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1 Aug 1978, Royal Albert Hall
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19:30
Tue 1 Aug 1978
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Proms 1978 Prom 11
Prom 11
19:30 Tue 1 Aug 1978 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in D major, RV 589
Proms premiere
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 50, 'Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft', BWV 50
George Frideric Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major
Water Music – Suite No. 3 in G major
Water Music – Suite No. 2 in D Major
Performers
Christopher Hogwood
organ continuo
conductor
organ continuo
conductor
Simon Preston
conductor
harpsichord
conductor
harpsichord
Emma Kirkby
soprano
soprano
Judith Nelson
soprano
soprano
Carolyn Watkinson
contralto
contralto
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
Nigel North
theorbo
theorbo
Jakob Lindberg
theorbo
theorbo
Academy of Ancient Music
Composers
Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frideric Handel
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