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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1969 - Seventy-Fifth Season - Prom 31
Performance Date22 August 1969
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersMargaret Price,
Mary Thomas,
Anne Howard,
Jean Allister,
Helen Watts,
Gerald English,
Rowland Jones,
Forbes Robinson - vocals,
Kenneth Heath - cello continuo,
Adrian Beers - bass continuo,
Charles Spinks - harpsichord continuo,
Leslie Pearson - organ continuo
Orchestra or BandEnglish Chamber Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Chorus
ConductorsMeredith Davies
Set List'Semele', Handel
Performance NotesProms premiere of 'Semele', Handel.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1969/82),
Programme (RAHE/1/1969/113)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/TazTb1xTbVuDVx
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1969/113BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1969 - Prom 3122 August 1969
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Opazogcv_R_ZBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1969 - Seventy-Fifth Season52
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4657English Chamber Orchestra (ECO); 1948-; English chamber orchestra
DS/UK/958British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Singers; 1924-; British chamber choir
DS/UK/9075Davies; (Albert) Meredith (1922-2005); British conductor
DS/UK/10726Price; Dame; Margaret Berenice (13 April 1941-28 January 2011); DBE; Welsh soprano
DS/UK/11085Thomas; Mary (1932-1997); English soprano
DS/UK/10511Allister; Jean Maria (26 February 1932-11 July 2012); Northern Irish contralto singer and teacher
DS/UK/9323Watts; Helen (1927-2009); CBE; Welsh contralto
DS/UK/10268English; Gerald (1925-); English tenor
DS/UK/11766Jones; Rowland (fl 1950s-1960s); Welsh tenor
DS/UK/9984Robinson; Peter Forbes (1926-1987); British bass
DS/UK/10516Heath; Kenneth (fl 1960s-1970s); English cellist
DS/UK/9056Beers; Adrian Simon (6 January 1916-8 April 2004); MBE; British double bass player
DS/UK/8828Spinks; Charles (1915-1992); British harpsichordist, organist, composer, arranger
DS/UK/10520Pearson; Leslie (fl 1960s-1970s); British organist, pianist
DS/UK/15574Howard; Ann (1934-2014); British mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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