Main Performers | Susan Hogard, Peter Schaufuss, Thomas Hemsley, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon, Margaret Marshall, Alfreda Hodgson
Ida Haendel, Isaac Stern - violin, Julian Bream, John Williams - guitars, Dmitri Alexeev, Tamas Vasary, Mikhail Rudy, Michael Roll, David Golub, John Lill - pianos, Barry Tuckwell - horn, Wayne Marshall - organ |
Orchestra or Band | English Chamber Orchestra, Kneller Hall Trumpeters |
Choirs | Harold Holt Staff Singers |
Conductors | John Eliot Gardiner Jacek Kaspszyk, Simon Rattle, Yuri Temirkanov, Libor Pesek, Sir Alexander Gibson, James Loughran, Valery Gergiev |
Set List | 'Fanfare for Sir Ian Hunter', Lt.Col.Renton (Kneller Hall Trumpeters), Overture: 'The Impresario, K.486', Mozart (English Chamber Orchestra), 'Evocacion', Albeniz,arr.Llobet (Julian Bream, John Williams), 'La Vida Breve:Spanish Dance No.1', de Falla, arr. Pujol, English Chamber Orchestra, Bream, Williams (Julian Bream, John Williams), (English Chamber Orchestra), 'Romance No.2 in F, Op.50', Beethoven (Ida Haendel, English Chamber Orchestra), 'Concerto in E flat for two pianos, K.365/316a', Mozart, 'Allegro' (Dmitri Alexeev & Tamas Vasary, English Chamber Orchestra), 'Andante' (Mikhail Rudy, Michael Roll, English Chamber Orchestra), 'Rondeaux, Allegro' (John Lill, David Golub, English Chamber Orchestra) INTERVAL 'Pas de Deux from Roland Petit's Ballet 'Carmen' (Susan Hogard, Peter Schaufuss), 'I've Been Roamin', C E Horn (Thomas Hemsley, Andrew Davis), 'Excelsior', Henry Balfe (Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon, Andrew Davis), 'The Cat's Duet', Rossini (Margaret Marshall, Alfreda Hodgson, Andrew Davis), 'Violin Concerto No.1 in G Minor, Op.26', Bruch (Isaac Stern, English Chamber Orchestra), 'Horn Concerto No.1 in E Flat, Op.11', R Strauss (Barry Tuckwell, English Chamber Orchestra), 'Leonora Overture No.4', Arnold (posthum) (Strasser, English Chamber Orchestra), 'Happy Birthday', arr. Daryl Runswick (Wayne Marshall, Kneller Hall Trumpeters, Harold Holt Staff Singers, English Chamber Orchestra), Speech (Sir Ian Hunter) |
Royal Presence | A roster of international artists assembled to celebrate the 70th birthday of impresario Sir Hunter in a gala in aid of the Musicians Benevolent Fund. |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1989/31) |