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31 Aug 1949, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Wed 31 Aug 1949
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Proms 1949 Prom 34
Prom 34
19:30 Wed 31 Aug 1949 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
George Frideric Handel
Judas Maccabaeus
Recitative & aria 'Thanks to my brethren...How vain is man who boasts in fight' Act 2
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks – overture (arr. Hamilton Harty)
Music for the Royal Fireworks - No 3. Bourrée (arr. Hamilton Harty)
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (arr. Hamilton Harty)
No. 3 La paix: Largo alla siciliana
Music for the Royal Fireworks - No 5. Minuets (arr. Hamilton Harty)
Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’
Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm, Jesu, komm!, BWV 229
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Motet 'Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden', BWV 230
Proms premiere
interval
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Richard Lewis
tenor
tenor
Myra Hess
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Chorus
Leslie Woodgate
conductor
conductor
Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball
organ
organ
Arnold Greir
organ
organ
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frideric Handel
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Proms 1949
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Bach: Orchestral Suites
Handel - Judas Maccabeus
Zadok
James May introduces J. S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
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