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ReferencePG/1943/0411

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Concert programme: Handel Messiah, Bach St Matthew Passion, Westminster Abbey and Royal Albert Hall, London

Date11 Apr-17 May 1943

DescriptionProgramme for three concerts given by the Bach Choir in their Sixty-Seventh Season (1942-3). Bach's St Matthew Passion was performed on the 11 April at the Royal Albert Hall (beginning at 11am with a lunchtime interval, the performance resuming at 2.30pm), and Handel Messiah was performed at Westminster Abbey on 17 May. Pears sang tenor in both concerts. The programme includes the words to Bach St Matthew Passion, and directions for evacuation of the Royal Albert Hall in the event of an air raid. Programme cost 6 pence.

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