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First Night of the Proms

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Mahler: Symphony No 8 in E flat The 1975 season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts opens tonight with Mahler's' Symphony of a Thousand.' BBC2 joins with Radio 3 in stereo to relay this massive, triumphant work direct from the Royal Albert Hall.
EDDA MOSER (soprano)
LINDA ESTHER GRAY (soprano) WENDY EATHORNE (soprano)
ELIZABETH CONNELL (mezzO-SOp) BERNADETTE GREEVY (contralto) ALBERTO REMEDIOS (tenor)
SIEGMUND NIMSGERN (baritone) MARIUS RINTZLER (bass) BBC SINGERS
BBC CHORAL SOCIETY
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
CHORUS, WANDSWORTH SCHOOL CHOIR
. BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader eli GOREN conductor PIERRE BOULEZ
Introduced by CORMAC RIGBY
Director RODNEY GREENBERG
(The Sunday Prom series begins on BBC1 with Strauss Night. 3 August)
Promenade Concerts Prospectus, 30p, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall.
Soprano:
Esther Gray
Soprano:
Elizabeth Connell
Contralto:
Bernadette Greevy
Tenor:
Alberto Remedios
Bass:
Marius Rintzler
Leader:
Eli Goren
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Introduced By:
Cormac Rigby
Director:
Rodney Greenberg
Source: Radio Times

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