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14 Aug 1956, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Tue 14 Aug 1956
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Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty (Act 1, No 6: Waltz)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major
Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Humphrey Searle
Piano Concerto No. 2
First concert performance in London
Benjamin Britten
Matinées musicales
Proms premiere
Performers
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Clive Lythgoe
piano
piano
John Hollingsworth
conductor
conductor
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Humphrey Searle
Benjamin Britten
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