(Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London for the first part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Soloists Gloria Lane (mezzo-soprano), Moiseiwitsch (piano)
Overture: The Mastersingers...Wagner
Aria: Softly Awakes my Heart (Samson and Delilah)...Saint-Saens
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra...Rachmaninov
Introduced by Alvar Lidell
First Night of The Proms
BBC Proms · Season 12 · Episode 1
(Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London for the first part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Soloists Gloria Lane (mezzo-soprano), Moiseiwitsch (piano)
Overture: The Mastersingers...Wagner
Aria: Softly Awakes my Heart (Samson and Delilah)...Saint-Saens
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra...Rachmaninov
Introduced by Alvar Lidell
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Soloists Gloria Lane (mezzo-soprano), Moiseiwitsch (piano)
Overture: The Mastersingers...Wagner
Aria: Softly Awakes my Heart (Samson and Delilah)...Saint-Saens
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra...Rachmaninov
Introduced by Alvar Lidell
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Season
12
Episode
1
Air Date
26/Jul/1958
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