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Sat 12 Sep 1970
- 19:30
  Prom 53 - Last Night of the Proms 1970
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  The TrojansChorus 'Gloire à Didon' Act 3
  Zaïde, Op 19.1 Proms premiere
  La belle voyageuse, Op 2.4 Proms premiere
  Alan Rawsthorne
  Piano Concerto No. 2
  Michael Tippett
  The Shires Suite Proms premiere
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Aaron Copland
  El salón México
  Malcolm Arnold
  Fantasy for Audience and Orchestra, Op 106 World premiere
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem
  Unknown
  National Anthem
  Performers
  Schola Cantorum of Oxford
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Sheila Armstrong
  soprano
  soprano
  Malcolm Binns
  piano
  piano
  The Audience
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Colin Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
  Alan Rawsthorne
  Michael Tippett
  Edward Elgar
  Aaron Copland
  Malcolm Arnold
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown
Fri 11 Sep 1970
- 19:30
  Prom 52
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
  Kantate auf den Tod Kaiser Joseph II, WoO 87 Proms premiere
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Performers
  London Philharmonic Choir
  Heather Harper
  soprano
  soprano
  Michael Langdon
  bass
  bass
  Ronald Dowd
  tenor
  tenor
  Patricia Kern
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Raimund Herincx
  bass
  bass
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Colin Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Thu 10 Sep 1970
- 19:30
  Prom 51
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Serenade in C minor, K388
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak) - 1890 version, edited R. Haas
  Performers
  Gervase de Peyer
  conductor
  conductor
  London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Jascha Horenstein
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Anton Bruckner
Wed 9 Sep 1970
- 19:30
  Prom 50
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  St John ion
  Performers
  Charles Mackerras
  conductor
  conductor
  Sheila Armstrong
  soprano
  soprano
  Alfreda Hodgson
  contralto
  contralto
  Kenneth Bowen
  tenor
  tenor
  Charles Spinks
  chamber organ
  chamber organ
  Alexander Young
  Evangelist
  Evangelist
  Hubert Dawkes
  organ
  organ
  Stafford Dean
  bass
  bass
  Norman Bailey
  Christus
  Christus
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
  Hurwitz Chamber Orchestra
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
Tue 8 Sep 1970
- 19:30
  Prom 49
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 40 in G minor
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
  Elisabeth Lutyens
  The Essence of our Happiness, Op 69 World premiere
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Colin Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Stephen Kovacevich
  piano
  piano
  Norman Del Mar
  conductor
  conductor
  Richard Lewis
  tenor
  tenor
  BBC Singers
  David Sanger
  organ
  organ
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Elisabeth Lutyens
  Johann Sebastian Bach