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12 Aug 1959, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Wed 12 Aug 1959
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Programme
Edward Elgar
‘Enigma’ Variations
Gustav Holst
The Planets
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor
Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
interval
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Malcolm Sargent
conductor
conductor
±«Óãtv Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, ±«Óãtv Chorus) (women's voices)
John Hollingsworth
conductor
conductor
André Navarra
cello
cello
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Edward Elgar
Gustav Holst
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