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HENRY WOOD PROMENADE CONCERT

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

Fiftieth Anniversary of the First World War
HEATHER HARPER (soprano) PETER PEARS (tenor)
THOMAS HEMSLEY (baritone)
MELOS ENSEMBLE Conducted by BENJAMIN BRITTEN
BBC CHORUS
BBC CHORAL SOCIETY
BOYS FROM EMANUEL SCHOOL
Conductor,
Christian Strover LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
Conductor, Frederic Jackson
SIMON PRESTON
(organ and chamber organ)
BBC Symphony ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by SIR MALCOLM SARGENT MEREDITH DAVIES
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part 1: Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 6, in E minor
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

Contributors

Soprano:
Heather Harper
Conducted By:
Benjamin Britten
Conductor:
Christian Strover London
Conductor:
Frederic Jackson
Conductor:
Simon Preston
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Conducted By:
Meredith Davies
Unknown:
Albert Hall
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Source: Radio Times

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