Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1954 - Sixtieth Season - Prom 22 - Handel-Stravinsky Concert
Performance Date18 August 1954
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersMargaret Ritchie,
Norma Procter,
Robert Thomas,
Owen Brannigan - vocals,
Leon Goossens - oboe,
Ralph Downes - organ,
Ernest Christensen,
Eric Gritton - pianos
Orchestra or BandLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
ChoirsLondon Philharmonic Choir
ConductorsBasil Cameron
Set List'Concerto Grosso in B Flat, Op.6, No.7' (Hornpipe), Handel,
'Concerto No.3 in G Minor, for Oboe and Strings', Handel,
Recit and Aria - 'Ombra Mai Fu' from Xerxes, Handel (Procter),
'Concerto in F for Organ and Orchestra, Op.4, No.4', Handel (Downes),
'Alexander's Feast (Part II)', Handel (Ritchie, Procter, Thomas, Brannigan, BBC Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir),
'Symphony of Psalms', Stravinsky (BBC Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, Christensen, Gritton)
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1954/68),
Programme (RAHE/1/1954/90)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1954/90Sixtieth Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - Handel-Stravinsky Concert18 August 1954
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ulanymyg_BaihBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1954 - Sixtieth Season - Diamond Jubilee Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1004London Philharmonic Choir; 1947-; English choir
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/7477Gritton; Eric (fl 1950s); British organist
DS/UK/1129London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); 1932-; British orchestra
DS/UK/1895Ritchie; Margaret ' Mabel' (1903-1969); English soprano
DS/UK/9166Procter; Mary Norma (1928-); British contralto
DS/UK/2545Thomas; Robert (fl 1950s-1960s); British tenor
DS/UK/2719Brannigan; Owen (1908-1973); OBE; English bass
DS/UK/1905Goossens; Leon Jean (1897-1988); CBE, FRCM; British oboist
DS/UK/6473Downes; Ralph William (1904-1993); Professor; English organist, organ designer, music director, academic
DS/UK/7354Christensen; Ernest (fl 1940s); Pianist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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