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2 Aug 1955, Royal Albert Hall
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Tue 2 Aug 1955
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Programme
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro
William Walton
Troilus and Cressida
Duet 'Here is your refuge...There howls the wind' Act 2 Scene 1 First concert performance
César Franck
Symphonic Variations
Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 3 in A minor
Sergey Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf, Op 67
Antonín Dvořák
Overture 'Carnival'
Performers
Richard Lewis
Troilus
Troilus
Magda László
Cressida
Cressida
Michal Hambourg
piano
piano
Richard Attenborough
narrator
narrator
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Edward Elgar
William Walton
César Franck
Sergey Rachmaninov
Sergey Prokofiev
Antonín Dvořák
About this event
Part of
Proms 1955
Discover the Music
Elgar: A Very English Composer
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
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