Introduced by Richard Baker
BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo at the Royal Albert Hall for a live relay of the first half of tonight's Henry Wood Promenade Concert, the opening of the 89th season. Beethoven Mass in c major Ileana Cotrubas (soprano)
Kathleen Kuhlmann (mezzo-sop) Robert Tear (tenor)
Gwynne Howell (baritone) BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus conductor BRIAN WRIGHT
London Philharmonic Choir conductor RICHARD COOKE
BBC Symphony Orchestra leader BELA DEKANY conductor Sir John Pritchard