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17 Sep 1948, Royal Albert Hall
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Fri 17 Sep 1948
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Proms 1948 Prom 48
Prom 48
19:30 Fri 17 Sep 1948 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Alceste - Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Hubert Parry
Blest Pair of Sirens
interval
Performers
Mary Jarred
contralto
contralto
Norman Walker
bass
bass
Parry Jones
tenor
tenor
Joan Hammond
soprano
soprano
Royal Choral Society
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Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Hubert Parry
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