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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1977 - Eighty-Third Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms
Performance Date22 July 1977
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersWendy Eathorne,
John Elwes,
Linda Esther Gray,
Keith Erwen,
Margaret Marshall,
Neil Mackie,
Jennifer Smith,
Anthony Rolfe Johnson,
Cynthia Buchan,
Peter Knapp,
Ann Murray,
Brian Rayner Cook,
Anne Collins,
David Thomas,
Oriel Sutherland,
Paul Hudson,
John Shirley-Quirk - vocals
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Singers,
BBC Choral Society,
London Symphony Chorus
ConductorsAndrew Davis
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. B Britten (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Concerto for Double String Orchestra', Tippett (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'Serenade to Music', Vaughan Williams (Ensemble),
'Mont Juic', Britten, Berkeley (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
INTERVAL
'Belshazzar's Feast', Walton (John Shirley-Quirk, BBC.Singers, BBC Choral Society, London Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Royal PresenceHRH The Duke of Kent,
HRH The Duchess of Kent
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast by BBC Television.

Captain James Greenfield and Miss Jane Pugh were in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1977/112),
Programme (RAHE/1/1977/113)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1977/113BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1977 - Eighty-Third Season - Prom 1 - First Night of the Proms22 July 1977
RAHE/1/1977/112BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1977 - Eighty-Third Season22 July-17 September 1977
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ozafigoob_XiotBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1977 - Eighty-Third Season48
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5646Hickox; Richard (1948-2008); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/9856Eathorne; Wendy (1939-); English soprano
DS/UK/12443Elwes; John (1946-); English tenor
DS/UK/9241Gray; Linda Esther (1948-); Scottish soprano and teacher
DS/UK/9319Marshall; Margaret (fl 1970s-1990s); OBE; Scottish soprano
DS/UK/12337Mackie; Neil (1946-); CBE; Scottish tenor
DS/UK/9756Smith; Jennifer (1945-); Portuguese soprano singer
DS/UK/10076Johnson; Anthony Rolfe (1940-2010); CBE; English operatic tenor
DS/UK/9384Buchan; Cynthia (fl 1949); Scottish mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/9081Knapp; Peter (fl 1970s-1980s); English bartione
DS/UK/1327Murray; Ann (1949-); Irish mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/12191Cook; Brian Rayner (fl 1960s-1990s); English vocalist
DS/UK/9785Collins; Anne (1943-2009); English contralto
DS/UK/12949Thomas; David (1943-); English bass singer
DS/UK/14556Hudson; Paul (fl 1970s-); English bass singer
DS/UK/9334Quirk; John Shirley- (1931-2014); CBE; English bass-baritone
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/958British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Singers; 1924-; British chamber choir
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/4980Davis; Sir; Andrew (2 February 1944); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/1021London Symphony Chorus (LSC); London Symphony Orchestra; 1966-; English orchestra
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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