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29 Aug 1956, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Wed 29 Aug 1956
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Proms 1956 Prom 34
Prom 34
19:30 Wed 29 Aug 1956 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Jeremiah Clarke
The Prince of Denmark's March (arr. Henry Wood)
Franz Schubert
Symphony No 5 in B flat major
Frederick Delius
Idyll
interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 8 in D minor
Proms premiere
Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra
Performers
William Lang
trumpet
trumpet
Eric Chadwick
organ
organ
Hallé (pre-2003, Hallé Orchestra) (members)
Hallé
Sylvia Fisher
soprano
soprano
Ronald Lewis
baritone
baritone
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Jeremiah Clarke
Franz Schubert
Frederick Delius
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Béla Bartók
About this event
Part of
Proms 1956
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Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Bartok: Concerto for orchestra
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