Synopsis

Television cameras observe the second half of the concluding concert in the 1953 summer series of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Featured performer: Constance Shacklock (contralto). Accompaniment: BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent, with Paul Beard as leader. Introduction by Alvar Lidell. Program: March: *Pomp and Circumstance No. 1* in D - Elgar. *Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell* - Benjamin Britten. *Rule,