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BBC Proms (1947)

7.7 80 seasons 1181 episodes Returning Series
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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.

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Seasons & episodes

E1
First Night of the PromsJul 17, 1987

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London Part 1: Janacek Sinfonietta Sir John Pritchard , chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, la…

E2
First Night of the PromsJul 17, 1987

Part 2: Tippett A Child of our Time Sir Michael Tippett 's oratorio is a compassionate outcry against injustice and persecution, enhanced b…

E3
Omnibus at the PromsJul 31, 1987

BBCl's first visit to the 93rd season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall , London features a traditional popular Sat…

E4
Live from the PromsAug 3, 1987

Schoenberg's 'Gurrelieder' conducted by Pierre Boulez Gurra is the name of a Danish castle. Schoenberg, later to become the self-confessed…

E5
Omnibus at the PromsAug 7, 1987

Introduced by Jane Glover Tonight's concert, the second of six BBC1 visits to this year's Proms, features the internationally acclaimed Lon…

E6
Omnibus at the PromsAug 14, 1987

Introduced by Jane Glover Dance - the theme of the 93rd season of Henry Wood Promenade concerts - is a subject close to the heart of tonigh…

E7
Omnibus at the PromsAug 21, 1987

Introduced by Jane Glover Tonight one of America's foremost virtuoso violinists, Oscar Shumsky, plays a favourite work, often heard at the…

E8
Omnibus at the PromsAug 28, 1987

Introduced by Jane Glover who also talks to tonight's soloist, the soprano Felicity Lott , and to Bernard Haitink , who conducts the BBC Sy…

E9
Omnibus at the PromsSep 4, 1987

Introduced by Jane Glover. In this year's Henry Wood Promenade concerts, the conductor Klaus Tennstedt makes a welcome return to the podium…

E10
Live from the Proms: Part 1Sep 7, 1987

The whole of tonight's concert from the Royal Albert Hall, London, in which composers from America, France, Russia, Denmark and Finland are…

E11
Omnibus at the PromsSep 11, 1987

Beethoven: Choral Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Claudio Abbado Karita Mattila (soprano) Alfreda Hodgson (mez…

E12
Last Night of the PromsSep 12, 1987

Live in stereo from the Royal Albert Hall , London, television and radio join to relay the colour and excitement of the world's most famous…

E13
Last Night of the PromsSep 12, 1987

Part 2 A complete concert in itself: sparkling overture, operatic aria, and all the last-night favourites, reflecting the kind of popular p…

E14
OmnibusSep 25, 1987

Towards Antara In 1980, at the age of 20, Englishman George Benjamin became the youngest living composer ever to have a work performed at t…

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