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26 Aug 1961, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Sat 26 Aug 1961
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19:30 Sat 26 Aug 1961 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’)
Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon, J306
No. 13 Aria 'Ocean, thou mighty monster' Act 2
Kodály Zoltán
Dances of Galánta
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major
Dmitry Shostakovich
The Age of Gold - suite
No. 3 Polka
The Age of Gold - suite
No. 4 Danse
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, K447
- cadenzas by Barry Tuckwell
Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka (1947 version)
Shrovetide Fair
Petrushka (1947 version)
In Petrushka's Cell
Petrushka (1947 version)
Shrovetide Fair towards Evening (alternative concert ending)
Petrushka (1947 version)
Russian Dance
Performers
Nell Rankin
soprano
soprano
Shura Cherkassky
piano
piano
Barry Tuckwell
horn
horn
London Symphony Orchestra
Bryan Balkwill
conductor
conductor
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Carl Maria von Weber
Kodály Zoltán
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dmitry Shostakovich
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Igor Stravinsky
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Proms 1961
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A performance of Mendelssohn’s 'Hebrides Overture' ('Fingal's Cave')
Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Dmitri Shostakovich
Stravinsky: Petrushka
A performance of the overture from Stravinsky’s 'Petrushka'
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Stravinsky: Petrushka
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