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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1946 - Fifty-Second Season - Prom 4
Performance Date31 July 1946
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersMuriel Brunskill - vocal,
Cyril Smith - piano
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsBasil Cameron,
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Set List'Overture' from Il Seraglio, Mozart,
'The Swimmer' (Sea Pictures), Elgar (Muriel Brunskill),
'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini', Rachmaninoff (Cyril Smith),
'A London Symphony', Vaughan Williams,
'Gigues' (Images No.1), Debussy,
Symphonic Poem, 'Death and Transfiguration', R Strauss
Performance NotesRalph Vaughan Williams received a standing ovation from the audience after conducting his 'A London Symphony'.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1946/175),
Programme (RAHE/1/1946/179)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1946/179BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1946 - Fifty-Second Season - Prom 431 July 1946
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IgadyrotifynBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1945: Fifty Second Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1118Brunskill; Muriel (1899-1980); English contralto
DS/UK/2381Smith; Cyril James (1909-1974); OBE; English concert pianist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/1442Cameron; Basil (18 August 1884-26 June 1975); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/288Williams; Ralph Vaughan (12 October 1872-26 August 1958); OM; English composer
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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