(Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London for the first part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

BBC Symphony Orchestra

(Leader, Paul Beard)

Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

Soloists Gloria Lane (mezzo-soprano), Moiseiwitsch (piano)

Overture: The Mastersingers...Wagner

Aria: Softly Awakes my Heart (Samson and Delilah)...Saint-Saens

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra...Rachmaninov

Introduced by Alvar Lidell

(Prom 49) Monica Sinclair (contralto)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

(Leader, Paul Beard)

Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Introduced by Alvar Lidell.