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16 Aug 1961, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Wed 16 Aug 1961
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Programme
Giuseppe Verdi
La forza del destino
Overture Proms premiere
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Anthony Milner
Divertimento, Op 18
World premiere
Claude Debussy
Nocturnes
No. 2 FĂȘtes
Nocturnes
No. 1 Nuages
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Performers
Ralph Holmes
violin
violin
George Hurst
conductor
conductor
BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
Composers
Giuseppe Verdi
Max Bruch
Anthony Milner
Claude Debussy
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Proms 1961
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Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Debussy: Nocturnes
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
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