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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1978 - Eighty-Fourth Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms
Performance Date21 July 1978
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersSylvia Sass,
Alfreda Hodgson,
Stuart Burrows,
Gwynne Howell - vocals
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Symphony Chorus,
London Symphony Chorus
ConductorsAndrew Davis
Set List'Requiem', Verdi
Performance NotesThe event was filmed by BBC Television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1978/108),
Programme (RAHE/1/1978/107)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1978/108BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1978 - Eighty-Fourth Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms21 July 1978
RAHE/1/1978/107BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1978 - Eighty-Fourth Season21 July-16 September 1978
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Iehaviokif_XydBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1978 - Eighty-Fourth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5646Hickox; Richard (1948-2008); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/17850Sass; Sylvia (1951-); Hungarian operatic soprano
DS/UK/9110Hodgson; Alfreda (1940-1992); English contralto
DS/UK/9440Burrows; Stuart (1933-); OBE; Welsh operatic tenor
DS/UK/10855Howell; Gwynne (1938-); CBE; Welsh baritone
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/4980Davis; Sir; Andrew (2 February 1944); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/1021London Symphony Chorus (LSC); London Symphony Orchestra; 1966-; English orchestra
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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