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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1963 - Sixty-Ninth Season - Prom 6
Performance Date26 July 1963
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersElizabeth Simon,
Jean Knibbs,
Helen Watts,
Grayston Burgess,
John Whitworth,
John Mitchinson,
Richard Standen - vocals,
Neville Marriner - violin,
Alexander Murray - flute,
Stanislav Heller - harpsichord
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Chorus
ConductorsDavid Willcocks
Set List'Come, Ye Sons of Art' (Ode for The Birthday of Queen Mary, 1694), Purcell (Elizabeth Simon, Grayston Burgess, John Whitworth, Richard Standen, BBC Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D Major, for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord and String Orchestra', Bach (Neville Marriner, Alexander Murray, Stanislav Heller, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Fantasia on a Theme By Thomas Tallis', Vaughan Williams (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Magnificat', Bach (Elizabeth Simon, Jean Knibbs, Helen Watts, John Mitchinson, Richard Standen, BBC Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesProms premiere of 'Come, Ye Sons of Art' (Ode for The Birthday of Queen Mary, 1694), Purcell.

This was Sir Neville Mariner's first appearance at the Royal Albert Hall.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1963/89),
Programme (RAHE/1/1963/95),
Poster (RAHE/2/1963/1)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1963/95BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1963 - Prom 626 July 1963
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cbaxclowx_M_NBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1963 - Sixty-Ninth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/958British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Singers; 1924-; British chamber choir
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/11767Simon; Elizabeth (fl 1950s-1960s); British soprano
DS/UK/9323Watts; Helen (1927-2009); CBE; Welsh contralto
DS/UK/9861Mitchinson; John (1932-); English operatic tenor
DS/UK/6514Standen; Richard (1912-); English bass-baritone
DS/UK/10595Marriner; Sir; Neville (1924-2016); English conductor, violinist
DS/UK/9975Murray; Alexander (fl 1950s-1960s); British flautist
DS/UK/14114Knibbs; Jean (fl 1960s); British soprano
DS/UK/14116Whitworth; John (1921-2013); British counter-tenor
DS/UK/14117Heller; Stanislav (1924-2000); Czech-born harpsichordist, musicologist
DS/UK/14115Burgess; Grayston (1932-); British counter-tenor, conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
DS/UK/5468Willcocks; Sir; David (30 December 1919-17 September 2015); CBE MC; British conductor, organist and composer
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