Pierre Boulez conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for a BBC Two workshop. The soloist is soprano Halina Lukomska.
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1961: Leslie Woodgate dies and is succeeded as Chorus Director by Peter Gellhorn. The group is re-formed, and renamed the BBC Chorus.
1963: Broadcasts of the Daily Service are moved from the Broadcasting House studio to All Souls', Langham Place, next door.
1964: Pierre Boulez conducts the BBC Chorus for the first time - beginning an association which lasts to the present day. The group gives premieres of music by Boulez, Arthur Bliss and Roberto Gerhard.
1966: The BBC Chorus give the world premiere of Michael Tippett's The Vision of St Augustine.
1967: Otto Klemperer performs and records Bach's Mass in B minor.
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