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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1979 - Eighty-Fifth Season - Prom 47
Performance Date9 September 1979
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time17:30
Main PerformersJudith Nelson,
Emma Kirkby,
Carolyn Watkinson,
Martyn Hill,
David Thomas - vocals,
Michael Laird - trumpet,
Francis Grier,
Simon Preston - organ continuos,
William Christie - harpsichord continuo,
Anthony Pleeth - cello continuo,
Peter McCarthy - double-bass continuo
Orchestra or BandThe Academy of Ancient Music
ChoirsChrist Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
ConductorsChristopher Hogwood
Set List'Messiah', Handel
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1979/102),
Programme (RAHE/1/1979/141)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1979/141BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1979 - Eighty-Fifth Season - Prom 479 September 1979
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ogorysus_XoitBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1979 - Eighty-Fifth Season50
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5616Preston; Simon (1938-2022); CBE; English organist, conductor, composer
DS/UK/10583Kirkby; Dame; Carolyn 'Emma' (1949-); DBE; English soprano singer
DS/UK/12299Watkinson; Carolyn (1949-); British mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/10290Hill; Martyn (1944-); British tenor
DS/UK/12949Thomas; David (1943-); English bass singer
DS/UK/16154Laird; Michael (fl 1960s-); British trumpeter
DS/UK/13594Grier; Francis (1955-); English choral and vocal classical composer and organist
DS/UK/12612Christie; William Lincoln (1944-); American-born French conductor, harpsichordist
DS/UK/18304Pleeth; Anthony (1948-); English cellist
DS/UK/9875The Academy of Ancient Music; 1726; English period-instrument orchestra
DS/UK/17872Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford; 12th Century-; English choir
DS/UK/10118Hogwood; Christopher (1941-); CBE; English conductor, harpsichordist, writer, musicologist
DS/UK/18305McCarthy; Peter (1954-); English cellist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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