Synopsis

The opening of five concerts scheduled for the 1972 season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. The program featured works by Gabrieli, including the *Canzoni septimi toni* and *Canzoni noni toni*, followed by Sonata pian' e forte performed with the London Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble. The evening concluded with Liszt and Others’ Hexameron: variations for six grand pianos and orchestra, a work born from a march in Bellini’s *I Puritani*, upon which