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Fri 25 Jul 1975
19:45
Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1975
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 8 in E flat major, 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez
conductor
conductor
Wendy Eathorne
soprano
soprano
Bernadette Greevy
contralto
contralto
Alberto Remedios
tenor
tenor
Marius Rintzler
bass
bass
Edda Moser
soprano
soprano
Siegmund Nimsgern
baritone
baritone
Linda Esther Gray
soprano
soprano
Elizabeth Connell
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus (pre-1950, Scottish Orchestra Chorus; 1950-91, Scottish National Orchestra Chorus)
BBC Symphony Chorus (pre-1932, National Chorus; 1933-4, BBC Chorus; 1935-77, BBC Choral Society)
Composers
Gustav Mahler
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Sat 26 Jul 1975
19:30
Prom 02
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Der Schauspieldirektor (Overture)
Flute Concerto in D major, K314
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F major
Johann Strauss II
Der Zigeunerbaron
Overture
Leichtes Blut - quick polka, Op 319
Proms premiere
Josef Strauss
Die Libelle - polka-mazurka, Op 204
Proms premiere
Johann Strauss II
Bandits' Galop
Proms premiere
Rosen aus dem Süden
Egyptischer, Op 335
Proms premiere
Champagne Polka, Op 211
Erinnerung an Covent-Garden - waltz, Op 329
Proms premiere
Tik-Tak Polka, Op 365
Proms premiere
Performers
James Galway
flute
flute
James Loughran
conductor
conductor
Hallé (pre-2003, Hallé Orchestra)
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Strauss II
Josef Strauss
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Sun 27 Jul 1975
19:30
Prom 03
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Arnold Schoenberg
Moses und Aron
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez
conductor
conductor
Richard Angas
Priest
Priest
Dame Felicity Palmer
Young Girl
Second Naked Virgin
Young Girl
Second Naked Virgin
Philip Langridge
Fourth Voice
Fourth Voice
John Noble
Man
Another Man
Man
Another Man
Maureen Lehane
Third Voice
Fourth Naked Virgin
Third Voice
Fourth Naked Virgin
Michael Rippon
Fifth Voice
Fifth Voice
Günther (Günter) Reich
Moses
Moses
Jane Manning
First Voice
First Naked Virgin
First Voice
First Naked Virgin
Gillian Knight
Second Voice
Invalid Woman
Third Naked Virgin
Second Voice
Invalid Woman
Third Naked Virgin
Siegmund Nimsgern
Ephraimite
Ephraimite
Paul Hudson
Sixth Voice
Sixth Voice
Richard Cassilly
Aron
Aron
John Winfield
Youth
Young Man
Naked Youth
Youth
Young Man
Naked Youth
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
Orpheus Boys Choir
Composers
Arnold Schoenberg
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Mon 28 Jul 1975
19:30
Prom 04
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in E major
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 85 in B flat major 'La reine'
Polyptyque
Proms premiere
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 83 in G minor 'La poule'
Performers
Yehudi Menuhin
violin/director
conductor
violin
violin/director
conductor
violin
Michael Dobson
conductor
conductor
Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Joseph Haydn
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Tue 29 Jul 1975
19:30
Prom 05
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Jean Sibelius
Scènes historiques – Suite No. 1
Proms premiere of complete work
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D minor
Performers
Michael Roll
piano
piano
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Berglund
conductor
conductor
Composers
Jean Sibelius
Edvard Grieg
Dmitry Shostakovich
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Wed 30 Jul 1975
19:30
Prom 06
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Luciano Berio
Ora
Proms premiere
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Kontra-Punkte
Proms premiere
Pierre Boulez
Pli selon pli
Performers
The Swingle Singers
John Constable
piano
piano
Hugo D'Alton
mandolin
mandolin
Freddie Phillips
guitar
guitar
Phyllis Bryn‐Julson
soprano
soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez
conductor
conductor
Composers
Luciano Berio
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Pierre Boulez
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Thu 31 Jul 1975
20:00
Prom 07
Westminster Cathedral
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Programme
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon XXVIII a 8 'Sol sol la sol fa mi'
Carlo Gesualdo
Ave, dulcissima Maria
Proms premiere
Giovanni Gabrieli
O quam gloriosa
Proms premiere
Heinrich Schütz
Veni, Sancte Spiritus, SWV 475
Proms premiere
Samuel Scheidt
Courant dolorosa a 4, SSWV 47
Proms premiere
Heinrich Schütz
O bone Jesu, fili Mariae, SWV 471
Proms premiere
Dieterich Buxtehude
Benedicam Dominum, BuxWV 113
Proms premiere
Anton Bruckner
Ave Maria (1861 setting)
Tota pulchra es, Maria
Proms premiere
Christus factus est
Proms premiere
Ecce sacerdos magnus
Proms premiere
Giuseppe Verdi
Four Sacred Pieces
No. 4 Te Deum
Performers
Equale Brass Ensemble
Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
conductor
conductor
English Baroque Soloists
Philip Langridge
tenor
tenor
Michael Rippon
bass-baritone
bass
bass-baritone
bass
Martyn Hill
tenor
tenor
Jill Gomez
soprano
soprano
Jennifer Smith
soprano
mezzo-soprano
soprano
mezzo-soprano
John Angelo Messana
counter-tenor
counter-tenor
Wynford Evans
tenor
tenor
Anon.
tenor
tenor
Composers
Giovanni Gabrieli
Carlo Gesualdo
Heinrich Schütz
Samuel Scheidt
Dieterich Buxtehude
Anton Bruckner
Giuseppe Verdi
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Fri 1 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 08
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor
Michael Tippett
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, ‘Scottish’
Performers
Peter Frankl
piano
piano
Gabrieli String Quartet
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Charles Groves
conductor
conductor
Alan Dalziel
cello
cello
Eli Goren
violin
violin
Bela Dekany
violin
violin
Composers
Johannes Brahms
Michael Tippett
Felix Mendelssohn
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Sat 2 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 09
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Kodály Zoltán
Variations on a Hungarian Folksong 'The Peacock'
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Performers
Clifford Curzon
piano
piano
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Christopher Seaman
conductor
conductor
Composers
Kodály Zoltán
Ludwig van Beethoven
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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Sun 3 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 10
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Igor Stravinsky
The Soldier's Tale
- Staged performance in English translation by John Arden
William Walton
Façade: An Entertainment (with recitation)
Performers
Alfred Burke
narrator
narrator
Edward Clayton
Soldier
Soldier
Murray Melvin
Devil
Devil
Suzanne Hywel
dancer
dancer
Mary Thomas
reciter
reciter
Derek Hammond-Stroud
reciter
reciter
London Sinfonietta
Elgar Howarth
conductor
conductor
Composers
Igor Stravinsky
William Walton
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Mon 4 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 11
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Benjamin Britten
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Roberto Gerhard
Violin Concerto
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
Performers
David Atherton
conductor
conductor
Erich Gruenberg
violin
violin
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Benjamin Britten
Roberto Gerhard
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Tue 5 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 12
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Benjamin Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
Performers
Yitkin Seow
piano
piano
Raymond Leppard
conductor
conductor
BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
Composers
Benjamin Britten
Ludwig van Beethoven
Franz Schubert
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Wed 6 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 13
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Antonín Dvořák
Symphonic Variations, Op 78
Arnold Cooke
Cello Concerto
World premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major
Performers
Thomas Igloi
cello
cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Charles Groves
conductor
conductor
Composers
Antonín Dvořák
Arnold Cooke
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Thu 7 Aug 1975
19:00
Prom 14
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Igor Stravinsky
The Rake’s Progress
Proms premiere
Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
conductor
conductor
Don Garrard
Trulove
Trulove
Jill Gomez
Anne Trulove
Anne Trulove
John Fryatt
Sellem
Sellem
Rosalind Elias
Baba the Turk
Baba the Turk
Thetis Blacker
Mother Goose
Mother Goose
Leo Goeke
Tom Rakewell
Tom Rakewell
Donald Gramm
Nick Shadow
Nick Shadow
Malcolm King
Keeper of the Madhouse
Keeper of the Madhouse
Glyndebourne Chorus (formerly Glyndebourne Festival Chorus)
Composers
Igor Stravinsky
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Fri 8 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 15
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Edward Elgar
Sonata for Organ No. 1 in G major, Op 28
Proms premiere
David Bedford
Twelve Hours of Sunset
World premiere
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Performers
Simon Lindley
organ
organ
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Poole
conductor
conductor
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Composers
Edward Elgar
David Bedford
Johannes Brahms
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Sat 9 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 16
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Hector Berlioz
Overture ‘Le corsaire’
Antonín Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Performers
Miriam Fried
violin
violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
conductor
conductor
Composers
Hector Berlioz
Antonín Dvořák
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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Mon 11 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 17 - The Art of the Netherlands
St Augustine's Church, Kilburn
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Programme
Josquin des Prez
Fanfare 'Vive le roy'
Proms premiere
Jacob Obrecht
Motet 'Haec Deum caeli'
Proms premiere
Johannes Tinctoris
Missa 'sine nomine' (low clefs)
Kyrie Proms premiere
Antoine Brumel
Missa 'Et ecce terrae motus'
No. 2 Gloria Proms premiere
Heinrich Isaac
Canzona 'A la battaglia'
Proms premiere
Jean Mouton
Nesciens mater virgo virum
Proms premiere
Hayne van Ghizeghem
De tous biens plaine (four-part version)
Proms premiere
Josquin des Prez
Credo super 'De tous biens plaine'
Proms premiere
Johannes Ockeghem
Motet 'Intemerata Dei mater'
Proms premiere
Josquin des Prez
Inviolata, integra et casta es
Proms premiere
La Spagna
Heinrich Isaac
Missa 'La bassadanza'
Agnus Dei Proms premiere
Performers
David Munrow
conductor
conductor
Early Music Consort of London
Composers
Josquin des Prez
Jacob Obrecht
Johannes Tinctoris
Antoine Brumel
Heinrich Isaac
Jean Mouton
Hayne van Ghizeghem
Johannes Ockeghem
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21:30
Prom 18
Round House, The
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Programme
Hans Werner Henze
El Cimarrón
Proms premiere
Performers
Michael Rippon
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
Sebastian Bell
flutes
flutes
Gary Kettel
percussion
percussion
Timothy Walker
guitar
guitar
Composers
Hans Werner Henze
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Tue 12 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 19
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 in D major 'Miracle'
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Performers
Walter Klien
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
conductor
conductor
Composers
Joseph Haydn
Robert Schumann
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Wed 13 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 20
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major
William Mathias
Laudi
Proms premiere
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
Performers
David Wilde
piano
piano
Boris Brott
conductor
conductor
BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)
Composers
Johannes Brahms
William Mathias
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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Thu 14 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 21
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
Anton Webern
Passacaglia
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major
Performers
Wendy Eathorne
soprano
soprano
Penelope Walmsley-Clark
soprano
soprano
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
conductor
conductor
Composers
Felix Mendelssohn
Anton Webern
Antonín Dvořák
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Fri 15 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 22
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Claude Debussy
Nocturnes
Francis Poulenc
Organ Concerto
Olivier Messiaen
Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace
Proms premiere
L' Ascension (organ version)
No. 3 Transports de joie Proms premiere
Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring
Performers
Sir Andrew Davis
conductor
conductor
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Gillian Weir
organ
organ
Composers
Claude Debussy
Francis Poulenc
Olivier Messiaen
Igor Stravinsky
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Sat 16 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 23
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Igor Stravinsky
Le roi des étoiles
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major
Alban Berg
Three Pieces, Op 6
Richard Strauss
Death and Transfiguration
Performers
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (men's voices)
Kyung-wha Chung
violin
violin
Claudio Abbado
conductor
conductor
International Youth Orchestra
Composers
Igor Stravinsky
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Alban Berg
Richard Strauss
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Sun 17 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 24
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
George Frideric Handel
Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F major, HWV 333
Proms premiere
Silete venti, HWV 242
Proms premiere
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Les fêtes d'Hébé
La Poésie (Entrée No. 1) - In this performance of La Poésie (Entrée No. 1 of Les fêtes d'Hébé) Scene 2 was omitted. Proms premiere
Performers
Jill Gomez
soprano
Sappho
soprano
Sappho
Monteverdi Choir
Philip Langridge
Le ruisseau
Le ruisseau
Anne-Marie Rodde
La naïade
La naïade
Dale Duesing
Alcaeus
Alcaeus
Christopher Booth-Jones
Le fleuve
Le fleuve
Nigel Wickens
Hymas
Hymas
Richard Morton
Thelemus
Thelemus
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
conductor
conductor
English Baroque Soloists (pre-1977, Monteverdi Orchestra)
Composers
George Frideric Handel
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
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Mon 18 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 25
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 36 in C major 'Linz', K 425
Béla Bartók
Piano Concerto No 1
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Performers
Michel Béroff
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Béla Bartók
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Tue 19 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 26
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor
Performers
Christopher Seaman
conductor
conductor
Alfreda Hodgson
contralto
contralto
Dame Felicity Palmer
soprano
soprano
Peter Pears
tenor
tenor
Michael Rippon
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Wed 20 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 27
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra
No. 2 Ibéria
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat major, K449
Peter Maxwell Davies
Stone Litany: Runes from a House of the Dead
Proms premiere
Edward Elgar
‘Enigma’ Variations
Performers
Walter Klien
piano
piano
Jane Manning
soprano
soprano
Christopher Seaman
conductor
conductor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)
Composers
Claude Debussy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Peter Maxwell Davies
Edward Elgar
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Thu 21 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 28
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Franz Schubert
Symphony No 5 in B flat major
Benjamin Britten
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor
Performers
Peter Pears
tenor
tenor
Alan Civil
horn
horn
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
conductor
conductor
Composers
Franz Schubert
Benjamin Britten
Jean Sibelius
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Fri 22 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 29
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Alexander Goehr
Metamorphosis/Dance
Proms premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concert aria ‘Ah! perfido’
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Performers
Margaret Kingsley
soprano
soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
conductor
conductor
Composers
Alexander Goehr
Ludwig van Beethoven
Gustav Mahler
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Sat 23 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 30
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
No. 1 Overture
Tannhäuser
No. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Hector Berlioz
The Trojans
Chasse royale et orage Act 4
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé: Fragments symphoniques I
Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No. 2
Performers
BBC Singers
Malcolm Binns
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
conductor
conductor
Composers
Richard Wagner
Maurice Ravel
Hector Berlioz
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Mon 25 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 31
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 49 in F minor 'La passione'
Proms premiere
William Walton
Sonata for Strings
Proms premiere
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 19 in F major, K 459
Ludwig van Beethoven
Grosse Fuge, Op 133
Performers
Alfred Brendel
piano
piano
Neville Marriner
conductor
conductor
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Composers
Joseph Haydn
William Walton
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Tue 26 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 32
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Claude Debussy
Jeux
Humphrey Searle
Labyrinth, Op 56
- This performance honours Humphrey Searle's 60th birthday today. Proms premiere
Joseph Haydn
Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major
Proms premiere
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Performers
Bernhard Klee
conductor
harpsichord/director
conductor
harpsichord/director
Mincho Minchev
violin
violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Claude Debussy
Humphrey Searle
Joseph Haydn
Johannes Brahms
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Wed 27 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 33
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
Joseph Haydn
Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major
Franz Schubert
Mass No. 5 in A flat major, D 678
Proms premiere
Performers
Geoffrey Gambold
bassoon
bassoon
Alan Dalziel
cello
cello
Bela Dekany
violin
violin
David Theodore
oboe
oboe
John Elwes
tenor
tenor
Stephen Roberts
baritone
baritone
Jennifer Smith
soprano
soprano
Anne Collins
contralto
contralto
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe
conductor
conductor
Composers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Joseph Haydn
Franz Schubert
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Thu 28 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 34
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Richard Strauss
Don Juan
Michael Tippett
Piano Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
Performers
Sir John Pritchard
conductor
conductor
Michael Tippett
conductor
conductor
Paul Crossley
piano
piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Richard Strauss
Michael Tippett
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Fri 29 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 35
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Sergey Prokofiev
Love for Three Oranges, Suite, Op 33b
Proms premiere
Franz Liszt
Variations on a Theme of Bach, 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen', S 673
Proms premiere
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe
conductor
conductor
Jennifer Bate
organ
organ
Tamás Vásáry
piano
piano
Composers
Sergey Prokofiev
Franz Liszt
Antonín Dvořák
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Sat 30 Aug 1975
19:30
Prom 36
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Elliott Carter
Concerto for Orchestra
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 9
Performers
Pierre Boulez
conductor
conductor
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Composers
Elliott Carter
Gustav Mahler
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Mon 1 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 37
St Augustine's Church, Kilburn
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Programme
William Byrd
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
Proms premiere
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Surge illuminare Jerusalem
Proms premiere
Ricercare del primo tono
Proms premiere
Stabat mater
Ricercare del ottavo tono
Proms premiere
Missa 'Assumpta est Maria'
Proms premiere
Soave fia il morir
Proms premiere
William Byrd
Justorum animae
Proms premiere
Laudibus in sanctis
Fantasia a 5, 'Two parts in one in the fourth above'
Proms premiere
Browning a 5, 'The leaves be green'
Proms premiere
From Virgin's womb
Proms premiere
Memento homo
Proms premiere
Christ rising again
Proms premiere
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
Proms premiere
William Byrd
Ad Dominum cum tribularer
Proms premiere
Performers
Stephen James Wilkinson
conductor
conductor
The Britten Singers
Jaye Consort of Viols
Britten Singers (pre-1991, BBC Northern Singers) (members)
Composers
William Byrd
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
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21:30
Prom 38
Round House, The
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Programme
Bruno Maderna
Serenata II
- The Proms printed programme descibes the work played as 'Serenata No. 1 (1954)', but it seems more likely the revised/renamed 1957 version was played Proms premiere
Thea Musgrave
Space Play
- no conductor Proms premiere
John Buller
Finnegan's Floras
- hand percussion played by members of chorus Proms premiere
Igor Stravinsky
Two Poems of Konstantin Bal'mont (version with chamber ensemble)
3 Pieces for Solo Clarinet.
Proms premiere
Trois poésies de la lyrique japonaise
Roberto Gerhard
Cançionero de Pedrell (version with chamber ensemble)
Proms premiere
Performers
Sir Mark Elder
conductor
conductor
London Sinfonietta
John Constable
piano
piano
London Sinfonietta Chorus
Jane Manning
soprano
soprano
Antony Pay
clarinet
clarinet
Composers
Bruno Maderna
Thea Musgrave
John Buller
Igor Stravinsky
Roberto Gerhard
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Tue 2 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 39
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Edward Cowie
Leviathan
World premiere
Edward Elgar
Falstaff
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major
Performers
Ida Haendel
violin
violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis
conductor
conductor
Composers
Edward Cowie
Edward Elgar
Johannes Brahms
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Wed 3 Sep 1975
19:00
Prom 40
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Benjamin Britten
Peter Grimes
Proms premiere
Performers
Sir Colin Davis
conductor
conductor
Thomas Allen
Ned Keene
Ned Keene
Heather Harper
Ellen Orford
Ellen Orford
Forbes Robinson
Swallow
Swallow
Jon Vickers
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes
John Dobson
Bob Boles
Bob Boles
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Auntie
Auntie
Anne Pashley
Niece
Niece
John Lanigan
Rev Horace Adams
Rev Horace Adams
Norman Bailey
Captain Balstrode
Captain Balstrode
Teresa Cahill
Niece
Niece
Gwynne Howell
Hobson
Hobson
Heather Begg
Mrs Sedley
Mrs Sedley
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Royal Opera Chorus
Composers
Benjamin Britten
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Thu 4 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 41
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro
Lennox Berkeley
Voices of the Night, Op 86
Proms premiere
Arthur Bliss
Meditations on a Theme by John Blow
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major
Performers
Adrian Boult
conductor
conductor
Vernon Handley
conductor
conductor
Itzhak Perlman
violin
violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Edward Elgar
Lennox Berkeley
Arthur Bliss
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Fri 5 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 42
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso
Georges Bizet
Symphony in C major
John McCabe
Notturni ed Alba
Proms premiere
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’
Performers
Jill Gomez
soprano
soprano
Christopher Robinson
organ
organ
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Louis Frémaux
conductor
conductor
Composers
Maurice Ravel
Georges Bizet
John McCabe
Camille Saint‐Saëns
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Sat 6 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 43
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’
Benjamin Britten
Violin Concerto
Sergei Rachmaninov
The Bells
Performers
Ida Haendel
violin
violin
Huddersfield Choral Society
Sir Thomas Allen
baritone
baritone
John Mitchinson
tenor
tenor
Felicity Palmer
soprano
soprano
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Pritchard
conductor
conductor
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Benjamin Britten
Sergei Rachmaninov
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Sun 7 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 44
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johann Strauss II
Fledermaus-Polka, Op 362
Proms premiere
Performers
Charles Mackerras
conductor
conductor
Valerie Masterson
Adele
Adele
Terry Jenkins
Gabriel von Eisenstein
Gabriel von Eisenstein
Anne Evans
Rosalinde
Rosalinde
Alan Opie
Doctor Falke
Doctor Falke
Ann Hood
Prince Orlofsky
Prince Orlofsky
Eric Shilling
Colonel Frank
Colonel Frank
John Brecknock
Alfred
Alfred
Joseph Riordan
Doctor Blind
Doctor Blind
Dorothy Nash
Ida
Ida
Ian MacPherson
Ivan
Ivan
Brian Casey
Frosch
Frosch
English National Opera Orchestra
English National Opera Chorus
Composers
Johann Strauss II
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Mon 8 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 45
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op 16
Witold Lutosławski
Concerto for Orchestra
Proms premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
Performers
Stephen Kovacevich
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Norman Del Mar
conductor
conductor
Composers
Johannes Brahms
Witold Lutosławski
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Tue 9 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 46
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Charles Ives
Three Places in New England
Béla Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin – suite
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
Performers
Lorin Maazel
conductor
conductor
Cleveland Orchestra
Composers
Charles Ives
Béla Bartók
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Wed 10 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 47
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Darius Milhaud
La création du monde, Op 81
Richard Rodney Bennett
Soliloquy
Proms premiere
Constant Lambert
Concerto for Piano and Nine Instruments
Proms premiere
Béla Bartók
Contrasts, Sz 111
Proms premiere
Kurt Weill
Der Dreigroschenoper
Barbara-Song Proms premiere
Der Dreigroschenoper
Moritat von Mackie Messer Proms premiere
Der Dreigroschenoper
Overture Proms premiere
Happy End
Surabaya-Johnny Proms premiere
Happy End
Bilbao-Song Proms premiere
Happy End
Matrosen-Tango Proms premiere
Happy End
Das Lied von der harten Nuss Proms premiere
Performers
Elgar Howarth
conductor
conductor
Nash Ensemble
Richard Rodney Bennett
piano
piano
Annie Ross
singer
singer
Clifford Benson
piano
piano
Antony Pay
clarinet
clarinet
Marcia Crayford
violin
violin
Roswitha Trexler
soprano
soprano
Composers
Darius Milhaud
Richard Rodney Bennett
Constant Lambert
Béla Bartók
Kurt Weill
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Thu 11 Sep 1975
19:00
Prom 48
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Claudio Monteverdi
L' incoronazione di Poppea
- Performing edition by Roger Norrington in collaboration with Alan Curtis
Performers
Sir Roger Norrington
conductor
conductor
Elizabeth Tippett
Drusilla
Venere
Drusilla
Venere
Kenneth Bowen
Ottone
Ottone
Sir John Tomlinson
Seneca
Seneca
Anne Pashley
Nerone
Nerone
Gloria Jennings
Nutrice
Fortuna
Nutrice
Fortuna
Enid Hartle
Arnalta
Arnalta
Janet Hughes
Amore
Valletto
Amore
Valletto
Sarah Walker
Poppea
Poppea
Jessica Cash
Pallade
Damigella
Virtù
Pallade
Damigella
Virtù
Laura Sarti
Ottavia
Ottavia
Edmund Bohan
First Soldier
Lucano
First Soldier
Lucano
Ian Thompson
Second Soldier
Second Soldier
Roger Bryson
Mercurio
Mercurio
Nigel Beavan
Liberto
Littore
Liberto
Littore
Kent Opera Orchestra
Composers
Claudio Monteverdi
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Fri 12 Sep 1975
20:00
Prom 49
Westminster Cathedral
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Thomas Tallis
Spem in alium
John Taverner
Magnificat (primi toni)
Proms premiere
John Tavener
Ultimos Ritos
Proms premiere
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Roger Heath
bass
bass
Penelope Walmsley-Clark
soprano
soprano
Carl Duering
speaker (German)
speaker (German)
Patricia Sowden-Price
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Julian Pike
tenor
tenor
David Brierley
speaker (English)
speaker (English)
John Bryning
speaker (Latin)
speaker (Latin)
André Maranne
speaker (French)
speaker (French)
John II Bull
speaker (Spanish)
speaker (Spanish)
John Poole
conductor
conductor
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
Composers
Thomas Tallis
John Taverner
John Tavener
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Sat 13 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 50
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Arthur Bliss
Kenilworth
Proms premiere
Roberto Gerhard
Sardana No. 1
Proms premiere
John Ireland
A Downland Suite
Proms premiere
Hans Werner Henze
Ragtimes and Habañeras
- Performed alternately the two bands with both joining in the final piece World premiere
Arthur Sullivan
The Gondoliers
excerpts - excerpts unspecified in programme
Princess Ida
excerpts - excerpts unspecified in programme
HMS Pinafore
excerpts - excerpts unspecified in programme
Performers
Elgar Howarth
conductor
conductor
Black Dyke Band
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Harry Mortimer
conductor
conductor
BBC Concert Orchestra
Ashley Lawrence
conductor
conductor
John Mitchinson
tenor
tenor
Valerie Masterson
soprano
soprano
Patricia Kern
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Derek Hammond-Stroud
baritone
baritone
Heather Begg
contralto
contralto
Donald Francke
bass
bass
Louis Halsey Singers
Composers
Arthur Bliss
Roberto Gerhard
John Ireland
Hans Werner Henze
Arthur Sullivan
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Mon 15 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 51
St Augustine's Church, Kilburn
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Programme
Christopher Tye
Mass 'Western Wind'
Proms premiere
Matthew Locke
Music for His Majesty's Cornetts and Sackbuts
Proms premiere
Henry Purcell
Funeral Sentences
No. 1 Man that is born of a woman, Z 27
Funeral Sentences
No. 2 In the midst of life, Z 17a
Funeral Sentences
No. 3 Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z 58b
Michael Tippett
Sonata for Four Horns
Benjamin Britten
Missa Brevis in D major, Op 63
Proms premiere
Michael Tippett
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
Proms premiere
Performers
George Guest
conductor
conductor
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
Anthony Baines
music arranger
music arranger
Alan Civil Brass Ensemble
John Scott
organ
organ
Composers
Christopher Tye
Matthew Locke
Henry Purcell
Michael Tippett
Benjamin Britten
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21:30
Prom 52
Round House, The
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Anon.
Worldes blis (arr. Alan Hacker)
Proms premiere
Es gingen zwei Gespielen gut (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)
Proms premiere
Johann Sebastian Bach
Five Chorale Preludes after J.S. Bach
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist Proms premiere
Simon Bainbridge
People of the Dawn
World premiere
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio in B flat major, K 411
Proms premiere
Harrison Birtwistle
La plage
Proms premiere
Leos Janáček
Říkadla (arr. Alan Hacker)
Proms premiere
Performers
Jane Manning
soprano
soprano
Matrix
Tony Hymas
piano
piano
Simon Bainbridge
conductor
conductor
Composers
Anon.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Simon Bainbridge
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Harrison Birtwistle
Leos Janáček
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Tue 16 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 53
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Leonard Bernstein
Candide – overture
Overture Proms premiere
Carl Sprague Ruggles
Portals
Proms premiere
Charles Ives
Symphony 'New England Holidays'
No. 2 Decoration Day
Aaron Copland
Piano Concerto
Proms premiere
Roy Harris
Symphony No. 3
Proms premiere
Aaron Copland
Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes
Performers
Craig Sheppard
piano
piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Copland
conductor
conductor
Composers
Leonard Bernstein
Carl Sprague Ruggles
Charles Ives
Aaron Copland
Roy Harris
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Wed 17 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 54
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin
Proms premiere
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia concertante in E flat major
Frank Bridge
Three Tagore Songs
No. 1 Day after day Proms premiere
Three Tagore Songs
No. 2 Speak to me, my love Proms premiere
Benjamin Britten
Suite on English Folk Tunes 'A time there was...', Op 90
Proms premiere
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 in D major, ‘Haffner’
Performers
Manoug Parikian
violin
violin
Cecil Aronowitz
viola
viola
Jane Manning
soprano
soprano
Steuart Bedford
conductor
conductor
English Chamber Orchestra
Composers
Maurice Ravel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frank Bridge
Benjamin Britten
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Thu 18 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 55
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
Hector Berlioz
Harold in Italy
Performers
Stephen Kovacevich
piano
piano
Csaba Erdélyi
viola
viola
Sir Andrew Davis
conductor
conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra (1964-77, New Philharmonia Orchestra)
Composers
Johannes Brahms
Hector Berlioz
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Fri 19 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 56
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
Iain Hamilton
Epitaph for this World and Time
Proms premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
Performers
Gordon Kember
conductor
conductor
John Poole
conductor
conductor
Kerry Woodward
conductor
conductor
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
organ
organ
Frederick Rimmer
organ
organ
Timothy Farrell
organ
organ
BBC Symphony Orchestra
James Loughran
conductor
conductor
John Mitchinson
tenor
tenor
Bernadette Greevy
contralto
contralto
Norman Bailey
bass
bass
Jill Gomez
soprano
soprano
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
BBC Symphony Chorus (pre-1932, National Chorus; 1933-4, BBC Chorus; 1935-77, BBC Choral Society)
Composers
Iain Hamilton
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Sat 20 Sep 1975
19:30
Prom 57 - Last Night of the Proms 1975
Royal Albert Hall
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Programme
William Walton
Overture ‘Portsmouth Point’
Frederick Delius
Eventyr (Once Upon a Time)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Tudor Portraits
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)
Lord Berners
The Triumph of Neptune
No. 16 Harlequinade Act 2
The Triumph of Neptune
No. 2 Schottische Act 1
The Triumph of Neptune
No. 13 Intermezzo: Sunday Morning Act 2
The Triumph of Neptune
No. 15 Dance of the Fairy Princess Act 2
The Triumph of Neptune
No. 3 Cloudland Act 1
The Triumph of Neptune
No. 12 The Sailor's Return: Polka Act 2
The Triumph of Neptune
No. 19 Apotheosis Act 2
The Triumph of Neptune
No. 18 Hornpipe Act 2
Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
Hubert Parry
Jerusalem
Unknown
National Anthem (arr. Edward Elgar)
Performers
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (men's voices)
Thomas Hemsley
baritone
baritone
Anne Howells
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Norman Del Mar
conductor
conductor
Composers
William Walton
Frederick Delius
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Edward Elgar
Lord Berners
Henry Wood
Hubert Parry
Unknown
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