| Main Performers | Sarah Walker,
Ameral Gunson,
Adrian Martin,
Henry Herford
Shura Cherkassky - piano |
| Set List | 'A Fugal Overture, Op.40 No.1', Holst (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Piano Concerto in F', Gershwin (Shura Cherkassky, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Gloria', Walton (Ameral Gunson, Adrian Martin, Henry Herford, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra)
INTERVAL
'The Stars and Stripes Forever', Sousa (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Five Dances from 'Checkmate'', Bliss (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Rule, Britannia!', Arne (Sarah Walker, BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D Major', Elgar (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Jerusalem', Parry, arr. Elgar (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Henry Wood (BBC Symphony Orchestra) |
| Performance Notes | Sarah Walker proved a crowd-pleaser when, at the end of Rule, Britannia!, she unhooked part of her white dress from her right shoulder to reveal a large Union Jack. "It was a white dress that looked a bit like a toga,' she later recallled, "so it had a Grecian effect. And when you pulled the rip cord, so to speak, out came this giant flag. It brought the house down." |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/1985/58),
Programme (RAHE/1/1985/115),
Poster (RAHE/2/1985/) |