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Performance TitleOpera Promenade Concert - An Introduction to Opera for the People
Performance Date6 March 1948
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersStephen Williams - speaker

Walter Midgley,
Victoria Sladen,
Richard Lewis,
Constance Shacklock,
Arnold Matters,
Roderick Jones,
Nora Gruhn - vocals
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsWalter Goehr
Set ListOrgan Recital:
'Pomp and Circumstance March, No.4', Elgar,
'Trumpet Tune and Air', Purcell,
'Trumpet Minuet', J Clarke,
'Chanson De Matin', Elgar,
'Dances 1 and 2' from Henry VIII, German,
'Allegro Giocoso' from Water Music, Handel

Introductory Speech (Stephen Williams),
'Introduction and Prologue' from Pagliacci, Leoncavallo (Roderick Jones),
'Ballatella' from Pagliacci, Leoncavallo (Victoria Sladen),
'On With the Motley' from Pagliacci, Leoncavallo (Walter Midgley),
'Prelude and Intermezzo' from Carmen, Bizet,
'Speak to Me of My Mother' from Carmen, Bizet (Victoria Sladen, Walter Midgley),
'Habanera' from Carmen, Bizet (Constance Shacklock),
'Flower Song' from Carmen Bizet (Walter Midgley),
'Card Scene' from Carmen, Bizet (Constance Shacklock, Victoria Sladen, Nora Gruhn),
'Toreador's Song' from Carmen, Bizet (Roderick Jones)
'Gipsy Dances' from Carmen, Bizet
INTERVAL
'Introduction, Act II and Hans Sachs', Monologue 'How Sweetly Scents The Elder Tree' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (Arnold Matters),
'Quintet' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (Victoria Sladen, Constance Shacklock, Walter Midgley, Richard Lewis, Arnold Matters),
'Prize Song' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (Walter Midgley),
'Prelude' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1948/65)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/65Opera Promenade Concert - An Introduction To Opera For The People6 March 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Uxoxoimot_BiomOpera Promenade Concert - An Introduction to Opera for the People1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6825Midgley; Walter (1913-1980); English operatic tenor
DS/UK/3148Sladen; Victoria (1910-1999); British soprano
DS/UK/2661Lewis; Richard (1914-1990); CBE; Welsh tenor
DS/UK/1560Shacklock; Constance (1913-1999); OBE; English contralto
DS/UK/7071Matters; Arnold (1904-1990); Australian operatic baritone
DS/UK/3170Jones; Roderick (1910-1992); British baritone
DS/UK/7787Gruhn; Nora (fl 1940s); Soprano
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/1480Goehr; Walter (1903-1960); German composer, conductor
DS/UK/7788Williams; Stephen (1908-1994); British radio announcer, presenter, producer
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