Fri 21 Jul 1989

• 19:30

  Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1989

  Royal Albert Hall

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  Programme

  • • • Ludwig van Beethoven
      • Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
    • • Igor Stravinsky
      • Oedipus rex

  Performers

  • Robert Tear

    Shepherd
    Shepherd
  • Felicity Palmer

    Jocasta
    Jocasta
  • Philip Langridge

    Oedipus
    Oedipus
  • Gwynne Howell

    MessengerCreon
    MessengerCreon
  • Aage Haugland

    Tirésias
    Tirésias
  • Tom Fleming

    narrator
    narrator
  • BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (men's voices)
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Igor Stravinsky

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