From the BBC Proms 1998
Another chance to hear ten of the most memorable concerts of the 1998 BBC Proms season from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
5: Prom 20, given on 1 August, brought Gershwin's evergreen folk opera Porgy and Bess to the festival for the first time, in the composer's centenary year. Its story of human aspirations provides a vivid political parable for our times.
Gershwin Porgy and Bess
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus,
BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Wayne Marshall Repeat