BBC Proms - Season 11

First aired: 7/20/1957 2 episodes
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Episodes

1. First Night of the Proms

Aired: 7/20/1957

(Prom 1) The second part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London. BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Soloist, Eileen Joyce Overture: The Mastersingers......... Wagner Piano Concerto No. 2, in G minor Saint-Saens Variations and Fugue on a theme of Purcell (The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra) Benjamin Britten Introduced by Alvar Lidell.

2. The Last Night of the Proms

Aired: 9/14/1957

(Prom 49) Constance Shacklock (mezzo-soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor; Sir Malcolm Sargent Introduced by Alvar Lidell.