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Summary:

Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall and Hyde Park, London, Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the crowning glory of the English musical year. This year's soloists are celebrated pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the distinguished baritone Thomas Hampson. Music ranges from Rossini and Verdi to Rachmaninov, Gershwin, Thomas Adès and Hugh Wood. With, of course, the traditional rousing finale.

Author/Creator:

Wood, Henry J. (Henry Joseph), 1869-1944 , composer

Contributors:

Fulford, Jonathan , director

Davis, Andrew, 1944-2024 , conductor

BBC Symphony Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

British Broadcasting Corporation , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

BBC Worldwide Ltd. , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Main Work:

Fantasia on British sea songs [by Wood, H.J.]

Related Works:

In series: BBC Proms (Series)

Alternate Titles:

BBC Proms > 1998, Last night of the Proms > Part 2, Fantasia on British sea-songs
BBC Proms > 1998, Last night of the Proms > Fantasia on British sea-songs
BBC Proms > 1998, The last night of the BBC Proms > Fantasia on British sea-songs
BBC Proms > 1998, The last night BBC Proms > Fantasia on British sea-songs

Subjects:

Fantasia

Orchestral music

Sea songs — Great Britain — Instrumental settings

Sea songs

Great Britain

Genres:

Concert television programs

Fantasias (Music)

Songs

Instrumental settings

Online media

Internet videos

Performers:

BBC Symphony Orchestra ; conducted by Andrew Davis.

Performance Medium:

1 ensemble: orchestra

General Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed May 25, 2021).
Written in 1905.
For orchestra. Audience hums along at the end.
"Part 2".
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Recorded live Royal Albert Hall, London, England 1998.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (12 mins.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

1255893371

Other Control Numbers:

99411998300971 (source: VaAlASP)
5120879 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP5120879/avon