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Sat 12 Sep 1998
- 19:15
  Prom 73 - Last Night of the Proms 1998
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gioachino Rossini
  The Barber of Seville – overture
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Marriage of Figaro (Act 1, Sc 8: Non più andrai)
  Giuseppe Verdi
  La Traviata - 'Di Provenza il mar, il suol'
  Gioachino Rossini
  The Barber of Seville – 'Largo al factotum'
  Hugh Wood
  Variations for Orchestra, Op 39European premiere
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Leonard Bernstein
  Candide – overtureOverture
  Hubert Parry
  Blest Pair of Sirens
  George Gershwin
  A Damsel in DistressNice Work If You Can Get It
  George White's Scandals of 1924Somebody Loves Me
  A Damsel in DistressA Foggy Day
  Girl CrazyEmbraceable You
  Lady, be Good!Fascinating Rhythm
  Nathan Milstein
  Paganiniana (arr. Tasmin Little)
  Thomas Adès
  These Premises are Alarmed, Op 16London premiere
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 5 Jack's the Lad
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 6 Farewell and Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies - Cadenza
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 7 Home, Sweet Home
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 3 The Saucy Arethusa
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 4 Tom Bowling
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 8 See, the Conquering Hero Comes
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 1 Bugle Calls
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia!
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Thomas Hampson
  baritone
  baritone
  Jean‐Yves Thibaudet
  piano
  piano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Nic Raine
  orchestrator
  orchestrator
  Tasmin Little
  violin
  violin
  Composers
  Gioachino Rossini
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Hugh Wood
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Leonard Bernstein
  Hubert Parry
  George Gershwin
  Nathan Milstein
  Thomas Adès
  Edward Elgar
  Henry Wood
  Thomas Arne
Fri 11 Sep 1998
- 19:30
  Prom 72
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Missa solemnis
  Performers
  Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  Nikolaus Harnoncourt
  conductor
  conductor
  Neal Davies
  bass
  bass
  Herbert Lippert
  tenor
  tenor
  Ruth Ziesak
  soprano
  soprano
  Bernarda Fink
  alto
  alto
  Arnold Schoenberg Choir
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Thu 10 Sep 1998
- 19:30
  Prom 71
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Scherzo fantastique
  Karol Szymanowski
  Songs of a Fairy Princess Proms premiere
  Claude Debussy
  Jeux
  Gustav Holst
  The Planets
  Performers
  Valdine Anderson
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC National Chorus of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh Chorus) (women's voices)
  Sir Mark Elder
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Karol Szymanowski
  Claude Debussy
  Gustav Holst
Wed 9 Sep 1998
- 19:30
  Prom 70
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Ruslan and Lyudmila – overtureOverture
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
  Arcadi Volodos
  Concert Paraphrase on Mozart's Turkish March - encore
  Franz Schmidt
  Symphony No 4 in C major Proms premiere
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  14 Songs, Op 34 (arr. Rachamaninov, for orchestra without voice)No. 14 Vocalise - encore
  Performers
  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  Yakov Kreizberg
  conductor
  conductor
  Arcadi Volodos
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Arcadi Volodos
  Franz Schmidt
Tue 8 Sep 1998
- 22:00
  Prom 69
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hildegard von Bingen
  Ordo virtutumSemi-staged.
  Performers
  Sequentia
  Composers
  Hildegard von Bingen