Edition number - 5
Date - August 17-21, 1977
Location - Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Orchestra - Danish Radio Orchestra (DR Underholdningsorkestret)
Musical director - Robert Cornford
Number of participating countries - 9
Jury president - unknown
Overall winning entry / best production - Netherlands / Erik van Reijendam
Award best solo vocalist - Keeley Ford (United Kingdom)
Award best solo instrumentalist - Michala Petri (Denmark)
Award best conductor - Dolf van der Linden (Netherlands)
The Dutch Nordring team for 1977: standing, from left: Jerry van Rooyen, Dolf van der Linden, Ferdinand Povel, Ack van Rooyen, Jasper van 't Hof, and Erik van Reijendam. Seated, from left: Petra Bartlett, Joanne Brown, and Jacquie Stillwell
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
BELGIUM (BRT)
Programme - “A Two-Dimensional Life-Story”
Rendition - Ann Christy / Sien Eggers / John Terra / Vik De Wachter
Composition & lyrics - Staf Knop / Ward Bogaert
Arrangement - Koen De Bruyne
Additional arrangements - Jack Say
Conductor - Jack Say
Production - Ward Bogaert
Note - Jack Say replaced Koen De Bruyne as conductor of the Belgian entry, while also adding the finishing touch to his arrangements, upon the latter’s unexpected death shortly before the festival was due
DENMARK (DR)
Programme - "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue"
Vocals - Daimi / Mona Larsen / Eddie Skoller
Violin - Svend Asmussen
Clarinet - Jesper Thilo
Recorder - Michala Petri
Composition & lyrics - Ida Bjørn Nielsen
Arrangement - Robert Cornford
Conductor - Robert Cornford
Production - Birger Arntzen / Niels Rothenborg
FINLAND (YLE)
Programme - “Give your hand to the child”
Presenter - Eva Arrhenius
Rendition - Maarit / Kirka / Eero Koivistoinen / Mikko-Ville Luolajan-Mikkola
Script - Kai Nieminen
Arrangement - Eero Koivistoinen / Esko Linnavalli
Conductor - Esko Linnavalli
Production - Erkki Lehtola
IRELAND (RTÉ)
Programme - “The Axeman Cometh”
Presenter - Valerie McGovern
Rendition - Tony Kenny / Kathryn Kinsley / Louis Stewart
Arrangement - Noel Kelehan
Conductor - Noel Kelehan
Production - Johnny Devlin
NETHERLANDS (NOS)
Programme - “A Simple Song – Variations on a theme from ‘Mass’ by Leonard Bernstein”
Vocals - Petra Bartlett / Joanne Brown / Jacquie Stillwell
Bugle - Ack van Rooyen
Soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone & flute - Ferdinand Povel
Piano - Jasper van ‘t Hof
Arrangement - Jerry van Rooyen
Conductor - Dolf van der Linden
Production - Erik van Reijendam
NORWAY (NRK)
Programme - “A Norwegian Radio Newsical”
Narrator - Else Michelet
Vocals - Ellen Nikolaysen / Kirsti Sparboe / Odd Børre / Per Müller
Composition & lyrics - Else Michelet / Torkjell Berulfsen / Rolf Kirkvaag
Arrangement - Sigurd Jansen
Conductor - Sigurd Jansen
Production - Rolf Kirkvaag
SWEDEN (SR)
Programme - “Musical Postcards from Nine Countries”
Rendition - Arne Domnérus / Rune Gustafsson / Bengt Hallberg
Arrangement - Bengt Hallberg
Conductor - Gustaf Sjökvist
Production - Hasse Telemar
UNITED KINGDOM (BBC)
Programme - “Pieces of Dreams”
Rendition - Foggy Lyttle / Nick Curtis / Keeley Ford
Arrangement - Peter Knight
Conductor - Peter Knight
Production - Mel House / John Meloy
WEST GERMANY (NDR)
Programme - “3xF: Film, Folklore, and Fascinating Rhythm”
Rendition - Ingrid Peters / Johnny Hill / Hans Haider / Johnny Müller / Milo Pavlović
Arrangement - Karl Heinz Loges
Conductor - Karl Heinz Loges
Production - Tim Bontjes van Beek
NORDRING RADIO PRIZE
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