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20 Aug 1998, Royal Albert Hall
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19:00
Thu 20 Aug 1998
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Proms 1998 Prom 42
Prom 42
19:00 Thu 20 Aug 1998 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Wasps – overture
Simon Bainbridge
Ad ora incerta
Proms premiere
William Walton
Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
Performers
Simon Bickley
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Kim Walker
bassoon
bassoon
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
conductor
conductor
BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
Composers
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Simon Bainbridge
William Walton
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Proms 1998
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Prom 43 - Protest songs, African folk songs, Reggae and Gospel music
22:00 Royal Albert Hall
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