from the Royal Albert Hall London
The Closing Night of the 76th Season
Sheila Armstrong (soprano) Malcolm Binns (piano)
Schola Cantorum of Oxford, BBC Choral Society
BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Bela Dekany, conductor Colin Davis
Part 1
Berlioz Hail, all hail to the Queen (The Trojans)
Songs: Zaide; La belle voyageuse
7.54* Rawsthorne Piano Concerto No 2
8.25* Tippett The Shires Suite
8.45* During the interval Pat Doody introduces recordings made available by courtesy of South-West German Radio, and RIAS Berlin
9.5* The Prom Part 2
Elgar March: Pomp and Circumstance No 1, in D major
9.17* Copland El Salon Mexico
9.30* Arnold Fantasy for audience and orchestra (commissioned by the BBC: first performance)
9.47* Parry Jerusalem (orch Elgar)
(Part 2 is also on BBC1 from 9.0)
Proms and circumstance: page 4