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Performance Title
London Choral Society (Seventy-Sixth Season 1979-1980) - Verdi's 'Requiem' with Simon Rattle and Nicholas Cleobury
Performance Date
31 May 1980
Performance Day
Saturday
Performance Time
19:30
Main Performers
Linda Esther Gray,
Livia Budai,
David Rendall,
Gwynne Howell - vocals
Orchestra or Band
Philharmonia Orchestra
Choirs
London Choral Society,
City of Birmingham Choir
Conductors
Simon Rattle
Set List
'Requiem', Verdi
Royal Presence
HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
Performance Notes
Prince Charles attended in an unofficial capacity. This was the first date of the courtship between him and Lady Diana Spencer, later Princess Diana, who was supervised by her grandmother Baroness Fermoy at this event.
Related Archival Material
Programme (RAHE/1/1980/78)
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https://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/kL2kLcnkLwAKw5
Catalogue
Reference Number
Title
Date
RAHE/1/1980/78
London Choral Society - (1979-1980 76th Season) - Requiem (Verdi) with Simon Rattle and Nicholas Cleobury
31 May 1980
Work
Ref No
Title
No of Performances
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London Choral Society (Seventy-Sixth Season 1979-1980) - Verdi's 'Requiem' with Simon Rattle and Nicholas Cleobury
1
Performers
Code
Name of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1388
Rattle; Sir; Simon Denis (19 January 1955); OM CBE; British conductor
DS/UK/1868
Central London Choral Society; fl 1920-1926; English choir
DS/UK/9241
Gray; Linda Esther (1948-); Scottish soprano and teacher
DS/UK/5173
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus (CBSO); 1974-; English choir
DS/UK/9242
Budai; Livia (fl 1980s-); Hungarian mezzo-soprano
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