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Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) Sargent - Life and Career, Recordings

promenade orchestra conductor

Conductor, born in Ashford, Kent, SE England, UK. Originally an organist, he first appeared as a conductor when his Impression on a Windy Day was performed at a Promenade Concert in 1921. He conducted the Royal Choral Society from 1928, the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (1942–8), and the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1950–7). From 1948 he was in charge of the London Promenade Concerts. His sense of occasion and unfailing panache won him great popularity at home and abroad. He was knighted in 1947.

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