Main Performers | Marilyn Hill Smith, John Brecknock, Gordon Sandison, Alan Watt, Roderick Earle - vocals, Kathryn Stott - piano |
Set List | 'Symphony No.5' (Hydriotaphia), William Alwyn (BBC Concert Orchestra), 'Piano Concerto in E Flat Major', John Ireland (Kathryn Stott, BBC Concert Orchestra), 'Handel in the Strand', Grainger, arr. Wood (BBC Concert Orchestra), 'The Nightingale and the Two Sisters', Grainger (BBC Concert Orchestra), 'Molly on the Shore', Grainger (BBC Concert Orchestra), 'Londonderry Air', Grainger (BBC Concert Orchestra), 'Shepherd's Hey', Grainger (BBC Concert Orchestra) INTERVAL 'Trial by Jury', Sullivan (Marilyn Hill Smith, John Brecknock, Gordon Sandison, Alan Watt, Roderick Earle, BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra) |
Performance Notes | Proms premieres of 'Molly on the Shore', Grainger, 'Londonderry Air', Grainger, 'Shepherd's Hey', Grainger, and 'Symphony No.5' (Hydriotaphia), William Alwyn. First UK concert performance of these three works by Grainger also. The event was filmed by BBC Television. |
Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/1982/81), Programme (RAHE/1/1982/111) |