Part of the Promenade Concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of The Master of The Queen's Musick, Sir Arthur Bliss.
John Ogdon is soloist in Bliss's Piano Concerto (1939)
Written for the 1939 New York World's Fair
with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by Sir Arthur Bliss
Before the concerto Sir Arthur and Lady Bliss, in conversation with Richard Baker, recall some of the memorable events in their lives.
Bliss Birthday Prom
BBC Proms · Season 20 · Episode 5
Part of the Promenade Concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of The Master of The Queen's Musick, Sir Arthur Bliss.
John Ogdon is soloist in Bliss's Piano Concerto (1939)
Written for the 1939 New York World's Fair
with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by Sir Arthur Bliss
Before the concerto Sir Arthur and Lady Bliss, in conversation with Richard Baker, recall some of the memorable events in their lives.
John Ogdon is soloist in Bliss's Piano Concerto (1939)
Written for the 1939 New York World's Fair
with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by Sir Arthur Bliss
Before the concerto Sir Arthur and Lady Bliss, in conversation with Richard Baker, recall some of the memorable events in their lives.
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Season
20
Episode
5
Air Date
15/Aug/1966
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