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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1969 - Seventy-Fifth Season - Prom 13
Performance Date1 August 1969
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersDeanne Bergsma,
Donald Britton,
Wayne Sleep,
Alexander Grant - dancers

Alvar Lidell - speaker

Gerald English,
Alexander Oliver,
Michael Rippon,
Joseph Rouleau,
Anne Howells,
Raimund Herincx - vocals

Andrew McGee - violin,
Sebastian Bell,
Judith Pearce - flutes,
Antony Pay - clarinet,
John Leach - cimbalom
Orchestra or BandLondon Sinfonietta
ChoirsLondon Sinfonietta Chorus
ConductorsDavid Atherton
Set List'Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G Major, for Violin, Two Flutes and Strings, Bach (Andrew McGee, Sebastian Bell, Judith Pearce, London Sinfonietta),
'Renard', Stravinsky (Deanne Bergsma, Alexander Grant, Donald Britton, Wayne Sleep, Gerald English, Michael Rippon, Alexander Oliver, Joseph Rouleau, John Leach, London Sinfonietta),
'Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622', Mozart (Antony Pay, London Sinfonietta),
'The Whale', John Tavener (Anne Howells, Raimund Herincx, Alvar Lidell, London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Sinfonietta)
Performance NotesProms premieres of 'Renard', Stravinsky and 'The Whale', John Tavener.
The event was filmed by BBC Television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1969/82),
Programme (RAHE/1/1969/95)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1969/95BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1969 - Prom 131 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/5684Atherton; David (3 January 1944); OBE; English conductor, co-founder of London Sinfonietta
DS/UK/5703London Sinfonietta Chorus; 1968-; English choir of the London Sinfonietta
DS/UK/8763Sleep; Wayne (17 July 1948); OBE; British dancer, choreographer and actor
DS/UK/3149Lidell; Tord 'Alvar' Quan (1908-1981); British BBC radio announcer, newsreader
DS/UK/10268English; Gerald (1925-); English tenor
DS/UK/15576Oliver; Alexander (fl 1960s-); British tenor
DS/UK/9576Rippon; Michael (1938-2004); English bass singer
DS/UK/13206Rouleau; Joseph Alfred Pierre (1929-); French-Canadian bass
DS/UK/10712Howells; Anne (1941-2022); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/9299Herincx; Raimund (1927 -); British operatic bass-baritone
DS/UK/10640McGee; Andrew (fl 1950s-1960s); British violinist
DS/UK/15295Bell; Sebastian (29 October 1941-21 September 2007); English flautist
DS/UK/12393Pearce; Judith (fl 1960s-1970s); British flautist
DS/UK/11055Pay; Antony (1945-); English clarinetist
DS/UK/18091Leach; John (fl 1960s-1970s); British composer, cimbalon player
DS/UK/18090Grant; Alexander (1925-2011); New Zealand ballet dancer
DS/UK/18089Britton; Donald Gene (1929-1983); English ballet dancer
DS/UK/18088Bergsma; Deanne (1941-); South African ballerina
DS/UK/1085London Sinfonietta; 1968-; English chamber orchestra
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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