Direct from the Royal Albert Hall London
Edda Moser (soprano) Anne Howells (mezzo-soprano) Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano) Ian Partridge (tenor) Michael Rippon (bass-baritone) Robert Lloyd (bass) Norman Bailey (bass)
BBC Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Bela Dekany, conductor Pierre Boulez
Stravinsky Part 1
Symphonies of wind instruments (original version) Ballet: The Firebird
8.35* Unity In Diversity
Nadia Boulanger discusses and illustrates the fundamental similarities which pervade the output of Stravinsky during the 50 years that followed the first performance of The Firebird
(From the BBC Sound Archives)
8.55* Proms 72: part 2 Stravinsky Le rossignol