Music from spectacular Broadway shows and memorable films with highlights from the opera Porgy and Bess in a two-orchestra tribute to the great George Gershwin.
The outside broadcast from the Preston Guild Hall, introduced by Pete Murray, features the combined BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra (leader Barry Griffiths) conductor Bryden Thomson and the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra, conducted by Brian Fitzgerald
Soloists: John Ogdon Rhapsody in Blue; Thomas Carey, Sandra Browne Porgy and Bess; and The King's Singers

(from Manchester)
(Colour)