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8 Aug 1951, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Wed 8 Aug 1951
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture 'Ruy Blas'
Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
interval
Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op 52 (version with piano duet)
- Malcolm Sargent was originally scheduled to be piano/director.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 1 Scherzo
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 6 Wedding March
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
No. 5 Nocturne
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Hollingsworth
conductor
conductor
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
Leslie Woodgate
conductor
conductor
Phyllis Sellick
piano
piano
Marjorie Avis
soprano
soprano
Betty Hutchings
soprano
soprano
Gladys Bishop
contralto
contralto
Kathleen Kay
contralto
contralto
John Duncan
tenor
tenor
Reginald Mitchell
tenor
tenor
Victor Utting
bass
bass
Roland Izzard
bass
bass
Grace Reynolds
soprano
soprano
June Cole
soprano
soprano
Gertrude Wood
contralto
contralto
Kathleen Ewart
contralto
contralto
Lawrence Watts
tenor
tenor
Herbert Bowman
tenor
tenor
Kenneth Tudor
bass
bass
William Brown
bass
bass
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Johannes Brahms
About this event
Part of
Proms 1951
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 'Italian'
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