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22 Aug 1956, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Wed 22 Aug 1956
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Proms 1956 Prom 28
Prom 28
19:30 Wed 22 Aug 1956 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture
Overture
Dmitry Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Proms premiere
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D major (orch. Malcom Sargent)
No. 3 Notturno
Alexander Scriabin
The Poem of Ecstasy
Performers
Max Rostal
violin
violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Dmitry Shostakovich
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Alexander Borodin
Alexander Scriabin
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Part of
Proms 1956
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Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
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