Robin Ray introduces the first of a new series of weekly performance programmes with a Centenary Gala Concert featuring:
Daniel Adni , Claudio Arrau
David Atherton , Daniel Barenbolm Gary Bertini , Julian Bream
Alexander Gibson , Ida Haendel
Thomas Hemslcy , Louis Kentner Rafael Kubelik , Erich Leinsdorf John Lill , James Loughran Juliana Markova
Hephzibah and Jeremy Menuhin Jean-Bernard Pommier
Michael Roll , Isaac Stern
Jennifer Smith , Robert Tear Helen Watts , John Williams Pinchas Zukerman and the Centenary Gala Orchestra leader KENNETH SILLITO
Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall last July, this occasion celebrated the centenary of the London musical agency, Harold Holt Ltd. The programme also includes Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins and Haydn's Toy Symphony.
Director ROY TIPPING Executive producer JOHN DRUMMOND
Producer KENNETH CORDEN