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17 Aug 1978, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Thu 17 Aug 1978
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major
Frank Martin
Sechs Monologe aus Jedermann (version with orchestra)
Proms premiere
Modest Mussorgsky
A Night on the Bare Mountain (original version, 1867)
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1 in F minor
Performers
Thomas Hemsley
baritone
baritone
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Walter Susskind
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frank Martin
Modest Mussorgsky
Dmitry Shostakovich
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Proms 1978
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Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Dan Starkey introduces Mussorgsky's A Night on the Bare Mountain
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