From BBC Proms on August 3, 1957 – Sir Adrian Boult conducts the London Philharmonic in Paul Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (after Goethe’s poem).

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Edward Johnson on January 26, 2026 at 9:32 am

Interesting to hear Boult in something he never commercially recorded and taken somewhat slower than usual. I was intrigued enough to check the on-line Proms archive for that 1957 Prom and was amazed at the programme. Here it is:

Humperdinck “Hansel and Gretel” Overture;
Glinka “Ruslan and Lyudmila” – ‘O Field’ – Aria, Act 2, Alfred Orda, baritone;
Dukas “Sorcerer’s Apprentice”;
Lalo “Symphonie Espagnole”, Antonio Brosa, violin;
Borodin Symphony No. 2;
Dohnanyi “Variations on a Nursery Song”, Daphne Spottiswoode, piano;
INTERVAL!
Copland “El Salon Mexico” Proms Premiere;
Sousa “Stars and Stripes Forever” Proms Premiere.

Boult may have taken the Dukas a bit on the slow side but when he came to record 14 marches for World Record Club in 1967, he whipped through the lot at 100 miles an hour so as to make sure they all fitted onto the two LP sides. The Sousa was one of them, so click this link and hear Sir Adrian letting his hair down, not least by making all the repeats! …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIOX5aKSIIM

From BBC Proms on August 3, 1957 – Sir Adrian Boult conducts the London Philharmonic in Paul Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (after Goethe’s poem).

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