BBC Proms S30E05 · Live from the Proms

Air date: 1976-08-15

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Britten: War Requiem BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo for tonight's Promenade Concert from the Royal Albert Hall. The War Requiem is one of the major choral works of this century: a passionate denunciation of war, expressed through a setting of the Latin Mass for the Dead interspersed with the anti-war poems of Wilfred Owen. Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Peter Pears (tenor) Thomas Hemsley (baritone) BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society Wandsworth School Choir Organists MALCOLM HICKS , RALPH DOWNES London Philharmonic Orchestra leader DENNIS SIMONS London Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Ensemble leader RODNEY FRIEND conductor Bernard Haitink Lighting BERT OATEN Sound GRAHAM HAINES , JAMES HAMILTON .Director RODNEY GREENBERG

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  1. 1 1. First Night of the Proms1976-07-16Beethoven Mass in D major (Missa Solemnis) One of the crowning achievements of Beethoven's last years, relayed live with Radio 3 in stereo from the opening concert of the 1976 He
  2. 2 2. Live from the Proms1976-07-23BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo for a live relay of the first half of this evening's Prom from the Royal Albert Hall. Mozart Symphony No 39, in E flat (K 543) Shostakovich Violin Co
  3. 3 3. Live from the Proms1976-07-30BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo for a live relay of the first half of this evening's Prom from the Royal Albert Hall. Haydn Symphony No 95 in c minor Liszt Piano Concerto No 2 in A m
  4. 4 4. The Sunday Prom1976-08-08The first of this season's Sunday-night programmes from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts is a recording of part of the Viennese Night with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra associa
  5. 5 5. Live from the Proms1976-08-15Britten: War Requiem BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo for tonight's Promenade Concert from the Royal Albert Hall. The War Requiem is one of the major choral works of this century: a
  6. 6 6. The Sunday Prom1976-08-15The second of this season's Sunday-night programmes from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts is a recording of part of a concert of modern works from the Round House in London. The F
  7. 7 7. The Sunday Prom1976-08-22The third of this season's Sunday-night programmes from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts recorded at the Royal Albert Hall. Tonight the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain c
  8. 8 8. The Sunday Prom1976-08-29The fourth of this season's visits to the Henry Wood Proms is a recording of part of the American Programme with Gerald Robbins as soloist in Gershwin's Variations on 'I Got Rhythm
  9. 9 9. The Sunday Prom1976-09-05In the last of this season's Sunday night programmes from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Riccardo Muti makes his debut on television and at the Proms. He is the principal condu
  10. 10 10. Last Night of the Proms1976-09-11BBC1 joins Radio 3 in stereo for the second half of tonight's closing concert of the 82nd Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, live from the Royal Albert Hall. Sir Charles Gro