First Night of the Proms

17th July 1987 Season 41 Episode 2

Part 2: Tippett A Child of our Time Sir Michael Tippett 's oratorio is a compassionate outcry against injustice and persecution, enhanced by the use of negro spirituals. Sir Michael himself describes the work as a passion about man 'whose god has left the light of the heavens for the dark of the collective unconscious.' Faye Robinson (soprano) Cynthia Clarey (mezzo-soprano) Neil Jenkins (tenor) Robert Lloyd (bass) BBC Singers

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Season 41 · Episode 3

Omnibus at the Proms

BBCl's first visit to the 93rd season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall , London features a traditional popular Saturday night programme. including music from the Viennese waltz kings. Jane Glover introduces a Programme that mixes Dohnanyi's delightful Variations on a Nursery Song (at one time a regular Prom favourite), with the polkas and waltzes of Franz Lehar and Johann Strauss (Son). With Philip Fowke (piano) The Halle Orchestra leader PAN HON LEE conducted by Bryden Thomson After opening with Sullivan's Overture di Ballo, Bryden Thomson and Philip Fowke talk to Jane Glover about the evening's music making.

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