Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Seventy-Fourth Season - Prom 52 - Last Night of the Proms
Performance Date14 September 1968
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersSybil Michelow - vocal,
Ann Schein - piano
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsColin Davis
Set ListOverture - 'The Building of The House', Britten (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Traume' from Wesendonck Lieder, Wagner (Sybil Michelow, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Piano Concerto in A Minor', Schumann (Ann Schein, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Menuet Des Follets' from Damnation of Faust, Berlioz (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Danse Des Sylphes' from Damnation of Faust, Berlioz (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Marche Hongroise' from Damnation of Faust, Berlioz (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
March - 'Pomp and Circumstance No.1 in D Major', Elgar (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Scottish Dances', Iain Hamilton (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Sea Songs', arr. Henry Wood (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Rule, Britannia', Arne (Sybil Michelow, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Jerusalem', Parry (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesProms premiere of 'The Building of the House', Benjamin Britten.
The event was filmed by BBC television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1968/94),
Programme (RAHE/1/1968/149)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1968/149BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Prom 52 - Last Night of the Proms.14 September 1968
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oipaneroor_RevBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1968 - Seventy-Fourth Season52
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6100Davis; Sir; Colin (1927-2013); CH CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/10408Michelow; Sybil (1927-2013); South African contralto
DS/UK/10633Carlyss; Ann Schein (1939-); American pianist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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