Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1980 - Eighty-Sixth Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms [Cancelled]
Performance Date18 July 1980
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersFelicity Lott,
Sarah Walker,
Robert Tear,
John Shirley-Quirk,
John Tomlinson,
Brian Rayner Cook - vocals
Orchestra or BandBBCSymphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Singers,
BBC Symphony Chorus,
Goldsmiths Choral Union
ConductorsGennadi Rozhdestvensky
Set List'The Apostles', Elgar
Performance NotesThe concert was cancelled due to strike action by the Musician's Union in a dispute with the BBC. An alternative first night of the Proms was held by musicians in Wembley Conference Centre.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1980/95),
Stamps (RAHE/8/3/37)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/Iw3IwP_IzQRYe
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1980/95BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1980 - Eighty-Sixth Season - Programmes18 July - 13 September 1980
RAHE/8/3/371980 BBC Promenade Concerts Commemorative Stamps18 July-13 September 1980
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oinazexowh_XaihBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1980 - Eighty-Sixth Season37 (20 concerts cancelled)
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