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23 Aug 1960, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Tue 23 Aug 1960
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Proms 1960 Prom 27
Prom 27
19:30 Tue 23 Aug 1960 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
Overture
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor
Igor Stravinsky
Oedipus rex
Proms premiere
Performers
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Colin Davis
conductor
conductor
Raimund Herincx
Messenger
Creon
Messenger
Creon
Ronald Dowd
Oedipus
Oedipus
Patricia Johnson
Jocasta
Jocasta
Roger Stalman
Tirésias
Tirésias
Alberto Remedios
Shepherd
Shepherd
John Neville
speaker
speaker
BBC Singers
Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Alexander Borodin
Dmitry Shostakovich
Igor Stravinsky
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Proms 1960
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
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