 1924-; British chamber choir
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/3758Croydon Philharmonic Choir; 1914-; British amateur choir
DS/UK/17569Douglas; Donald (1933-); Scottish actor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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