Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1970 - Seventy-Sixth Season - Prom 26
Performance Date13 August 1970
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time22:00
Main PerformersRoger Smalley - hammond organ,
Tim Souster - amplified celeste,
Mike Ratledge - electric piano,
Andrew Powell,
Robin Thompson - amplified pianos
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra

The Soft Machine (Robert Wyatt - drums, lead vocals, Mike Ratledge - organ, piano, Kevin Ayers - bass, lead vocals, piano)
ConductorsDavid Atherton,
Justin Connolly,
Elgar Howarth
Set List'Keyboard Studies', Terry Riley,
'Triple Music II', Tim Souster (The Soft Machine, Roger Smalley, Andrew Powell, Tim Souster, Mike Ratledge, Robin Thompson)
'Out-Bloody-Rageous' (The Soft Machine),
'Facelift' (The Soft Machine),
'Pig' (The Soft Machine),
'Orange Skin Food' (The Soft Machine),
'A Door Opens and Closes' (The Soft Machine),
'Pigling Bland' (The Soft Machine),
'10:30 Returns to the Bedroom' (The Soft Machine)
Performance NotesThe event was filmed by BBC Television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1970/82)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/I2tIWnItuttA
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1970/107BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1970 - Seventy-Sixth Season - Proms 25 and 2613 August 1970
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eahozypais_RowzBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1970 - Seventy-Sixth Season53
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5684Atherton; David (3 January 1944); OBE; English conductor, co-founder of London Sinfonietta
DS/UK/10431Smalley; Roger (1943-); British composer, pianist, conductor
DS/UK/10597Powell; Andrew (1949-); English composer, pianist
DS/UK/10612Ratledge; Mike (1943 -); British musician
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/10615Soft Machine; 1966-1984; English rock band
DS/UK/10618Connolly; Justin (1933 -); British composer, teacher
DS/UK/10621Howarth; Elgar (1935-); English conductor, composer, trumpeter
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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