Orchestra or Band | New Symphony Orchestra, Band of the Scots Guards |
Set List | 'Fantasy-Overture' from Romeo and Juliet, Tchaikovsky (New Symphony Orchestra), 'Piano Concerto No.1 in B Flat Minor, Op.23', Tchaikovsky (Allan Sternfield, New Symphony Orchestra) INTERVAL 'Marche Slave, Op.31', Tchaikovsky (New Symphony Orchestra), 'Swan Lake Suite', Tchaikovsky (New Symphony Orchestra), 'Marche Militaire', Tchaikovsky (New Symphony Orchestra), '1812 Overture, Op.49', Tchaikovsky (New Symphony Orchestra, Band of the Scots Guards) |
Royal Presence | Unrelated to this event, the main road outside the Hall was closed because of the terrorist hostage situation in the nearby Iranian Embassy which had begun on Wednesday 30 April 1980. Protests and prayers were held outside the Hall by supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini. |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1980/63) |