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22 Aug 1956, Royal Albert Hall
Previous Event
19:30
Wed 22 Aug 1956
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Proms 1956 Prom 28
Prom 28
19:30 Wed 22 Aug 1956 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture
Overture
Dmitry Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Proms premiere
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D major (orch. Malcom Sargent)
No. 3 Notturno
Alexander Scriabin
The Poem of Ecstasy
Performers
Max Rostal
violin
violin
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Dmitry Shostakovich
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Alexander Borodin
Alexander Scriabin
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