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BBC Proms 1994

on BBC Radio 3

From the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Richard Baker introduces a concert tribute to Henry Wood, founder of the Proms, on the 50th anniversary of his death.

BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis

Elgar Funeral March (Grania and Diarmid)

Schoenberg Five Orchestral Pieces, Op 16

Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music

Nancy Argenta, Heather Harper, Yvonne Kenny and Joan Rodgers (sopranos) Yvonne Minton, Felicity Palmer, Jean Rigby and Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzos) Kim Begley, John Mitchinson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson and Robert Tear (tenors) Thomas Allen, Willard White, John Tomlinson and David Wilson-Johnson (basses)

8.25 Keeping the Music Alive
Colin Burbidge recalls the BBC Music Departments' Second World War years.

8.45 Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A

(Simultaneous Broadcast: with BBC2)
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Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Baker
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Soprano:
Nancy Argenta
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Soprano:
Yvonne Kenny
Soprano:
Joan Rodgers
Mezzo:
Yvonne Minton
Mezzo:
Felicity Palmer
Mezzo:
Jean Rigby
Mezzo:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Tenor:
Kim Begley
Tenor:
John Mitchinson
Tenor:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Tenor:
Robert Tear
Bass:
Thomas Allen
Bass:
Willard White
Bass:
John Tomlinson
Bass:
David Wilson-Johnson
Speaker (Keeping the Music Alive):
Colin Burbidge

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