(Prom 9) by Benjamin Britten.

Text from the Latin Mass for the Dead and poems by Wilfred Owen.

Direct from the Promenade Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Heather Harper soprano; Peter Pears tenor; Thomas Hemsley baritone

The Melos Ensemble

Conducted by Benjamin Britten

BBC Chorus and Choral Society

Boys from Emanuel School

Conductor, Christian Strover

London Philharmonic Choir

Conductor, Frederic Jackson

Simon Preston organ and chamber organ

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Leader, Hugh Maguire

Conducted by Meredith Davies

Introduced by Richard Baker.

War Requiem

Henry Wood Promenade Concert

First Night of the Proms

(Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for part of the opening concert of the 70th Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Leader, Hugh Maguire

Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

Derek Collyer (violin)

Introduced by Richard Baker.

(Prom 13) Part of the concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London on Saturday, August 8.

Norma Fisher (piano)

Philharmonia Orchestra

Leader, Hugh Bean

Conducted by Norman Del Mar

Introduced by Richard Baker.

(Prom 19)  The first of a series of five outstanding programmes recorded from the BBC's 1964 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Valerie Masterson (soprano), Ann Hood (soprano), Walter Midgley (tenor), John Cameron (baritone), Owen Brannigan (bass), William McCue (bass)

BBC Chorus Royal Choral Society

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Led by Norman Nelson

Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

Introduced by Richard Baker.

Part 1: Excerpts from "The Yeomen of the Guard", "The Mikado"

In The Interval:

Richard Baker talks to Sir Malcolm Sargent about the Savoy Operas

Part 2: "Trial by Jury"

Valerie Masterson and Ann Hood appear by permission of Bridget D'Oyly Carte. Ltd.

Sunday Prom: Gilbert and Sullivan

(Prom 15) The second of a series of five outstanding programmes recorded from the BBC's 1964 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Stephen Bishop (piano)

London Symphony Orchestra

Leader, Erich Gruenberg

Conducted by Colin Davis

Introduced by Corbet Woodall.

Part 1: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, in G major

During the Interval: Comments from Martin Cooper and Colin Davis about "The Rite of Spring"

Part 2: Stravinsky: "The Rite of Spring"

Recorded on August 11

Sunday Prom: Beethoven and Stravinsky

(Prom 22) Part of the concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on Wednesday, August 19.

The twentieth anniversary of Sir Henry Wood's death

Raimund Herincx (baritone)

BBC Chorus

BBC Choral Society

London Philharmonic Choir

Conductor, Fredric Jackson

Royal Choral Society

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Led by Norman Nelson

Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

(Prom 30) The third of a series of five outstanding programmes recorded from the BBC's 1964 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) playing two concertos

with the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Leader, David McCallum

Conductor, John Pritchard

Introduced by Richard Baker.

Part 1: Bach: Piano Concerto No. 1, in D minor

During the Interval: Richard Baker talks with Vladimir Ashkenazy

Part 2: Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, in F minor

Recorded on August 28

Sunday Prom: Bach and Chopin

(Prom 35) The fourth of a series of five outstanding programmes recorded from the BBC's 1964 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Jacqueline du Pre (cello)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Leader, Hugh Maguire

Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

Introduced by Corbet Woodall.

Before the Concerto:

Jacqueline du Pre talks to Sydney Edwards of the Evening Standard.

Recorded on September 3

Sunday Prom

(Prom 36) Last of a series of five outstanding programmes recorded from the BBC's 1964 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Amadeus String Quartet

London Symphony Orchestra

Leader, Erich Gruenberg

Conducted by David Willcocks

Introduced by Richard Baker.

Part 1:

String Quartet in C major. Op. 76 No. 3 (Emperor)

During the Interval:

H.C. Robbins Landon talks about Haydn.

Part 2:

Symphony No. 104, in D major (London)

Sunday Prom: Music by Haydn

(Prom 49) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the second half of the final concert in the 70th Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Leader, Hugh Maguire

Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

Constance Shacklock contralto

Introduced by Richard Baker.

Last Night of the Proms

The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival.  The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895.  Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.

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