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First Night of the Proms

BBC Television
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(See columns 1 and 2 and page 6)

The second part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Soloist, Eileen Joyce

Overture: The Mastersingers......... Wagner
Piano Concerto No. 2, in G minor Saint-Saens
Variations and Fugue on a theme of Purcell (The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra) Benjamin Britten
Introduced by Alvar Lidell.
At 9.0

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Presenter:
Alvar Lidell
Television Presentation:
Antony Craxton
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
Paul Beard
Conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Soloist:
Eileen Joyce
Source: Radio Times

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