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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
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic (pre-1983, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Northern SO; 1983-91, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra)
Composers
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Simon Bainbridge
William Walton
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Proms 1998
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