PROM AT THE PALACE Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Thomas Allen,The London Adventist Chorale, Julian Bliss, Ashley Wass, Roberto Bolle, Zenaida Yanowsky, Mstislav Rostropovich with cello section LSO, The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus Sir Andrew Davis
All-time classical favourites from the first ever public concert held in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, hosted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II FEATURING Music by Walton, Handel, Bizet, Gershwin, Messager, Holst, Tchaikovsky, Rossini, German, Arnold, Villa-Lobos, Puccini, Verdi, Elgar and Arne. PLUS special performances from the magnificent ballroom & the music room of Buckingham Palace ‘...some of the world’s finest classical artists gave their all. ...The whole atmosphere even before the concert was great. It doesn’t get better than this.’ THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘This is a souvenir d’occasion of the first ever public concert held in the grounds of Buckingham Palace… Bob Coles’s slick direction captures the spirit of the evening… undoubtedly gives us – the uninvited millions – a better view and sound mix than that which those present experienced. …[an] unmissable turn was the astonishing 12-year-old clarinettist Julian Bliss in Messager’s Solo de concours.’ BBC Music Magazine
