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Performance TitleFilming - Happy Birthday Dear Albert, in aid of the Royal Albert Hall Centenary Appeal Fund [Private]
Performance Date8 August 1971
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersSir John Gielgud,
Sir John Betjeman,
John Snagge
Secondary PerformersGillian Weir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Philharmonic Orchestra

The Scaffold (Mike McGear aka Peter Michael McCartney, Roger McGough, John Gorman)
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsBryan Kelly
Performance NotesThis pre-recording was before an invited audience and the Transmission was broadcast on BBC One on Sunday 12 September 1971 from 22:15-23:10 as part of the Omnibus series.

The event consisted of concert and choral music together with projections of film taken at events at the Hall in the past. It was produced by Herbert Chappell. The audience was before an invited audience and members of staff from the Hall.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10113Filming - Happy Birthday Dear Albert, in aid of the Royal Albert Hall Centenary Appeal Fund [Private]1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/150Weir; Dame; Gillian (1941-); DBE; New Zealand organist
DS/UK/12172McGough; Roger (9 November 1937); CBE FRSL; English poet, poet, broadcaster and playwright
DS/UK/16884The Scaffold (1964-1977)
DS/UK/1129London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); 1932-; British orchestra
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/3760Gielgud; Sir; Arthur John (14 April 1904-21 May 2000); English actor, director, producer
DS/UK/18226Betjeman; Sir; John (28 August 1906-19 May 1984); CBE; English poet, writer and broadcaster
DS/UK/6747Snagge; John Derrick Mordaunt (1904-1996); OBE; British newsreader, commentator
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