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23 Jul 1981, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Thu 23 Jul 1981
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Proms 1981 Prom 06
Prom 06
19:30 Thu 23 Jul 1981 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Wasps – overture
Peter Maxwell Davies
Symphony No. 2
First UK concert performance
Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto in B minor
Performers
Itzhak Perlman
violin
violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Peter Maxwell Davies
Edward Elgar
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