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ReferencePG/1976/0502

Title

Programme for the Royal Festival Hall Silver Jubilee concerts

Date2 - 12 May 1976

DescriptionWorks performed:
Britten: War Requiem; Various recitals and orchestral concerts, including works by Walton, Elgar Shostakovich, Tippett, Mozart, Stravinsky, Bach, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, Schumann and Strauss
Date:
2 - 12 May 1976
Venue:
Royal Festival Hall, London
Performers:
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano); Peter Pears (tenor); Thomas Hemsley (baritone); London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra; Wandsworth School Boys' Choir; Bernhard Haitink (conductor). John Shirley Quirk (baritone); Mstislav Rostropovich (cello). Janet Baker (mezzo soprano); Geoffrey Parsons (piano). Ralph Downes (organ). Clifford Curzon (piano). Artur Rubinstein (piano).
Further information:
The War Requiem was performed on 2 May with the first named artists. Other performances featured the others named.

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