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The BBC Symphony Orchestra: Four Glorious Decades

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

The seventh in a series of programmes tracing the history of the orchestra from its beginnings to the present day
Benno Moiseiwitsch (piano) BBC Women's Chorus conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Part 1
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5, in I flat major (Emperor)
(BBC Sound Archives recording)

11.50* James Gibb recalls his impressions of Benno Moiseiwitsch

12.0* Concert: Part 2
Holst: The Planets
(gramophone record)

Contributors

Pianist:
Benno Moiseiwitsch
Singers:
BBC Women's Chorus
Conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Speaker:
James Gibb
Source: Radio Times

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