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18 Sep 1953, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Fri 18 Sep 1953
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Proms 1953 Prom 48
Prom 48
19:30 Fri 18 Sep 1953 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Iphigénie en Aulide (arr. Richard Wagner)
Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
Arthur Benjamin
Romantic Fantasy
Proms premiere
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (orch. Henry Wood)
interval
Performers
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Gladys Ripley
contralto
contralto
Norman Walker
bass
bass
Elsie Morison
soprano
soprano
Richard Lewis
tenor
tenor
Royal Choral Society
Trevor Harvey
conductor
conductor
Jean Pougnet
violin
violin
Herbert Downes
viola
viola
91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Ludwig van Beethoven
Arthur Benjamin
Johann Sebastian Bach
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