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24 Aug 1956, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Fri 24 Aug 1956
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus
No. 1 Overture
Adelaide, Op 46 (arr. Louis Spohr)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Edmund Rubbra
Piano Concerto in G major
Proms premiere
Gustav Holst
The Perfect Fool
Ballet music
Performers
William McAlpine
tenor
tenor
Denis Matthews
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Edmund Rubbra
Gustav Holst
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Proms 1956
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Holst: The Perfect Fool
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