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Collection	PG	Programmes collection
Series	PG/1954	Programmes for concerts and opera...

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ReferencePG/1954/0515

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Concert programme: Britten Les Illuminations, Royal Festival Hall

Date15 May 1954

DescriptionProgramme for London Choral Society concert at Royal Festival Hall, conducted by John Tobin, including Britten's Les Illuminations sung by Pears, and choral or vocal works by Vaughan Williams, Mellers and Purcell. Handel's La rejouissance from Music for the Royal Fireworks was played "on the occasion of the return of H.M. the Queen" [from Commonwealth tour?]. Lyrics for vocal works are included. There are annotations including times and durations.

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