Omnibus at the Proms

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16th August 1985 Season 39 Episode 5

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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Season 39 · Episode 6

Omnibus at the Proms

The visit by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel is one of the highlights of this year's Henry Wood Promenade Concerts and echoes the American theme. Founded in 1926 the orchestra's past conductors have included Fritz Reiner , William Steinberg and Andre Previn. Tonight's programme, recorded earlier this evening and introduced by Jane Glover , will include an interview with Maazel who was himself brought up in Pittsburgh. It consists of one work only: the Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz. Berlioz wrote of its first performance in 1830: 'I had a wild success! It was received with shouts and acclamations: they had to repeat the March to the Scaffold; and the Witches' Sabbath was quite overwhelming in its satanic effect.'
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