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13 Aug 1959, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Thu 13 Aug 1959
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture 'Ruy Blas'
Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto in D major, Hob. VIIb:2
The Seasons (Summer, No 15: Welche Labung für die Sinne!)
The Seasons (Summer, No 14: Willkommen jetzt, o dunkler Hain)
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, ‘Scottish’
interval
Richard Strauss
Don Quixote, Op 35
Performers
Erling Blöndal Bengtsson
cello
cello
Ilse Wolf
soprano
soprano
Harry Danks
viola
viola
Âé¶¹Éç Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Joseph Haydn
Richard Strauss
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