First Night of the Proms

Beethoven

Mass in D major (Missa Solemnis)

One of the crowning achievements of Beethoven's last years, relayed live with Radio 3 in stereo from the opening concert of the 1976 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall

Ursula Koszut (soprano)

Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) BBC Singers

BBC Choral Society A section of the London Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra leader BFIA I)EKANY conducted by Colin Davis

Introduced by CORMAC RIGBY Sound GRAHAM HAINES

GEOFFREY KLINTON-PARKER

Lighting MIBERT CARTWRIGHT Director RODNEY CREENBERG ,