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14 Aug 1956, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Tue 14 Aug 1956
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Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty (Act 1, No 6: Waltz)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major
Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Humphrey Searle
Piano Concerto No. 2
First concert performance in London
Benjamin Britten
Matinées musicales
Proms premiere
Performers
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Clive Lythgoe
piano
piano
John Hollingsworth
conductor
conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Humphrey Searle
Benjamin Britten
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
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