Mahler: Symphony No 8 in E flat The 1975 season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts opens tonight with Mahler's' Symphony of a Thousand.' BBC2 joins with Radio 3 in stereo to relay this massive, triumphant work direct from the Royal Albert Hall.
EDDA MOSER (soprano)
LINDA ESTHER GRAY (soprano) WENDY EATHORNE (soprano)
ELIZABETH CONNELL (mezzO-SOp) BERNADETTE GREEVY (contralto) ALBERTO REMEDIOS (tenor)
SIEGMUND NIMSGERN (baritone) MARIUS RINTZLER (bass) BBC SINGERS
BBC CHORAL SOCIETY
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
CHORUS, WANDSWORTH SCHOOL CHOIR
. BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader eli GOREN conductor PIERRE BOULEZ
Introduced by CORMAC RIGBY
Director RODNEY GREENBERG