Beethoven
Mass in D major (Missa Solemnis)
One of the crowning achievements of Beethoven's last years, relayed live with Radio 3 in stereo from the opening concert of the 1976 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall
Ursula Koszut (soprano)
Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) BBC Singers
BBC Choral Society A section of the London Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra leader BFIA I)EKANY conducted by Colin Davis
Introduced by CORMAC RIGBY Sound GRAHAM HAINES
GEOFFREY KLINTON-PARKER
Lighting MIBERT CARTWRIGHT Director RODNEY CREENBERG ,
(The first of five simultaneous relays in stereo from this year's Proms. To obtain the best effect, viewers with stereo Radio 3 should turn off TV sound and position their loudspeakers on either side of the screen-not too far apart, to help relate stereo image to picture size. Or use stereo headphones.) (The next BBC2/R3 Prom relay is on Friday 23 July: Mozart Symphony No 39, Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1)
The BBC Promenade Concerts Prospectus 1976, 30p, from bookshops