Record

Performance Title	London Choral Society (Seventy-Sixth Season 1979-1980) - Verdi's 'Requiem' with Simon Rattle and Nicholas Cleobury
Performance Date	31 May 1980
Performance Day	Saturday
Performance Time	19:30
Main Performers	Linda Esther Gray, Livia Budai, David Rendall, Gwynne Howell - vocals
Orchestra or Band	Philharmonia Orchestra
Choirs	London Choral Society, City of Birmingham Choir
Conductors	Simon Rattle
Set List	'Requiem', Verdi
Royal Presence	HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
Performance Notes	Prince Charles attended in an unofficial capacity. This was the first date of the courtship between him and Lady Diana Spencer, later Princess Diana, who was supervised by her grandmother Baroness Fermoy at this event.
Related Archival Material	Programme (RAHE/1/1980/78)
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Catalogue

Reference Number	Title	Date
RAHE/1/1980/78	London Choral Society - (1979-1980 76th Season) - Requiem (Verdi) with Simon Rattle and Nicholas Cleobury	31 May 1980

Work

Ref No	Title	No of Performances
_Movoigowt_Xain	London Choral Society (Seventy-Sixth Season 1979-1980) - Verdi's 'Requiem' with Simon Rattle and Nicholas Cleobury	1

Performers

Code	Name of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1388	Rattle; Sir; Simon Denis (19 January 1955); OM CBE; British conductor
DS/UK/1868	Central London Choral Society; fl 1920-1926; English choir
DS/UK/9241	Gray; Linda Esther (1948-); Scottish soprano and teacher
DS/UK/5173	City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus (CBSO); 1974-; English choir
DS/UK/9242	Budai; Livia (fl 1980s-); Hungarian mezzo-soprano

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