direct from the Town Hall, Birmingham with Lillian Watson
Ann Howard , Kenneth Collins and Willard White , the Leicester Philharmonic Choir chorus-master KEITH SMITH , and the BBC Concert Orchestra leader MARTIN LOVEDAY conducted by Nicholas Cleobury
Introduced by Brian Kay
From Verdi to Gershwin, from the riches of Egypt to the poverty of Catfish Row, the fine acoustics of Birmingham's Town Hall provides an opportunity to hear extracts from // trovatore, Martha, Faust, Samson and Delilah, Turandot, Cavalleria rusticana, Porgy and Bess, Carmen and Eugene Onegin.
Producer BARRY KNIGHT (Given in association with Raymond Gubbay Ltd) _
8.20 -8.40 Interval
Ronald Corp recalls some notable musical 'firsts' in Birmingham.
Producer ANTHONY WILLS