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27 Jul 1978, Royal Albert Hall
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Thu 27 Jul 1978
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Prom 06
19:30 Thu 27 Jul 1978 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Olivier Messiaen
Oiseaux exotiques
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
Igor Stravinsky
Oedipus rex
Performers
Serge Baudo
conductor
conductor
Jean-Rodolphe Kars
piano
piano
Sir Andrew Davis
conductor
conductor
Janet Baker
Jocasta
Jocasta
John Mitchinson
Oedipus
Oedipus
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Shepherd
Shepherd
John Shirley‐Quirk
Messenger
Creon
Messenger
Creon
John Westbrook
narrator
narrator
Richard van Allan
Tirésias
Tirésias
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (men's voices)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Olivier Messiaen
Igor Stravinsky
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Proms 1978
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Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum
Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
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