Part One
Tonight's live relay from the Royal Albert Hall features Alfred Brendel as soloist in the Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor by Brahms with the London Symphony Orchestra leader MICHAEL DAVIS conducted by Claudio Abbado
8.20* The Promenaders During the interval
Michael Berkeley looks at a unique group of music lovers, the Promenaders, including those who remember earlier years in the Queen's Hall. His survey also includes archive film of sm HENRY WOOD and SIR MALCOLM SARGENT
8.40* Part Two
Debussy Nocturnes with the women's voices of the London Symphony Chorus
Bartok The Miraculous Mandarin (Suite) Introduced by Michael Berkeley Sound GRAHAM HAINES
Lighting DENNIS BUTCHER Executive producers KENNETH CORDEN
RODNEY GREENBERG
Directed by RON ISTED
A simultaneous broadcast with Radio 3. Viewers with stereo Radio 3 may wish to turn off TV sound ana pusuwn their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away. Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative.