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Proms 88: The Last Night

on BBC Radio 3

live from the Royal Albert Hall , London
JOAN RODGERS (soprano)
PERCY GRAINGER (piano) assisted by REX LAWSON , DENIS HALL and PETER DAVIS
benjamin LUXON (baritone) BBC SINGERS
BBC SYMPHONY CHORUS chorusmaster GARETH MORRELL BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by RODNEY FRIEND conducted by ANDREW DAVIS Strauss Don Juan
Tchaikovsky Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin )
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
A simultaneous broadcast with BBC2 For details seepage 47
8.30* The Upstart Crow or Is There a Curefor Swan Fever?
Shakespeare's critics are given voice in the words of the living and the dead, including AL ALVAREZ. P G WODEHOUSE and a budgerigar. Compiled by Geoffrey Heptonstall Readers JOHN SAMSON
RICHARD TATE and JOAN WALKER Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT (R)
9.05 Walton Suite: Henry V
Grainger Molly on the Shore; Irish Tune from County Derry (Danny Boy ); Shepherd's Hey Stanford Drake's Drum (Songs of the Sea)
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D
Henry Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Arne Rule, Britannia!
Parry, orch Elgar Jerusalem
A simultaneous broadcast with BBC For details see age48
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Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Soprano:
Joan Rodgers
Piano:
Percy Grainger
Assisted By:
Rex Lawson
Assisted By:
Denis Hall
Assisted By:
Peter Davis
Baritone:
Benjamin Luxon
Unknown:
Gareth Morrell
Conducted By:
Andrew Davis
Conducted By:
Strauss Don Juan
Unknown:
Eugene Onegin
Unknown:
Geoffrey Heptonstall
Unknown:
Readers John Samson
Unknown:
Richard Tate
Unknown:
Joan Walker
Producer:
Piers Plowright
Unknown:
Danny Boy

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