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14 Aug 1948, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Sat 14 Aug 1948
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Programme
Arthur Sullivan
Overture di ballo
Sir George Dyson
The Canterbury Pilgrims
No. 11 The Wife of Bath
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No 2 in B minor
Johann Strauss II
By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz
Edvard Grieg
Two Elegiac Melodies, Op 34
Proms premiere
Benjamin Britten
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
interval
Performers
Isobel Baillie
soprano
soprano
Colin Horsley
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Arthur Sullivan
Sir George Dyson
Sergey Rachmaninov
Alexander Borodin
Johann Strauss II
Edvard Grieg
Benjamin Britten
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Borodin: Symphony No. 2
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