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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Seventy-Fourth Season - Prom 22
Performance Date12 August 1968
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJune Barton - vocal,
Wolfgang Marschner - violin,
Roger Smalley - piano,
Tristan Fry - percussion
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsNorman Del Mar,
David Atherton
Set List'Concerto for Orchestra', Thea Musgrave (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'In Alium', John Tavener (BBC Symphony Orchestra, June Barton),
'Violin Concerto', Don Banks (Wolfgang Marschner, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Kontakte for Electronic Sounds, Piano and Percussion', Stockhausen (Roger Smalley, Tristan Fry, BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesProms premiere of 'Concerto for Orchestra', Thea Musgrave and 'Kontakte for Electronic Sounds, Piano and Percussion', Stockhausen. Premiere of 'In Alium', John Tavener and 'Violin Concerto', Don Banks.
A ballot was held among members of the audience to choose which of the first three pieces of music they would like to be repeated - 'In Alium', John Tavener was selected.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1968/94),
Programme (RAHE/1/1968/117)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1968/117BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Prom 2212 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/5684Atherton; David (3 January 1944); OBE; English conductor, co-founder of London Sinfonietta
DS/UK/13446Marschner; Wolfgang (1926-); German violinist, violin teacher, composer, conductor
DS/UK/10431Smalley; Roger (1943-); British composer, pianist, conductor
DS/UK/11774Fry; Tristan (fl 1960s-); English drummer, percussionist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/2609Mar; Norman Del (1919-1994); British conductor, horn player, biographer
DS/UK/17560Barton; June (fl 1960s); British soprano
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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