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29 Aug 1989, St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
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20:00
Tue 29 Aug 1989
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Proms 1989 Prom 48
Prom 48
20:00 Tue 29 Aug 1989 St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
Programme
Kodály Zoltán
An Ode for Music
Proms premiere
Harrison Birtwistle
On the Sheer Threshold of the Night
Proms premiere
William Byrd
Come, woeful Orpheus
Proms premiere
Hans Werner Henze
Orpheus Behind the Wire
Proms premiere
Performers
BBC Singers
Margaret Feaviour
soprano
soprano
Nigel Short
counter-tenor
counter-tenor
Simon Berridge
tenor
tenor
Richard Bourne
bass
bass
Stephen Jackson
baritone
baritone
Deborah Miles-Johnson
alto
alto
Douglas Leigh
tenor
tenor
Helen Miles
soprano
soprano
Lynne Hirst
soprano
soprano
John Alldis
conductor
conductor
Composers
Kodály Zoltán
Harrison Birtwistle
William Byrd
Hans Werner Henze
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Proms 1989
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