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Proms 72: Gilbert and Sullivan

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

direct from the Royal Albert Hall London
Patricia Reakes (soprano)
Patricia Kern (mezzo-soprano) Heather Begg (contralto) Alexander Young (tenor) Edgar Fleet (tenor)
Derek Hammond-Stroud (baritone)
John Noble (baritone) Donald Adams (bass)
Donald Francke (bass)
BBC Choral Society
BBC Concert Orchestra, leader Arthur Leavins
Introduced and conducted by Stanford Robinson

Part 1
Excerpts from: The Gondoliers
Iolanthe
Utopia Ltd
8.30* The Bab Ballads by W.S. Gilbert
A personal selection read by Carleton Hobbs
8.50* Gilbert and Sullivan Part 2
Excerpts from:
The Pirates of Penzance
The Grand Duke
HMS Pinafore

(Part of this concert can be seen in Omnibus at the Proms tomorrow, 9.45 pm, BBC1)
(Owen Brannigan on This Week's Proms: page 21)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter/Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Soprano:
Patricia Reakes
Mezzo-Soprano:
Patricia Kern
Contralto:
Heather Begg
Tenor:
Alexander Young
Tenor:
Edgar Fleet
Baritone:
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Baritone:
John Noble
Bass:
Donald Adams
Bass:
Donald Francke
Singers:
BBC Choral Society
Musicians:
BBC Concert Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Author (The Bab Ballads):
W.S. Gilbert
Reader (The Bab Ballads):
Carleton Hobbs
Producer (The Bab Ballads):
John Scotney
Source: Radio Times

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