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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1972 - Seventy-Eighth Season - Prom 57 - Last Night of the Proms
Performance Date16 September 1972
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJessye Norman,
Elizabeth Bainbridge - vocals,
Andre Tchaikowsky - piano
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Chorus,
BBC Choral Society
ConductorsColin Davis
Set List'Hail, All Hail to the Queen' from The Trojans, Berlioz (BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society),
'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini', Rachmaninoff (Andre Tchaikowsky),
'Scherzo' (Octet, Op. 20), Mendelssohn,
'Funf Wesendonck Lieder', Wagner (Jessye Norman)
INTERVAL
'Pomp and Circumstance No.1, in D major', Elgar,
'A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table', Walton (Elizabeth Bainbridge),
'Celebration', Crosse (BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society),
'Rule Britannia', Arne (Elizabeth Bainbridge),
'Jerusalem' (orch. Elgar), Parry
Performance NotesThe concert was recorded and released by Philips on vinyl as, 'Colin Davis at the Last Night of the Proms - BBC Symphony Orchestra.'
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1972/103),
Programme (RAHE/1/1972/157)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/YKYMtYi8-0a
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1972/157BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 1972 - Seventy-Eighth Season - Prom 57 - Last Night of the Proms16 September 1972
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Efoz_T_Z_ReafBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1972: Seventy-Eighth Season54
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6100Davis; Sir; Colin (1927-2013); CH CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/9345Norman; Jessye Mae (15 September 1945-30 September 2019); American soprano
DS/UK/10714Bainbridge; Elizabeth (28 March 1930); English mezzo-soprano singer
DS/UK/10576Tchaikowsky; Andre (1935-1982); Polish composer and pianist
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/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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