The opening concert of the 92nd season, direct from the Royal Albert Hall , London Johanna Meier (soprano)
Elizabeth Connell (soprano) Alison Hargan (soprano)
Ildiko Komlosi (mezzo-soprano) Birgit Finnila (mezzo-soprano) Reiner Goldberg (tenor) Bernd Weikl (baritone) Kurt Rydl (bass)
BBC Symphony Chorus director GARETH MORRELL
London Philharmonic Choir director RICHARD COOKE
London Symphony Chorus director RICHARD hickox
Tiffin School Boys' Choir director NEVILLE CREED
BBC Symphony Orchestra leader BELA DEKANY conducted by Lorin Maazel
Mahler Symphony No 8, in E flat (Symphony of a Thousand)
Asimultaneous broadcast with BBC2 For details seepage 65
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