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First Night of the Proms

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

direct from the Royal Albert Hall , London
A simultaneous broadcast with BBC2
EDDA MOSER (soprano)
LINDA ESTHER GRAY (soprano) WENDY EATHORNE (soprano) ELIZABETH CON NELL (mezzo-soprano)
BERNADETTE GREEVY (Contralto) ALBERTO REMEDios (tenor)
SIEGMUND NIMSGERN (baritone) MARIUS RINTZLER (bass) BBC SINGERS
BBC CHORAL SOCIETY conductor JOHN POOLE
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
CHORUS chorus-master JOHN CURRIE WANDSWORTH SCHOOL CHOIR director RUSSELL BURGESS BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader ELI GOREN conductor Pierre Boulez
Mahler Symphony No 8, in t flat major
(Alberto Remedios appears by permission of the English National Opera)

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Soprano:
Esther Gray
Contralto:
Bernadette Greevy
Bass:
Marius Rintzler
Conductor:
John Poole
Chorus-Master:
John Currie Wandsworth
Director:
Russell Burgess
Leader:
Eli Goren
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Unknown:
Alberto Remedios
Source: Radio Times

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