Paul Guinery introduces the first of two choral highlights from this year's Proms. This concert marked the 200th anniversary of Haydn's late masterpiece The Seasons, a setting of the pastoral epic of 1726-8 by James Thornton.
Simone Nold (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Neal Davies (bass),
Wiener Singakademie , Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, conductor Helmuth Rilling Haydn The Seasons (R)