BBC Proms (1947) : 42x11
Overview
Live in stereo from the Royal Albert Hall , London, television and radio join to relay the entire concert with its unique blend of musical entertainment and flag-waving with the BBC Symphony Orchestra led by RODNEY FRIEND BBC Singers directed by JOHN POOLE BBC Symphony Chorus chorusmaster GARETH MORRELL conducted by Andrew Davis Introduced by Richard Baker Part 1 The famous RICHARD STRAUSS tone-poem Don Juan sets the scene appropriately with its fiery, youthful ardour while Joan Rodgers (soprano) sings in Russian Tatyana's stirring 'Letter Scene' from TCHAIKOVSKY'S Eugene Onegin. Then, intriguingly, the late Percy Grainger is the highly individual soloist in GRIEG'S Piano Concerto in A minor - on a piano roll made in 1921. (Part 2 is on BBCI at 9.05pm)
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42 - 1BBC at the Proms July 21, 1988 -
42 - 2First Night of the Proms July 22, 1988
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42 - 3Omnibus at the Proms July 29, 1988
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42 - 4Omnibus at the Proms August 05, 1988
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42 - 5Omnibus at the Proms August 12, 1988
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42 - 6Omnibus at the Proms August 19, 1988
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42 - 7Omnibus at the Proms August 26, 1988
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42 - 8Live from the Proms September 02, 1988
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42 - 9Omnibus at the Proms September 02, 1988
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42 - 10Live from the Proms September 11, 1988
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42 - 11Last Night of the Proms September 17, 1988
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42 - 12Last Night of the Proms September 17, 1988
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42 - 13The Phil at the Albert December 19, 1988
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42 - 14The Phil at the Albert December 27, 1988