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Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

on BBC Home Service Basic

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Margaret Ritchie SOPRANO Robert Thomas TENOR Leon Goossens OBOE
Norma Procter CONTRALTO Owen Brannigan BASS Ralph Downes ORGAN
BBC Chorus (Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate)
A Section of the London Philharmonic Choir (Chorus-Master, Frederic Jackson)
London Philharmonic Orchestra (Leader, Joseph Shadwick)
Conducted by Basil Cameron

From the Royal Albert Hall, London

Part 1 at 7.30
Handel
Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op. 6 No. 7 (Hornpipe)
7.47 app. Concerto No. 3, in G minor for oboe and strings
7.59 app. Recit. and Aria: Ombra mai fu (Xerxes)
8.6 app. Organ Concerto in F, Op. 4 No. 4
8.26 app. Alexander's Feast (Part 2) (Trumpet obbligato: Eric Bravington)

PART 2 at 9.15
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms for chorus and orchestra
Pianos: Ernest Ohiristemen, Eric Grittiton

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