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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1979 - Eighty-Fifth Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms
Performance Date20 July 1979
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersHelen Watts - vocal
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Symphony Chorus,
Philharmonia Chorus,
Southend Boys' Choir
ConductorsJames Loughran
Set List'Symphony No.3', Mahler
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast by BBC Television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1979/102),
Programme (RAHE/1/1979/103)
Illustrations (RAHE/9/1979/1)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1979/103BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1979 - Eighty-Fifth Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms20 July 1979
RAHE/1/1979/102BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1979 - Eighty-Fifth Season20 July-15 September 1979
RAHE/9/1979/1Illustration of the First Night of the Proms20 July 1979
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ogorysus_XoitBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1979 - Eighty-Fifth Season50
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9323Watts; Helen (1927-2009); CBE; Welsh contralto
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/3536Philharmonia Chorus; 1957-; English choir
DS/UK/2797Southend Boys' Choir; 1970-; English boys' choir
DS/UK/9858Loughran; James (1931-); CBE, DMus., FRNCM, FRSAMD; Scottish conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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