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First Night of the Proms

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Robert Ponsonby , BBC Controller of Music. introduces the 1976 season of Henry Wood promenade Concerts.
7.45 Beethoven Missa Solemnts This performance of the Mass in D major is dedicated to the memory of Rudolf Kempe
A simultaneous broadcast with BBC2 direct from the Royal Albert Hall , London URSULA KOSZUT (soprano) ANNA REYNOLDS
(mezzo-soprano)
ANTHONY ROLFE JOHNSON (tenor) JOHN Shirley-quirk (baritone) BBC SINGERS
BBC CHORAL SOCIETY director JOHN POOLE conductor BRIAN WRIGHT A SECTION OF THE
LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS director RICHARD HICKOX BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY condutted by Colin Davis

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Ponsonby
Unknown:
Beethoven Missa Solemnts
Unknown:
Rudolf Kempe
Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Tenor:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Conductor:
John Poole
Conductor:
Brian Wright
Director:
Richard Hickox
Leader:
Bela Dekany
Unknown:
Colin Davis
Source: Radio Times

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