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8 Aug 1997, Royal Albert Hall
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19:00
Fri 8 Aug 1997
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Programme
Béla Bartók
Kossuth, Sz 21
Proms premiere
Luciano Berio
Folk Songs (version for soprano & orchestra)
Franz Schubert
Rondo in A major, D 438
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major
Performers
Michelle DeYoung
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Krzysztof Smietana
violin
violin
Jiří Bělohlávek
conductor
conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composers
Béla Bartók
Luciano Berio
Franz Schubert
Antonín Dvořák
About this event
Part of
Proms 1997
Other Events on 8 Aug 1997
Prom 26
22:00 Royal Albert Hall
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Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
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