Ref NoPRG/DD/CON/LDN/RAH
CollectionDerry Dinkin Collection
TitleRoyal Albert Hall concert programmes
Date1960-1997
Extent23 items
Description23 programmes for concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, as follows:
* One programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 66th Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 10 August 1960. The concert featured The BBC Choral Society, The BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the individual talents of Erna Spoorenberg, Marjorie Thomas, John Mitchinson, Trevor Anthony, Valerie Tryon, Leslie Woodgate (chorus-master), Paul Beard (leader) and Sir Malcolm Sargent and Maurice Mills (conductors). The programme comprised the following: Overture: The Impresario / Mozart -- Concerto for piano and wind / Hoddinott -- Mass in D (Missa Solemnis) / Beethoven.
* One programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 68th Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 12 July 1962. The concert featured the Boys from Highgate School (with Edward Chapman, director of music), Orpington Junior Singers (with Sheila Mossman, conductor), the London Symphony Orchestra, and the individual talents of Helen Watts (contralto), Hugh Maguire (leader) and Norman Del Mar (conductor). The programme compirsed the following: Overture: Leonora No. 1 / Beethoven -- Symphony No. 3 / Mahler.
* One programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 7 November 1962 featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the individual talends of Walter Kappesser (conductor), Raymond Cohen (leader), Louis Kentner (pianoforte) and Nicholas Danby (organ). The programme comprised the following: Overture, The Consecration of the House / Beethoven -- Storm King Symphony, for Organ and Orchestra / Dickinson -- Prelude, Die Meistersinger / Wagner -- Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat / Brahms.
* One programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 69th Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 11 September 1963. The concert feature the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the individual talents of Catherine Gayer (soprano), Hugh Maguire (violin), Douglas Whittaker (flute), Janet Craxton (oboe), William Overton (trumpet) Hugh Maguire (leader), and Sir Malcolm Sargent and Peter Racine Fricker (conductors). The programme comprised the following: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, in F major / Bach -- Recit: Popoli di Tessaglia, Aria: Io non chiedo, eterni (K.316) / Mozart -- Symphony No. 3, in F major / Brahms -- Song Cycle: O longs desirs / Racine Fricker -- Symphony No. 7, in D minor / Dvorak.
* One season programme for the 70th Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC at the Royal Albert Hall between 25 July and 19 September 1964.
* One programme for the Tchaikovsky Concert at the Royal Albert Hall to commemmorate the 125th anniversary of the birth of Peter Ilytch Tchaikovsky on 25 April [1965]. The concert featured the New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Band of the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), The Band of the Coldstream Guards and the individual talents of Stanford Robinson (conductor), John Lull and Ralph Holmes (soloists). The programme comprised the following: Suite from "The Swan Lake", Op. 20 -- Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor -- Military March -- Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 -- Overture "1812", Op. 49.
* One season programme for the 71st Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC at the Royal Albert Hall between 17 July and 11 September 1965.
* One programme for a concert performance of Glyndebourne's production of Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 71st Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 28 July 1965. The concert featured the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (with Myer Fredman, chorus-master), the London Philharmonic Orchestra (with Rodney Friend, leader) and the individual talents of Audrey Attwood, Joan Carlyle and Lydia Marimpietri (sopranos), Biancamaria Casoni, Anne Howells and Rosa Laghnezza (mezzo-sopranos), Hugues Cuenod and David Lennox (tenors), Walter Alberti and Michel Roux (baritones), Federico Davia and Derick Davies (basses), and John Pritchard (conductor). Credits are also given to Daniel Leveugle for original production and Jani Strasser, Head of Music Staff and Preparation.
* One programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 71st Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 4 August 1965. The concert featured the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the individual talents of Geza Anda (piano), Hugh Maguire (leader) and Sir Malcolm Sargent and Norman Del Mar (conductors). The programme comprised the following: Overture: Fidelio ; Piano Concerto No. 3, in C minor ; Symphony No. 8, in F major / Beethoven -- Cantos for Orchestra / Iain Hamilton -- Variations on the St. Anthony Chorale / Brahms.
* One programmce for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 71st Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 11 August 1965. The concert featured the London Symphony Orchestra and the indivudal talents of Stephen Bishop (piano), John Georgiadis (leader) and Sir Adrian Boult (conductor). The programme comprised: Overture: The Marriage of Figaro / Mozart -- Symphonic Study: Falstaff / Elgar -- Piano Concerto No. 2, in B flat major / Beethoven -- Symphony No. 4, in E minor / Brahms.
* One programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 71st Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 18 August 1965. The programme featured the BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the individual talents of Heather Harper (soprano), Janet Baker (contralto), John Mitchinson (tenor), Victor Godfrey (bass-baritone), Don Garrard (bass), Hugh Maguire (leader), and Sir Malcolm Sargent and Martindale Sidwell (conductors). The programme comprised: Symphonic Poem: Tapiola / Sibelius -- Serenade to Music / Vaughan Williams -- Variations on an original theme (Enigma) / Elgar -- Mass No. 3, in F minor / Bruckner.
* One programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 71st Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 26 August 1965. The concert featured the London Symphony Orchestra and the individual talents of Simon Streatfeild (viola), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Stephen Bishop (piano), John Georgiadis (leader), Colin Davis (conductor). The programme comprised: Overture: Cosi fan tutte / Mozart -- Horn Concerto No. 2, in E flat major / Strauss -- Piano Concerto No. 5, in E flat major (Emperor) / Beethoven -- Symphony: Harold in Italy / Berlioz.
* One programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 71st Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 30 August 1965. The concert featured The London Ensemble, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the individual talents of Iona Brown (violin), Hugh Maguire (leader), and Sir Malcolm Sargent. The programme comprised: Overture: Tannhauser / Wagner -- Violin Concerto in E minor / Mendelssohn -- Jeux d'enfants / Bizet -- Nocturne No. 8, in C major / Haydn -- Symphony No. 9, in E minor (From the New World) / Dvorak.
* One programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 72nd Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 7 September 1966. The concert featured the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the individual talents of Nell Gotkovsky (violin), Hugh Maguire (leader) and Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor). The programme comprised: Sarka (Ma vlast) / Smetana -- Violin Concerto in D major / Brahms -- Symphony No. 2, in E flat major / Elgar.
* One programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 72nd Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 7 September 1966. The concert featured the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the individual talents of Ida Haendel (violin), Hugh Maguire (leader), and Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor). The programme comprised: Symphony No. 7 in C major / Sibelius -- Violin Concerto in D major / Beethoven -- A London Symphony / Vaughan Williams.
* One programme for the Charity Folk Concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 21 June 1969 in aid of the Volunters of St. Osyth's College, a branch of the United Nations Students Association at St. Osyth's College, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. The concert entailed guest performances by: Don Partridge, Deena Webster, Tinkers, Johnny Silvo Group, Overlanders, Malcolm Price, Cliff Aungier, Barry Skinner, John Foreman, Jeff Dale, Joe Stead, Barry and Robin Dransefield, The Couriers, and John Freshwater.
* One programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 75th Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 30 July 1969. The concert featured the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the individual talents of Stephen Bishop (piano), Felix Kok (leader) and Walter Susskind (conductor). The programme comprised: Symphony No. 4, in C minor (Tragic) / Schubert -- Piano Concerto / Bennett -- Symphony No. 5, in E minor / Tchaikovsky.
* One programme for the Glenn Miller Anniversary Concert given by The Syd Lawrence Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 December 1972.
* One programme for the Glenn Miller Anniversary Concert given by The Syd Lawrence Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in [December 1973].
* One programme for the International Celebrity (Isaac Stern) Concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 2 March 1975. The concert featured the London Philharmonic Orchestra, lead by Rodney Friend and conducted by Sir Charles Grove. The programme comprised: Overture Der Freischutz / Weber -- Violin Concerto in E minor / Mendelssohn -- Violin Concerto in D / Beethoven.
* One programme for the Annual Glenn Miller Anniversary Concert with guest stars Eve Boswell and Peanuts Hucko and the Million Airs Concert Orchestra in London presumably, like the previous concerts, at the Royal Albert Hall, though this is not definitively stated on the programme.
* One souvenir programme for a BBC Promenade Concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 9 August 1997 featuring The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the individual talents of Clare Duckworth (leader) and Sir Colin Davis (conductor). The programme comprised: Tippet / Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage -- Vaughan Williams / Symphony No 6 in E minor -- Sibelius / Symphony No 1 in E minor.
* One programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall presented by the BBC as part of the 103rd Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 14 August 1997 featuring the Kirov Orchestra and the individual talents of Marina Shaguch (soprano), Larissa Diadkova (contralto), Evgeny Akimov (tenor) and Valery Gergiev (conductor). The programme comprised: Tchaikovsky / Romeo and Juliet -- Shostakovich / From Jewish Folk Poetry -- Rimsky-Korsakov / Sheherazade.

PhysicalDescriptionConcert programmes.
ArrangementThe concert programmes have been arranged alphabetically by location, and venue, and subsequently by date.
CategoryProgrammes (concert)
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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