BBC Proms · SEASON 30

First Night of the Proms

Episode 1 · 1976-07-16

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Beethoven Mass in D major (Missa Solemnis) One of the crowning achievements of Beethoven's last years, relayed live with Radio 3 in stereo from the opening concert of the 1976 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall Ursula Koszut (soprano) Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) BBC Singers BBC Choral Society A section of the London Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra leader BFIA I)EKANY conducted by Colin Davis Introduced by CORMAC RIGBY Sound GRAHAM HAINES GEOFFREY KLINTON-PARKER Lighting MIBERT CARTWRIGHT Director RODNEY CREENBERG ,

Season 30 episodes

1. First Night of the Proms1976-07-16 2. Live from the Proms1976-07-23 3. Live from the Proms1976-07-30 4. The Sunday Prom1976-08-08 5. Live from the Proms1976-08-15 6. The Sunday Prom1976-08-15 7. The Sunday Prom1976-08-22 8. The Sunday Prom1976-08-29 9. The Sunday Prom1976-09-05 10. Last Night of the Proms1976-09-11