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1 Aug 1955, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Mon 1 Aug 1955
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Programme
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell – overture
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Samson et Dalila
Aria 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix' Act 2
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor
Gustav Holst
The Perfect Fool
Ballet music
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Performers
Gladys Ripley
contralto
contralto
Eileen Joyce
piano
piano
ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Gioachino Rossini
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Franz Schubert
Edvard Grieg
Gustav Holst
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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