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Celebrity Proms with Michael Parkinson

BBC One
on BBC One London

First of four visits by celebrities to this year's BBC Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall. Tonight Michael Parkinson introduces one of his favourite pieces of classical music, The Planets by Gustav Holst, as well as Haydn's Representation of Chaos from The Creation. The music is performed by the Vasari Singers and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Davis.

(Celebrity Proms with James Galway can be seen on Tuesday 24 August)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Parkinson
Singers:
Vasari Singers
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Director:
Helen Mansfield
Producer:
Oliver Macfarlane
Source: Radio Times

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