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First Night of the Proms

on BBC Radio 3

direct from the Royal Albert Hall , London in the presence of TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent first of three Jubilee concerts BBC SINGERS, director JOHN POOLE BBC CHORAL SOCIETY conductor BRIAN WRIGHT
LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS director RICHARD HICKOX
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader ELI GOREN conducted by Andrew Davis
A simultaneous broadcast with BBC2 of Part 1
National Anthem (arr Britten)
Tippeti concerto for double string orchestra
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music: WENDY EATHORNE (Sop) LINDA ESTHER GRAY (soprano) MARGARET MARSHALL (Soprano) JENNIFER SMITH (soprano)
CYNTHIA BUCHAN (mezzo-soprano) ANN MURRAY (mezzo-soprano) ANNE COLLINS (contralto) ORIEL SUTHERLAND (contralto) JOHN ELWES (tenor)
KEITH ERWEN (tenor) NEIL MACKIE (tenor) ANTHONY ROLFE JOHNSON (tenor) PETER KNAPP (baritone) BRIAN RAYNER COOK (baritone) DAVID THOMAS (bass-baritone) PAUL HUDSON (bass)
Britten and Berkeley Mont Juic: suite of Catalan dances

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Director:
John Poole
Director:
Richard Hickox
Leader:
Eli Goren
Conducted By:
Andrew Davis
Soprano:
Esther Gray
Soprano:
Jennifer Smith
Mezzo-Soprano:
Cynthia Buchan
Mezzo-Soprano:
Ann Murray
Tenor:
John Elwes
Tenor:
Keith Erwen
Tenor:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Baritone:
Peter Knapp

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