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The First Night of the Proms

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on BBC Two England

The BBC Proms season opens at the Royal Albert Hall with a live transmission in simultaneous broadcast with Radio 3 of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, the first of ten concerts screened on BBC TV this summer. Guest conductor Bernard Haitink returns to the Proms to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and BBC Singers, with soloists Karita Mattila (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Herbert Lippert (tenor) and Anthony Michaels-Moore (baritone). Introduced by James Naughtie.
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(The music maestro: page 6; Brian Kay's Prom of the Week: page 35; Reader Offer - Proms double CD: page )

Contributors

Presenter:
James Naughtie
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Singers:
BBC Symphony Chorus
Singers:
BBC Singers
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Soprano:
Karita Mattila
Mezzo-Soprano:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Tenor:
Herbert Lippert
Baritone:
Anthony Michaels-Moore
Director:
Bob Coles
Series Editor:
Peter Maniura
Source: Radio Times

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