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1 Aug 1953, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Sat 1 Aug 1953
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Programme
Ambroise Thomas
Mignon
No. 1 Overture
Percy Grainger
Irish Tune from County Derry
Molly on the Shore
- Additional item to the programme, not listed in the 1953 Proms Guide
Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
È sogno o realtà? Act 2 Scene 1
interval
Henry Walford Davies
Solemn Melody
- Additional item to the programme, not listed in the 1953 Proms Guide
George Enescu
2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op 11
No. 1 in A major
Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Richard Strauss
Don Juan
Camille Saint‐Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals
Jean Sibelius
Valse triste
Finlandia
Performers
Redvers Llewellyn
baritone
baritone
Willem Mont
cello
cello
Eric Gritton
organ
organ
Cyril Smith
piano
piano
Phyllis Sellick
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ambroise Thomas
Percy Grainger
Giuseppe Verdi
Henry Walford Davies
George Enescu
Sergey Rachmaninov
Richard Strauss
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Jean Sibelius
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