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1 Aug 1949, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Mon 1 Aug 1949
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Programme
Ferdinand Hérold
Zampa
Overture
George Frideric Handel
Serse (Act 1: Ombra mai fù)
Frederick Delius
Irmelin Prelude
Koanga
La Calinda Act 1
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No 2 in B minor
Constant Lambert
The Rio Grande
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 3 in G major, Op 55
No. 4 Tema con variazioni
Performers
Nancy Evans
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Alfredo Campoli
violin
violin
Eric Harrison
piano
piano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ferdinand Hérold
George Frideric Handel
Frederick Delius
Felix Mendelssohn
Alexander Borodin
Constant Lambert
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Proms 1949
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Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Borodin: Symphony No. 2
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