Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Wagner: Parsifal, Acts 2 and 3 (sung in German)
Royal Opera House Chorus, chorus-master Douglas Robinson
BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Eli Goren, conductor Pierre Boulez
Act 2
Sc 1: Klingsor's magic castle; Sc 2: Klingsor's magic garden
8.40* Parsifal's Cross
Geoffrey Skelton discusses the psychological pattern which Wieland Wagner designed and used as a basis for his Bayreuth Festival productions,
9.0* Parsifal: Act 3
Sc 1: A pleasant landscape near the Castle of the Grail; Sc 2: The hall in the Castle of the Grail
(This Week's Proms: page 21)