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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1946 - Fifty-Second Season - Prom 19
Performance Date17 August 1946
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersAstra Desmond - vocal,
Denis Matthews - piano
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron
Set List'Prelude' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner,
Aria, 'Lascia Ch'Io Pianga' from Rinaldo, Handel (Astra Desmond),
'Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor', Beethoven (Denis Matthews),
'Variations on an Original Theme' (Enigma), Elgar,
'Theme and Variations' (Suite No.3 in G), Tchaikovsky,
'Epic March', Ireland
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1946/175),
Programme (RAHE/1/1946/194)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/9kB9kZo91v7icG
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1946/194BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1946 - Fifty-Second Season - Prom 1917 August 1946
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IgadyrotifynBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1945: Fifty Second Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/2584Matthews; Denis (1919-1988); English pianist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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