Proms 1980

Proms 1980: All Events

Fri 18 Jul 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1980
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  The Apostles
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  conductor
  conductor
  Felicity Lott
  Mary, the Blessed Virgin
  Mary, the Blessed Virgin
  Robert Tear
  John
  John
  John Shirley-Quirk
  Peter
  Peter
  Sir John Tomlinson
  Judas
  Judas
  Sarah Walker
  Mary Magdalene
  Mary Magdalene
  Brian Rayner Cook
  Jesus
  Jesus
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
  Goldsmiths Choral Union
  BBC Symphony Chorus (pre-1932, National Chorus; 1933-4, BBC Chorus; 1935-77, BBC Choral Society)
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
Sat 19 Jul 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 02
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Ragtime
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  Seven In nomines
  Missa super L'homme armé
  Igor Stravinsky
  Renard
  Sandy Wilson
  The Boy Friend (suite arr. Davies)
  Performers
  Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky
  conductor
  conductor
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  conductor
  conductor
  Vanessa Redgrave
  speaker
  speaker
  Ian Partridge
  tenor
  tenor
  Stafford Dean
  bass
  bass
  Michael Rippon
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  Ian Caley
  tenor
  tenor
  The Fires of London
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  Sandy Wilson
Mon 21 Jul 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 03
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Alfred Schnittke
  Symphony No. 2 'Missa Invisibilia'
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467
  Anton Bruckner
  Psalm 150
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Viktoria Postnikova
  piano
  piano
  Pamela Priestley-Smith
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Alfred Schnittke
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Anton Bruckner
Tue 22 Jul 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 04
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
  Edward Cowie
  Columbine
  György Ligeti
  Melodien
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 38 in D major, ‘Prague’
  Performers
  Tamás Vásáry
  piano/directorconductor
  piano/directorconductor
  Edward Cowie
  conductor
  conductor
  Nan Christie
  soprano
  soprano
  Northern Sinfonia
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Edward Cowie
  György Ligeti
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wed 23 Jul 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 05
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Capriccio brillante (on the Jota aragonesa)
  Robert Schumann
  Cello Concerto in A minor (reorchestrated Dmitry Shostakovitch)
  Robin Holloway
  Scenes from Schumann, Op 13 (original version)
  Johann Strauss II
  Homage to the Russian People - potpourri
  Louischen-Polka, Op 339
  Vergnügungszug - quick polka, Op 281 (reorchestrated Dmitry Shostakovich)
  Vincent Youmans
  Tahiti Trot (after 'Tea for Two' by Vincent Youmans), Op 16
  Performers
  Heinrich Schiff
  cello
  cello
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Robert Schumann
  Robin Holloway
  Johann Strauss II
  Vincent Youmans
Thu 24 Jul 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 06
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  Overture ‘Le corsaire’
  Johannes Brahms
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 7 in A major
  Performers
  Олег Каган
  violin
  violin
  James Loughran
  conductor
  conductor
  Hallé (pre-2003, Hallé Orchestra)
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
  Johannes Brahms
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Fri 25 Jul 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 07
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Béla Bartók
  The Wooden Prince, Sz 60, Op 13 (suite)
  Antonín Dvořák
  Cello Concerto in B minor
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Symphony No. 3 in C minor
  Performers
  Colin Carr
  cello
  cello
  Sir Simon Rattle
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)
  Composers
  Béla Bartók
  Antonín Dvořák
  Sergey Prokofiev
Sat 26 Jul 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 08
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Paul Patterson
  Voices of Sleep
  William Walton
  Sinfonia concertante
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations
  Performers
  Nicholas Cleobury
  conductor
  conductor
  Suzanne Murphy
  soprano
  soprano
  London Choral Society
  London Chorale
  Warwick University Chamber Choir
  Elgar Howarth
  conductor
  conductor
  Peter Donohoe
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Paul Patterson
  William Walton
  Edward Elgar
Sun 27 Jul 1980
- 15:00
  Prom 09
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  St John Passion
  Performers
  Andrew Parrott
  conductor
  conductor
  Neil Jenkins
  Evangelist
  Evangelist
  David Thomas
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  Rogers Covey-Crump
  tenor
  tenor
  Emma Kirkby
  soprano
  soprano
  Catherine Denley
  contralto
  contralto
  Ulrik Cold
  Christus
  Christus
  Taverner Players
  Taverner Choir
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
- 19:30
  Prom 10
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Henri Pousseur
  Mnémosyne I
  Mnémosyne II
  Karlheinz Stockhausen
  Zeitmasze
  Luigi Nono
  Sarà dolce tacere
  György Ligeti
  Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet
  Luciano Berio
  A-ronne
  Performers
  Gregory Rose
  conductor
  conductor
  Singcircle
  Vega Wind Quintet
  Composers
  Henri Pousseur
  Karlheinz Stockhausen
  Luigi Nono
  György Ligeti
  Luciano Berio
Mon 28 Jul 1980
- 19:00
  Prom 11
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Macbeth (original version)
  Performers
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  John Matheson
  conductor
  conductor
  Kenneth Bowen
  Trabuco
  Trabuco
  Sir John Tomlinson
  Guardiano
  Guardiano
  Peter Glossop
  Don Carlo
  Don Carlo
  Derek Hammond-Stroud
  Melitone
  Melitone
  Kenneth Collins
  Don Alvaro
  Don Alvaro
  Roderick Kennedy
  Marquis
  Marquis
  Martina Arroyo
  Donna Leonora
  Donna Leonora
  Katherine Pring
  Preziosilla
  Preziosilla
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
  Composers
  Giuseppe Verdi
Tue 29 Jul 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 12
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 39 in E flat major
  Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
  David Lumsdaine
  Hagoromo
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)
  Performers
  Alicia de Larrocha
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Elgar Howarth
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  David Lumsdaine
  Igor Stravinsky
Wed 30 Jul 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 13
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Giovanni Gabrieli
  Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus
  Orlande de Lassus
  Motet 'Omnia tempus habent'
  Hans Leo Hassler
  Canzon noni toni (a 8)
  Alonso Lobo
  Ave Maria
  Orazio Benevoli
  Missa 'Si Deus pro nobis'Gloria
  Johann Bach
  Motet 'Unser Leben ist ein Schatten'
  Andrea Gabrieli
  Gloria a 11 (unidentified)
  Alessandro Striggio
  Motet ‘Ecce beatam lucem’
  Giovanni Gabrieli
  Canzoni e sonate (from Sacrae symphoniae, libro primo)No. 14 Canzon noni toni a 12
  Thomas Tallis
  Spem in alium
  Johann Christoph Bach
  Motet 'Unsers Herzens Freude'
  Heinrich Schütz
  Domini est terra, SWV 476
  Performers
  The Schütz Choir of London
  London Baroque Players
  Sir Roger Norrington
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Giovanni Gabrieli
  Orlande de Lassus
  Hans Leo Hassler
  Alonso Lobo
  Orazio Benevoli
  Johann Bach
  Andrea Gabrieli
  Alessandro Striggio
  Thomas Tallis
  Johann Christoph Bach
  Heinrich Schütz
Thu 31 Jul 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 14
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No 3 in D major
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor
  Anton Webern
  Concerto, Op 24
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’
  Performers
  Ken Noda
  piano
  piano
  Daniel Barenboim
  conductor
  conductor
  English Chamber Orchestra
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Anton Webern
Fri 1 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 15
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 3 in F major
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
  Leos Janáček
  Sinfonietta
  Performers
  Michael Roll
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Charles Groves
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Leos Janáček
Sat 2 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 16
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version)
  Nigel Osborne
  The Sickle
  Alban Berg
  Chamber Concerto
  Manuel de Falla
  El retablo de maese Pedro
  Performers
  Jane Manning
  soprano
  soprano
  György Pauk
  violin
  violin
  Paul Crossley
  piano
  piano
  Alexander Oliver
  Master Peter
  Master Peter
  Jennifer Smith
  Boy
  Boy
  Jonathan Summers
  Don Quixote
  Don Quixote
  London Sinfonietta
  Sir Simon Rattle
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Nigel Osborne
  Alban Berg
  Manuel de Falla
Sun 3 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 17 - Dufay and his contemporaries
  Royal Albert Hall
Mon 4 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 18
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  Tristan and IsoldePrelude (with Wagner's concert-ending) Act 1
  Wesendonck-Lieder
  Ferruccio Busoni
  Piano Concerto
  Performers
  Norman Del Mar
  conductor
  conductor
  Linda Esther Gray
  soprano
  soprano
  Martin Jones
  piano
  piano
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (men's voices)
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Ferruccio Busoni
Tue 5 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 19
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Harrison Birtwistle
  For O, for O, the Hobbyhorse is Forgot
  Pierre Boulez
  Domaines
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Chamber Symphony No 1 in E major
  Performers
  Les Percussions de Strasbourg
  London Sinfonietta
  Elgar Howarth
  conductor
  conductor
  Antony Pay
  clarinet
  clarinet
  Composers
  Harrison Birtwistle
  Pierre Boulez
  Arnold Schoenberg
Wed 6 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 20
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Olivier Messiaen
  L’Ascension – four symphonic meditations
  Francis Poulenc
  Organ Concerto
  Franz Liszt
  Prelude and Fugue on the name BACH, S 260
  Paul Hindemith
  Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'
  Performers
  Erich Bergel
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Simon Preston
  organ
  organ
  Composers
  Olivier Messiaen
  Francis Poulenc
  Franz Liszt
  Paul Hindemith
Thu 7 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 21 - First Night of the Proms 1980
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 4 in G major
  Hector Berlioz
  The TrojansChasse royale et orage Act 4
  Olivier Messiaen
  Poèmes pour MiNo. 1 Action de grâces
  Poèmes pour MiNo. 2 Paysage
  Poèmes pour MiNo. 5 L'épouse
  Poèmes pour MiNo. 8 Le collier
  Poèmes pour MiNo. 9 Prière exaucée
  Maurice Ravel
  La valse
  Performers
  Jessye Norman
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  John Pritchard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Gustav Mahler
  Hector Berlioz
  Olivier Messiaen
  Maurice Ravel
Fri 8 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 22
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  George Frideric Handel
  Concerto grosso in G major, HWV 319, Op 6.1
  Joan Cererols
  Serafín, que con dulce armoniaProms premiere
  Pues pára en la sepulturaProms premiere
  Suspended, cielos, vuestro dulce cantoProms premiere
  George Frideric Handel
  Organ Concerto in B flat major
  Joan Cererols
  Missa de battallaNo. 1 Kyrie Proms premiere
  Missa de battallaNo. 2 Gloria Proms premiere
  George Frideric Handel
  Concerto grosso in B minor, HWV 330, Op 6.12
  Joan Cererols
  Missa de battallaNo. 3 Credo Proms premiere
  George Frideric Handel
  Concerto grosso in F major, HWV 327, Op. 6 No. 9
  Joan Cererols
  Missa de battallaNo. 4 Sanctus Proms premiere
  Missa de battallaNo. 5 Agnus Dei Proms premiere
  Performers
  Trevor Pinnock
  conductororgan/director
  conductororgan/director
  The English Concert
  John Hoban
  conductor
  conductor
  London Oratory Choir
  London Oratory Instrumental Ensemble
  Composers
  George Frideric Handel
  Joan Cererols
Sat 9 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 23
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Krzysztof Penderecki
  Violin Concerto No. 1Proms premiere
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
  Performers
  Krzysztof Penderecki
  conductor
  conductor
  Salvatore Accardo
  violin
  violin
  Sir Charles Groves
  conductor
  conductor
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Krzysztof Penderecki
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sun 10 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 24
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  Les francs-juges, Op 3Overture
  Béla Bartók
  Violin Concerto No. 2
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  Performers
  Iona Brown
  violin
  violin
  Sir Simon Rattle
  conductor
  conductor
  Philharmonia Orchestra (1964-77, New Philharmonia Orchestra)
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
  Béla Bartók
  Johannes Brahms
Mon 11 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 25
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Anton Bruckner
  Overture in G minor
  Psalm 150Proms premiere
  Benjamin Britten
  Cantata Academica, Op 62
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
  Performers
  Pamela Priestley-Smith
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Neil Jenkins
  tenor
  tenor
  Jill Gomez
  soprano
  soprano
  Cynthia Buchan
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Brian Rayner Cook
  baritone
  baritone
  John Lill
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Anton Bruckner
  Benjamin Britten
  Johannes Brahms
Tue 12 Aug 1980
- 19:00
  Prom 26
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Magic Flute
  Performers
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Bernard Haitink
  conductor
  conductor
  Norma Burrowes
  Pamina
  Pamina
  Benjamin Luxon
  Papageno
  Papageno
  Willard White
  Spokesman
  Spokesman
  Francis Egerton
  Monostatos
  Monostatos
  Ryland Davies
  Tamino
  Tamino
  Catherine McCord
  First Lady
  First Lady
  Maria Moll
  Second Lady
  Second Lady
  Fiona Kimm
  Third Lady
  Third Lady
  Rita Shane
  Queen of the Night
  Queen of the Night
  Deborah Rees
  First Boy
  First Boy
  Yvonne Lea
  Second Boy
  Second Boy
  Jane Findlay
  Third Boy
  Third Boy
  Hugh Hetherington
  Priest
  Priest
  Meryl Drower
  Papagena
  Papagena
  David Johnston
  First Man in Armour
  First Man in Armour
  Roger Bryson
  Second Man in Armour
  Second Man in Armour
  Thomas Thomaschke
  Sarastro
  Sarastro
  Glyndebourne Chorus (formerly Glyndebourne Festival Chorus)
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wed 13 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 27
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No 20 in D major, K 133Proms premiere
  Alban Berg
  Altenberglieder, Op 4
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Two Minuets with Country Dances, K 463Proms premiere
  Exsultate, jubilate
  Alban Berg
  Violin Concerto
  Performers
  Eiddwen Harrhy
  soprano
  soprano
  György Pauk
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Alban Berg
Thu 14 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 28
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Pour le piano (orch. Maurice Ravel)No. 2 Sarabande Proms premiere
  Danse (orch. Maurice Ravel)
  Frédéric Chopin
  Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor
  César Franck
  Symphony in D minor
  Performers
  Tamás Vásáry
  piano
  piano
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Riccardo Chailly
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Frédéric Chopin
  César Franck
Fri 15 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 29
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Carl Nielsen
  Commotio, FS155, Op 58 Proms premiere
  Richard Strauss
  Oboe Concerto in D major
  Ein Heldenleben
  Performers
  Gillian Weir
  organ
  organ
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Norman Del Mar
  conductor
  conductor
  Maurice Bourgue
  oboe
  oboe
  Composers
  Carl Nielsen
  Richard Strauss
Sat 16 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 30
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jacques Offenbach
  Robinson CrusoéProms premiere
  Performers
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  Alun Francis
  conductor
  conductor
  Yvonne Kenny
  Edwige
  Edwige
  Alexander Oliver
  Toby
  Toby
  Enid Hartle
  Deborah
  Deborah
  Sandra Browne
  Man Friday
  Man Friday
  Alan Opie
  Jim-Cocks
  Jim-Cocks
  Roderick Kennedy
  Sir William Crusoe
  Sir William Crusoe
  Marilyn Hill Smith
  Suzanne
  Suzanne
  John Brecknock
  Robinson
  Robinson
  Wyndham Parfitt
  Atkins
  Atkins
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
  Composers
  Jacques Offenbach
Mon 18 Aug 1980
- 19:00
  Prom 31
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Carl Nielsen
  Overture 'Helios'
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No 4 in A minor
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  The Tempest
  Performers
  Howard Shelley
  piano
  piano
  Bryden Thomson
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)
  Composers
  Carl Nielsen
  Jean Sibelius
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 21:30
  Prom 32
  Holy Trinity, Brompton
  Programme
  William Byrd
  Attollite portas Proms premiere
  O lux, beata Trinitas Proms premiere
  George Jeffreys
  Whisper it easily Proms premiere
  A musick strange Proms premiere
  Hubert Parry
  Songs of FarewellNo. 5 At the round earth's imagined corners
  Gustav Holst
  The Evening Watch Proms premiere
  Herbert Howells
  3 Psalm-Preludes Set 2No. 3 in C major Proms premiere
  William Walton
  Cantico del sole Proms premiere
  Lennox Berkeley
  Crux fidelis, Op 43.1 Proms premiere
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  A Vision of Aeroplanes Proms premiere
  William Byrd
  Gloria Patri, qui creavit nos Proms premiere
  Performers
  Stephen James Wilkinson
  conductor
  conductor
  The Britten Singers
  Stephen Cleobury
  organ
  organ
  Gordon Pullin
  tenor
  tenor
  Diane Haslam
  contralto
  contralto
  Susan Gorton
  soprano
  soprano
  Composers
  William Byrd
  George Jeffreys
  Hubert Parry
  Gustav Holst
  Herbert Howells
  William Walton
  Lennox Berkeley
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
Tue 19 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 33
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No 8 in F major
  Franz Liszt
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 5 in D minor
  Performers
  David Wilde
  piano
  piano
  Raymond Leppard
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Franz Liszt
  Dmitry Shostakovich
Wed 20 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 34
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Tragic Overture
  Edmund Rubbra
  Symphony No. 11, Op 153 World premiere
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 1 in E minor
  Performers
  Günther Herbig
  conductor
  conductor
  Nicholas Cleobury
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Edmund Rubbra
  Jean Sibelius
Thu 21 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 35
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 102 in B flat major
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Six Songs, Op 8 Proms premiere
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 4 in E minor
  Performers
  Anna Green
  soprano
  soprano
  Günther Herbig
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Johannes Brahms
Fri 22 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 36
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  En saga
  Michael Tippett
  Concerto for Violin, Viola and Cello World premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
  Performers
  György Pauk
  violin
  violin
  Ralph Kirshbaum
  cello
  cello
  Nobuko Imai
  viola
  viola
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Colin Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Michael Tippett
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Sat 23 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 37
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Strauss
  Don Juan
  Robert Schumann
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Igor Stravinsky
  Divertimento 'The Fairy's Kiss'
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Francesca da Rimini
  Performers
  Peter Frankl
  piano
  piano
  National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
  Riccardo Chailly
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Strauss
  Robert Schumann
  Igor Stravinsky
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Mon 25 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 38
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Michael Tippett
  Praeludium
  Sir George Benjamin
  Ringed by the Flat Horizon Proms premiere
  Frederick Delius
  Cello Concerto Proms premiere
  William Walton
  Belshazzar’s Feast
  Performers
  Julian Lloyd Webber
  cello
  cello
  Sir Willard White
  bass
  bass
  Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Mark Elder
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Michael Tippett
  Sir George Benjamin
  Frederick Delius
  William Walton
Tue 26 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 39
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Robert Schumann
  Manfred, Op 115Overture
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 7 in D minor
  Performers
  John Lill
  piano
  piano
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  Walter Weller
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Robert Schumann
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Antonín Dvořák
Wed 27 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 40
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No 29 in A major, K 201
  Richard Strauss
  Four Songs, Op. 27No. 4 Morgen!
  3 Songs, Op 43No. 2 Muttertändelei
  5 Songs, Op 41No. 1 Wiegenlied
  5 Songs, Op 39No. 4 Befreit
  Eight Poems from ‘Letzte Blätter’No. 1 Zueignung
  Alban Berg
  Three Pieces, Op 6
  Anton Bruckner
  Te Deum Proms premiere
  Performers
  Kiri Te Kanawa
  soprano
  soprano
  Sheila Armstrong
  soprano
  soprano
  Alfreda Hodgson
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Robert Tear
  tenor
  tenor
  Richard Angas
  bass
  bass
  Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Richard Strauss
  Alban Berg
  Anton Bruckner
Thu 28 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 41
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 40 in G minor
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 5 in B flat major - edition unspecified
  Performers
  Bernard Haitink
  conductor
  conductor
  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (formerly Concertgebouw Orchestra)
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Anton Bruckner
Fri 29 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 42
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Symphony No 1 in D major 'Classical' - 1. Allegro
  Béla Bartók
  Piano Concerto No. 3
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Symphony No. 2 in E minor
  Performers
  Theo Bruins
  piano
  piano
  Kirill Kondrashin
  conductor
  conductor
  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (formerly Concertgebouw Orchestra)
  Composers
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Béla Bartók
  Sergei Rachmaninov
Sat 30 Aug 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 43
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Maurice Ravel
  Mother Goose (ballet)
  Hendrik Andriessen
  Symphony No. 4 UK premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 5 in C minor
  Performers
  Bernard Haitink
  conductor
  conductor
  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (formerly Concertgebouw Orchestra)
  Composers
  Maurice Ravel
  Hendrik Andriessen
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Mon 1 Sep 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 44
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Michael Tippett
  The Midsummer MarriageRitual Dances
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 8 in G major
  Performers
  Alfred Brendel
  piano
  piano
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Philharmonia Orchestra (1964-77, New Philharmonia Orchestra)
  Composers
  Michael Tippett
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Antonín Dvořák
Tue 2 Sep 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 45
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 1 in F minor
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Francesca da Rimini, Op 25 Proms premiere
  Performers
  John Mitchinson
  Paolo
  Paolo
  Kenneth Bowen
  Dante
  Dante
  John Shirley‐Quirk
  Lanceotto
  Lanceotto
  Marius Rintzler
  Virgil
  Virgil
  Alison Hargan
  Francesca
  Francesca
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Sergei Rachmaninov
Wed 3 Sep 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Thea Musgrave
  Memento Vitae: Concerto in Homage to Beethoven Proms premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
  Carl Nielsen
  Symphony No 5
  Performers
  Clifford Curzon
  piano
  piano
  Alexander Gibson
  conductor
  conductor
  Royal Scottish National Orchestra (pre-1950, Scottish Orchestra; 1950-91, Scottish National Orchestra)
  Composers
  Thea Musgrave
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Carl Nielsen
Thu 4 Sep 1980
- 20:00
  Prom 47
  Westminster Cathedral
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  The Childhood of Christ
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  conductor
  conductor
  Anthony Rolfe Johnson
  narrator
  narrator
  Ann Murray
  Mary
  Mary
  Sidonie Goossens
  harp
  harp
  David Butt
  flute
  flute
  Paul Hudson
  Herod
  Herod
  Stephen Roberts
  Joseph
  Joseph
  Patricia Morris
  flute
  flute
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
Fri 5 Sep 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 48
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No 5 in B flat major
  Joseph Haydn
  Cantata 'Arianna a Naxos', Hob. XXXIb:2 Proms premiere
  Leos Janáček
  Concertino Proms premiere
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 97 in C major
  Performers
  London Mozart Players
  Janet Baker
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Jan Latham-Koenig
  piano
  piano
  John Glickman
  violin
  violin
  Dame Thea King
  clarinet
  clarinet
  Jonathan Strange
  violin
  violin
  Luciano Iorio
  viola
  viola
  Wendy Phillips
  bassoon
  bassoon
  Hubert Staar
  horn
  horn
  Charles Mackerras
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Joseph Haydn
  Leos Janáček
Sat 6 Sep 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 49
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
  Benjamin Britten
  Spring Symphony
  Performers
  Linda Finnie
  contralto
  contralto
  Robert Tear
  tenor
  tenor
  Eiddwen Harrhy
  soprano
  soprano
  Southend Boys’ Choir
  London Voices
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Benjamin Britten
Sun 7 Sep 1980
- 19:00
  Prom 50
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  George Frideric Handel
  Semele, HWV 58
  Performers
  Paul Steinitz
  conductor
  conductor
  Margaret Cable
  Ino
  Ino
  Felicity Lott
  Semele
  Semele
  Anthony Rolfe Johnson
  Jupiter
  Jupiter
  Christopher Keyte
  Chief Priest
  Chief Priest
  Wendy Eathorne
  Iris
  Iris
  Paul Esswood
  Athamus
  Athamus
  John Noble
  Cadmus
  Cadmus
  Sarah Walker
  Juno
  Juno
  Elizabeth Lane
  Cupid
  Cupid
  Maldwyn Davies
  Apollo
  Apollo
  Steinitz Bach Players
  London Bach Society
  Composers
  George Frideric Handel
Mon 8 Sep 1980
- 19:00
  Prom 51
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Nocturnes
  Igor Stravinsky
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor
  Performers
  London Symphony Chorus (pre-1976, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus) (women's voices)
  Salvatore Accardo
  violin
  violin
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Claudio Abbado
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Igor Stravinsky
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 21:30
  Prom 52
  Holy Trinity, Brompton
  Programme
  Frank Martin
  Mass Proms premiere
  Benjamin Britten
  A Boy was Born Proms premiere
  Performers
  John Poole
  conductor
  conductor
  Westminster Cathedral Choristers
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
  Composers
  Frank Martin
  Benjamin Britten
Tue 9 Sep 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 53
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
  Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
  Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049
  Elliott Carter
  Piano ConcertoProms premiere
  Charles Ives
  Three Places in New England
  Performers
  Christopher Hogwood
  conductor
  conductor
  Academy of Ancient Music
  Catherine Mackintosh
  violin
  violin
  Simon Standage
  violin
  violin
  John II Turner
  recorder
  recorder
  Monica Huggett
  violin
  violin
  Michael Copley
  recorder
  recorder
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Charles Mackerras
  conductor
  conductor
  Charles Rosen
  piano
  piano
  John Wolfe
  cor anglais
  cor anglais
  David Butt
  flute
  flute
  Anthony Jennings
  bass clarinet
  bass clarinet
  Bela Dekany
  violin
  violin
  Graeme Scott
  viola
  viola
  Martin Elmitt
  cello
  cello
  Clifford Killen
  double bass
  double bass
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Elliott Carter
  Charles Ives
Wed 10 Sep 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 54
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Violin Concerto in E minor
  Kodály Zoltán
  Dances of Galánta
  Performers
  Ralph Holmes
  violin
  violin
  Norman Del Mar
  conductor
  conductor
  Philharmonia Orchestra (1964-77, New Philharmonia Orchestra)
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Kodály Zoltán
Thu 11 Sep 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 55
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Fireworks
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  The Sleeping Beauty (Act 2, No 19: Entr'acte symphonique)(orch Stravinsky (1921) Proms premiere of this orchestration
  Igor Stravinsky
  Concerto for piano and wind instruments
  Gustav Holst
  The Planets
  Performers
  Stephen Kovacevich
  piano
  piano
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  David Atherton
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Gustav Holst
Fri 12 Sep 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 56
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 1 in C major
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Performers
  Heather Harper
  soprano
  soprano
  John Mitchinson
  tenor
  tenor
  Alfreda Hodgson
  contralto
  contralto
  Robert Lloyd
  bass
  bass
  Hallé Choir
  James Loughran
  conductor
  conductor
  Hallé (pre-2003, Hallé Orchestra)
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Sat 13 Sep 1980
- 19:30
  Prom 57 - Last Night of the Proms 1980
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Benjamin Britten
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  Frederick Delius
  Sea Drift
  Arnold Bax
  Tintagel
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Percy Grainger
  Shepherd's Hey - medley
  Trad.
  Brigg Fair
  Percy Grainger
  Colonial Song (version for two voices and orchestra)Proms premiere of this version
  Molly on the Shore
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 5 Jack's the Lad
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 6 Farewell and Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies - Cadenza
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 7 Home, Sweet Home
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 3 The Saucy Arethusa
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 4 Tom Bowling
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 1 Bugle Calls
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia!
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem
  Trad.
  Auld Lang Syne (arr. Cedric Thorpe Davie)
  Unknown
  National Anthem (arr. Henry Wood)
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Brian Rayner Cook
  baritone
  baritone
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Gareth Roberts
  tenor
  tenor
  Judith Rees
  soprano
  soprano
  Anne Collins
  contralto
  contralto
  Charles Mackerras
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Benjamin Britten
  Frederick Delius
  Arnold Bax
  Edward Elgar
  Percy Grainger
  Trad.
  Henry Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown

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