‘At 7:30 last night, nothing happened in the Royal Albert Hall.’ Thus wrote the London correspondent of the , in an article dated Saturday 19 July, 1980. What should have happened the previous evening was the opening event of that year’s BBC Promenade Concerts, an all-star presentation of Elgar’s oratorio with soloists including Felicity Lott, Robert Tear and John Tomlinson.auditorium remained cavernously empty. What had happened?
Striking musicians reduce the BBC Proms to silence
Jun 13, 2023
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