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Proms 1989

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Peter Donohoe (piano)

Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor

8.00 Handbills? Haircut? Savings Book...?
Fritz Spiegl recounts some of the problems Beethoven faced when organising the first performance of his Ninth Symphony.
(R)

8.20 Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral)
Mechthild Gessendorf (sop) Hanna Schwarz (mezzo) David Rendall (tenor) Hermann Becht (baritone)

London Philharmonic Choir, chorusmaster Richard Cooke
BBC Symphony Chorus, chorusmaster Stephen Jackson
London Philharmonic, led by David Nolan, conducted by Klaus Tennstedt

Contributors

Pianist:
Peter Donohoe
Soprano:
Mechthild Gessendorf
Mezzo:
Hanna Schwarz
Tenor:
David Rendall
Baritone:
Hermann Becht
Singers:
London Philharmonic Choir
Chorusmaster:
Richard Cooke
Singers:
BBC Symphony Chorus
Chorusmaster:
Stephen Jackson
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
David Nolan
Conductor:
Klaus Tennstedt
Presenter (Handbills? Haircut? Savings Book?):
Fritz Spiegl
Producer (Handbills? Haircut? Savings Book?):
Andrew Lyle
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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