Record

Performance Title	BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1980 - Eighty-Sixth Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms [Cancelled]
Performance Date	18 July 1980
Performance Day	Friday
Performance Time	19:30
Main Performers	Felicity Lott, Sarah Walker, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, John Tomlinson, Brian Rayner Cook - vocals
Orchestra or Band	BBCSymphony Orchestra
Choirs	BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, Goldsmiths Choral Union
Conductors	Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Set List	'The Apostles', Elgar
Performance Notes	The concert was cancelled due to strike action by the Musician's Union in a dispute with the BBC. An alternative first night of the Proms was held by musicians in Wembley Conference Centre.
Related Archival Material	Proms Guide (RAHE/1/1980/95), Stamps (RAHE/8/3/37)
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Catalogue

Reference Number	Title	Date
RAHE/1/1980/95	BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1980 - Eighty-Sixth Season - Programmes	18 July - 13 September 1980
RAHE/8/3/37	1980 BBC Promenade Concerts Commemorative Stamps	18 July-13 September 1980

Work

Ref No	Title	No of Performances
Oinazexowh_Xaih	BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1980 - Eighty-Sixth Season	37 (20 concerts cancelled)

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