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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1989 - Ninety-Fifth Season - Prom 68 - Last Night of the Proms
Performance Date16 September 1989
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersSarah Walker,
Ida Haendel - violin
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Singers,
BBC Symphony Chorus
ConductorsSir John Pritchard
Set List'Overture 'The Corsair', Op.21', Berlioz (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Violin Concerto No.3 in B Minor, Op.61', Saint-Saens (Ida Haendel, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Suite from 'Carmen', Bizet (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
INTERVAL
'Knightsbridge' from 'London-suite', Coates (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Softly Awakes My Heart' (Samson and Delilah), Saint-Saens (Sarah Walker, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Summer Night on the River', Delius (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D Major, Op.39 No.1', Elgar (BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Fantasia on British Sea-Songs', Wood (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Rule, Britannia!', Arne, arr. Sargent (Sarah Walker, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Jerusalem', Parry, orch. Elgar (BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesThe event was recorded by the BBC, directed by Rodney Greenberg and broadcast on BBC television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1989/64),
Programme (RAHE/1/1989/123),
Digital Photographs
Postcard (RAHE/8/10/17)
Postcard (RAHE/8/10/19)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/vwvCrvXSrrkS
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1989/123BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1989 - Ninety-Fifth Season - Prom 68 - Last Night of the Proms16 September 1989
RAHE/3/10/15Last Night of the Proms LNOP16 September 1989
RAHE/8/10/17Last Night of the Proms September 1989
RAHE/8/10/19Last Night of the Proms September 1989
RAHE/8/12/6Baton of Sir John Pritchard, used at the Last Night of the Proms 19891989
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oobabcver_LowzBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1989 - Ninety-Fifth Season68
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/958British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Singers; 1924-; British chamber choir
DS/UK/10818Walker; Sarah (1943-); British mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/1496Haendel; Ida (15 December 1928-1 July 2020); CBE; Polish violinist
DS/UK/9347Pritchard; Sir; John Michael (1921-1989); OBE; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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