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Thu 27 Jul 1961
19:30
Prom 05
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Abduction from the Seraglio – overture
Concert ending by Johann André
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D major
Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony No. 21 in F sharp minor, Op 51
Proms premiere
Benjamin Britten
Prelude and Fugue
Proms premiere
Edward Elgar
‘Enigma’ Variations
Performers
Victor Godfrey
bass
bass
Pamela Bowden
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Elizabeth Harwood
soprano
soprano
Alfred Hallett
tenor
tenor
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Léon Goossens
oboe
oboe
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Richard Strauss
Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Benjamin Britten
Edward Elgar
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