18 Jul-13 Sep 1997
Works performed:
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Britten: War Requiem; Britten: The Prodigal Son; Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; Britten: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid; Britten: Hymn to Saint Peter; Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin; Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes 'A Time There Was...'; Britten: Les Illuminations; Britten: Irish Reel; Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March; Parry arr. Elgar: Jerusalem; Elgar: Enigma Variations; Tippett: Ritual Dances from 'The Midsummer Marriage'; Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6 in E minor; and various works by Mozart, Verdi, Shostakovich, Brahms, Handel, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Bach, Schubert, Copland, Rossini, Rachmaninoff, Debussy and others
Venue:
Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Performers:
Various, including Richard Hickox (conductor); Evelyn Glennie (percussion); Ian Bostridge (tenor); Timothy Brown (horn); Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Iona Brown (conductor); City of Birmingham Touring Opera; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Simon Halsey (conductor); Martin Neary (conductor); Nicholas Daniel (oboe); Martin Baker (organ); Aline Brewer (harp); Westminster Abbey Choir; Eva Urbanová (soprano); Thomas Hampson (baritone); Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor); Choristers of Westminster Abbey; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Andrew Davis (conductor); Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet); John Wallace (trumpet); Oliver Knussen (conductor); Dawn Upshaw (soprano); Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor); BBC Singers
Further information:
Three copies. Minimal annotation and a post-it note in one copy. Also includes a CD Proms 1997. The performances of Britten works took place on 26 July and 16, 17, 26, and 13 September 1997. London premiere of Britten's Irish Reel.
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Archive
https://www.bpacatalogue.org/archive/PG-1997-0718
