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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1964 - Seventieth Season - Prom 9 - Fiftieth Anniversary of The First World War
Performance Date4 August 1964
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersHeather Harper,
Peter Pears,
Thomas Hemsley - vocals,
Simon Preston - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra,
Melos Ensemble
ChoirsBBC Chorus,
BBC Choral Society,
Boys from Emanuel School,
London Philharmonic Choir
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent,
Meredith Davies,
Benjamin Britten
Set List'Symphony No.6 in E Minor', Vaughan Williams (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'War Requiem', Britten (Heather Harper, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, Melos Ensemble, BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, Boys from Emanuel School, London Philharmonic Choir, Simon Preston, BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesThe event was filmed by BBC television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1964/90),
Programmme (RAHE/1/1964/100)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/5wM5IWy5MxMZk
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1964/100BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1964 - Prom 94 August 1964
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oromolez_MiebBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1964 - Seventieth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1004London Philharmonic Choir; 1947-; English choir
DS/UK/5616Preston; Simon (1938-2022); CBE; English organist, conductor, composer
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/9860Harper; Heather (1930-); Northern Irish-born British operatic soprano
DS/UK/3185Pears; Sir; Peter Neville Luard (1910-1986); English tenor
DS/UK/11240Hemsley; Thomas (1927-2013); English baritone
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/14134Melos Ensemble; 1950-; British chamber music ensemble
DS/UK/958British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Singers; 1924-; British chamber choir
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/9075Davies; (Albert) Meredith (1922-2005); British conductor
DS/UK/480Britten; Benjamin (22 November 1913-4 December 1976); Baron OM CH; English composer, conductor and pianist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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