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31 Aug 1949, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Wed 31 Aug 1949
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Proms 1949 Prom 34
Prom 34
19:30 Wed 31 Aug 1949 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
George Frideric Handel
Judas Maccabaeus
Recitative & aria 'Thanks to my brethren...How vain is man who boasts in fight' Act 2
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in D minor
George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks – overture (arr. Hamilton Harty)
Music for the Royal Fireworks - No 3. Bourrée (arr. Hamilton Harty)
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (arr. Hamilton Harty)
No. 3 La paix: Largo alla siciliana
Music for the Royal Fireworks - No 5. Minuets (arr. Hamilton Harty)
Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’
Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm, Jesu, komm!, BWV 229
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Motet 'Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden', BWV 230
Proms premiere
interval
Performers
91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Richard Lewis
tenor
tenor
Myra Hess
piano
piano
91Èȱ¬ Symphony Chorus
Leslie Woodgate
conductor
conductor
Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball
organ
organ
Arnold Greir
organ
organ
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frideric Handel
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Proms 1949
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