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5 Aug 1961, Royal Albert Hall
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Sat 5 Aug 1961
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Programme
Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride
Overture
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 88 in G major
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
Ballàbili Act 3 Proms premiere
Constant Lambert
The Rio Grande
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Performers
Peter Katin
piano
piano
Jean Allister
contralto
contralto
Joyce Hedges
piano
piano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Bedrich Smetana
Joseph Haydn
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Giuseppe Verdi
Constant Lambert
Richard Strauss
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