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BBC Proms 1995 - the First Night

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

From the Royal
Albert Hall. London.
The centenary season, including a host of exciting new works and a complete Mahler cycle, opens tonight with the vast Symphony of a Thousand.
Mahler Symphony No 8
Julia Varady , Yvonne Kenny and Amanda Roocroft
(sopranos)
Jane Henschel and Jean
Rigby (mezzos)
Kim Begley (tenor)
Anthony Michaels-Moore (baritone)
Carsten Stabell (bass) BBC Symphony Chorus Philharmonia Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Choristers of St Paul's
Cathedral, Westminster
Abbey and Westminster Cathedral
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Parti
8.30 Robert David
MacDonald explores the appeal of the Faust legend to Goethe and Mahler, and James Naughtie talks to Andrew Davis about the Eighth Symphony.
8.50 Part 2
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Contributors

Unknown:
Julia Varady
Unknown:
Yvonne Kenny
Sopranos:
Amanda Roocroft
Sopranos:
Jane Henschel
Tenor:
Kim Begley
Baritone:
Anthony Michaels-Moore
Bass:
Carsten Stabell
Unknown:
Robert David
Talks:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Andrew Davis
Source: Radio Times

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