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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 2014 - One Hundred and Twentieth Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms
Performance Date18 July 2014
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersErin Wall (Blessed Virgin),
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mary Magdalene),
Andrew Staples (St John),
Christopher Purves (St Peter)- vocals
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC National Chorus of Wales,
BBC Symphony Chorus
ConductorsSir Andrew Davis
Set List'The Kingdom 90'', Elgar
Performance NotesThe Royal Albert Hall is a monument to the same Victorian pomp and splendour that swells through Edward Elgar's music. What better way to open this season than with the composer's biblical oratorio The Kingdom - the beautiful 'slow movement' of a musical triptych that started with The Apostles, but that would remain unfinished at Elgar's death.

Celebrated Elgarian and Proms favourite Sir Andrew Davis, a Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, returns in his 70th-birthday year, joined by a distinguished cast of soloists.

The concert was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC 2 television that evening.

No interval.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2014/53),
Programme (RAHE/1/2014/54),
Posters (RAHE/2/2014/41),
Digital Poster (RAHE/2/2014/90),
Proms Mini-Guide,
Digital Photographs
Ticket Prices£5-£46
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2014/54BBC Proms 2014 - Prom 118 July 2014
RAHE/2/2014/41BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 2014 - One Hundred and Twentieth SeasonJuly-September 2014
RAHE/2/2014/90The Proms 2014 Coming Soon18 July-13 September 2014
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9894BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2014 - One Hundred and Twentieth Season76
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7029Wall; Erin (1975-); Canadian soprano
DS/UK/4977Rogers; Catherine Wyn- (1958-); British mezzo-soprano, contralto
DS/UK/6274Staples; Andrew (fl 2013); English tenor
DS/UK/6615Purves; Christopher (fl 1990s-); English bass-baritone
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/1022British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC National Chorus of Wales; 1970s-; Welsh choir
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/4980Davis; Sir; Andrew (2 February 1944); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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