This recording marks the beginning of a six-part series drawn from the 1971 season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts held at the Royal Albert Hall. Radu Lupu, the Romanian pianist who gained prominence with his victory at the 1969 Leeds P…

Ida Haendel performs the Brahms Violin Concerto, accompanied by the New Philharmonia Orchestra, under the direction of Emanuel Hurwitz and conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. This performance is the second in a six-part series from the 1971 H…

Pierre Boulez leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with principal guest conductor Bela Dekany, in a performance featuring works by Debussy and Stravinsky. The program includes Debussy's *Iberia*, the second movement, followed by Stravinsky…

This recording is the fourth installment from the 1971 season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, presented at the Royal Albert Hall. Charles Mackerras conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring Beethoven's Overture to Fid…

This recording is the fifth installment from a six-part series broadcast during the 1971 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Alfred Brendel performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453, accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra,…

Joseph Haydn and Igor Stravinsky, though separated by centuries and distinct musical worlds, represent pivotal points in the evolution of Western music. Haydn, a cornerstone of the Classical era, shaped the symphony and string quartet into …

This program is the sixth installment from the 1971 season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Pierre Boulez conducts the National Youth Orchestra in a performance featuring: Berg: Seven Early Songs, with Heather Harper (soprano) Web…

A leading orchestra from across the globe performed at a Prom last week. Cameras from BBC2 captured the event at the Royal Albert Hall, recording Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor, led by conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. The perfo…

From the Royal Albert Hall in London, BBC broadcast cameras present the concluding portion of the 77th season's closing concert. Colin Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with Eli Goren as principal. The program features Elgar'…