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