Omnibus at the Proms

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9th August 1985 Season 39 Episode 4

The first of six visits to the 1985 season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Introduced by Jane Glover Tonight featuring the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conducted by the celebrated violinist Salvatore Accardo. With an average age of 23, tonight's performers make up not only one of Europe's finest professional ensembles, but also its youngest. They perform Ravel's colourful and elegant Le tombeau de Couperin and Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Accardo both conducting and taking the solo part.

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Season 39 · Episode 5

Omnibus at the Proms

The second of six visits to the Royal Albert Hall during the 91st season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Introduced by Jane Glover Who is also making her first Prom appearance as the conductor of the London Mozart Players Jed by PAUL BARRITT Tonight's programme deludes: Schubert Symphony No 5, in B flat, written when the composer was only 19; Samuel Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, solo soprano Yvonne Kenny a tender, nostalgic setting of a poem by JAMES AGEE about the thoughts of an American child on a summer evening; and Mozart Symphony No 34, In c (K 338) written in 1780 Which, says Jane Glover , 'has one of the most brilliant and exuberant finales that he ever wrote'.
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