Television cameras were at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this evening to record the first half of the opening concert in the 73rd Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
Fou Ts'ong (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Trevor Williams
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Introduced by Richard Baker.
The first in a series of five programmes recorded from the 1967 Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Andre Tchaikowsky (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Trevor Williams
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Beethoven
Overture: Egmont
Piano Concerto No. 3, in C minor
Introduced by James Fisher.
The second in a series of five programmes recorded from the 1967 Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Victoria Postnikova (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader, John Ronayne
Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Introduced by Richard Baker.
BBC-2 presents a performance of William Walton's dramatic oratorio.
Conducted by John Pritchard
with Raimund Herincx (baritone)
BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, Alexandra Choir, Goldsmiths' Choral Union, Harrow Choral Society, London Philharmonic Choir, Royal Choral Society
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Trevor Williams
Before the performance Sir William Walton talks to John Warrack about the work and its origins.
Introduced by Richard Baker
(Recorded at a Promenade Concert from the Royal Albert Hall on Aug. 9)
The third in a series of five programmes recorded from the 1967 Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Sir John Barbirolli conducts the Halle Orchestra
Leader, Martin Milner
in Viennese music by Johann Strauss and Richard Strauss
Overture: Die Fledermaus Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Champagne Polka
Waltz: The Blue Danube
Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Introduced by John Dunn.
The fourth in a series of five programmes recorded from the 1967 Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Trevor Williams
Conducted by Colin Davis
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 ('Emperor')
Introduced by Richard Baker.
Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London the second part of tonight's Henry Wood Promenade Concert in which Colin Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Trevor Williams
Introduced by Richard Baker.
The last in a series of five programmes recorded from the 1967 Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Introduced by John Warrack.
Bernard Haitink conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
Leader, Herman Krebbers
in Schubert's Symphony No. 9 in C major
Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the second half of the final concert in the 73rd Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Trevor Williams
Conducted by Colin Davis
Monica Sinclair (contralto)
Introduced by Richard Baker.