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4 Sep 1980, Westminster Cathedral
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Proms 1980 Prom 47
Prom 47
20:00 Thu 4 Sep 1980 Westminster Cathedral
Programme
Hector Berlioz
The Childhood of Christ
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
conductor
conductor
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
narrator
narrator
Ann Murray
Mary
Mary
Sidonie Goossens
harp
harp
David Butt
flute
flute
Paul Hudson
Herod
Herod
Stephen Roberts
Joseph
Joseph
Patricia Morris
flute
flute
BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
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Hector Berlioz
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Proms 1980
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Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ
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