direct from the Fairfleld Hall, Croydon
Angela Rippon introduces Gala Concert Hall featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra leader MARTIN LOVEDAY conductor James Lockhart and Roderick Elms (organ) with international opera star Stuart Burrows
Concluding the 1986 series of popular concerts, the BBC
Concert Orchestra presents a showcase of orchestral favourites as they play a Verdi overture, an Elgar march and a suite by Shostakovich, display their talents in Rimsky-Korsakov's Spanish Caprice and end with a Coronation Anthem by William Walton in this, the Queen's 60th birthday year. Producer BARRY KNIGHT (Given in association with Fairfteld Croydon)
8.40-9.0* Interval
Welcome to Wallington:
Michael Meech visits one of Northumberland's best-loved stately homes.