Ian Russell
Director
BBC Proms (1947)
2020
The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895. Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.
Released Sept. 13, 1947
Episode 180 min
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Genres: Music
Keywords: tmdb.classical-music, imdb.classical-music, imdb.orchestra, imdb.live-performance, tmdb.concert-film
Network: BBC Television
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S74E1 - First Night of the Proms
Katie Derham presents the first night of the world’s greatest live classical music festival, with a feast of music including Beethoven’s Third Symphony, Aaron Copland’s Quiet City and a new work by young British composer Hannah Kendall, all brought to you by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers, with conductor Sakari Oramo.
Join Katie and special guest Stephen Fry as they celebrate the return of live music to the Royal Albert Hall.
Aug. 28, 2020, midnight
S74E2 - The Symphonic Organ
Organist Jonathan Scott performs his own virtuosic arrangements of works by Rossini, Mascagni, Dukas, plus a climactic Saint-Saëns's Symphony No. 3, on the world-famous Royal Albert Hall organ.
Aug. 29, 2020, midnight
S74E3 - Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO
Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO with a programme of unmissable music featuring star pianist Mitsuko Uchida playing Beethoven, works by Elgar and Vaughan Williams, and a new composition by Thomas Adès.
Aug. 30, 2020, midnight
S74E4 - Viennese Night
In a Viennese spectacular, the BBC Concert Orchestra are joined by soloists Sophie Bevan and Robert Murray, performing works by Lehár and Johann Strauss II, conducted by Bramwell Tovey.
Aug. 31, 2020, midnight
S74E5 - London Sinfonietta
The London Sinfonietta perform cutting edge contemporary works by Philip Glass, Tansy Davies, Steve Reich and Anna Meredith.
Sept. 1, 2020, midnight
S74E6 - Proms @ MediaCityUK, Salford with the BBC Philharmonic
In a change to the originally advertised programme, John Storgårds, the BBC Philharmonic's Chief Guest Conductor, joins the orchestra to conduct Haydn, Britten and Tchaikovsky.
Sept. 2, 2020, midnight
S74E7 - Nicola Benedetti and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Nicola Benedetti leads a high-energy evening of baroque music with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, led by Jonathan Cohen.
Sept. 3, 2020, midnight
S74E8 - Anoushka Shankar and Gold Panda
Sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar takes to the stage in an evening dedicated to her father and musical guru, Ravi, in what would have been his centenary year.
Anoushka is joined in the first half by electronic music producer and performer Gold Panda for a new imagining of Ravi’s music. In the second half, Jules Buckley, the Britten Sinfonia and soloist Manu Delago accompany Anoushka in a selection of her music.
Josie d’Arby presents this unique evening from the Royal Albert Hall.
Sept. 4, 2020, midnight
S74E9 - Proms @ City Halls, Glasgow, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Hough plays Beethoven in a concert featuring a World Premiere from Jay Capperauld.
Sept. 5, 2020, midnight
S74E10 - Laura Marling and the 12 Ensemble
Laura Marling teams up with the 12 Ensemble for a retrospective journey through her back catalogue, as well as showcasing tracks from her 2020 album, Song for Our Daughter.
Sept. 6, 2020, midnight
S74E11 - KOKOROKO
London based eight-piece band KOKOROKO bring their ‘horn fuelled’ Afrobeat sound to the Proms, led by trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey.
Sept. 7, 2020, midnight
S74E12 - Exploring Beethoven’s Seventh
To celebrate Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, Tom Service and the Aurora Orchestra present a unique evening in which conductor Nicholas Collon and the orchestra take apart Beethoven’s popular Seventh Symphony and show us the inner workings of the composer’s creative genius, followed by a performance of the work in the orchestra’s signature style - from memory!
Also on the bill at the Royal Albert Hall is a new work by British composer Richard Ayres, whose piece is inspired by Beethoven’s struggle with his loss of hearing.
Sept. 10, 2020, midnight
S74E13 - Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
Superstar siblings Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason perform their first Prom together, an evening of chamber music for cello and piano.
Sept. 11, 2020, midnight
S74E14 - Proms at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Ryan Bancroft joins BBC NOW as principal conductor at BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff Bay for his first official engagement, his Proms debut and the first Prom from Wales! Martinu’s quirky Jazz Suite complements John Adams’s Chamber Symphony, written in 1992. After the world premiere of a new BBC commission by British composer Gavin Higgins, there are two evocative American classics by Barber and Copland. Acclaimed soprano Natalya Romaniw from Swansea, who represented Wales in Cardiff Singer of the World, joins the orchestra for this unforgettable Prom.
Sept. 12, 2020, midnight
S74E15 - Last Night of the Proms
Featuring South African soprano Golda Schultz with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under its principal guest conductor Dalia Stasevska. Presented by Katie Derham.
Sept. 12, 2020, midnight
Network: BBC Television
Episode Runtime: 180 min.
Season Runtime: 180 min.
Released: Sept. 13, 1947
Last Air Date: Nov. 8, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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