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BBC Proms S38 E01 Proms 84: Opening Night: Part 1

Overview

Outside broadcast cameras join in the opening of the 90th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, with two major works by British composers. In part 1 Elgar's song-cycle 'Sea Pictures' is his setting of five poems about the sea first performed in 1899. Soloist Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)