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3 Aug 1961, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Thu 3 Aug 1961
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Proms 1961 Prom 11
Prom 11
19:30 Thu 3 Aug 1961 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
Overture
Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Igor Stravinsky
Oedipus rex
Performers
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Colin Davis
conductor
conductor
Raimund Herincx
Messenger
Creon
Messenger
Creon
Donald Wolfit
speaker
speaker
Ronald Dowd
Oedipus
Oedipus
Patricia Johnson
Jocasta
Jocasta
Roger Stalman
Tirésias
Tirésias
Alberto Remedios
Shepherd
Shepherd
BBC Singers
Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Alexander Borodin
Sergey Prokofiev
Igor Stravinsky
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Proms 1961
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
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