Concerts & Recordings 1983
The South Bank Show - Choirs and Places where they Sing
Extracts of works by Handel, Parry, Britten and Walton
Keith Lewis - tenor
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Andrew Greenwood
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Simon Preston
Recorded by London Weekend Television, and transmitted on Easter Day, 3 April 1983
Brahms - Nänie
Brahms - Alto Rhapsody
Schubert - Mass in E flat
Royal Festival Hall, London
Heather Harper - soprano
Carolyn Watkinson - mezzo-soprano
Martyn Hill - tenor
Matthew Best - bass
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Heinz Mende
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Kurt Sanderling
Concert dedicated to the memory of Sir Adrian Boult, who died on 23 February 1983
BBC Radio 3 live relay
Mendelssohn - Incidental music from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Holst - The Planets
Royal Festival Hall, London
Elizabeth Gale - soprano
Ann Murray - mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Heinz Mende
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Neville Marriner
Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem
Royal Festival Hall, London
Margaret Marshall - soprano
Thomas Allen - baritone
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Heinz Mende
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Bernard Haitink
Recorded by BBC Radio 3 for later transmission
Holst - the Planets
Barbican Hall, London
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Andrew Greenwood
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Norman del Mar
Rachmaninov - Three Russian Songs
Rachmaninov - The Bells
Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Sheila Armstrong - soprano
Ryland Davies - tenor
John Shirley Quirk - bass
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Andrew Greenwood
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy
Rachmaninov - Three Russian Songs
Rachmaninov - The Bells
Royal Festival Hall, London
Sheila Armstrong - soprano
Ryland Davies - tenor
John Shirley Quirk - bass
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Andrew Greenwood
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy
Stravinsky - A Symphony of Psalms
Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex
Royal Festival Hall, London
Jocasta - Jessye Norman
Oedipus - Robert Tear
The Shepherd - Martyn Hill
Creon and the Messenger - Gwynne Howell
Tiresias - Malcolm King
Narrator - Alan Rickman
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Andrew Greenwood
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Seiji Ozawa
Verdi - Aida
Théâtre Antique, Oranges
Staged performance
Aida - Margarita Castro-Alberty
Amnéris - Mignon Dunn
Sacerdotessa - Martine Surais
Radamès - Bruno Rufo
Amonastro - Juan Pons
Ramphis - Paul Plishka
Il Re di Egitto - John-Paul Bogart
Un Messaggero - Guy Gabelle
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Andrew Greenwood
Ballet du Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse
Ballet du Théâtre d'Avingnon et des Pays de Vaucluse
Director - Giancarlo del Monaco
Orchestre de Lyon
conducted by Michelangelo Veltri
Ponchielli - La Gioconda
Théâtre Antique, Oranges
Staged performance
La Gioconda - Montserrat Caballe
Laura - Cléopâtra Ciurca
La Cieca - Patricia Payne
Enzo Grimaldo - Giuseppe Vendittelli
Barnaba - Mattéo Manuguerra
Alvise Badoero - Luigi Roni
Isèpo - Guy Gabelle
Zuàne/Barnabotto - Alain Vernhes
Cantore - Bertrand Kovack
Pilote - Gérard Desroches
Ballet du Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse
Ballet du Théâtre d'Avingnon et des Pays de Vaucluse
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Andrew Greenwood
Orchestre National de Lille
conducted by Jean-Claude Casadesus
Bruckner - Mass in F minor
Bruckner - Te Deum
Jesuitenkirche, Lucerne
Evelyn Brunner - soprano
Nichole Buloze - mezzo-soprano
Graham Clark - tenor
David Thomas - bass
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Heinz Mende
Orchester der Allgemeinen Musikgesellschaft Luzern
conducted by Ulrich Meyer
Lucerne Festival
Mahler - Symphony No.3
Royal Festival Hall, London
Linda Finnie - mezzo-soprano
The Choir of King's College School, Wimbledon
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Andrew Greenwood
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen
Bruckner - Te Deum
Royal Festival Hall, London
Kate Flowers - soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers - mezzo-soprano
Martyn Hill - tenor
Marius Rinzler - bass
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Heinz Mende
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Lovro von Matacic
Fauré - Requiem
Haydn - Mass in B flat, Harmoniemesse
Royal Festival Hall, London
Lilian Watson - soprano
Sally Burgess - mezzo-soprano
Anthony Rolfe Johnson - tenor
Stephen Roberts - bass
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Andrew Greenwood
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Paavo Berglund
Vivaldi - Gloria
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Poulenc - Gloria
Sarah Leonard - soprano
Felicity Palmer - mezzo-soprano
Stephen Varcoe - baritone
Philharmonia Chorus
Chorus Master - Andrew Greenwood
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Simon Preston
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