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11 Aug 1961, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Fri 11 Aug 1961
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19:30 Fri 11 Aug 1961 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus
No. 18 Finale: Allegretto - Allegro molto - Presto Act 2 No. 13
Symphony No. 1 in C major
Violin Concerto in D major
Claude Debussy
Première rapsodie
Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la Nuit (orch. Eugene III Goossens)
No. 2 Le gibet UK premiere
Albert Roussel
Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op 42
Proms premiere
Performers
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Henryk Szeryng
violin
violin
Sir Eugene Goossens
conductor
conductor
Colin Bradbury
clarinet
clarinet
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel
Albert Roussel
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Proms 1961
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Beethoven: Symphony No.1
Beethoven's Violin Concerto
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