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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1972-1973 - Winter Series - Prom 8 - Last Night of the Proms (Fanfare for Europe)
Performance Date5 January 1973
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersKevin Smith,
John Elwes,
David Thomas,
Hazel Holt,
Jean Temperley,
Paul Taylor,
John Huw-Davies,
Brian Etheridge - vocals
Orchestra or BandLondon String Players,
BBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsHeinrich Schutz Choir and Chorale
ConductorsRoger Norrington,
Sir Adrian Boult
Set List'Rejoice in the Lord Alway', Purcell (Kevin Smith, John Elwes, David Thomas, Heinrich Schutz Choir and Chorale),
'A Sequence of Purcell's Funeral Music', Purcell (Heinrich Schutz Choir and Chorale),
'Chacony in G Minor', Purcell,
'Coronation Anthem: My Heart is Inditing', Purcell (Hazel Holt, Jean Temperley, Kevin Smith, John Elwes, Paul Taylor, John Huw-Davies, Brian Etheridge, David Thomas, Heinrich Schutz Choir and Chorale),
'Symphony No.1 in A Minor', Elgar
Performance NotesThis event was part of 'Fanfare for Europe' - a national festival to mark the entry of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland into the European Economic Community.

The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 from 19:30-20:30.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1973/5)
Ticket Prices40p,60p, 80p, £1.00, £1.50
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1973/5BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1972-1973 - Winter Series - Prom 8 - Last Night of the Proms5 January 1973
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oopazaizyk_KowsBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1972-73 - Winter Series8
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/12948Smith; Kevin (fl 1970s-); English counter-tenor
DS/UK/12443Elwes; John (1946-); English tenor
DS/UK/12949Thomas; David (1943-); English bass singer
DS/UK/12950Holt; Hazel (fl 1970s); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/12951Temperley; Jean (fl 1960s-1970s); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/12953Davies; John Huw- (fl 1970s-); English baritone
DS/UK/12954Taylor; Paul (fl 1970s); British tenor
DS/UK/12955Etheridge; Brian (fl 1970s); British baritone
DS/UK/12956London String Players,; fl 1970s-; English string group
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/12298Schutz Choir (of London); fl 1962-1990; British choir
DS/UK/918Norrington; Sir; Roger Arthur Carver (1934-); British conductor
DS/UK/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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