Sir Malclom Sargent

4PD13 Sargent at the BBC

From 1947 until his death 20 years later Sir Malclom Sargent was cheif conductor of the Henry Wood Proms. His concerts were given with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The relationship between Sargent and the orchestra could at times be very tense, but Sargent could also manage to bring the best out of them such as the recordings made in 1958 just after he had resigned as the orchestra's cheif conductor.

• Britten- Varitaions and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell [Listen]
• Chabrier - Fete Polonaise [Listen]
• Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No.10 [Listen]
• Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 [Listen]
• Litolff - Scherzo [Listen]
  Shura Cherkassky (piano)
• Sullivan - Overture Di Ballo [Listen]
• Tchaikovsky - Tatiana's Letter Scene [Listen] (from Eugnen Onegin)
  Joan Hammond (Soprano)
• Tchaikovsky - Andante cantabile [Listen]

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